RMS BULLETIN NO. 581 July/August 2016
by Mike Prero
Hotels, NYC Bill Hayes, FL 2557 3-16 Jewelites (non-sport) D. Longenecker, PA 1295 1-16 Hotels, San Fran. Bill Hayes, FL 884 3-16 Jewelites, Football Win Lang, CA 1234 4-93 Howard Johnson's K. Williman, MD 411 12-10 Jewelites, Sports Ray Vigeant, CT 2450 1-99 Hunts (food) Series D. Longenecker/B. 1605 1-16 Jewelry Stores D. Longenecker, PA 897 1-16 Hofacker Jewels Les Hufford, OH 7880 8-93 Hyatt Wayne Eadie, NY 892 1-16 Jewels, Dodge Kathie WIlliam, MD 1939 12-10 Ice Cream Chester Crill, CA 398 4-05 Jewish Gerald Goleman, FL 225 3-16 Idaho Win Lang, CA 595 6-97 John Deere Tom Gray, IA 1389 1-16 Illinois Win Lang, CA 2884 6-97 Juke Boxes Ellen Gutting, NV 207 1-16 Imperial 400 Motels Wayne Eadie, NY 333 1-16 Jupiter One-Eight John Williams, OH 37 11-05 Imprint Bk. Match Co Mike Prero, CA 3 11-05 Jutes Mike Prero, CA 245 12-15 India S. Barlow, ENG 348 3-16 Kaeser & Blair Mike Prero, CA 1576 3-16 Indiana Win Lang, CA 846 6-97 Kangaroos Chester Crill, CA 178 4-05 Indiana Sesquicenten. Ralph Brann, IN 127 4-93 Kansas Win Lang, CA 803 6-97 Indians Toby Messmer, KY 6457 2-10 Kentucky Toby Messmer, KY 1166 2-16 Inns Bill Evans, MI 608 5-93 King Midas Mch. Co. Judi Wittwer, AZ 148 4-93 Insects Chester Crill, CA 610 4-05 Kings Chester Crill, CA 374 4-05 Insurance Bill Hayes, FL 14368 3-16 Knights Chester Crill, CA 404 4-06 Inter-Continental Hotel Wayne Eadie 679 1-16 Knights Inns Rudy Kirchgassner,NJ 106 5-93 Inter. Harvester/Case Tom Gray, IA 1833 1-16 Knights of Columbus Toby Messmer, KY 1367 11-97 Inter-State Press Mike Prero, CA 220 3-16 Knights of Malta Toby Messmer, KY 50 11-97 Iowa K. Williman, MD 3868 12-10 Knot Hole D. Longenecker, PA 502 1-16 Irish Duane Ready, PA 2121 12-10 Koppers Coke James Willard, MD 150 9-01 Israel Sid Barlow, ENG 186 12-10 Labels, Box Paul Moyer, CA 50000 10-88 Italy Sid Barlow, ENG 1629 12-10 Lamp Posts Chester Crill, CA 183 8-95 Jai Alai Mike Samuels, DC 73 1-16 Lamps, Tiffany Chester Crill, CA 94 12-99 Jails/Prisons Rich Greene, NJ 20 1-16 Laundries/Cleaners D. Longenecker, PA 3183 1-16 Japan S. Barlow, ENG 5581 3-16 Lawyers/Law Firms Rich Greene, NJ 73 1-16 Jersey Match Co. Al Wolf, NJ 488 2-05 Leatherette Mike Prero, CA 44 12-15 Jewelites (all) Les Hufford, OH 8688 8-93 Leopards/Panthers Chester Crill, CA 125 4-05
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The President’s Message ebay Follies
This is the time of year for swapfests and of May 28th: LOT 2 NEW Vtg 50s SEXY LADY course, the RMS convention. As I have mentioned Unstruck Matchbook Cover KANSAS MO- before these events are beneficial to us all. TEL The seller valued this at $50. No takers....(!) Getting together with other collectors, seeing old friends and making new ones. Please try to attend [Thanks to Barry Turner, MI, for this one] these events.
We have had two publicity events on the national scale. A segment on match collecting was seen on CBS' Sunday News Program and a radio program from a Canadian station was heard. Kudos to the people involved.
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As fire doesn‟t produce a shadow, lighting a RMS WEB SITE: http://www.matchcover.org match near a wall and shining a torch on it will RMS OFFICERS (2014-2016): show a mysteriously non-burning match shadow. This is because light can pass through fire, unlike President: Carry Van Tol, 402 Cowan Dr., Elizabeth, your hand or the matchstick. [Thanks to Bill PA 15037 E-Mail: [email protected] Scoot, CAN, for this] 1st V.P.: Marc Edelman, 8822 Hargrave St., Philadelphia, PA 19152-1511 E-Mail: [email protected] 2nd V.P.: Nancy Smith, 3810 Edinburg Dr., Murrysville, PA 15668-1060 Secretary: Shirley Sayers, 1290 Corporation St., Beaver, PA 15009 [email protected] Membership/Treasurer: Linda Wolfe, 13 Creekstone Dr., Mont Alto, Pa. 17237 (717-377-8291) E-mail: [email protected] Editor: Mike Prero, 12659 Eckard Way Auburn, CA 95603 E-mail: [email protected] RMS Bulletin May/JuneJuly/August 1996, No. No.581 460 3 3
Lighthouses K. Williman, MD 807 10-14 Michigan Win Lang, CA 1313 4-93 Lights, Outdoor Jo Wilding, TX 609 1-99 Michigan Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 9 12-15 Lincoln Highway Duane Ready, PA 205 1-16 Midgets Anonymous 7063 1-16 Lion 21 mm covers Dan Bitter, OK 3196 7-01 Mileage Charts Mike Prero 466 12-15 Lion 22 mm covers Tom Valachovic, FL 128 1-16 Military (Air Force) John Nichols, UT 2108 5-93 Lion 30 STICK mm Tom Valachovic, FL 8915 1-16 Military(Air Nat Guard) Don Marquette, AR 247 11-10 Lion 33 mm covers Tom Valachovic, FL 4 1-16 Military (Army) Gerald Goleman, FL 2615 3-16 Lion Co small "o" mm Mike Prero, CA 5727 12-15 Military(ArmyA.Corps) Don Marquette, AR 1175 11-10 Lion Cocktail Sets Mike Samuels, DC 84 1-16 Military, British Sid Barlow, ENG 365 1-02 Lion Pat...1929 Mike Prero, CA 310 3-16 Military, Canadian Mike Prero, CA 260 12-15 Lion Safety First Mike Prero, CA 293 3-16 Military (Coast Guard) Sid Barlow, ENG 690 1-02 Lions (animal) Chester Crill, CA 1704 4-05 Military (Marines) John Bachochin, OK 338 3-16 Lions International Stella Williams, OH 325 5-12 Military (Mer. Marines) Don Marquette, AR 267 11-10 Liquor Stores John Bachochin, OK 3114 3-16 Military (Navy) John Nichols, UT 1170 5-93 Lithuania Gerry Goleman, FL 59 3-16 Military (Overseas) Don Marquette, AR 115 11-10 Loan Co.'s Jo Wilding, TX 162 5-93 Military, US Mike Prero, CA 8178 12-15 Lobsters K. Williman, MD 6463 10-15 Milwaukee Match Co. Mel Reese, WI 66 11-10 Lone Star Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 22 12-15 Minnesota Mike Reynen. ? 