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IRMS BULLETIN NO. 549 March/Apri12011 I

By Mike Prero

Hospitals, V.A. Wi lton Mason, LA 526 2/06 Jai Alai Mike Samuels, DC 49 11 /05 Hot Dogs E ll en Gutting, NV 134 9/00 Japan ?, CAN 3608 9/93 Hot Springs Ed Brassard, W A 488 11 / 10 Jersey Match Co. AI Wolf, NJ 488 2/05 Hotel/Motel Warren Marshall, CA 110281 10/89 Jewelites (all) Les Hufford, OH 8688 8/93 Hotels (20s F-S) Bill Evans, MI 8742 9/05 Jewelites (non-sport) D. Longenecker, PA 1235 11 / 10 Hotels, DQ Bill Evans, Ml 769 9/05 Jewelites, Football Win Lang, CA 1234 4/93 Hotels, Dia. S-F Neal Hospers, TX Ill 4/93 Jewe1ites, Sports Ray Vigeant, CT 2450 1/99 Hotels,New Orleans Bob Smith, K Y 295 3/06 Jewelry Stores D. Longenecker, PA 811 11 / 10 Hotels, NYC Bill Hayes, FL 2081 12/ 10 Jewels Les Hufford, OH 7880 8/93 Hotels, San Fran Bill Hayes, FL 869 12110 Jewels, Dodge Kathie William, MD 1939 12/ 10 Houlihan's John Clark, FL 76 II / 11 John Deere Mike Prero, CA 75 11/05 Howard Johnson's Kathie Williman, MD 411 12/ 10 Juke Boxes Ellen Gutting, NV 170 9/00 Hunts (food) Series Longenecker/Hofacker 1605 11/J 0 Jupiter One-Eight John Williams, OH 37 ll/05 Hyatt Wayne Eadie, NY 795 12/10 Jutes Mike Prero, CA 2 11 12/ 10 Ice Cream Chester Crill, CA 398 4/05 Kaeser & Blair Mike Prero, CA 1381 12/ 10 Idaho Win Lang, CA 595 6/97 Kangaroos Chester Crill, CA 178 4/05 Illinois Win Lang, CA 2884 6/97 Kansas Win Lang, CA 803 6/97 Imperial 400 Motels Ralph Brann, IN 194 4/93 Kentucky Win Lang, CA 748 6/97 Indiana Win Lang, CA 846 6/97 King Midas M Co. Judi Wittwer, AZ 148 4/93 Indiana Sesq 'tennial Ralph Brann, lN 127 4/93 Kings Chester Crill, CA 374 4/05 indians Toby Messmer, KY 6457 2/10 Knights Chester Crill, CA 404 4/06 Inns Bill Evans, MI 608 5193 Knights lnns Rudy Kirchgassner,NJ 106 5/93 Insects Chester Crill, CA 610 4/05 Knights of Columbus Toby Messmer, KY 1367 11/97 Insurance Bill Hayes, FL 11916 12/10 Knights of Malta Toby Messmer, KY 50 11 /97 lnter-Cont' I Hotels Sid Barlow, ENG 670 12110 Knot Hole D. Longenecker, P A 495 11 / 10 Intern' I Harvester Tom Gray, IA 1341 11 /05 Koppers Coke James Willard, MD 150 9/01 Inter-State Press Mike Prero, CA 195 12/ 10 Labels, Box Paul Moyer, CA 50000 10/88 Iowa Kathie Williman, MD 3868 12/ 10 Lamp Posts Chester Crill, CA 183 8/95 Irish Duane Ready, PA 2121 12/10 Lamps, Tiffany Chester Crill, CA 94 12/99 Israel Sid Barlow, ENG 186 12/ 10 Laundries/Cleaners D Longenecker, P A 2828 Jill 0 Italy Sid Barlow, ENG 1629 12/10 Leatherette Mike Prero, CA 42 12/10

continued on p. 3 2 RMS Bulletin March/Apri12011, No. 549 The President's Message Article Archives Available

Greetings fel low collectors. For most of us, For those looking for information on their spe­ winter is over - or soon will be. Hopefull y many cific topics, there's a fairly large archive of arti­ of us will be able to attend upcoming hobby cles available to coll ectors on my web site: events. There are few great Swaps coming up and I know the people running these events will do http://match pro.org their best for attendees to have a great time. I hope many of you will make an effort to donate Over 800 articles, almost all in .pdf format, cov­ covers for this year's hobby events. ering just about all topics concerning the hobby. Whether you' re a veteran coll ector or a novice, I want to give my thanks to Pat Shappell who whether you' re looking for information on the recently finished up the last RMS mail more technical areas or general articles on collect­ auction. She did a great job ! ing, there's a wealth of information available here, going back almost 30 years. Happy Collecting, Hopefully, you'll find exactly what you ' re RMS President, looking for. 9Jif£~ THE RMS BULLETIN

The RMS Bulletin is a bimonthly publication of the Jfuppy 9JildfuUuJ, Rathkamp Matchcover Society. RMS dues are $20 9JadfJe4 Srou ~ etuii! (single), $25 (single) for Canada and $35 (single) for overseas. Add. family members are $4 each. Dues are celebrating its 40th anniversary in April to be submitted to Treasurer. All articles, advertisements, comments, and letters should be sent ~! to the Editor. Publication dates are: Sept., Nov., Jan, Mar., May, and Jul. Deadline for all submissions is 30 days before the publication month. This publication is and Upp~e ~ :J~ owned by the Rathkamp Matchcover Society and is made available for public distt·ibution through first ta ~ ~e ftvt CW-eJt class (Canadian and overseas) and bulk mail rates. RMS WEB SITE: http://www.matchcover.org 24 ~ ~ ediWt oJ !BadfJe!t state Me. RMS OFFICERS (2011-2012): President: Bill Gigantino, 197 Bradley Ave., Hamden, Mari lyn is retiring as editor. Marilyn serves the CT 06514 E-Mail: [email protected] hobby in a plethora of ways, but 24 years as editor 1st V.P.: Wally Mains, 105 Roger Lane, Florence, KY ... That's something! 41042-2334 E-Mail: [email protected] 2nd V.P.: Carry VanTol, 402 Cowan Dr., Elizabeth, PA 15037 E-Mail: [email protected] Jfuppy ~WUJ, Secretary: Charles Specht, 2306 Belmore Dr., Cham­ paign, lL 61821 E-Mail: charlesspecht@ flu-Srou ~ Me! hotmail.com celebrating its 28th year in the hobby Membership/Treasurer: Terry Rowe, 1509 S. Dugan at their May I st party Rd., Urbana, OH 43078-9209 (937) 653-3947 E-mail: [email protected] Editor: Mike Prero, 12659 Eckard Way Auburn, CA WCUJ ta ga, 95603 Tel: (530) 885-3604 5u-S~! E-Mail: [email protected] 3 RMS Bulletin Ma rch/April2011, No. 549

