ABA 2025 Convention Highlights
Covington, Kentucky / Cincinnati, Ohio
June 22 – 27, 2025
A few Pictures from our Covington/Cincinnati Convention.
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American Bell Association Banner
Meet and Greet
Rolling down the River
President Bonnie opening the 79th ABA Convention
Parade of Chapter Banners
BEHOLD – Limited limited editions
BEHOLD – Mice play Christmas songs on bells
BEHOLD – They’re so Ugly, They’re Cute
BEHOLD – Making bells from Whiskey Decanters
Lunch in the rotating restaurant on the18th floor
The view 18 floors up
Dinner (The food was excellent)
Checking out auction bells
ABA Auctioneer Bruce
SOLD
I got it! Look at that smile!
Program Presenter
Invitation to next year’s Convention – in Springfield, MO
Installation of the Executive Board
Handing the General Grant Bell over to 2025-2026 President Ailene
The Programs
We learned a lot and had some laughs from the programs presented this year.
Early Seesaw & Swing Bell Toys
Operation Reindeer
Cincinnati Bell Companies
Limited Limited Editions
It’s a Man’s World
My Past Made Me do it
Ethnographic Experience through Bells
Whiskey Bells – Ceramic Decanters to Bells
They’re so Ugly, They’re Cute
2024 – 2025 Executive Board
President Ailene Pearce
First Vice President: Sue Goebel Second Vice President: TBD Secretary: Carol Jurin Treasurer: Arlene Foreman Immediate Past President: Bonnie Tippery Member at Large: Shirley Russell Past Presidents Representative: Laura Murgia Parliamentarian Cathy Darnell Legal Advisor: Carol Mannchen
PROGRAMS
It’s a Man’s World
Ethnographic Experience through Bells
Whiskey Bells – Ceramic Decanters to Bells
Early Seesaw & Swing Bells
Limited Limited Editions
Operation Reindeer
My Past Made Me Do It
They’re So Ugly, They’re Cute
Cincinnati Bell Companies (the lesser known)
What Will They Do With It?
The Bells Heard Around the World-
– C.S. Bell and his Secret Formula
BEHOLD ROOM DISPLAYS
Whiskey Bells
My Past Made Me Do It
Brass/Bronze Scrubbers
Nodders
Battle Bells
Limited, Limited Editions
Battle Bells
They’re So Ugly, They’re Cute
Trained Mice Play Christmas Songs on Bells
Early Seesaw & Swing Bell Toys
Teddy Roosevelt Bell Toys
2025 Convention Bell
Love Birds Bell
Wilkerson Glass Company, Moundsville, WV
The color is Q Blue, a light blue transparent color that fluoresces pink to lavender under a black light. The clapper is a glass aurora borealis millefiori faceted heart bead.
The Tours
Many of us took the tours sponsored by the American Bell Association. We saw and learned the history of the beautiful Gothic Revival St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and enjoyed the Newport Aquarium. Lunch was at Hofbrauhaus (a Germen restaurant) before we went on to the Cincinnati Museum Center. On the second day we toured the Verdin Company’s factory and Matthew25 Ministries which provides humanitarian aid in the US and abroad. After lunch at Mrs. Yeaggy’s Kitchen and Gathering Place we saw Marilyn’s collection of bells.
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On the bus ready for an adventure
St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica
Learning St. Mary’s history
A lot of beautiful stained glass windows
Newport Museum – pet the sharks (so soft)
Penguins
Watching the penguins
Hofbrauhaus
Cincinnati Museum Center
Torah Bells
They were here long before us!
Pooped! Waiting for the bus to take us back to the hotel
Verdin Company’s Clock
Verdin’s Anniversary Bells (the big one celebrates 175 years)
A worker shows us a carillon in the making
Matthew25 Ministries
Invitation to next year’s Convention – in Springfield, MO
Lunch at Mrs. Yeaggy’s Kitchen and Gathering Place
Just a few of Marilyn’s bells