31196 10-89 Los Angeles Match Co Judi Wittwer, AZ 2 4-93 Mirro-Gloss Mike Prero, CA 3099 3-16 Lotteries Les Hufford, OH 46 8-93 Mississippi Win Lang, CA 491 6-97 Louisiana Win Lang, CA 788 6-97 Missouri Win Lang, CA 1151 6-97 Lumber Co.'s Terry Trantow, WA 1818 4-00 Model Match James Benes, NJ 7 7-11 Made in Texas..mm K. Williman, MD 114 12-10 Monkeys/apes Chester Crill, CA 260 4-05 Made in the West..mm K. Williman, MD 1012 12-10 Monks/friars Chester Crill, CA 163 4-05 Made in U.S.A...mm Donna Longenecker 4129 1-16 Monomatches Mike Prero, CA 38 12-15 Magic Pan Rest. Wayne Eadie, NY 196 12-10 Montana Eric Sather, WA 3285 2-16 Maine Win Lang, CA 727 6-97 Montreal Pierre Dorval, CAN 16280 5-11 Man Hole Covers Art Houser, SC 9 10-09 Moon Chester Crill, CA 201 4-05 Manhattan Match Co. Tom Valachovic, FL 78 1-16 Moose (LOOM) D. Longenecker, PA 3216 1-16 Manumarks John Williams, OH 4000 10-87 Motels Bill Evans, MI 11776 5-93 Maps Fred Kuecke, CO 1610 4-93 Motels (20s FS) Bill Evans, MI 3635 9-05 Maritime Service John Nichols, NM 22 5-93 Movie Stars Don Marquette, AR 480 11-05 Marlboro John Bachochin, OK 4656 3-16 Movie Studios Cheryl Crill, CA 56 4-05 Marriott's Wayne Eadie, NY 756 1-16 Movies Jim Moffett, CA 389 10-89 Maryland Win Lang, CA 825 6-97 Museums Ed Brassard, WA 300 10-88 Maryland Mch Co(ws) Dan Bitter, OK 2375 6-13 Music (all) Toby Messmer, KY 5876 2-10 Masonic Lodges K. Williman, MD 635 12-10 Music, 20-strike Larry Kozak, OH 2730 1-16 Massachusetts Win Lang, CA 1251 4-93 Musical Instruments Jimmy Calhoun, CA 878 4-93 Master Host Inns Ralph Brann, IN 254 4-93 Napa Auto Parts Mel Garrett, KS 67 6-93 Match Co.'s Andy Anderson, MO 1201 7-96 Napoleon Chester Crill, CA 53 4-05 Match Corp. (ws) Mike Prero, CA 1550 3-16 National Match Co(old) Mike Prero, CA 5 12-15 Matchcover Clubs Ralph Brann, IN 593 4-93 National Press (ws) Mike Prero, CA 223 3-16 Matchcover Collectors Ralph Brann, IN 485 4-93 Nationals James Willard, MD 1250 2-06 Matchorama Mel Garrett, KS 9568 6-93 Navy Ships (Pre-War) Don Marquette, AR 942 11-10 Matchtone Tom Gray, IA 710 1-16 Navy Ships (P-W F-B) Don Marquette, AR 52 11-05 Matches on Matches Wayne Eadie, NY 2532 1-16 Navy Ships (Post-War) James Willard, MD 1868 12-10 McDonald's Jack Barnes, NH 87 5-98 Navy Ships, Canadian Pat Griffiths, CAN 413 10-87 Mellon Banks Verna Troxel, WA 153 7-93 Navy Ships, DQ Tom Valachovic, FL 46 1-16 Mennen Larry Cole, NY 101 1-16 Navy Ships, Foreign Bill Thomas, FL 45 5-93 Merchant Marine Don Marquette, AR 16 5-01 Navy Ships, US James Willard, MD 2765 8-05 Merchants Industries Dan Bitter, OK 529 11-05 Nebraska Win Lang, CA 579 4-93 Merit Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 7 12-15 Nevada Wing Lang, CA 1612 6-97 Mermaids Toby Messmer, KY 1406 9-10 New Foundland/Labrad. J. Nicholson, CAN 262 6-01 Metallic Mike Prero 4784 3-16 New Hampshire Scott Wiren, IN 3053 2-16 Metro PS P.F. Mel Garrett, KS 22 6-93 New Jersey Win Lang, CA 1229 6-97 Mexico Kevin Fleming, CA 3201 2-16 New Mexico John Nichols, NM 1170 5-93 Meyerson Press Mike Prero, CA 26 3-16 New York Win Lang, CA 2568 6-97 MIA/POW, 'Nam Mike Samuels, DC 12 1-16 New York City Les Good, NY 33423 1-16 4 RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581
New Zealand Mike Hubbard, MI 5302 7-05 Pocketbox Slim Toby Messmer, KY 8133 9-10 Newspapers/Mags Andy Anderson, MO 412 7-96 Pocketbox Ultra-Slim Toby Messmer, KY 4528 9-10 Nickelodeons Jim Moffett, CA 11 6-93 Police/Crime Mike Samuels, DC 135 1-16 Night Clubs Chester Crill, CA 149 11-96 Political (all) Dave Kennaday, PA 7535 12-00 North Carolina Win Lang, CA 826 6-97 Political, Major Dave Kennaday, PA 1108 12-87 North Dakota Win Lang, CA 326 4-93 Political, Minor Mike Prero, CA 3085 3-16 NRA (from 1930s) Mike Samuels, DC 52 1-16 Poodles Cheryl Crill, CA 145 4-05 Odd Names James Willard, MD 774 9-05 Pools (Swimming) Chester Crill, CA 300 12-99 Odd-Strikers Carmine Arpino, CT 413 1-16 Port Authorities Ray Vigeant, CT 107 1-99 Office Supp/Machines Harold Cruson, CO 219 7-07 Port Authority, NY Wayne Eadie, NY 122 1-16 Ohio (state) Win Lang, CA 1684 6-97 Portugal Mike Hubbard, MI 4467 7-05 Ohio For-Safety Mike Prero, CA 17 12-15 POW/Intern. Camps Mike Samuels, DC 22 1-16 Ohio wide-strikers Mike Prero, CA 713 3-16 Presidential (Political) Bob Oliver, FL 523 10-87 Ohio, XL Mike Prero, CA 24 12-15 Presidents - FDR Duane Ready, PA 64 1-16 Oil Wells Chester Crill, CA 109 4-05 Presidents - Jefferson Chester Crill, CA 76 4-05 Oklahoma Win Lang, CA 634 6-97 Presidents, JFK Duane Ready, PA 65 1-16 Olympics Mike Samuels, DC 506 1-99 Presidents, Lincoln Duane Ready, PA 526 1-16 Ontario (CAN) Bill Calhoun, CAN 1611 2-16 Prices Greg Lund, CA 651 11-05 Orange Crush Clem Pater, OH 329 2-16 Printed Sticks A. Anderson, MO 1281 7-96 Orcas Chester Crill, CA 12 10-97 Printing Co's Harold Cruson, CO 604 7-07 Orchids Cheryl Crill, CA 132 12-99 Pubs J. Bachochin, OK 1125 3-16 Oregon Nadine Ritter, MT 11241 3-16 Puerto Rico Mike Hubbard, MI 947 7-05 Orient Express Sidney Barlow, ENG 19 3-16 Pull-Matches (all) Anonymous 362 10-89 Outhouses B. Longenecker, PA 94 11-10 Pull-Quicks Anonymous 362 10-89 Owls R. Kitzmiller, TX 400 12-00 Pull-Quicks, Canadian D. Longenecker, PA 14 1-16 Owls (Fraternal) B. Longenecker, PA 39 11-10 Pull-Tabs (Tear-Outs) Dave Landy, CA 30 10-89 Owname Match John Andrews, ? 500 6-94 Quail Chester Crill, CA 83 4-05 Paddle wheelers Gerald Goleman, FL 469 3-16 Quality Courts Ralph Brann, IN 354 4-93 Palm Trees Chester Crill, CA 1341 4-05 Quality Courts, N/S Bob Oliver, FL 588 10-87 Pan Am John Clark, FL 383 2-16 Quality Courts/Inns Mike Prero 1702 12-15 Pandas M. A. Pertuis, LA 285 4-90 Quality Inns Ralph Brann, IN 871 4-93 Panorama Judi Wittwer, AZ 90 4-93 Quebec (province) Pierre Dorval, CAN 69003 5-11 Parks, Nat./State Ed Brassard, WA 5624 11-10 R.A.F. Sid Barlow, ENG 77 1-02 Parrots K. Williman, MD 533 12-10 Rabbits Cheryl Crill, CA 284 4-05 Patriotic, WW II Win Lang, CA 2844 6-97 Race Tracks Bill Evans, MI 134 9-05 Peacocks K. Williman, MD 198 12-10 Radio/TV Ray Vigeant, CT 1814 1-99 Pearltone Claude Aube, CAN 478 12-87 Railroads S. Barlow, ENG 4741 3-16 Pelicans Chester Crill, CA 270 4-05 Rainbow Tom Gray, IA 494 1-16 Penguins Cheryl Crill, CA 167 4-05 Raised-Ink Mike Prero, CA 6469 3-16 Pennsylvania Helen Hollmann, PA 12470 11-10 Ramada Frank Lawton, CA 543 10-88 Pep Boys James Willard, MD 74 3-16 Razor Blades A. Anderson, MO 191 7-96 Pepsi-Cola Wayne Eadie, NY 176 1-16 Realty Co.'s D. Longenecker, PA 2544 1-16 Perfect 36 Terry Rowe, OH 753 1-16 Red Carpet Inns Ralph Brann, IN 46 