Larry Martin, AZ 382 5/99 Leopards/Pathers Chester Crill, CA 125 4/05 Mileage Charts John N ichols, UT 2108 5/93 L ighthouses Kathie Williman, MD 852 1211 0 Military (Air Force) Don Marquette, AR 247 11 /1 0 Lights, Outdoor Jo Wilding, TX 609 l/99 Military (Air Nat G) John N ichols, UT 151 3 5/93 Lincoln Highway Duane Ready, P A 145 4/ 10 M ilitary (Army) Don Marquette, AR 1175 I 1110 Lion 21 mm covers Dan Bitter, OK 3196 7/01 Military (Army Air) Sid Barlow, ENG 365 1/02 Lion 22 mm covers Tom Valachovic, FL 71 11 /00 Military, British Mike Prero, CA 291 12/ 10 Lion 30 STICK mrn Tom Valachovic, FL 7448 11/10 Military, Canadian Sid Barlow, ENG 690 1102 Lion 33 mrn covers Tom Valachovic, FL 4 11 /00 Military (C Guard) John N ichols, UT 277 5/93 Lion Co sm "o" mm Mike Prero, CA 5197 1211 0 Military (Marines) Don Marquette, AR 267 11110 Lion Pat...1929 Mike Prero, CA 280 12110 Military (M Marines) John Nichols, UT 1170 5/93 Lion Safety First Mike Prero, CA 28 8 1211 0 Military (Navy) Don Marquette, AR 11 5 11 110 Lions (animal) Chester Crill, CA 1704 4/05 Military (Overseas) Mike Prero, CA 7767 12/10 Lions (Fraternal) David Barbieri, CT 125 9/05 Military, US ?, CAN 20 9/93 Liquor Stores John Bachochin, OK 1587 11 11 0 Milk Mel Reese, WI 66 11 / 10 Loan Co.'s Jo Wilding, TX 162 5/93 Milwaukee M Co. Mike Reynen 31196 10/89 Lobsters Kathie Williman, MD 5556 12/00 Minnesota Mike Prero, CA 1991 12/10 Lone Star M Co. Mike Prero, CA 22 1211 0 Mirro-G1oss Win Lang, CA 491 6/97 Los Angeles M Co. Judi Wittwer, AZ 2 4/93 Mississippi Win Lang, CA 11 51 6/97 Lotteries Les Hufford, OH 46 8/93 Missouri James Benes 5 10/01 Louisiana Win Lang, CA 788 6/97 Model Match Chester Crill, CA 260 4/05 Lumber Co.'s Terry Trantow, WA 1818 4/00 Monkeys/apes Chester Crill, CA 163 4/05 Made in Texas .. mm Kathie Williman, MD 114 12/ 10 Monks/friars Mike Prero, CA 38 11105 Made in West .. mm Kathie Williman, MD 1012 12110 Mono matches Eric Sather, W A 3079 11 /10 Magic Pan Rest. Wayne Eadie, NY 196 12/1 0 Montana Chester Crill, CA 201 4/05 Maine Win Lang, CA 727 6/97 Moon D. Longenecker, P A 3095 11 11 0 Man Hole Covers Art Houser, SC 9 10/05 Moose (LOOM) Wayne Eadie, NY 52 1101 Manhattan M Co. Tom Valachovic, FL 78 10/89 Morton's Steakhouses 11776 5/93 Manu marks John Williams, OH 4000 10/87 Motels Bill Evans, M1 Bill Evans, M l 3635 9/05 Maps Fred Kuecke, CO 1610 4/93 Motels (20s FS) 480 11 /05 Maritime Service John N ichols, NM 22 5/93 Movie Stars Don Marquette, AR 56 4/05 Marlboro John Bachochin, OK 4372 11 110 Movie Studios Cheryl Crill, CA 389 10/89 Marriott's John Clark, FL 565 11110 Movies Jim Moffett, CA 300 I 0/88 Maryland Win Lang, CA 825 6/97 Museums Ed Brassard, W A 5876 2/ 10 Maryland M Co(ws) Mike Prero, CA 588 12/ 10 Music (all) Toby Messmer, KY 2 119 4/00 Masoni c Lodges Kathie Williman, MD 635 12/10 Music, 20-strike Larry Kozak, OH 4/93 Massachusetts Win Lang, CA 125 1 4/93 Musical Instrument Jimmy Calhoun, CA 878 Master Host Inns Ralph Brann, rN 254 4/93 Napa Auto Parts Mel Garrett, KS 67 6/93 4/05 Match Co.'s Andy And erson, MO 1201 7/96 Napoleon Chester Crill, CA 53 Match Corp. (ws) Mike Prero, CA 1373 12110 National M Co (old) Mike Prero, CA 5 11 /05 Matchcover Clubs Ralph Brann, rN 593 4/93 National Press (ws) M ike Prero, CA 193 12/ 10 MatchcovCo ll ectors Ralph Brann, IN 485 4/93 Nationals James Willard, MD 1250 2/06 Matchorama Mel Garrett, KS 9568 6/93 Navy Ships-PreWar Don Marquette, AR 942 11110 Matchtone Jo Wilding, TX 639 1199 Navy Ships-" F-B Don Marquette, AR 52 11 /05 McDonald's Jack Barnes, N H 87 5/98 Navy Ships-Post War James Willard, MD 1868 12/ 10 Mellon Banks Verna Troxel, WA 153 7/93 Navy Ships, Can Pat Griffiths, CAN 413 10/87 Mennen Larry Cole, NY 101 11110 Navy Ships, DQ Tom Valachovic, FL 46 11 /05 Merchant Marine Don Marquette, AR 16 5/01 Navy Ships, For Bill Thomas, FL 45 5/93 Merchants lndust. Dan Bitter, OK 529 11/05 Navy Ships, US James Willard, MD 2765 8/05 Merit Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 7 12110 Nebraska Win Lang, CA 579 4/93 Mermaids Toby Messmer, KY 1406 9110 Nevada Wing Lang, CA 161 2 6/97 Metallic Glenn Bowen, CA 840 10/88 New Fo'ndl and/Lab John N icholson, CAN 262 6/01 Metro PS P.F. Mel Garrett, KS 22 6/93 New Hampshire Win Lang, CA 597 6/97 Mexico Mike Hubbard, M1 23 18 7/05 New Jersey Win Lang, CA 1229 6/97 Meyerson Press Mike Prero, CA 11 11105 New Mexico John Nichols, NM 1170 5/93 MIA/POW, 'Nam Mike Samuels, DC 11 11 /05 New York Win Lang, CA 2568 6/97 Michigan Win Lang, CA 1313 4/93 New York City Les Good, NY 30637 11110 Michigan Match Co Mike Prero, CA 9 12/10 New Zealand Mike Hubbard, M1 5302 7105 Midgets Stella Williams, OH 7063 5/93 Newspapers/ Mags Andy Anderson, MO 412 7/96 4 RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549

