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Calls that are attributed to Walter Albert are shorter in stature and have raised panels. The calls thought to be made by William Albert are similar to the calls his dad made but are much more crude. packed up and headed to Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee, and John Nicholas headed for the Big Lake area of northeast Arkansas, near Blytheville, only later to return home.ĭuring this timeframe, John Nicholas’ oldest son, William Albert, started to make duck calls as well as Albert Henry’s two boys, Joseph E. To continue hunting for the market, Victor Jr. The once waterfowl rich area would now be farmed for row crops. In 1888, the Big Lake Marsh where the family market hunted was drained. The calls thought to be made by Albert Henry were similar in design to that of John Nicholas’ but were a bit smaller in stature and the checkering pattern was a little more refined. It was stated in an early article of Forest and Stream that John Nicholas was selling calls for as much as $10 in the early 1890s. The calls made by John Nicholas mostly had flat tops, copper reeds, and a checkering pattern much different than that of his brother Victor. His calls were very well made considering that he made them all by hand using homemade carving tools. Victor made both smooth barrel and checkered calls. The calls made by Victor had rounded shoulders, a bulbous stopper, and had a copper reed. It is known though that all three of Victor Sr.’s boys made calls.
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made calls but early records show that he worked as a carpenter and a blacksmith so one could infer that he probably did. It is not known for certain that Victor Sr. Glodo Family call that is thought to be made by John Nicholas Glodo. It can be rather difficult trying to figure out which members of the Glodo family made individual calls that are attributed to them but a trained eye can say that a duck call was more than likely made by one of the family members. During this time, they were hunting ducks for the market and when they started to make duck calls. At this time they were all living down the road in Fountain Bluff where the Big Lake Marsh was located that was earlier mentioned in Nash Buckingham’s article. remarried, and his third son, Albert Henry Glodo was born. remained in the service and returned home in 1871. was honorably discharged a few months later after suffering a heat stroke and returned to Degonia. volunteered for service in the Union Army. Victor Glodo Jr Duck Call from Reelfoot Lake Circa 1890’s Degonia is located along the Mississippi River bottoms between Chester and Murphysboro, Illinois. Soon after he packed up the two boys and moved to Degonia Township in Jackson County in southern Illinois. At some point in the late 1850s, Victor Sr. His first son, Victor Glodo Jr., was born in 1845, and his second son, John Nicholas, was born in 1847. Louis, where he met a local woman, got married and started a family. landed in southern Illinois, outside of St. immigrated to the United States from France. It all started in 1840 when Victor Glodo Sr.
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Gerald Droge of Anna, Illinois, it is now known that many Glodo family members made calls. Through the vast and relentless research of Mr. was the only call maker in the Glodo family to make calls.
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Up until the 1980s, it was thought that Victor Jr. I have heard that as a reed producer and toner, Glodo’s experimental turn for metal manipulation was a little short of marvelous.” My friend, Guy Ward, of Reelfoot Lake and trap shooting fame, is the proud possessor of an original Glodo. The most noted of early calls was the Glodo, made, I think, by a Frenchman famed for his prowess with gun and call on a once well-known Southern Illinois marsh. As in most contrivances, our best calls spring from those most early modes. “Swamp angels and market hunters of that day, however mothered by apparent necessity, were using handmade calls not much different than today’s models. The first mention of an overall Glodo duck call was in Nash Buckingham’s 1928 article, “The Neglected Duck Call” which read: The Glodo name is also accompanied with much mystery and lore. When it comes to historical duck calls, the Glodo name is recognized as being the “pinnacle” of all calls amongst collectors, especially those that collect vintage calls from Illinois and Tennessee.