4-93 Personalities/VIP Jim Moffett, CA 2446 6-93 Red Cross Mike Prero, CA 22 12-15 Philadelphia Janet Penny, FL 1014 2-06 Regal Book Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 10 12-15 Phone Co.'s James Willard, MD 524 9-05 Regal Match & Prtg Mike Prero, CA 14 12-15 Phone Numbers, Low Tom Valachovic 9370 1-16 Rental Co.'s Jo Wilding, TX 103 5-93 Piano Chester Crill, CA 302 4-05 Republic MatchCo(old) Mel Reese, WI 19 11-10 Piedmont Airlines John Clark, FL 85 11-10 Restaurants Les Hufford, OH 118108 8-93 Pigs Steve Carter, IL 1016 3-06 Restaurants, Benihana Wayne Eadie, NY 244 1-16 Pipes, Smoking Gerald Goleman, FL 155 3-16 Restaurants, Big Boy Mike Samuels, DC 468 1-16 Pirates K. Williman, MD 277 12-10 Rest., Bonanza Sirloin.. Tom Gray, IA 549 1-16 Pizza Billijo Piper, SC 2470 1-16 Rest., Bookbinders K. Williman, MD 64 12-10 Plaids Dave Hampton, CA 101 10-88 Restaurants, Chinese James Mettler, WA 14358 11-00 Planet Hollywood Joe DeGennaro, NY 80 7-05 Rest., Chuck's Steak.. Wayne Eadie, NY 94 1-16 Plants Chester Crill, CA 2432 6-93 Restaurants, Darryl's Wayne Eadie, NY 65 1-16 Playboy Wayne Eadie, NY 355 1-16 Restaurants, DQ Bill Evans, MI 98 12-00 Pocketbox Toby Messmer, KY 17925 9-10 Restaurants, Drive-In Duane Ready, PA 913 1-16 RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 5
Rest., Four Seasons Wayne Eadie, NY 1627 1-16 Sherlock Holmes Mike Samuel, DC 95 1-16 Restaurants, French Duane Ready, PA 864 1-16 Ship Lines Sid Barlow, ENG 4484 3-16 Rest., German J. Bachochin, OK 1270 3-16 Ships, Tall Mike Prero, CA 1728 12-15 Restaurants, Greek Duane Ready, PA 397 1-16 Shoe Repair Shops Duane Ready, PA 67 1-16 Rest., Hard Rock Cafe Joe DeGennaro, NY 300 7-05 Shoes/Shoe Stores D. Longenecker, PA 1284 1-16 Rest., Houlihan's Wayne Eadie, NY 144 1-16 Shriners Bill Hubbard, TN 93 6-96 Restaurants, Italian David Carr, CAN 1853 3-16 Signet Mike Prero, CA 357 12-15 Rest., Japanese Milt Wolf, DE 1511 7-00 Silver Dollars Jim Moffett, CA 264 6-93 Rest., J. Theismann Mike Samuels, DC 16 1-16 Singapore Sid Barlow, ENG 881 12-10 Rest., Mexican Duane Ready, PA 6752 1-16 Skating (all) Richard Giardini, CO 350 2-16 Rest., Morton's Wayne Eadie, NY 90 1-16 Skiing Janet Stout, MD 405 4-11 Rest., New Orleans Bob Smith, KY 310 3-06 Slovenia Mike Hubbard, MI 587 7-05 Restaurants, NYC Bob Smith, KY 2847 3-06 Smokers Ellen Gutting, NV 908 1-16 Rest., Oriental Opal Calhoun, CA 2654 10-88 Smokey the Bear Mike Samuels, DC 34 1-16 Rest., Outback D. Longenecker, PA 581 1-16 Snakes Chester Crill, CA 105 4-05 Restaurants, Pizza Bill Scott, CAN 181 10-88 Soda Wayne Eadie, NY 1642 1-16 Rest., Planet Holly. Joe DeGennaro, NY 95 1-16 Sonesta Motels Ralph Brann, IN 65 4-93 Rest., Seafood Bill Hayes, FL 8869 3-16 South Africa Mike Hubbard, MI 1310 7-05 Rest., Shoney's Wally Mains, KY 82 11-05 South Carolina Billijo Piper, KY 877 1-16 Rest., Specialty Wayne Eadie, NY 389 12-10 South Dakota Win Lang, CA 496 4-93 Rest., T.G.I. Friday Wayne Eadie 167 1-16 Southwestern Match Clem Pater, OH 39 2-16 Rest., Tea Rooms Duane Ready, PA 158 12-05 Souvenir James Willard, MD 186 4-09 Restaurants, Top Of Chester Crill, CA 288 11-96 Space Fred Houk, FL 135 11-10 Rest., Village Inn Tom Gray, IA 178 1-16 Spain Sid Barlow, ENG 10152 3-16 Rex Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 6 12-15 Sphinx Chester Crill, CA 29 4-05 Rhode Island Bob/Mary Bush, RI 3568 5-01 Sports (no Jewelites) Charlie Specht, IL 3789 9-93 Robin Hood Gerald Goleman, FL 84 3-16 Sports Schedules Tom Valachovic, FL 892 1-16 Rodeo Judi Wittwer, AZ 314 5-01 Squirrels Cheryl Crill, CA 107 4-05 Rodeway Inns Ralph Brann, IN 54 4-93 Stamps, Postage Kathie Williman, MD 378 12-10 Roller Rinks Rich Giardini, CO 128 2-16 Stagecoach Duane Ready, PA 199 1-16 Roses Stella Williams, OH 958 1-16 Standard Match Co. Mel Reese, WI 20 11-11 Rotary International B. Longenecker, PA 11 11-10 Star Match Co. Bill Retskin, NC 300 10-87 Royal Canada. Legion Bill Scott, CAN 1284 6-01 Statler Hotels Ralph Brann, IN 45 4-93 Royal Flash A. Anderson, MO 9301 7-96 Statue of Liberty Mike Prero, CA 64 12-15 Royal Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 4 12-15 Steamboats Chester Crill, CA 242 12-99 Rt. 66 Kevin Fleming, CA 3968 2-16 Steel Co's Duane Ready, PA 1343 1-16 Safe-T-Flaps James Benes 5 10-01 Stickybacks D. Longenecker, PA 522 1-16 Safety Tabs ? 75 11-10 Stop Lites Fred Kuecke, CO 39 4-93 Sailfish Chester Crill, CA 302 4-05 Stouffer's John Clark, FL 260 2-16 Saloons John Bachochin, OK 1216 3-16 Suns Chester Crill, CA 731 4-05 Sam Taub's Ring Don Marquette, AR 178 5-01 Super-Slim BoxUniv. Andy Anderson, MO 222 7-96 San Francisco area Greg Lund, CA 13809 11-05 Superior Motels Dave Stevenson, NH 251 1-16 Santas Chester Crill, CA 141 6-93 Swans Chester Crill, CA 204 4/05 Satin Mike Prero, CA 1169 12-15 Swastikas James Willard, MD 71 12-10 Savings & Loan Mike Prero, CA 15450 12-15 Sweden Mike Hubbard, MI 1786 7-05 Scenic Places Judi Wittwer, AZ 2948 8-97 Switzerland Sid Barlow, ENG 10408 3-16 Scotties Cheryl Crill, CA 844 4-05 Taiwan Mike Hubbard, MI 512 7-05 Sea Horses Cheryl Crill, CA 571 8-13 Tattoo Parlors Rich Greene, NJ 171 1-16 Sea Shells/Clams Cheryl Crill, CA 341 4-05 Taverns John Bachochin, OK 3019 3-16 Seabees Toby Messmer, KY 70 1-16 Taxi Bill Bias, OH 3300 12-10 Sears, Roebuck Pat Mains, KY 111 1-16 Tea Rooms Duane Ready, PA 555 1-16 Sets Bill Furlong, NV 9205 2-01? Telephone Co. James Willard, MD 1028 3-16 Sets & Series Mike Prero, CA 15741 12-15 Tennessee Win Lang, CA 984 6-97 Sets, Foreign Marie Harbison, PA 148 4-93 Terrorists Mike Samuel, DC 53 1-16 Sheboygan Match Co. Duane Ready, PA 1196 1-16 Texas Win Lang, CA 2405 4-93 Sheep/Rams Chester Crill, CA 537 4-05 Texas Centennial Stuart Bergman, TX 19 6-93 Sheraton Mike Prero, CA 1641 12-15 Texas Road House Randy Waite, OH 30 6-00 Sheraton Boxes Carmine Arpino, CT 254 1-16 Thank You's Mel Garrett, KS 2339 6-93
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2005? Chinese Military Leaders Set
Here‟s another great VIP/Personality/Military set from China, courtesy of Barry Turner, MI.