N ickelodeons Jim Moffett, CA 11 6/93 Pools (Swimming) Chester Crill, CA 300 12/99 N ight Clubs Chester Crill, CA 149 11 /96 Port Authorities Ray Vigeant, CT 107 1/99 North Carolina Win Lang, CA 826 6/97 Port Authority, NY Wayne Eadie, NY 96 12/10 North Dakota Win Lang, CA 326 4/93 Portugal Mike Hubbard, MI 4467 7/05 Odd Names James Willard, MD 774 9/05 POW/Intern. Camps James Willard, MD 17 12/10 Odd-Strikers Carmine Arpino, CT 402 1/1 1 Presidential(Political) Bob Oliver, FL 523 10/87 Office Sup/Machine Harold Cruson, CO 219 7/07 Presidents- FDR Duane Ready, PA 29 12/10 Ohio (state) Win Lang, CA 1684 6/97 Presidents - Jefferson Chester Crill , CA 76 4/05 Ohio For-Safety Mike Prero, CA 18 12/ 10 Presidents, JFK Duane Ready, P A 36 12/10 Ohio, XL Mike Prero, CA 24 12/10 Presidents, Lincoln Duane Ready, PA 420 12/10 Oil Wells Chester Crill, CA 109 4/05 Prices Greg Lund, CA 651 11 /05 Oklahoma Win Lang, CA 634 6/97 Printed Sticks Andy Anderson, MO 128 1 7/96 Olympics Mike Samuels, DC 506 1/99 Printing Co's Harold Cruson, CO 604 7/07 Ontario (CAN) Bob Reed, CAN 955 11 11 0 Puerto Rico Mike Hubbard, M1 947 7/05 Orange Crush Wayne Eadie, NY 135 12/10 Pull-Matches (all) Anonymous 362 10/89 Orcas Chester Cri ll, CA 12 10/97 Pull-Quicks Anonymous 362 10/89 Orchids Cheryl Crill, CA 132 12/99 Pull-Quicks, Canada D. Longenecker, PA 6 11 / 10 Oregon Nadine Ritter, MT 10334 12/10 Pull-Tabs (Tear-Outs) Dave Landy, CA 30 10/89 Outback Restaurant D. Longenecker, PA 487 11 / 10 Quai l Chester Crill, CA 83 4/05 Outhouses Bill Longenecker, PA 94 1111 0 Quality Courts Ralph Brann, IN 354 4/93 Owls Rendell Kitzmill er, TX 400 12/00 Quality Courts, N/S Bob Oliver, FL 588 10/87 Owls (Fraternal) Bill Longenecker, PA 39 11110 Qual ity Courts/Inns Tom Gray, IA 1583 6/97 Owname Match John Andrews, ? 500+ 6/94 Quality Inns Ralph Brann, IN 871 4/93 Palm Trees Chester Crill, CA 1341 4/05 Quebec Mike Hubbard, Ml 2568 7/01 Pan Am John Clark, FL 367 11 / 10 R.A.F. Sid Barlow, ENG 77 1/02 Pandas Mary Anne Pertuis, LA 285 4/00 Rabbits Cheryl Crill , CA 284 4/05 Panorama Judi Wittwer, AZ 90 4/93 Race Tracks Bill Evans, M1 134 9/05 Parks, Nat./State Ed Brassard, W A 5624 11 /10 Radio/TV Ray Vigeant, CT 1814 1199 Parrots Kathie Wllliman, MD 533 12/ 10 Railroads John Clark, FL 4560 11 / 10 Patriotic, WW II Win Lang, CA 2844 6/97 Rainbow Wayne Eadie, NY 340 12/10 Peacocks Kathi e Williman, MD 198 12/ 10 Raised-Ink Mike Prero, CA 3373 12/ 10 Pearltone Claude Aube, CAN 478 10/87 Ramada Frank Lawton, CA 543 10/88 Peli cans Chester Crill , CA 270 4/05 Razor Blades Andy Anderson, MO 191 7/96 Penguins Cheryl Crill, CA 167 4/05 Realty Co.'s D. Longenecker, PA 1996 11 /10 Pennsylvania Helen Hollmann, PA 12470 11/10 Red Carpet Inns Ralph Brann, IN 46 4/93 Pep Boys James Wi ll ard, MD 65 12/10 Regal Book M Co. Mike Prero, CA 10 12/ 10 Pepsi-Cola Wayne Eadie, CA 156 12/10 Regal Match & Prtg Mike Prero, CA 13 12/10 Perfect 36 Tom Yalachovic, FL 510 11/10 Rental Co.'s Jo Wi lding, TX 103 5/93 PersonalitiesNIP Jim Moffett, CA 2446 6/93 Republic M Co.(old) Mel Reese, WI 19 11110 Philadelphia Janet Penny, FL 1014 2/06 Restaurants Les Hufford, OH 118108 8/93 Phone Co.'s James Willard, MD 524 9/05 Rest., Benihana Wayne Eadie, NY 221 12/ 10 Phone #s, Low Tom Valachovic, FL 90 19 11 / 10 Rest., Big Boy Mike Samuels, DC 421 11 /05 Piano Chester Cri ll , CA 302 4/05 Rest., Bookbinders Kathie Wllliman, MD 64 12/ 10 Piedmont Airlines John Clark, FL 85 11110 Rest., Chinese James Mettler, W A 14358 11 /00 Pigs Steve Carter, IL 101 6 3/06 Rest., DQ Bill Evans, Ml 98 12/00 Pirates Kathie Williman, MD 277 12/ 10 Rest., Drive-In Duane Ready, PA 45 1 12/10 Pizza Billijo Piper, SC 1578 4/00 Rest. , German Helga Bachochin, OK 797 11110 Plaids Dave Hampton, CA 101 10/88 Rest., Greek Chester Cri ll , CA 176 4/05 Planet Hollywood Joe DeGennaro, NY 80 7/05 Rest., Italian Chester Cri ll , CA 4 19 11 /96 Plants Chester Crill, CA 2432 6/93 Rest. , Japanese Milt Wo lf, DE 151 1 7/00 Playboy Wayne Eadie, NY 242 11 /05 Rest., Mexican Milt Wolf, DE 4083 7/00 Pocketbox Toby Messmer, KY 17925 9/ 10 Rest., New Orleans Bob Smith, KY 3 10 3/06 Pocketbox Slim Toby Messmer, KY 8133 9/ 10 Rest., NYC Bob Smith, KY 2847 3/06 Poketbox Ult'Siim Toby Messmer, KY 4528 9/ 10 Rest., Oriental Opal Calhoun, CA 2654 10/88 Political (all) Dave Kennaday, PA 7535 12/00 Rest., Pizza Bill Scott, CAN 181 10/88 Political, Major Dave Kennaday, PA 1108 10/87 Rest., Seafood Bill Hayes, FL 5623 12/10 Political, Mi nor Larry Cole, NY 2310 11 /10 Rest., Shoney's Wally Mains, KY 82 11 /05 Poodles Cheryl Crill, CA 145 4/05 Rest., Specialty Wayne Eadie, NY 389 12/ 10 5 RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549 107 4/05 Rest., Tea Rooms Duane Ready, P A 158 12/05 Squirrels Cheryl Crill, CA Kathie Williman, MD 378 12/ 10 Rest., Top Of Chester Crill, CA 288 11 /96 Stamps, Postage 132 12/05 Rex Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 6 12/10 Stagecoach Duane Ready, PA 19 11110 Rhode Island Bob & Mary Bush, RI 3568 5/01 Standard Match Co. Mel Reese, WI Bill Retskin, NC 300 10/87 Rodeo Judi Wittwer, AZ 314 5/01 Star Match Co. 45 4/93 Rodeway Inns Ralph Brann, IN 54 4/93 Statler Hotels Ralph Brann, IN 53 12/10 Ro ll er Rinks Richard Giardini, CO 104 11 /10 Statue of Liberty Mike Prero, CA Chester Crill, CA 242 12/99 Roses Chester Crill, CA 662 4/05 Steamboats 496 1111 0 Rotary Intern ational Bill Longenecker, PA 11 11/10 Stickybacks D. Longenecker, PA 39 4/93 Royal Can. Legion Bill Scott, CAN 1284 6/01 Stop Lites Fred Kuecke, CO 252 11 /1 0 Royal Flash Andy Anderson, MO 93 01 7/96 Stouffer's John Clark, FL 1 5/01 Royal Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 3 12/10 Superba Quality Seymour Shedlow, IL Chester Crill, CA 73 1 4/05 Rt. 66 Kevin Fleming, CA 1887 4/06 Suns Andy Anderson, MO 222 7/96 Safe-T-Flaps James Benes 5 10/01 Super-Slim Box, Uni Seymour Shedlow, IL 1 5/01 Safety Tabs John Clark, FL 75 11 /10 Superba Quality Ralph Brann, IN 169 4/93 Sailfish Chester Crill, CA 302 4/05 Superior Motels Chester Crill, CA 204 4/05 Saloons John Bachochin, OK 31 0 11 /1 0 Swans 71 12/10 Sam Taub's Ri ng Don Marquette, AR 178 5/01 Swastikas James Wi ll ard, MD 1786 7/05 San Francisco area Greg Lund, CA 13809 11 /05 Sweden Mike Hubbard, MI Sid Barlow, ENG 8953 12/10 Santas Chester Crill, CA 141 6/93 Switzerland John Clark, FL 135 111 10 Satin Mike Prero, CA 1018 12/10 T.G.I. Friday Mike Hubbard, Ml 512 7/05 Savings & Loan Mike Prero, CA 1355 1 7/09 Taiwan Kathie Wi lliman, MD 74 1211 0 Scenic Places Judi Wittwer, AZ 2948 8/97 Tattoo John Bachochin, OK 1207 II IlO Scotties Cheryl Crill, CA 844 4/05 Taverns 3300 12/10 Sea Horses Chester Crill, CA 171 8/95 Taxi Bill Bias, OH 370 12/1 0 Sea Shell s/Clams Cheryl Crill , CA 341 4/05 Tea Rooms Duane Ready, P A 984 6/97 Sears, Roebuck Pat Mains, KY 97 5/00 Tennessee Win Lang, CA 49 11 /05 Sets Bi ll Furlong, NV 9205 ? Terrorists Mike Samuel, DC 2405 4/93 Sets, Foreign Marie Harbison, P A 148 4/93 Texas Wi n Lang, CA 19 6/93 Shamrocks Duane Ready, P A 393 12/05 Texas Centennial Stuart Bergman, TX 30 6/00 Sheep/Rams Chester Crill, CA 537 4/05 Texas Road House Randy Waite, OH 2339 6/93 Sheraton Frank Lawton, CA 1462 10/88 Thank You's Mel Garrett, KS 11 5 11 /05 Ship Li nes Sid Barlow, ENG 2640 1/02 Theatres Don Marquette, AR 4/05 Sh ips, Tall Mike Prero, CA 1535 12/10 Theatres (live) Chester Crill, CA 179 1/1 1 Shoes/Shoe Stores D. Longenecker, PA 11 29 11 11 0 Thunderbirds Carmine Arpino, CT 380 12/99 Shriner's Chester Crill, CA 32 4/05 Tigers Cheryl Cri ll, CA 28 7 4/00 Signet Judi Wittwer, AZ 302 8/03 Tikis D & C Fisher, WA 702 Silver Do ll ars Jim Moffett, CA 264 6/93 Title Co.'s Jo Wilding, TX 85 5/93 Singapore Sid Barlow, ENG 881 12/10 Tobacco Wayne Eadi e, NY 6159 12/10 Skating (all ) Mike Samuels, DC 10 1 11 /05 Tobacco Stores D. Lo ngenecker, PA 1206 11 /10 Ski Areas Mike Prero, CA 187 12/99 To il ets D & C Fisher, WA 101 7/00 Slovenia Mike Hubbard, MJ 587 7/05 Top Hats Mike Schwimmer, MA 1305 II IlO Smokers Ell en Gutting, NV 678 10/00 Totems poles Chester Crill , CA 11 5 12/99 Smokey the Bear D. Lo ngenecker, PA 30 I 1/10 Towns (CA) Jack Benbrook, AZ 1412 11 /10 Snakes Chester Crill, CA 105 4/05 Towns (CAN) Tom Valachovic, FL 3240 11110 Soda Wayne Eadi e, NY 1415 12/10 Towns (same name) Bob McMillan, FL 916 4/01 Sonesta Motels Ralph Brann, IN 65 4/93 Towns (US) Tom Valachovic, FL 32674 11 /1 0 South Afi" ica Mike Hubbard, MI 13 10 7/05 Towns (US-40s) Tom Va lachovic, FL 5979 111 10 South Carolina Billijo Piper, KY 480 7/05 Towns (WI) Seymour Shedlow, IL 961 5/01 South Dakota Wi n Lang, CA 496 4/93 Tractors/Fm Equip. Tom Gray, lA 239 1 11/05 SW Match Clem Pater, OH 35 12/05 Trademarks Mike Prero, CA 6 1 I 1211 0 Souveni r James Willard, MD 186 4/09 Trader Vic's Carmine Arpino, CT 150 111 1 Space Fred Houk, FL 135 11110 Trai ns Marie Harbison, PA 249 4/93 Spain Sid Barlow, ENG 7146 12/1 0 Travelodge Frank Lawton, CA 966 10/88 Sphinx Chester Crill, CA 29 4/05 Trees (no palm) Chester Crill, CA 481 6/93 Sport bookies Seymour Shedlow, IL 198 5/01 Trucklines Bob Smith, KY 52 12 3/06 Sports- no Jwelites) Charlie Specht, IL 3789 9/93 Trucks, Forklift Art Houser, NY 47 5/93 Sports Schedules Tom Valachovic, FL 656 11 /10 True-Color Tom Valachovic, FL 226 11 /05 6 RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549 ArotU1 The Worrld 2009 Dutch Swedish Match Set

This is an 8-box set from the Netherlands issued by Swedish match. Each of the 8 different boxes shows a product of Swedish Match for the Dutch market. There are also exist 8 Household boxes and 8 "Extra Long Matches" in similar sets.

[Thanks as always to our ever-diligent agent Hans Everink, Netherlands, for these. Hans regularly keeps us posted of new issues popping up in Europe.} - . RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549 7 Time and shortages have prevented any disclosure of Universal 's merchandising plans, but it is already evident that the acquisition was beneficial IOBB HISTOR to the Jacobs Company and to Jacobs distributors." Universal's Sweeter Side [from Twenty Years Young: The Story of " .. .under Universal's aegis, Schutter Candy Universal Match Corporation, 1947} division has sponsored a leading half hour program of entertainment on the airways. "David " ... The alert organization [Universal} was Harding - Counterspy", entertains millions each continually experimenting with products that its Sunday afternoon over the 193 stations of the sales force could logically sell. But the first real entire American Broadcasting Network. step toward today's multiplicity of products, was the acquisition in 1940 of Candy Bros. Mfg. Co. The Schutter Candy Kitchens, too, for many Inc., of St. Louis. This company had made cough years famed as "The longest straight-line candy drops, under the trade name "Red Cross", since factory in the world", are a model for sanitary and 1885. While the brand was well known and efficient candy production. Hundreds of thousands respected for quality, merchandising had been of dollars have been invested in the most modern neglected and both sales and distribution were equipment, and in rebuilding the factory itself." thin. [Ed. note: Although the actual writer, publisher, is After acqumng the company, Universal not identified on the copy of this source that I invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in new have, I have to assume this was written by production equipment, and in advertising, turned Universal. The candy connection is certainly the product over to its aggressive nation wide interesting, though] sales force, and in a few years pegged Red Cross Drop sales among the industry's leaders." RMS's Birthday Club!

" ... Then, in August 1944, Universal startled the business world by buying one of the nation 's largest candy companies - Schutter, makers of Old Nick and Bit-0-Honey. It took less than a year to evidence that Universal knew merchandising that applied to candy as well as matches. Today, candy buyers and manufacturers recognize Universal as a good industry citizen, revering quality, and progressing with production improvements constantly. Likewise, in the difficult days since Universal acquired Schutter - when shortages and allotments have been characteristic of the candy industry - wholesalers have come to respect Universal's operation of Schutter because of fair distribution and friendly consideration ofthe distributors' problems."