This is a 10-box set. Each features a black & white photo of a famous military leader, apparently all from World War II. This was in an as yet unopened package, so I don‟t know what the reverse side is like, probably information on the particular leader.
I don‟t recognize all the leaders pictured here, but I can see, from left to right:
1. Eisenhower 6. ? 2. MacArthur 7. ? 3. ? 8. Montgomery 4. ? 9. Rommel 5. Patton 10. ?
Perhaps someone can fill in the missing names?
Another very nice set (sigh!) RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 7
British War Relief Society by Mike Samuels
I discovered the question posed by Ralph Maier concerning the British War Relief Society in the May/Jun Bulletin. As someone who lists War Relief and related matchcovers from the World War II era and who has a pretty large collection of them, I was sure the answer to his question was that the organization was an American one, not a British one. The British were to be the recipients of the Relief. Similar organizations (and matchcovers) were created for affected citizens of quite a few other countries—such as Russia, China, France, Greece, the Netherlands and more. To be sure, I googled the BWRS and found a good description on Wikipedia, which I excerpt below --
"The British War Relief Society (BWRS) was a US-based humanitarian umbrella organization dealing with the supply of non-military aid such as food, clothes, medical supplies and financial aid to people in Great Britain during the early years of the Second World War. The organization acted as the administrative hub and central receiving depot for items donated from other charities which were then parceled out to its affiliate organizations in the US and to Britain. These donations were raised in the name of the BWRS, rather than in the name of the smaller groups.
History of movement:
"Before the United States declared war on Japan in December 1941, the US had remained isolationist with regards to the events happening in Europe and elsewhere but had aided Britain via the Lend-Lease program. Also, from September 1939 through to the end of the war, various charitable organizations in the US collected money and items to alleviate the hardships and suffering of the British general public. "As the war progressed, and the British need for aid grew, a large number of charities appeared across the US to aid Britain - amongst them (but by no means all) American Ambulances in Great Britain, the American Committee for Air Raid Relief, American Hospital in Britain, British American Ambulance Corps, the British Hospital Association and Bundles for Britain.
"Incorporated in 1941, the British War Relief Society (BWRS) managed the activities of the various other charitable associations, in a similar way to the United Service Organizations (USO). The BWRS was headquartered on Fifth Avenue, in New York City. The BWRS continued to supply humanitarian goods throughout the war."
"While many of the smaller charities were covered by the activities of the BWRS, the major exception was the "Bundles for Britain" organization, founded by Natalie Wales Latham. Bundles for Britain was started in 1940 by Mrs. Latham as a knitting circle in a store front in New York City. Knitted goods—socks, gloves, hats, sweaters, and scarves—were made and shipped to Britain. Within Sixteen months, Latham expanded Bundles into an organization with 975 branches and almost a million contributors, and by the spring of 1941, it had delivered 40,000 sleeveless sweaters, 10,000 sweaters with sleeves, 30,000 scarves, 18,000 pairs of seaboot stockings, 50,000 pairs of socks, and 8,000 caps. By 1941, moreover, Bundles had also shipped ambulances, surgical instruments, medicines, cots, blankets, field-kitchen units, and operating tables, along with used clothing of all sorts. The total value of goods shipped reached $1,500,000; another $1,000,000 was raised in cash."
I would be pleased to email my listing to anyone who asks. In return I would only ask for the information about covers not on the list -- so I can add them toward the goal of making the listing complete. (Probably an impossibility!) [email protected] 8 United States Navy
Corpus Christi Auxiliary U.S. Naval Air Station
A naval air station for Corpus Christi had been proposed since the mid- 1930s, and the city's congressman, Richard M. Kleberg, supported it. But it remained a low priority construction project for the U.S. Navy as late as January 9, 1940. By February 1940, the project was on the Navy's preferred list. NAS Corpus Christi was commissioned on March 12, 1941. The first flight training started on May 5, 1941.
In 1941, 800 instructors provided training for more than 300 student pilots a month. The training rate nearly doubled after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. By the end of World War II, more than 35,000 naval aviators had earned their wings here. Corpus Christi provided intermediate flight training in World War II, training naval pilots to fly SNJ, SNV, SNB, OS2U, PBY, and N3N type airplanes. In 1944, it was the largest naval aviation training facility in the world. The facility covered 20,000 acres, and had 997 hangars, shops, barracks, warehouses and other buildings. The Corpus Christi training facility consisted of the main location and six auxiliary air stations at Rodd, Cabaniss, Cuddihy, Kingsville, Waldron and Chase fields. Former President George H.W. Bush was in the third graduating class, June 1943, and the youngest pilot ever to graduate. NAS Corpus Christi also was home to the Blue Angels from 1951- 1954. It also served as a Project Mercury Tracking station in the early 1960s. [https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Corpus_Christi] RMS Bulletin September/OctoberJuly/August No. 581 1996, No. 462 9 9
American Snapshot: 1947
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Loren Moore and other AMCAL attendees were interviewed by CBS on Saturday, May 7th. CBS sent out a team to video the convention activities and interview a number of attendees. CBS planned to air the segment on CBS Sunday Morning later in the month, but eventually opted to run the Rich Greene interview (below).
Liberty Bell Matchcover Club & RMS member Rich Greene appeared on the May 22nd broadcast of CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood in an interview about design on matchbooks and matchboxes. You can view the segment by itself online at http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/an- homage-to-the-matchbook/
CBS sent a crew and interviewer Ben Chapman to Rich's home for the interview and to view examples from his collection. Although the segment focused on design, and not the hobby and collecting, Rich managed to impart lots of information in a short amount of time. He also made sure that CBS posted links to the RMS, Jeff Williams' matchbooktraveler.com, and Liberty Bell MC's new Facebook group page websites on the CBS website. CBS also sent a West Coast crew to AMCAL to get additional material, but did not use any of it.
Positive feedback, in and out of the hobby, has been widespread and positive.
Linda Clavette Wolfe was featured on tunein.com/radio/dum-dums on Wednesday May 25th at 7pm. Donny Kehoe and Hannan Younis did the interview on Radio Regent in Toronto, Canada. They watched the interview Rich Greene did and this caused them to contact Linda. ______New Book Out
The Rancho Mirage Matchbook Company is a quirky history book based on matchbooks and matchboxes from Rancho Mirage, California. They are not quite obsolete but they are becoming a piece of history; slowly going the way of wind-up clocks, paper books, hand-written letters, and even person- to-person conversations (that are being replaced by cell phones, e-books, e-mail, and texting). The author, Leo Mallette, CA, RMS #9813, located matchbooks from 120 businesses in the city of Rancho Mirage and provided a little history to create this quirky history of Rancho Mirage!
The Rancho Mirage Matchbook Company is available in a beautiful 162-page full-color 8.5x11-inch format from the author or Amazon.com. Media Contact: Leo Mallette [email protected] RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 11 To Crease, Or Not To Crease....That Is The Question!
At its most basic aspect, a matchcover is a piece of rectangular cardboard with a striker and a staple. The cardboard, itself, is divided by collectors into the front and back panels, and the intervening space is called the saddle. We also distinguish between one side and the other with the designations „inside‟ and „outside‟. That‟s certainly not many physical parts, all in all, when you consider how many thousands of hours the average collector devotes to collecting them. And, the position of the striker not withstanding, as if to add insult to injury, most collectors don‟t pay much attention to any of the parts of a matchcover, being much more interested in the design printed on the cover....What‟s the manumark? What‟s the category? Is there a date? What about a footer?
But I, being the veteran matchcover nerd that I am, am aware of yet another part of the matchcover yet to be mentioned...the crease! Yes, the crease! There it sits on either side of the saddle, unheralded and in almost all cases usually unnoticed. It gets no respect. And yet, the guy who originally came up with the idea probably got a raise and a promotion!
Still, we‟re not concerned with the inequities of life, here. No, what‟s of import to us is the answer to yet another of those wonderful little mysteries the hobby has to offer...When did the matchbook industry start creasing its covers? Because, although many collectors, especially our newer apprentices, may simply have assumed that covers have always been creased, that isn‟t the case at all. Indeed, covers weren‟t machine-creased for the first few decades of their existence. I‟ve checked full- book Diamond Approved Match #7s, Diamond Match‟s, Diamond Safety Firsts, Diamond Quality‟s, Crowns, etc. No machine-creases. [Note that one has to distinguish between natural creasing (from use) and machine-creasing] So, when did it start?
I‟ve gone though my Dated collection, which is sizeable enough, I believe, to give reliable results, and the earliest machine-creased cover appears to be a 1936 Universal 20-strike. In 1937, there‟s a Diamond 20-strike [I‟m only looking at domestic covers here; there is a 1937 Bryant & May coronation cover which is machine-creased]. Still, machine-creased covers remain rarities through the ensuing years, all the way up to 1951, when they become exceptions to the rule, but no longer rarities. And, perhaps notably, they‟re still Universal and Diamond covers.
By 1953-1954, machine-creased covers are common, still mainly Universal and Diamond, but other manufacturers have joined the bandwagon (Ohio, Chicago, Lion, some Match Corp. etc). It‟s difficult to discern if machine-based covers had become the norm by the mid-1950s, simply because there were so many issues from Monarch, Superior, and Mercury during those years, and those three companies seems to have been the last major hold-outs in the march toward machine-creasing.
Still, by the late 1950s, machine-creasing had become the norm, even appearing on Monarch, Superior, and Mercury covers.
I must admit, though, even after 3½ decades of collecting, I don‟t really see what the impetus was to machine crease covers—What was the advantage? It can‟t be keeping the cover from rubbing against the matches because that doesn‟t happen with non-creased covers either...and neither process keeps the inside back panel from touching the match heads. I‟m assuming there was some tangible advantage...enough to warrant the addition of an additional stage in the production process and the resulting additional machinery.
Can anyone enlighten me? 12 RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 A Short History of Medicine: II
It didn‟t take long for Americans to cultivate their own patent medicines. The numbers and types of medications grew steadily in the decades leading up to the Civil War. The patent medicine trade was very lucrative, encouraging many enterprising individuals to launch their own brands. Balm of America was a typical American patent medicine, produced by Boston pharmacist Thomas Hollis in the 19th century.
During the Civil War, the United States taxed patent medicines along with matches, playing cards, perfumes and other proprietary articles to fund the war effort and repay military debt. From 1862 to 1883, the United States required tax stamps on such. The government returned to patent medicine taxation during the Spanish American War (1898-1902), using a distinctive “battleship” stamp.
The second half of the 19th century is considered to be the golden age of American patent medicines. Rapid increases in industry and manufacturing, urban living, advertising in national newspapers and magazines, and the absence of drug regulation all contributed to a boom in the production and consumption of patent medicines. Many people turned to patent medicines out of fear and distrust of contemporary medical practices. This was the period of “heroic medicine,” in which extreme techniques such as bloodletting and the use of harsh purgatives and emetics were often employed by physicians. Working before the advent of germ theory at the end of the 19th century, regular physicians had few therapies that could compete with the patent medicine industry‟s promise of easy health in a bottle.
Patent medicines were aggressively marketed. Manufacturers developed distinctive trademarks and packaging for their products and created memorable advertising campaigns.
RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 13 Unique and sometimes charming, many trademarks became instantly recognizable.
Patent medicine makers were pioneers in the use of such advertising techniques as solicitation through the mail, the provision of free samples and promotional trinkets, national newspaper campaigns, outdoor signage, and testimonials. Popular patent medicine almanacs offered abundant advertising for the sponsoring companies‟ products. Giveaways, such as a matchbook style needle and thread case, were also used to boost sales.
Prior to 1906, patent medicine manufacturers made any therapeutic claims for their products that they wished. In 1905 and 1906 Collier‟s magazine ran a series of influential articles by Samuel Hopkins Adams entitled “The Great American Fraud,” which exposed many of the deceitful and unsafe methods practiced by patent medicine manufacturers. Such exposes helped to promote the first federal Food and Drug Act, signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 30, 1906. The act was amended in 1912, and an even stronger Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act passed in 1938. These laws required drug labeling to include a list of ingredients and prohibited manufacturers from making false and misleading claims.
Despite dramatic changes in medical knowledge and federal regulation in the past 100 years, self- medication continues to be popular. No longer referred to as “patent medicines,” over-the-counter products today offer an enormous array of choices without requiring the consultation of a physician. Manufacturers continue to rely on extensive advertising, employing many of the methods pioneered by patent medicine marketers over 100 years ago.
[http://americanhistory.si.edu] collectionsgroup_detail.ckey=1253&gkey=51&page=2
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This is part I of a complete serialized listing. RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 15
A Peek At Other Bulletins Where To Get What You Need! [based on current issues on hand as of this writing] Basic Collecting Information: http:// Denver Striker MC: [May/Jun 2016] 4 pp. Club matchpro.org business. In Memory of Marilyn Reese; Shuffleboard; In In-Between Sport Articles on your categories: “Article archives” at http://matchpro.org Garden State MC: [Apr/Jun] 8 pp. Club business; April Fools‟ Day; Hair Appreciate Day; Past RMS Bulletins: “Bulletin Archives” at World Penguin Day; National Salad Month; http://matchcover.org [you‟ll need the password National Bike Month; National Hamburger from the Ed] Month; Horses Take Center Spotlight at “Mane Event” Foreign Collector Contacts: “Collectors On- Line” at http://matchcover.org Lone Star MC: [Jul/Aug 2016] 8 pp. Full-color (e-version). Club business; Inscrutable Chinese; Current RMS Convention Information: „E‟ For Efficiency; Silver Chicago World‟s Fair “Convention Central” at http://matchcover.org Set; Animatches; The Golden „G‟s‟; Arkansas‟s Jacksonport State Park; classified ads Regional Club Contact Information: “Clubs” at http://matchcover.org [most of the clubs listed Long Beach MC: [May 2016] 8 pp. Club here also have accessible membership business; Rhinos; Hippos; Play Ball!; Kids and applications] Baseball; auction, drawing, raffle Foreign Club Contact Information: “Foreign San Diego MC: [Spring 2016] 8 pp. Club Clubs” at http://matchpro.org business; The Originator of the „Chili Size‟; The Intrigue of Giant Rock; Carmel-By-The-Sea; Lists Information: “Master List of Lists” at auction http://matchpro.org
Sierra-Diablo MC: [Jul 2016] 8 pp. Full-color (e How To...: “How To” at http://matchpro.org -version) AMCAL 2016; AMCAL 2016: Mike‟s Perspective; National Donut Day; Full-Length Manufacturer Information: “manufacturers” at Hotels; Chicago‟s Comiskey Park; classified ads, http://matchpro.org auction Manumark/Footer Information: “Manumarks [My apologies if I‟ve left your club out this time. I and Footers” at http://matchpro.org lost the original column, and by that time I no longer had those bulletins or the notes I took from Supplies: “Supplies” at http://matchcover.org the e-bulletins sent to me, so I had to go with what was left.] Collectors Who Collect In Your Areas: “Category-Collector Database” at http:// [Ed. note: In case you‟re wondering why some matchcover.org clubs may not appear here from issue to issue—I may not be on that club‟s current bulletin mailing Whatever you‟re looking for, it‟s usually list, that club may only issue a quarterly bulletin, available somewhere, even if it‟s not readily that bulletin may have arrived too late to include, apparent. If you can‟t find it or need other etc.] assistance, contact the Ed.
16 RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 King Coal! RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 17 18 RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 [Please check the Mail Box column for answers on last issue‟s query on the Hallmark F re e d o ml a n d set]
Hilton Entertainers Set
Can‟t remember if I run this before, but I only have three: these two (Miguelto Valdes and Freddie Karger) plus a variation of the first. Judging from these, the people are lounge entertainers, rather than big-name VIPs. Are there more?