" ... 1946 has seen further development. Early in the year, the fifty-year old Jacobs Candy Company, New Orleans, makers of box candies and pralines, was bought outright by Universal. 8 RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549 Field Artillery

The Field Artillery branch was founded on November 17, 1775 by the Continental Congress , which unanimously elected Henry Knox "Colonel of the Regiment of Artillery". ~~~------~~~ ~~~~~ii;;;~mm~. The regiment formally entered service on January 1, 1776. Although r-.1 Field Artillery and Air Defense Artillery are separate branches, both inherit the traditions of the Artillery branch.

The Field Artillery is one of the Army's combat arms, traditionally one of the three major officer branches (with Infantry and Armor). It refers to those units that use artillery weapons systems to deliver surface-to-surface long range indirect fire. Indirect fire means that the projectile does not follow the line of sight to the target. Mortars are not field artillery weapons; they are organic to infantry units and are manned by infantry personnel.

The term field artillery is to distinguish from the Air Defense Artillery, and historically, from the Coast Artillery (or Coastal Defense Artillery), a branch which existed from 1901-1950. In 1950, the two branches were unified and called simply Artillery, until air defense was made into a separate branch in 1968. The insignia of the Field Artillery branch is a pair of crossed field guns (19th century style cannons) in gold, and dates back to 1834.

The officially stated mission of the Field Artillery is to destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket, and missile fire and to help integrate all fire support assets into combined arms operations. The home of the Field Artillery and the Field Artillery School are at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Field artillery is called the "King of Battle". Conflicts in the 20th century saw artillery become exponentially more effective as indirect fire methods were introduced immediately prior to WWl. During World War I and World War II, field artillery was the single highest .----::r----:-:--:;::;;:~"'.:l'S::------:1 casualty-producing weapons system on any battlefield. :-:.-st~;~'t~'*:~.~~ld;.

Members of the Field Artillery are referred to as "Red Legs" because during the American Civil War they were distinguished by scarlet stripes down the legs of their uniform pants. The use of colors to distinguish branches of the United States Army dates to 1833. Branch colors are found on the shoulder straps of officers wearing the blue dress uniform and on branch of service scarves authorized for wear with a variety of uniforms. [http://en.wikipedia.org/]

Captain Harry S Truman-the only "redleg" to be­ come President RMS Bulletin January/February, No. 548 9 Butch Cassidy

Of all Western outlaws, none are more fondly remembered in story and folklore than the "Robin Hood ofthe West," Butch Cassid y--the alias of Robert LeRoy Parker. He was in 1866 in Beaver, Utah, and was raised by Mormon pioneer parents on a ranch near Circleville, Utah. As teenager, Parker fell under the influence of an old rustler named Mike Cassidy and soon left home to ride the outlaw trail.

For the first several years after leaving home, Parker rode the fringe between being an outlaw and a migrant cowboy. He worked several ranches as well as one time in a butcher shop at Rock Springs, Wyoming, from which he took the name "Butch"; and to not bring shame upon honest parents, he added the name Cassidy, most likely in respect for his old mentor. Moving from rustler, for which he served a two-year stint in a Wyoming jai I from 1894 to 1896, to master planner of the robbery of trains, banks, and mine payrolls came naturally for Cassid y. With his quick wit and native charm, coupled with his fearlessness and bravery, he never lacked for willing companions to assist in his plans. By 1896, his gang had dubbed themselves the "Wild Bunch." This gang consisted of several well-known Western outlaws including Harry Longabaugh, known as the Sundance Kid; Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry; Ben Kilpatrick, the Tall Texan; Harry Tracy, Elzy Lay (who was Butch's best friend), and several others. Operating around the tum of the century, Cassidy and his partners put together the longest sequence of successful bank and train robberies in the history of the American West.

Successfully eluding the law became ever harder as the West grew more populated and law enforcement became better organized, however. When the rai lroads hired the Pinkerton Agency to chase down Cassidy, he and Harry Longabaugh, along with Etta Place (who was likely a Browns Park girl named Ann Bassett), went to South America and purchased a ranch in Argentina. After a few short years of trying to make it as honest ranchers, the pair again turned to easier methods of obtaining ..------.money. After robbing banks in several South American countries, the pair was 10 ...,___. ~. ..__ final ly trapped by troops in Bolivia.

What happened afterwards is the central myth surrounding Cassidy. Some claim he and Sundance were killed, OlfiPI'JIUidJUON others emphatically believe that another UOOIIS I lUIJftiPIH s,Ap,ut:» q:~ana pair of outlaws were ki ll ed by the 8 11""'"" troops and that Cassidy and Longabaugh purposefully let it be known they had been killed. The oft­ told stories relate that the pair returned to the West and lived out their lives under alias names and identities. Like many other Western figures, Butch Cassidy has become larger than life. His name sti ll generates fond Butch Cassidy's recollections from many Utah old­ Restaurant timers who love to tell stories about & Saloon him. Whether he died in South America 230 N. 41h or died of old age under one of the Montptlltr, Idaho several identities that are attributed to 208·847-3501 him may never be fully proven. [http:// www. media. utah. e du / UHE! c / CASSID Y,B UTCH html} ~------~ 10 RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549

Editorial Club Meetings ... A Different Approach

Now, I'm just thinking out loud, so don't panic. As far as I know, no one has plans for this, but...

The current situation: Most clubs have been decrying the deplorable attendance rate at regular meetings, and have been doing so for a number of years. Today, we not only have to contend with the causal factors that were already responsible for this in prior years, but we now have soaring gasoline prices which are predicted to hit $4 a gallon by the end of the year. That means, of course, more and more collectors are going to seriously question the feasibility of driving to meetings. For example, I used to routinely drive 1OO +miles to get to my Sierra-Diablo meetings. The cost factor never even entered my mind. Now, I wouldn't do it.

The future situation: There's absolutely no indication that it's going to get any better; quite the contrary. So, what's a club to do? Well, Sierra-Diablo solved their problem by simply giving up on meetings altogether. Fairly radical, but it's worked! But, at the very least, there has to be a trade-off to make such an approach feasible. In Sierra-Diablo's case, the absence of meetings is balanced by a great auction, an annual swapfest, and, dare I say, a great bulletin .... plus a number of other offerings.

That may not work for most other clubs. But, what about this? .. . Virtual club meetings! Yes, I know it sounds ' space-agey' and techno-weenie, but it's surprisingly easy! Indeed, it's the same concept as having a conference call...but soooo much more interesting and engaging.

There might be other variations of setting such up, but here's one way it could be done. The club sets up a chat room (easy and free) on its web site. (If the club doesn't have a web site, it can easily use a member's site. That's one of the great things about the internet...location doesn't matter). An appropriate day and time is picked for the on-line meeting. Members log on ... and voila! A meeting is in progress!

And the advantages! No driving! No travel time! No meeting location rental fees! No one has to bring refreshments! No one gets lost! Car problems not a problem! Inclement weather not a problem! Traffic not a problem! Gas prices not a problem! Heck, you don 't even have to get out of bed if you don 't want to!...And that means members who are temporarily laid up, too old to drive, etc. can now 'attend' meetings, as well!

So, without members physically being in the same place, the club still takes care of business. Treasurer's report? Done! Membership report? Done! Need to discuss our display category at the next convention? Done! Need to take a vote on raising dues? Done! Want to recognize Jane Doe for her outstanding club work? Done!

And, the club could make such virtual meetings as simple or fancy as necessary or desired. Don 't have auctions, for example, at your local meetings because not enough people show up to make it worthwhile? Now, you can have a meeting auction that literally reaches the ends of the earth! Pictures of lots could be posted with the auction, along with a catalog or index of lots. Bids could be taken RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549 11 basically instantaneously. The possibilities are endless.

Want some Show and Tell or other presentations? Done! ... With or without pictures and sound! Want an album drawing? Done! How about a raffle? Done! And more ...

Moreover, on a more general level, I think there might even be something of a special sense of excitement or interest simply because of the uniqueness of such a format. That excitement might well dwindle with time, but I doubt that it would ever reach the 'drudgery' level with which some collectors approach physically attending a meeting.

A possible indirect advantage might also be that the annual conventions and swapfests become even more unique, themselves, and thus more attractive, simply by virtue of there being fewer local meetings.

And, finally [and here 's where I possibly get in trouble} some collectors would also undoubtedly welcome a meeting format which wasn't heavily laced with non-collecting social activities ... and the latter opens up a whole can of worms that is apparently developing into something of a wedge within the hobby, but we won't get into that right now.

Of course, there are disadvantages to this approach ... but, then, there are disadvantages with every course of action. The most obvious negative here is that only on-line members could participate. That means non-internet users would be left out. But, members are already left out when there is a physical meeting to attend--tf:te out-of-area members, the disabled members, the non-driving members, etc. The only other significant disadvantage that I can see would be that there couldn't be any physical exchange of covers, but, again, that could easily be done through the mail.

Perhaps a more palatable compromise might be to alternate between virtual and physical club meetings. That way, the same group of members wouldn't always be left out, or, viewing it in another way, a currently 'abandoned' group of members could now be active participants in club meetings.

It's wild! It's weird! But, it's workable! These Odd Spaces Are Killers! [Did you know that the worst part ofdoing these bulletins is filling in these odd spaces?!}

So, I'll just use this opportunity to pass on a idea from Loren Moore, CA, about club publicity, while adapting it to RMS .... RMS should be advertising on the web. I'm fairly certain that there's no other form of media that even comes close to the daily traffic the web gets. If we want to advertise and be 'out there' where most ofthe potential new members are, that's were we need to be.

Of course, we're already on the web, in the form of our web site (which, by the way, continues to be the singles biggest source of new members for the club). But, people who visit our web site only get there because they're already thinking of matchcovers. We need to catch those hobbyists who are' t thinking about matchcovers and let them know that there's a hobby out here that they just might be interested it.

To that end, what we need is one of those little Google side ads that automatically appear when someone is googling 'Hobbies', or 'Collecting', or 'Recreational Pastimes', etc. Like the sirens· of An­ cient Mythology, we need to lure those people into our collecting family! . 12 RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549 Myths & Tales:

In the medieval tales of King Arthur, Arthur is said to have ruled form a magnificent city called Camelot. Unfortunately, writers disagree on its location, and its whereabouts has long remained a mystery. However, wherever it was, the city would not have been called Camelot during Arthur's time. That name was an invention of the twelfth-century French poet Chretien de Troyes. As the name of Arthur's city had been forgotten by Chretien's time, the name Camelot became adopted in the popular imagination. No records survived of what Arthur's capital was really called, so where exactly was this mysterious city?

The Romans conquered Britain in AD 43 and ruled the country until AD 410, when the Roman Empire in western Europe collapsed. When the Romans left to defend Rome, the native Britons were left defenseless against a number of invaders. The Picts, who inhabited Scotland, attacked the north of England; the Angles from Denmark crossed the English Channel and defeated the Britons in the east; and the Saxons, a tribe from northern Germany, conquered much of south-east England. Only central and western England and Wales remained in British hands. Within a century, the native Britons had fragmented into several, smaller kingdoms ruled by local warlords who squabbled so much they could not organize a united defense against the invaders. By AD 500, the Angles and Saxons, collectively called the Anglo-Saxons, were poised to take over all of England and Wales. Strangely, archaeology has shown that around this time the Britons united under a single leadership and not only halted the Anglo-Saxon advance, but managed to push the enemy back to the south and east.

Few records have survived, and there is no contemporary documentation which reveals the name of this leader. However, three centuries later, the writings of the British monk Nennius and others relate that this man was Arthur. RMS Bulletin March/April 2011, No. 549 13 Camelot!

Whoever Arthur was, it is logical to assume that he was the leader of Britain's most powerful kingdom. This was the kingdom of Powys, in central England and Wales, and its capital, the Roman city of Viroconium, became the most prosperous in the country. Well before AD 500, the other larger cities had been overrun by the invaders, effectively leaving Viroconium as Britain's capital.

Over the last 35 years many archaeological excavations have taken place at Viroconium to reveal that, unlike most other Roman towns that had been abandoned for more easily defended hilltop fortifications, the city was still a thriving, walled town. The latest excavation at Viroconium took place in the 1990s and revealed that there was a major rebuilding of the city around AD 500. The nerve center was a massive winged building that appears to have been the palace of an extremely important warlord. Since it was begun at the very time the Britons began defeating the Anglo-Saxons, it may well have been the capital for the British chieftain who led the Britons at the time - the historical Arthur.

It just so happens that the man who ruled the kingdom of Powys from the city of Viroconium at this time, a warlord called Owain Ddantgwyn, was given the title or battle name, the Bear, or "Arth" - Arthur meant "The Bear''. After Owain's death, the alliance of British kingdoms fell apart (c. 520) and the Anglo-Saxons eventually pushed the Britons back into what is now Wales. Powys was defeated: all that remained of it was a small country in central Wales and Viroconium was abandoned to the elements. The ancient city was virtually forgotten until excavations began in the 1960s. Unlike London, Lincoln and York, that are sti ll thriving cities today, all that remains of Viroconium are its ruined walls in quiet countryside outside the Shropshire village of Wroxeter. Situated some five miles south-east of Shrewsbury, the site is now open to the public where a small museum displaying artifacts found during the excavations is open all year round. [http://www. grahamphillips.net/Trail/3 _ Camelot.htm}

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A bad word in this hobby? Well. ... we're usually disappointed when we find them; we don't want them in

~ • ". Iii trades; and we often just toss them away or put them on the freebie tables ...but...

Almost everyone collects them! Because they' re a part of just about every category you can think of. And, if you' re after as 'complete' a collection as you can amass ... then you have to have those Nationals! I collect most ofthe big Hotel/ Motel chains, for example--Best Westerns, Holiday Inns, etc. What would my collections be without those Nationals. They're part of the ' story' . In fact, if the category is old enough, that sequence of Nationals will often document and illustrate the evolution of the particular product, chain, etc.

In fact, Nationals constitute the majority of covers in some categories! How about Airlines and Railroads, for example ... And those covers are coveted! Thus, it turns out that only some Nationals are unappreciated, un wanted, and unloved.

Nationals have always been part of the industry and, consequently, part of the hobby. In fact, if I remember correctly, it was an order for 10 or 20 million Pabst Beer Nationals that kick-started the commercial success of matchbooks in the first place.

So, even though Nationals in general are certainly looked down upon and ill regarded by many, we need them ... just because they' re there! They serve a purpose in our collections. Those collections tell a story, and Nationals are part of that story.

,-. [A note to all my traders: Don 't send me • (lUSt .((_WI R f'fJ:OJH t.TI'JIMH·I·{"I any Nationals!} ~------~ RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549 15 A Peek At Other Bulletins full-color (e-version), club news, Coin Collecting, [based on current issues on hand as of this writing} Misc. Box Finds, Box Lists Update, On The Road

-Angelus MC: [Jan-Mar 2011} 13 pp, club news, -Rocky Mountain MC: [Mar-Apr 2009} 8 pages, Singing and Dancing, Quarterly Combo, Great club business, Gristede's-A New York Institution, New Year Finds, The Scruffy Files, auction, raffle A B Hirschfeld Press, Casino Covers

-Badger State MC: [Jan-Feb 2011] 4 pp, club -San Diego MC: [Winter 2011} 8-pages, club news, Hobbies Magazine article, business, Go Greyhound, US Grant Hotel Marks 1OOth, How Do You Find Matchbooks On a -Denver Strikers MC: [Jan-Feb 2011} 4 pp, club Holland America Cruise?, WWW.Matchbook news, Let it Snow, St. Bernard Dogs, Igloos, Traveler.com, The Virginia Hotel, Get Your Kicks Snowshoes On Rt. 66, AMCAL flyer

-Empire MC: [Feb 2011} 6 pp+Southern -Sierra-Diablo MC: [Feb 2011} 8 pp, full-color Swapfewst and AMCAL flyers, club news, New (e-version), Forties, Foster's Bighorn, Bear Hard Rock and Casino, Great Matchbox Tissue Stearns errors, Coudersport's Ice Mine, ads, Holder, New York City Lipstick Boxes, New auction Disney Cover Found -Southeastern MC: [Nov-Dec 2010] 8 pp, full­ -Girlie MC: [Jan 2011} Supplements to single color (e-version), club business, 2011 Swapfest catalog (4735-4813) and Sets listing info, Meet The Collectors, 2011 RMS Convention info, Collecting Florida -Great Lakes MC: [Jan-Feb 2011] 10 pp, club news, Liberace Museum closed, Golfer: Ben -Tobacco Club: [Jan 2011] 8 pages+color insert, Hogan, Philadelphia Zoo, Brew Pubs & Brewing club business, misc. old and new finds Companies, Foreign Matchpack, Camp David, AMCAL flyer -Trans Canada MC: [Dec 2010] 8 pp, full-color (e-version), What's New on ebay, Stanley Deluce, Huggable Bears MC: [Jan 2011} 8 pages, club Southern Ontario Christmas Party, History of the business, Misc. Bear covers and news Canadian Match Crate: 20, What's New, auction

-Jewelite Club: [Jan-Mar 2011 4 pp, full color, -Tri-State Cardinals MC: [Jan 2011] 10 pages, Misc. Jewelites, Universal Match Co. Ad, roster magazine format, full-color, club business, Mini­ Combos, Bill Evans on the Keystone-Lehigh -Lone Star MC: [Jan-Feb 2011} 8 pages, club Valley Weekend, Mermaids, auction business, Collecting Political, Collecting Country and Golf Clubs, Canadian Military, World Expo -Windy City MC: [Jan-Feb 2011} 2 pages+2 ' 88 Set, Great Ships of the U.S. Navy, ads club apps, club business

-Long Beach MC: [Dec 2010} 8 pages, club business, Santa Claus, auction, raffle [Ed. note: In case you're wondering why some clubs may not appear here from issue to issue- ! -PNMCC: [Nov-Dec 2010} 8 pages, club may not be on that club's current bulletin mailing business, Chinese Restaurants, Tacoma Narrows list, that club may only issue a quarterly bulletin, Bridge, Found it on ebay, ads, auction, drawing that bulletin may have arrived too late to include, etc.] -New Moon Club: [Dec 2010} 8 pp+3 bonus pp, 16 RMS Bulletin March/April 2011, No. 549

Myths & Tales:

Pegasus was the son of Neptune, and the Gorgon Medusa, sprung by his father's command from the blood of the Medusa's head, which dropped into the sea after her head had been severed by Perseus, and the foam of the sea. He was a horse because Poseidon had been in the shape of a horse at the time of the seduction. Pegasus was raised by the Muses and his hoof marks caused their fountain of inspiration to start flowing.

Pegasus was a jolly and kind horse, always seen as a lighthearted creature, a sort of emissary between Earth and Olympus. He loved to gambol around, sometimes in the heavenly fields, sometimes on the earthly plains, and sometimes skimming over the seas. During a singing contest between the Pierises and the Muses, Mount Helicon swelled in pleasure. On Poseidon's order Pegasus struck the mountain with his hoof to instruct it to return to its normal size. Helicon obeyed, but at the spot where Pegasus struck it, there gushed a spring, the Hippocrene or Horse Spring. It was alleged to have magic power in its waters. If one were to drink water from this spring, one would be gifted with the art of poetry .

He was caught by Bellerophon at the waters of his fountain, and ridden by him when he slew the Chimaera monster. By this time, classical legend had given him wings, and Bellerophon sought by their aid to ascend to heaven but Jupiter, incensed by his boldness, caused an insect to sting the steed, wh ich threw his rider. Bellerophon ignominiously plunged headlong to Earth, where he landed with a terrific crash which blinded him for life. Thereafter, Bellerophon wandered in misery, alone and fleeing the haunts of men. A warning for the presumptuous! Pegasus then rose alone to his permanent place among the stars, becoming the "Thundering Horse of Jove" that carried the divine li ghtning. The Greeks called the constellation simply Hyppos (Horse), and Eratosthenes distinctly asserted that it was

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without wings, and until after middle classical times it generally was so drawn, although loose plumes at the shoulders occasionally were added. Ptolemy mentioned the wings as well recognized in his day; and this continues to the present, for the sky figure is now known as the Winged Horse, - a recurrence of Etruscan, Euphratean, and Hittite ideas, for the wings are clearly represented on a horse's figure on tablets, vases, etc ofthose civilizations.