If anyone has a definitive answer, please let us know....And, if you have a question about a set or series, send in a clear pic and details, and we‟ll see what information we can garner from our readers.
Lite King
Lite King, as can be seen here, was a Pacific Match Co. box trademark. Exactly when it appeared is uncertain but it was gone by 1964.
The Pacific Match Co., itself, started in 1924. It was founded by O.V. Snyder and associates who had relocated to Tacoma from Wheeling, WV, where he had apparently worked in the match industry previously. The high cost of labor and materials forced the closure of the company in 1964. RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 19
Have You Been Contacted By A Local Seller?
Have you been contacted by someone in your area looking to sell you matchcovers? Perhaps a bag full of matchbooks collected on prior vaca- tions or grandfather's collection? Wondering how they knew to contact you? Lone Star Matchcover Club
Every week I receive a couple of e-mails from The Lone Star Matchcover Club was formed in non-collectors around the country seeking collec- 1984 by collectors in the Houston area. It hosted tors in their area that they con contact to give the 1996 RMS Convention. away or sell the covers in their possession. If it‟s a huge collection/accumulation, I refer those to As with all of the successful clubs in the hobby, the national buyers of such. If it‟s a more modest Lone Star is yet another example of what can be amount, I use my collector database to refer those achieved when you have the people who are people to local collectors in their areas. willing to give of their time and effort to achieve a common goal. Locations such as St. Louis and Hopefully, this brings new material into the Las Vegas, for example, have plenty of collectors hobby at large and also gives individual collectors but no local clubs...because the “workers” aren‟t the opportunity to enhance their own collections. there. There were in Houston! If anyone wishes to opt out, just let me know. The Ed. Club meetings are not regularly scheduled. Interested attendees should contact LaJuan Error Corner Melendy (below) for upcoming time a location. Characteristically, meetings feature a variety of activities, but the emphasis is on people and covers. If you're in the area at the time, drop in Oops! Someone and see what's going on. Everyone is always should tell Chevrolet welcome. that they‟ve been spelling their name Current Lone Star officers: President: W.D. incorrectly all this Broadway, 3501 Chisholm Trail, Salado, TX time! 7 6 5 71 [ [email protected] ] ; Rec / Corres.Sec: Evelyn Finkelstein, 4620 Just another example N.Braeswood Blvd. #61, Houston, TX 77096 of what exists in the (713-662-3336); Membership Secretary: wonderful world of LaJuan Melendy, 10506 Trinity Springs Dr., Errors! Cypress, TX 77433 (713-466-6266); Treasurer: LaJuan Melendy, 10506 Trinity Springs Dr., Cypress, TX 77433 (713-466-6266); Editor: Mike Prero, 12659 Eckard Way, Auburn, CA 95603 (530-906-4705) ([email protected]).
Dues are $7.50 or $5 for e-bulletins (individual), $8.50 (family or overseas); dues go to our Membership Secretary. 1020 RMS Bulletin September/October RMS Bulletin July/August 1995, No. No. 456 581 The Mail Box
Wayne Eadie, NY: In regards to the Hallmark Freedomland set (last issue‟s “What‟s This & How Many”), the three mentioned is a complete Roger Beecham, IL: Ref “Silent Woman” article, set. As I recall, they p. 16, Bulletin 578, Early this year I received a were sold in plastic puzzle on matchbooks/boxes. Then I received the wrapped packs of six, two each of the three above bulletin in which you vaguely remembered designs, in the Hallmark store on the main street a Silent Woman box. Well, the puzzle I got shows of Little Old New York. Hallmark was one of the that box. What a coincidence! park's sponsors. I bought mine there on one of my several visits to Freedomland, now the site of Co- op City in the Bronx.
John Mathot, CA: John sent in this unusual cover he came upon. It‟s apparently from the 1930s, and the Ad Goods Co, Los Angeles, was apparently a distributor for Japanese matches. This is the only manumark I‟ve seen from this company. Barry Turner, MI: Ref last issue‟s „Around The World‟, it was pointed out to me that the Beatles box is not the Beatles. No clue what group is pictured.
Ed. That‟s interesting...an error! Anyone know what group this really is?
John Dockendorf, PA: John sent in a flexible, plastic matchcover holder (wouldn‟t scan due to dark colors) and wondered if they were used anymore. Some may still use them, but I doubt if they‟re made anymore in light of matchbooks
RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 21 falling into disfavor. Convention Display Categories
[These are what I‟ve been notified of so far:] Ed. Ref Jan/Feb‟s article on The Quiet Woman, I happened to run across this cover: -Angelus: Best Combo display
-Forest City MC: Best Ohio-related display
-Girlie Club: Best Girlie display
-Hallmark Club: Best Hallmark display
-Huggable Bears Club: Best Bear display
-Keystone-Lehigh: Best Transportation display
-Liberty Bell MC: Best National Park display
-New Moon (gives two): Best Box display and
Best Label display
-Penn Ohio MC: Best Full-Length display
-Tobacco Club: Best Tobacco display
-Trans Canada MC: Best Canadian display
-Windy City MC: Best Abraham Lincoln display
-Keystone-Lehigh (Harry Stump Mem.
Award): Best transportation display
-Stella Williams - John Williams Memorial
Award: Best Front Striker Display
Convention People To Contact For:...
-Convention Chairpersons: Charles Specht,
2306 Belmore Dr., Champaign, IL
-Airport Pickup: Call hotel 1-217-789-1530
-Auction Lots: Pat Shappell, 109 Wood Ln., Bob Stowe, MS: I can‟t find anything on this Reading PA 19606-2446. company. Do you have anything? -Awards: See Convention Chairpersons -Cover Donations: Charles Specht -Dealer Tables: Clem Pater, 315 Front St. Hamil- ton, OH 45011 -Display Room: Loren Ross, 2743 Flangel Street, Lakewood, California 90712-3730 -Freebie Tables: Bob Hofacker, (937-447-3795) -Hospitality: Stella Williams, 78 Friendship Ed: It was an early, short-lived company: NEW Circ., Dayton, OH 45426-1828 HAMPSHIRE MATCH CO. (1923-1928) It was -Penny Auction: Carol Ziegler, 4019 Weimar tarted by employees of Bean & Symonds Co.; it Line, RR #3, Wellesley, Ont N0B 2T0 CAN 519- was subsequently taken over by Ivar Kreuger‟s 699-5738 subsidiary, Federal Match Co., in 1928 and -Program Book: Penny Smith, 2063 Grange eventually developed into D.D. Bean & Sons Co. Hall, Fenton, MI 48430 and Bob Cigrang, 622 It‟s production center was in East Jaffrey, NH. Russell St., West Prospect, IL 60056 New Hampshire Match Co. trademarks that I -Registration: Gayle Hofacker, (937-447-3795) know of were Gold Tip (1923-1928); Oriole (1923 -Registration Bags: Charles Specht -1928) -Schedule: Charles Specht -Silent Auctions: Charles Specht 22 RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581
Hobby Glossary
Bits & Pieces Rama - abbreviation for Matchorama [see Matchorama].
Rathkamp, Henry - one of the original founders Did you know that when Ivar Krueger took over of Rathkamp Matchcover Society; it was named much of the American match industry he also had after him when he passed away. a match monopoly in 24 other countries? -That by 1945 most of the match factories in Rathkamp Matchcover Society - the main Japan had been destroyed by the United States Air matchcover collecting organization in North and Force? South America; 1941-present [you should be a member!].
Answer to Last Issue’s Real-Lite - General trademark; dates not available. Matchcover Mystery Red Bird - General box trademark; 1920-1940s. “What‟s the highest price ever paid for a cover?” Red Bird Jr. - General box trademark; 1920s- 1940s. Answer: Kevin Saucier, CA, purchased a full- book Lindbergh for $6000 in 2015. Red Head - Pacific Match Co. trademark; ?-by 1964.
Matchcover Mysteries: #125 Red Stick - old Diamond box trademark; dates not available. “Who is this person?” Red Top - Diamond box trademark; 1891- present.
Red, White & Blue - old Diamond cylindrical box trademark; c. 1914-?.
Red Wing - old Diamond box trademark; dates not available.
Redbird - Eddy box trademark; dates not available.
Redheads - Bryant & May Australian box trademark; dates not available.
Redheads Slims - Bryant & May Australian box trademark; dates not available.
Redheads Teasers - Bryant & May Australian box trademark for its boxes with individual question and answer on each; dates not available. RMS Bulletin January/FebruaryJuly/August No. 581 1996, No. 458 19 23
History 101
Buddha
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, was an ascetic and sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BC.
Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the śramaṇa movement common in his region. He later taught throughout other regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kosala.
Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism. He is recognized by Buddhists as an enlightened or divine teacher who attained full Buddhahood, and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. Accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later.
The evidence of the early texts suggests that Siddhārtha Gautama was born into the Shakya clan, a community that was on the periphery, both geographically and culturally, of the eastern Indian subcontinent in the 5th century BC. It was either a small republic, in which case his father was an elected chieftain, or an oligarchy, in which case his father was an oligarch. According to the Buddhist tradition, Gautama was born in Lumbini, now in modern-day Nepal, and raised in the Shakya capital of Kapilvastu, which may have been in either present day Tilaurakot, Nepal or Piprahwa, India. He obtained his enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, gave his first sermon in Sarnath, and died in Kushinagar.
No written records about Gautama have been found from his lifetime or some centuries thereafter. One Edict of Asoka, who reigned from circa 269 BC to 232 BC, commemorates the Emperor's pilgrimage to the Buddha's birthplace in Lumbini. Another one of his edicts mentions several Dhamma texts, establishing the existence of a written Buddhist tradition at least by the time of the Maurya era and which may be the precursors of the Pāli Canon. The oldest surviving Buddhist manuscripts are the Gandhāran Buddhist texts, reported to have been found in or around Haḍḍa near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan and now preserved in the British Library. They are written in the Gāndhārī language using the Kharosthi script on twenty -seven birch bark manuscripts and date from the first century BC to the third century AD. After his death, Buddha's cremation relics were divided amongst 8 royal families and his disciples; centuries later they would be enshrined by King Ashoka into 84,000 stupas. Many supernatural legends surround the history of alleged relics. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha] 24 RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581
Editorial
Innovation
A lot has changed in society in the last twenty years—values, demographics, technology, the economy, and so on. Change brings different circumstances, sometimes good; sometimes bad. Generally, I think it‟s safe to say, people don‟t like change. At the very least, it disrupts the normal routine of things. But, in many instances, the only way to survive such change is to adapt, and adapting means to do things differently. This is most readily seen in business. Borders, Blockbuster Video, Kodak, Hummer—where are they today? Gone. They waited too long to adapt. Innovation is the way to stay viable, whether it‟s a nation, a business...or a hobby.
And our hobby is too conservative, and, in some cases, way too conservative. But the hobby is only people, collectors, too many of whom simply want the hobby to do things the way they‟ve always done those things because...that‟s the way they‟ve always been done.—in spite of the fact that those things don‟t work anymore. Just look at the current state of the hobby.
To be fair, the hobby has changed, in a few instances, but far too many good ideas continue to be voted down in the annual RMS business meetings, which is why it‟s not surprising that most innovations in the hobby come from outside RMS, usually from the various regional clubs. Look at the following “recent” innovations that have appeared in the hobby:
-Club web sites (Sierra-Diablo MC was the first, established in May 1999; the RMS web site was established later the same year)
-Convention web sites (RMS has had the Convention Central page on its site almost from the site‟s inception in 1999)
-On-line rosters (Sierra-Diablo MC was the first (and only, as far as I know). It‟s had its roster posted on-line for many years. RMS declined the idea.)
-Facebook pages (Angelus Facebook page was created in 2012and online registration was available for the 2015 San Diego AMCAL; Liberty Bell has had a Yahoo site up since 2003.)
-e-bulletins (Sierra-Diablo started these at least as early as 2008; initially, I believe, the bulletin was posted on the Sierra-Diablo web site for on-line viewing, then the club decided to just e-mail the bulletins; RMS followed suit sometime later.)
-On-line convention auctions (Sierra-Diablo was the first, putting up the entire AMCAL 2016 auction on line)
-ebay-funded conventions (Angelus MC first began using ebay sales to fund AMCAL in 2011)
-On-line chat room (RMS was the first c. 2002; it was eventually discontinued due to lack of interest)
-Back issue bulletins on-line (Sierra-Diablo started this at least as early as 2008; RMS started soon after [since I did both] RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 25 -Bulletin auctions (Sierra-Diablo has had theirs since 1985; RMS tried its own starting c. 2002, but later discontinued it due to a lack of collector interest)
-Reduced dues for e-bulletin recipients (Sierra-Diablo MC was the first in 2009; RMS declined the idea)
-Full-color hard copy bulletins (Sierra-Diablo began issuing full-color hard copy bulletins in 1999; eventually discontinued in favor of full-color e-bulletins)
You‟ll notice that all but two of these are internet-related. Members not on-line can gripe and groan, but that‟s where the world is today. There have been some innovations, mostly small, which don‟t involve the internet. For example:
-Southeastern MC was the first to initiate „Trading Tables rather than room-hopping; Southeastern was also the first to have live TV coverage of its swapfest.
-Sierra Diablo MC was the first to have no regular meetings, showing that a club didn‟t necessarily have to fold due to poor meeting attendance. It was also the first to develop customized software to handle auction bidding.
And, there have been some innovations coming from individual collectors, not on behalf of any club, such as:
One collector, years ago, (I wasn‟t able to identify him) was the first to put out a self-executing CD listing (Pre-War Navy Ships with photos).
Loren Moore, CA, is in the process of developing an on-line cover library. He‟s already scanned 40,000 covers!
Photo Matchbook
A non-collector sent this one in. It‟s called “Biofix”, although “Bioflix” would seem to make more sense. Inside there are 56 photos, and as you flip through them they‟re in order, so it‟s like watching a silent movie.
All this is in a matchbook format, but this isn‟t really a matchbook. There are no matches and no striker...but it‟s interest- ing! c. 1920s
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San Francisco’s Cliff House
Located at the westernmost edge of the city, overlooking the scenic Pacific Ocean, this well- known San Francisco landmark has been part of California‟s heritage for over 130 years. The cliff below Sutro Heights has actually been home to four different Cliff Houses over the years.
The first was built in 1863 by Adolph Sutro. Sutro was a wealthy San Franciscan who made his fortune in the mining business and then invested in San Francisco real estate. At one point, he owned 2200 acres, or about 1/11th of the entire city. This first Cliff House was damaged by an explosion in 1887 when a dynamite-laden schooner crashed on the rocks below. The surviving portion of the building was destroyed by fire on Christmas day seven years later. Adolph built a new Cliff House in 1895, only to see it destroyed by fire that same year.
In 1896, he tried again, building an elaborate French Chateau-style building that is often seen in old photographs. That building survived the 1096 earthquake, but was again destroyed by fire the following year. The current building was constructed in 1909 and has been extensively modified over the years. Today, the Cliff House entails restaurants and gift stores catering mostly to tourists. The area around the Cliff House offers excellent views of the Pacific and of Seal Rocks; unfortunately, the sea lions that used to camp out on Seal Rocks moved to Pier 39 a few years ago and have not returned.
There‟s a National Park Service Visitors Center on the terrace below Cliff House, and in the Cliff H o u s e basement there is a fabulous collection of antique coin- o p e r a t e d mechanical game s and m u s i c a l instruments. RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 27 “What do you like best about the organized hobby of matchcover collecting?” [May - 74 responding]
*I put swapfests, conventions, meetings under -My fellow collectors 27 „Activities‟ -Information 12 -The activities 5 *I put anything about collectors under „My fellow -The challenge 5 collectors‟, including friendships, socializing, etc. -Trading/Buying/Selling 5 -Bulletins 4 *Covers includes availability, variety, historical -The covers 2 and cultural significance, etc. -Belonging to a club 2 -Organizing my covers 2 *Information includes availability, sharing, lists, -Knowing that I am not alone! 2 etc. -Preserving part of our culture/history 2 -The Vault 1 No real surprises here, except that covers ranked -No clutter 1 near the bottom! -Auctions 1 -It used to be cheap 1 If you have a good polling question, please send -Collecting something rather unique 1 it to the Ed., and I‟ll see what I can do. -The diversity collectors are allowed 1
Why Did They Name It That? by Jimmie Close
It was before my matchcover collecting days, and my sole reason for visit- ing Punxsutawney was to be able to say that I had visited the home of the country‟s most famous groundhog.