The constellation is said to have been created by the early Aryans to represent Asva, the Sun. The figure was considered incomplete, a possible reason for this being given under Aries. Thus it was characterized as, "cut in two," or as if partly hidden in the clouds; the Half-visible Libyan Horse. To the Romans, it was Eq uu s. Jewish legends made it the mighty Nimrod's Horse, "swifter than eagles".

Pegasus appears on coins of Corinth from 500 to 430 BCE, and from 350 to 338 BCE, and 200 years thereafter,- complete and with wings; as well as on coins of Carthage, with the asterisk of the sun, or with the winged disc, and the hooded snakes over its back. It is also shown on a coin ofNarbonne as a sectional winged figure, and as a winged horse on a Euphratean gem, with a hull's head, a crescent moon, and three stars in the field. A coin of Panormus, the modem Palermo, has the Horse's head. The Bridled Horse, used for the figurehead on a ship, which would account for the constellation being shown with only the head and forequarters; others have considered it of Egyptian origin, from Pag, "to cease," and Sus, "a vessel", thus symbolizing the cessation of navigation at the change of the Nile flow. From this, Pegasus seems to have been regarded, in those countries at least, as the sky emblem of a ship. In the old work the Des frudion ofTroye, we read of "a ship built by Perseus, and named Pegasus, which was likened to a flying horse". [http://prosites-magicstables.homestead. com/ThePegasusMyth.html]

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I have these two covers from Boom Trenchard's at Lindbergh Field, San Diego. There are probably more, I would imagine. Does anyone have any other varieties?

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.

KNOW YOUR ltOIISRS!

The Hilton category can boast of lots of locations, over 3,500 covers, and certainly name recognition, but the real gems of the category are the Minimax covers. They're not particularly attractive, but they' re that little oddity that sparks the interest in many such categories.

These were early Hilton covers, mainly back in the 1930s; each carries a Minimax logo; they were issued from 1930-1944.

There aren 't very many varieties, but, then, that just adds to the attraction. Jim Moffett's, CA, collection numbered 22 as of I 0/89. RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549 19 SIERRA DIABLO AUCTION

We have acquired several estates and collections of quality covers to enhance our monthly auction. Categories Include: Full Book Features, Old manumark Tractor Dealers, Diners, Girlies Spot Strikers, Truck Lines, Autos Trans Canada Matchcover Taxi Cabs, Knot Holes, Bus Lines Displays, Beer and a variety of Club other great categories ... The Trans Canada Matchcover Club is Canada's You do not need to be a member to largest phillumenic organization. It was founded bid on the auction. in 1962 and is centered in the province of Ontario (southeastern Canada). Canada is also home to the View auction on line at: Phillu-Quebec club (also in southeastern Canada); http://matchcover.org/sierra/ Auctions.html an important difference is that Trans Canada's bulletin is in English, whereas Phillu-Quebec's is Ifyou wou ld like to join our club in French. or have questions or to mail ... contact Canadian collectors have always been part of Dan Bitter @ 405-340-3815 our hobby here in the United States, and Trans [email protected] Canada is part of the overall hobby family. When conventions are held in the northeast, especially, there's lots of traffic across the border and when Oops! ' conventions are held in Canada, the flow of collectors goes the other way! Here 's a nice example of '!non~adt a different type of text error. Aside from its regular meetings, the club puts on Actually, there are two er­ the annual Trans Canada Swapfest held in April. rors here. 0 0 Vf'fH. 20iC2CO Wt.JJS.(.t. ~ ~ Dues are: Canada- $10 CDN/USA- $9 US or $1 2 CDN Overseas/$ 12 US. Its quarterly bulletin, The manumark is upside­ Saddle and Striker, gives mem hers good coverage ll,.M!..... IK.i~ down, and all of the other of Canadian issues; the club also offers members text is reversed. Very un­ mail auctions. And, Trans Canada was the sponsor usual, as far as errors go. ofthe 1993 RMS convention. Usually, with reversed If you'd like more information on the Trans , •••••• text, it's overprinted on the Canada Matchcover Club, or would like to join " correct text, apparently by up, contact: Larry Ziegler, President, 40 19 being pressed against a sec­ Weimar Line, RR#3, Wellesley, ON,NOB 2TO or ond cover that still had wet Robert Reed, Vice President, 34 Sweetbriar Rd, ink. London ON, N5Y 5G I , ([email protected]). One might argue that this They' ll be more than happy to answer your is purposeful, to make you questions and, hopefully, welcome you aboard. really examine the cover, It's always good to belong to a variety of clubs. but I don 't think so. 20 RMS Bulletin Marcb/April 2011, No. 549 Larry Cole, NY: The Mail Box last issue 's "I'm Riehl Sort of!"} It' s difficult -~ ~~~~~~ The Ed: I have a ~-~ not impossible to question, myself, this determine worth. Let me time. Fred Houk, FL, offer a few guidelines. sent this cover to me years ago as a possible 1. Consider only covers error. DisneyWorld is which are unstruck. referred to as Disneyland. Does 2. Separate lots by anyone know if DisneyWorld was originall~ quantity. A lot consisting referred to as 'Disneyland'? I don't see why It of 5 covers wi II bring a would be, since the name was already in use in higher per-cover price California, but I need verification. than a lot consisting of 2000 covers.

3. For Convention/ Swapfest and club mail­ N3SSllVJIHO 'B in auctions, gather dOHS 3)1V811VH~ "prices paid" data. The !NV~nV!S3~ data is available - it's up to you to make a record of it.

4. For Ebay, identify those few reputable sellers who offer unstruck covers. Print out "prices paid" for each of those sellers - this data covers the last 7 days and the last 14 days. Specify one or the RONNIE 'S 841· 8350 MONTE ' S 645 · 3555 other and build a data base by category description - contours, low phones, etc.

5. For front-strikers, try to determine if they were produced before 1960 (cardboard). It would be helpful if they were labeled as such in the lot AND description at auction-time. COCKTAIL LOUNGE WINTER PARK MAll 6. Be aware that within a category, certain covers C10R COVU llFOII ~ MAT04 are worth a lot more than others. John Mathot, CA: John sent in this 'different' 7. I would not consider very large categories, like manumark from the old Columbia For Safety banks, restaurants, and hotels, but would try to cover pictured in the next column. .. evaluate "front-strike hotels with picture". The narrower the category, the easier it is to evaluate.

[To quote the bard, "Value is in the eye of the beholder"(!)} RMS Bulletin March/April 2011, No. 549 21 The Original Hamburger Chain!

[As a life-long hamburger aficionado, I just had to stop and investigate when I came across this cover} White Castle was founded in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas. Walter A. Anderson partnered with cook Edgar Waldo "Billy" Ingram to make White Castle into a chain of restaurants and market White Castle. At the time, Americans were hesitant to eat ground beef after Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel The Jungle had publicized the poor sanitation practices of the meat packing industry. The founders set out to change the public's perception of the cleanliness of the industry.

Their first restaurants in Wichita, Kansas, were a success, and the company branched out into other Midwestern markets, starting in 1923 with Omaha, Nebraska. White Castle Building No. 8, built in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1936, (photo below, was an example of the chain's prefabricated porcelain buildings. Anderson, by the way, is credited with invention of the hamburger bun, as well as "the kitchen as assembly line, and the cook as infinitely replaceable technician," hence giving rise to the modern fast food phenomenon. Known for its small, square hamburgers, sometimes referred to, and today trademarked, as "Siyders", its burgers were priced at five cents until the 1940s, and remained at ten cents for years thereafter. For several years, when the original burgers sold for five cents, White Castle periodically ran promotional ads in local newspapers which contained coupons offering five burgers for ten cents, takeout only. [Oh! I knew I was born too late!}

Since fast food was unknown in the United States in that era, there was no infrastructure to support the business, as is common with today's fast food restaurants. The company established centralized bakeries, meat supply plants, and warehouses to supply itself. It was said that the only thing they did not do themselves was raise the cows and grow their own wheat. They also created a subsidiary in 1934 named Porcelain Steel Buildings that manufactured movable, prefabricated steel frame structures with r -:;======::--1 porcelain enamel interior and exterior panels that could be assembled at any \ White ~ White Castle restaurant site. This is the first known use of this material m a building design. • • U

. . -.1 - Hobby Glossary t::: w ·~ Bits & Pieces Garden State Matchcover Club- NJ-based club; - I I 19 54-present. I ~c::: Gas Statwns - see Serv1ce Statzons Here's an old Diamond brand: c. 1903 Gateway Matchcover Club - MO-based club; 1981-1988.

Gates Matches - old Diamond box trademark; c. 1882-c.1900.

Gdanski ZPZ - manumark indicating Polish origin .

Geiger Bros. - Long-established printing/novelty company. 129 covers currently li sted.

Gem - Universal box trademark; introduced c. 1987; continued by Atlas/Diamond.

Altswtu to last :ls914tl's Gem Match Co. (I) - NJ-based company; ?- MateAeo11tu Mysttuy 1918. Gem Match Co. (II) - Chicago-based company; "Which company is the largest match distributor no relation to earlier company; c. 1935-c. 1941. in the world?" [records indicate company was dissolved in 1938, but I have a 1940-dated cover}. 193 covers The Imperial Match Co., UK currently listed.

Gem Razor Blade Sets - 4 di ff. WW II-issued sets; Set #1: 8 20s by Lion; Set #2: 4 20s by Lion; Set #3: 4 20s by D.O. Bean; Set #4: 30 20s by In the 1945 movie, "The Woman in Green", Lion. Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes) found matches in the hand of a dead person. He did not refer to them as matches, matchcover, match, or General - category which denotes collector coll ects in all categories. matchbox, so what did he refer to them as? [Thanks to Bany Turner, MI] General de Fosforos Sud Americana manumark indicating Argentinian origin. Oh! A toughie ... un less you' re a real movie buff! The answer in our next issue. General Match Co. - OH-based company; 1890- c. 1951; 176 covers currently listed. u Men wte t1Uf fw.ft6.tJ. 9t 9 We't ~ tnaJVtied, 9'd fUwe to- gW.e it up." Giant - Lion manumark for its 11-stick, 9 1116"x3 3/8" covers; 1936-c. 1993 [most come from the 1940s-1950s]. Mel Garrett's, KS, collection ~w~t .. • numbered 626 in 6/93 . RMS Bulletin March/April 2011, No. 549 23 The Legend of Honus Wagner

Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (February 24, 1874- December 6, 1955), nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage ("Dutch" in this instance being an alteration of "Deutsch"), was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He played in the National League from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wagner won eight batting titles, tied for the most in NL history with Tony Gwynn. He also led the league in slugging six times, and in stolen bases five times.

In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members. He received the second-highest vote total, behind Ty Cobb and tied with Babe Ruth. Although Cobb is frequently cited as the greatest player of the dead-ball era, some contemporaries regarded Wagner as the better all­ around player, and most baseball historians consider Wagner to be the greatest shortstop ever. Cobb himself called Wagner "maybe the greatest star ever to take the diamond."

Yet, today, he's famous to most Americans because the T206 Honus Wagner baseball card (pictured below) is the most well known and most expensive baseball card in the world. There are 57 known copies and there are many other cards that only have 1 or 2 known examples depicting Wagner. The card was designed and issued by the American Tobacco Company (A TC) from 1909 to 1911 as part of its T206 series. 1111111111111 Wagner refused to allow production of his baseball card to 1 continue, either because he did not want children to buy cigarette packs to get his card, or because he wanted more compensation from the ATC. The ATC ended production ofthe Wagner card and a total of only 50 to 200 cards were ever distributed to the public.

In 1933, the card was first listed at a price value of US$50 in Jefferson Burdick's The American Card Catalog, making it the most expensive baseball card in the world at the time. A near­ mint-condition T206 Wagner card sold in 2007 for $2.8 r:--;::::::::::;;;:::=::::;::;=.:======:::=:1 million, the highest price ever for a baseball card. [http:// en . wikipedia . org/ w iki/ Honus_Wagner} [matchcover is a Giant Feature} 24 RMS Bulletin March/Apri12011, No. 549 Mid-Century marvel demolished in Ferguson [by Shannon Howard, NOCOstl. com, Nov. 29, 2010}

As a local history buff and fan of mid-century architecture, I gasped when I saw what was happening at 400 Paul Avenue last week. Bulldozers had descended on the former Ferguson headquarters of Universal Match Corporation, and by the time I drove by, the back half of this unique modern building was already gone.

Long and lean, with a minimalist style most people either love or hate, the 25,000-square-foot steel and masonry structure was built in 1957 and once served as ~~~~J!~~~~~~::::::_~_:::_:_ ____j the epicenter of North America's largest matchbook Built in 1957, this sleek modernist building that once housed manufacturing operation. At the height of Universal Universal Match was recently purchased by a neighboring Match, when the company was producing more than company and is now under demolition five million matchbooks every day (between Ferguson and sites in California, New York and Louisiana), executives and office staffers worked out of this building while dozens of chemists, production artists, machinists and laborers filled the sprawling collection of factory buildings on either side of Paul Avenue.

Founded in 1925, Universal Match was a leader and innovator in the world of matches, weathering multiple mergers and at least one m~or fire before finally ceasing operations in Ferguson in 1983. Just a few years later, mirroring the dying match industry itself, the company dropped out of the production business altogether.

Since then, most of its 1930s factory buildings have been taken over by other manufacturers, including 325 Paul Avenue with its super thick blast-proof walls and expansive concrete rooftop just waiting for a garden. But that lovely mid-century headquarters ... sadly, it has gone unloved. A church owned it for a while, using it for a revival center and prison outreach minjstry, but mostly the building has sat vacant and neglected. By the end of this week, J suspect it will be gone forever ...

Over the years, I tried to get inside several times, convinced that I'd find some secret cache of matchbooks or fabulous vintage cover art. But alas, the best I could do was check out the main factory building across the street, which only had a secret cache of bird carcasses, chemistry vials and unsavory donuts made by chain-smoking ex -cons (long story). Oh well. Here's what the factory looked like in 2005 ...

And ... thanks to Ruth Brown and the Ferguson Historical Society, here' s an awesome look at 400 Paul Avenue, Universal Match headquarters, back in the 1950s. What a beauty! I especially love that bold line of upstairs windows and the metal letters above the

-.:"ill•i!r;r-~ilit-:-::-:;;~~ ~ entryway .. . [Special thanks to Shannon Howard for her p ermission to reprint this article} RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549 25 STORING FULL BOOKS By Ken Ryesky

Those of us who collect full books must deal with the problem of storing them. After years of using whatever glass jars or Barton's Candy tins happened to be around, I have found a more efficient solution: Mason Box Co.'s stock item No. U65 , a paperboard utility gift box with a lid, 8.25 inches long, 5.25 inches wide, and 2 inches high. Smaller types are often used for items of jewelry.

The 2-inch height is exactly the height of a standard matchbook. The 5.25-inch width will accommo­ date a row consisting of two 20-strike plus one 30-strike book, and the 8.25 inch length allows approxi­ mately 35 of those rows. Of course, one 40-strike can be accommodated in lieu of two 20-strikes, and two 10-strikes will take the place of one 20-strike. There is great flexibility in arranging the matchbooks in the U65 box (see illustration).

The rows of matchbooks are alternated, upright and inverted. This means that the saddle is visible on about half of the books stored in the box, thus making them identifiable. As for the other half, it usu­ ally is not that difficult to find the matchbook listed in my catalog because the manumark and color are usually visible. The box is also good for storing matchboxes, or novelty matchbooks. And, when the armoire drawers became too full with the U65 boxes, I found, to my pleasant surprise, that I 6 of the U65 boxes will fit, exactly, into one of those familiar copy paper cartons that once held 10 reams of paper, and which my college's computer lab and/or the copy center people are only too pleased to give to me.

And so, I can now consult my matchbook collection spreadsheet, identify which individually­ numbered U65 box contains the matchbook in question, and then find the matchbook itself without too much trouble. The U65 Utility Gift Box is available, in quantities, from the Mason Box Co., P.O. Box 129, North Attleboro, MA 02761, Telephone 800/225-2708, http://www.masonbox.com. 26 RMS Bulletin March/April 2011, No. 549 Ghost Company!

All of the covers shown here are from the King Midas Match Co., Los Angeles. All are clearly from the Post-War era, although the bottom center 30- strike might possibly be somewhat earlier than the other three, which are from the 1960s-1970s.

But, and here's the rub, the King Midas Match Co. was dissolved in 1944. And it was dissolved in 1944; I've actually seen the dissolution papers. So ... what's going on here?

Did the company start up again later on? .. .And no one in the hobby was aware of it?

Is this some 'sales/distributor/advertising' company using the same name? If so, what's the connection to the original company? It can 't simply be a coincidence, because exactly the same, original logo is being used. Perhaps they bought the patent rights to such, if those rights still existed.

I've also seen a similar situation with the Crown Match Co., which was also a Los Angeles-based company (coincidence?)

If an yone could shed more li ght on this, or possibly even come up with a solution to this mystery, please let us know.

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1S446 SOUTH WESTERN AVE . GARDENA RMS Bulletin March/April 2011, No. 549 27 "What TYPE/CATEGORY of cover do you /U.S INST-A -POL consider generally the most attractive? You may prioritize up to three answers. " [January - 69 responding

Full-lengths 19 Casinos (big) 1 Alri ght! Well, I'll bet that Features 14 CCC (N/S) 1 unless you' re one ofthe 19 people Giants 10 Christmas (40s) 1 voting Ful l-Lengths as the most Lobsters 8 Christmas (gt Hallmark) 1 attractive category of covers, Crowns 8 Diamonds 1 you' re surprised. I was! Hard to Christmas 7 Die-Cuts 1 beat those old Full-length trucks Camel Nightlifes 7 Displays 1 are diners, but most Full-lengths Foilites 6 Features (Displays) 1 aren't trucks and diners. But, Full­ Matchorama 6 Fred Harvey 1 lengths won our beauty contest. Uniglos 6 Front-strikes (old) 1 Who am J to argue! DQs 4 Full-frontals 1 Co1gates 4 Full-lengths (20s,FS) 1 Features came in second place. Filigrees 3 Girlies 1 Not surprising that that category Rainbow 3 Hallmark 1 did well. 'Attractiveness' is their Casinos 2 Hallmark (20s) 1 thing, after all. Contours 2 Hillbillies 1 DQs (Hotels) 2 Hot Air Balloons 1 am surprised that the Florentine 2 Hotels 1 traditional 'Fancies' didn 't do Florist 2 Hotels (old) 1 much better. I mean, that's why Hotels (w/drawings) 2 Indians 1 they're call ed 'Fancies' ! Cameos, Jewelites 2 Jewelites (NFL football) 1 Uniglos, Foi lites, Matchoramas--1 Lion 30-STICK 2 Jewels 1 would have guessed they would Mex/Chinese Rest. 2 Knotholes 1 have been in the top 5. Roses 2 Lenticulars 1 Rt. 66 2 Lion/Diamond SF 1 Christmas covers tied for 5th World Fairs 2 Midgets I place, so they, at least made the Old 2 National Parks I top 5. That's fitting, I think, as 20-strikes (min. txt,FS) 1 Odd-strikers 1 almost all are really fancy and 20-strikes (w/photo,FS) 1 Perkins Americana l attractive. 20-strikes (w/pic,FS) 1 Playboy sets I 30-strikes 1 Railroad 1 Cameos only got one vote ... and 40-strikes 1 Railroad (old, w/engine) 1 I think it was mine!! Now, come A-frames 1 Restaurants 1 on! Those are really attractive AAA 1 Restaurants, Italian 1 covers. Attractiveness was their Airlines (old) 1 Restaurants, Seafood 1 main sell ing feature! Bars 1 True Color 1 Barrels 1 Oh! And I really feel slighted Bears 1 t hat one of my favorite attractive covers wasn't even mentioned­ Beer (old) 1 Satins! They're not only attractive, they're-sexy! But, then, maybe Best Western 1 it'sjust me! Busses 1 Cafes 1 Well, thanks once again to all who participated. And, once again, if Cameos 1 you're not receiving the Insta-Poll questions, I don't have your e-mail 28 RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549