While I was there I had coffee with a gentleman who said he was almost ninety years old and had never been out of Punxsutawney except when he served in the Army during World War I.
He told me that the name ‟Punxsutawney‟ was derived from the Iroquois Indian word ‟ponsetunik‟, meaning „living dust and ashes‟.
Many years ago, there was a feared and hated sorcerer who was killed by members of the Iroquois tribe. His body was burned, and the ashes were dumped in a nearby swamp. Subsequently, huge clouds of living things seemed to rise from the ashes - the sorcerer had returned to curse the tribe.
The living things were actually gnats and were sometimes referred to as ‟punkies‟. To some, Punxsutawney became known as ‟Gnat Town‟.
28 RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581 [email protected]...... J/A16
WE’RE GIVING OUT CLUB MEMBER- SHIPS! Only $5 for 6 full-color, informative e- bulletins. And, a limited time offer only, we‟ll also make you an honorary Texan, no matter Club Officers: Please keep the Ed. informed of where you call home. Send check, made out to upcoming club swapfests, RMS Area Award Lone Star Matchcover Club, to: LaJuan Melendy, recipients, and convention display categories. If I 10506 Trinity Springs Dr., Cypress, TX 77433 don‟t get the info, I can‟t pass it on it the bulletins. (713-466-6266)...... J/A16
WE’RE THE BEST DEAL IN THE HOBBY! CLASSIFIED ADS Sierra-Diablo Matchcover Club. $5 dues for 12 beautiful e-bulletins (96 pp. annually). That works WANTED: RR, Fred Harvey, Perkins out to a mere 5¢ a page! Plus, we‟ll throw in the Americana. Have to trade: Chicks, Airlines, best bulletin auction in the hobby as a no cost Educational, Crowns, Federals, World Fairs, bonus! Membership app available at http:// Made in the West, Manumarks. Also, I have matchcover.org/sierra. Send to: Loren Moore, scanned 3,000 RR covers. This is a working list. POB 1181, Roseville, CA 95678 (916-783-6822) Also have Fred Harvey listing of 525+ covers. This is one of the best listings ever. $25 each for DVD or flash drive. Russell Potter, 19088 192nd Ave., Spiro, OK 74959 (918-962-5271)...... J/A16 [Thanks to Jimmie Close, FL, for this WANTED: Monfalcone Cafe, off Long Beach one] CA, Lion, circa 1929-1930, actually a gambling ship with image of ship on back (burned in 1930). Will pay $65; Rendezvous, DQ, Balboa CA (any other manumark OK too) Will pay $65; Kid Ory's Creole Club, Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood Will pay $30. Struck or bobtail OK - same price. Kevin Fleming, 23592 Windsong, #37 -J, Aliso Viejo CA 92656-2346 orogrande66@ aol.com...... J/A16
WANTED: Covers from Leonard, N. Dak, FS - ones I don't have. Buy or trade - Craig Neros - 11120 16th St. N.E. Saint Michael, MN. 55376 [email protected]...... J/A16
WANTED: Matchcovers picturing school bus (es), inc. ones issued by bus manufacturers, school districts, etc. Will buy or trade. John Dockendorf, 448 Meadow Dr., Camp Hill, PA 17011...... J/A16
WANTED: Traders! Let‟s swap category lists. Have lots of trading material. Mike Prero, 12659 Eckard Way, Auburn, CA 95603 RMS Bulletin November/DecemberJuly/August No. 581 1995, No. 457 21 2 9
You'll want to be at this years convention. The Abraham Lincoln's home and museum are within walking distance of the hotel. You'll want to visit the 16th President's burial place and New Salem State Park for a taste of what it was like to live in that era.
The Illinois State Fair will be happening the week of convention. Featured artists this year are Cole Swindell, Pat Benatar, Meghan Trainor, KISS and ZZ Top at the Grandstand shows. Tickets are available at ticketmaster. See the exhibits of hobbies just down the street from the butter cow. Enjoy the fair!
This an excellent hotel for our convention. The rooms are excellent with a bank of elevators that will whisk you to your room or to the hospitality room on the 29th floor overlooking the city. The meeting rooms are all on the second floor. Call The Springfield City Centre before July 16th at 217-789-1530 to make your reservations. Be sure and ask for the Windy City Matchcover rate.
Send your Pre Registration form to Gayle Hofacker. Please plan on attending the awards banquet on Saturday night which will be the highlight of the week. Please contact Nancy Smith or Bob Cigrang to place your ad in the convention program book. The cost is $35 for a page $25 for a half page or $15 for a quarter page.
The Windy City Matchcover Club looks forward to hosting this years convention. Join us for a great week of collecting matches.
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RMS MEMBERSHIP REPORT – JULY/AUGUST SPONSOR NEW MEMBER (*=will trade): NO NEW MEMBERS
REINSTATED: 6958-John J. Clark, 36 Davis Ave, Arlington, MA 02474-1202 4290-Andrew H Denes, 19208 Avenue of the Oaks, #B, Newhall, CA 91321-1405
CHANGE OF ADDRESS: 4726-Helen Hollmann, 2619 Trenton Rd., Levittown, PA 19056-1428 8184-Bill Evans, 2344 Amsterdam Rd., #213, Villa Hills, KY 41017-3712
DECEASED: 8010-Patricia Giroud (02/14/2015) 9643-John R. Blackburn Jr. (04/04/2016) 3083-Alma Adams (04/21/2016) 3716-Marilyn Reese (04/28/2016) 8685-Janet Johnk (05/10/2016)
CORRECTIONS FOR 2016-2018 MEMBERSHIP ROSTER:
5024-Denis Bouchard zip code is R5A 0A6 not R2A 0A6, and chg. Categories to HI, Best Westerns, Hiltons, Sheratons, (Any Chain Hotels) All Matchcover Convention Covers, Any Fancies, Cigarettes, Girlies, Casinos, Chickens, Chinese Restaurants, Camel 30‟s, & Bears 3057-Janet Penny chg. Categories to Non-Stock Holiday Inns, US.Military, Hallmark, Janet Johnk Halloween, Fall, Crabs, Turkey, Xmas, Dogs, U.S. Presidential, & Masonic
DUES ARE DUES. I STILL HAVE 59 MEMBERS THAT ARE STILL PAST Janet, RMS #8685, suc- DUE. LOOK AT YOUR LABEL ON YOUR BULLETIN TO SEE YOUR cumbed on May 10th. She EXPIRATION DATE. PLEASE SEND IN YOUR DUES NOW. TO: LINDA was a long-time member and WOLFE, 13 CREEKSTONE DRIVE, MONT ALTO, PA 17237-9614 officer of Sierra-Diablo MC Respectfully Submitted, and a personal friend. Our sincere condolences to hus- Linda Clavette Wolfe band Duane, family, and friends. Alma Adams
Marilyn Reese John Blackburn Alma Adams, RMS #3083, left us on April 21st. A long- Marilyn, RMS #3716, John Blackburn, RMS time collector, Alma was es- passed away on April 28th. #9643, passed away on April pecially active in the Windy She was a mainstay of the 3rd. Besides all of his other City Club and a trader with hobby for many years and a hobby work, John also was the Ed. I‟m sure she‟ll be dedicated collector. She had the current lister of the missed by all those who been married to her husband, American Ace list. Our con- knew her. I know I will. Mel, for 66 years. She‟ll be dolences to his family and Answers to last issue’s missed by all. friends. crossword: BIRTHDAY CLUB: The following club members will be celebrating birthdays on the dates indicated. Please check your latest roster to get current Across: Down: addresses and categories: Pat Mains (7/13); Sci, Keith (8/14) 1. Brassard 2. Shucking 5. Perkins 3. Lockard If you‟re interested in receiving 200-300 covers or boxes during your birthday 6. Springfield 4. Henry month, send an SASE #10 envelope to: Wally and Pat Mains, 105 Roger Ln., Florence, KY 41042-2334. NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. 8. Pocketbox 7. Footer 32 RMS Bulletin July/August No. 581
Linda Clavette Wolfe PRSRT STD. RMS Membership Secretary/Treasurer U.S. POSTAGE PAID 13 Creekstone Drive Mercersburg, PA Permit #15 Mont Alto, PA 17237-9614
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