St., Burlington, IA 52601 [email protected] ...... M/All

BUSINESS CARDS: 4 bundles of 50+ and bunch of extras US3NBSSBOX 300+ if someone would like to trade. First call or e-mail gets them. Wilton Mason, 1636 Walnut Rd. , Springhill, LA 71075 318-539-4297 wandgmason@ centurytel.net...... M/All RMS BULLETIN AUCTION features a 75%/25% split (you get 75% of what your lots sell WILL BUY COLLECTIONS, large or small from, the USA or Canada. Reply to: TED OKRONEG, 11525 Duryea for). Send your lots to Pat Shappell, 109 Wood Ave., Port Richey, Fl. 34668 Ph. 727-868-7174 or E-mail to Ln., Reading, P A 19606-2446 (Tel: 610-779- [email protected] ...... J/ A 11 0733). WEEKLY ON-LINE AUCTlON: 100 lots per week, major and minor categories. http://matchpro. NEW 2011 CONVENTION DISPLAY org ...... J/A12 CATEGORIES: -Forest City: Best 50th Anniversary Display Classified ad policy: Ads are published on a space available basis. Please keep 'em short and send them in as soon as RECENT RMS AREA AWARD WINNERS: possible! 10¢ a word. Ads offering free items, etc. are free. Check should be made out to "RMS. " Send to Ed. ASAP (1 -Phillu-Quebec: Nathalie Gagnon always need as much warning as possible). Fee schedule for -Liberty Bell MC -Helen Hollmann larger-sized ads may be seen on the last page. -Windy City- Seymour Shedlow

CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR SALE: 879 Holiday Inn covers, 267 Hilton covers. All different. $206.28. Glenn Reedho lm #4972, 511 Horseshoe Lane, Burkburnett, Texas 76354-2235. (940) GranKa State Taxpayers 569-9281 ...... M/All Association

FOR SALE OR TRADE: Bus-related matchcovers including Greyhound, Trailways, etc. Send SASE for li st. John Dockendorf, 448 Meadow Dr. , Camp Hill, PA 170 II (7 17-763-9117) ...... M/A ll

WANTED TO BUY: Hallmark Matchcovers, National ;JaqwaAoN Parks, Scenes, and Musical. Ann Morgan, 615 Laurel Lake U! JaqwawaJ 11,9M Dr., Apt. A230, Columbus, NC, 28722 acm615@ ·saseaJ::>U! xel windstream.net...... M/Ai l 9lH dOlS Oi W!4 119J. 9~99-s£v-£09 FOR SALE OR TRADE: Full-books at I¢ each or trade JaseJ;:~ oa1 one-for-one. E-mail FMI: [email protected]...... M/All JOJeuas ue:> MOSTLY FOREIGN COLLECTION FOR SALE: Save NH Jobs 115 ,000 total pieces, 38K USA, 77K Foreign. USA covers have categories for Girlies, Military, Golf Clubs, Colleges, Don't and some others. Will consider breaking up collection for Tax us to the Max individual wants and needs. Total collection asking best offer over $15K. Health issues make it necessary for me to Protect the sell collection. Contact Mike Hubbard, 175 E. Nawakwa Dr., Apt # 14,Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248-756-3972) New Hampshire [email protected]...... M/ All Advantage

STUDEBAKER AUTO DEALER COVERS WANTED: Have dupes to trade or will buy. Herbert Price, 1117 S. 6th BE SAFE 0 KEEP COVER CLOSED RMS BuUetin March/April 2011, No. 549 29 I Need Your Input!

have a special item planned for an upcoming issue-a 'recognition' issue. There are so many Pabst Blue Ribbon, Beer, Super Rare people who make this hobby work through their Feature Matchbook!! untiring efforts, both seen and unseen ... the workers, the volunteers, the detail people, the people always January 28, 2011 willing to go the extra mile for both the hobby and its members. Asking Price: $85.65

They should get a pat on the back and the recog­ Wow! What a deal! What makes this item so nition they deserve. Just think of what the hobby precious? Well, it's a Beer Feature, but I suspect (and our experiences within it) would be like if they the real rarity factor is that it's used, damaged, didn 't do what they do-from always providing and has the front panel torn off. Let's see, ifl do those yummy refreshments at local meetings to for­ that to all my,------,..------__....., lornly manning some activity during the convention Beer Features, at to taking on the responsibilities of being a club offi­ $85.65 each, I'll cer, and on and on. Let's thank 'em! have .... Oh, my God! I'm rich!! Please send me up to three names and very short descriptions of why. If you wish to remain anony­ [Thanks to Mike mous, just indicate so. Schwimmer for this one} Collection Protection e&u;!J~ [sort of.. this was actually on Legendaryauctions. com]

Lot #545: Honus Wagner Sporting-Goods Store Collection

This lot consisted of a business card, a Honus Wagner Official League baseball, 3 photographs, and a struck Giant Feature w/ half the matches in it (pictured here). None of the Archival-safe pages contain no vinyl, PVC or acid items were from Hanus to damage your covers. Don't risk using others! Wagner, owned by Honus Visit our website or drop a line for more details. Wagner, etc . ••• . ••• .. Starting bid was $200 ... Hobbymaster . It finally went for $840 with 221 Yoho Dr., Anoka, MN 55303 . . a total of eight bids. hobbymaster.com • np,q,Iln ~- [Thanks to Bob Borton] 30 RMS Bulletin March/April 2011, No. 549 coffers, and thus are attractive targets for MATCHBOOKS IN THE plaintiffs attorneys. Several lawsuits have sought LAW BOOKS: PART 72 recompense from the tobacco industry for tobacco-related illnesses of smokers. The fact that by Kenneth H. Ryesky, Esq. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. deliberately targeted youthful smokers with its "Joe Camel" advertising ======campaign (don't believe what you read on the Ken Ryesky (RMS # 9003), member of the New saddles), and then deliberately destroyed the York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars, evidence, has made Joe Camel matchbooks such practices law in East Northport, NY and teaches as these very valuable to the plaintiffs' cases. [159, Business Law at Queens College of the City 160, 16I] Who says nobody collects nationals? University of New York. He can be reached at P.O. Box 926, East Northport, NY 11731 or by [To be continued] e-mail at [email protected]. ======[159] Grills v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., 645 F. ======Supp. 2d II 07 (M.D. Fla. 2009). The prior installment of this Column mentions "the prevailing acceptability of bashing the [160] Schwab v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., 449 F. tobacco companies." I do not now defend the Supp. 2d 992 (E.D.N.Y. 2006). tobacco industry, but the match hobby's uncomfortable connection with tobacco must be [161] Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. , 793 understood in its historical context. F. Supp. 925 (N.D. Cal. 1992).

Hard money was scarce in America during Colonial times, so tobacco was frequently used as a medium of exchange, and of taxation payments. So vital was tobacco to the early American economy that it has literally been carved in stone in the architectural motifs inside the United States Capitol Building. Institutions such as Duke University, the College of William & Mary, and the Newport Jazz Festival were all founded on tobacco fortunes. For all of its

negative attributes, tobacco has spurred America's ~ ~Ulalt economic growth. SMI!JIIlOJrlfl Sl wenno pur SMti·U! uaa~aq ~aU!P Establishments such as hotels and restaurants, Ajuoal{l .

once popular venues for tobacco consumption, use ' SMV'}-~INQ the matchbook as an advertising medium less and less, as health concerns or (more frequently) coercive legislation have altered the public's social tobacco habits. Even the tobacco companies Jo:E·s SMOOTH themselves have branched out into other lines of PHILOSOPHY business. And another factor in the demise of America's match industry, not frequently discussed, is the growth of the market for disposable butane lighters.

But the tobacco companies still have loaded ------RMS BuUetin March/April2011, No. 549 31

RMS MEMBERSHIP REPORT- MARCH/APRIL 2011 S PONSOR

NEW MEMBERS (*=will trade) 9725--Stanley Schneider, 543 W. 25312 Red Oak Dr, Waukesha, W153189-7843 ...... Melvin Reese COLLECTS: Trans, Casinos, Automobile/Dealers, Gas Stations & Parts. Email: [email protected]

9726--George M. Cleveland, PO Box 266, Tamworth, NH 03886-0266 ...... RMS Web Page COLLECTS: PoliticaVWhite House/Air Force I & 2, WW1I, Hawaii & NH. Email: [email protected]

9727*-Robert H. Hoover, 941 Cornell Rd., Blairsville, PA 15717-8026 ...... RMS Web Page COLLECTS: Blairsville, P A and other P A small towns.

9728*-Van C. Chiles, 711 4 Marinthana, Youngstown, OH 44512 ...... RMS Web Page COLLECTS: Hotels, Ship Lines & Military. Email: [email protected]

9729*-Julie R. Thomas, 4421 Ridge St., Chevy Chase, MD 20815 ...... RMS Web Page COLLECTS: Chevy Chase/Bethesda/Shady Side, MD & Eages Mere/PA Email : [email protected]

REINSTATED 9374--Tracie Cutright, 603 Sherwood Circle, Connellsville, PA 15425 Email: [email protected] COLLECTS: Chinese Rest., Big Boy Rest., Tall Ships, F-L, Palm Trees & RR.

ADDRESS CORRECTION 6880-Michael Peter Woodard, 132 Meadow Pound Road, Gilminton, NH 03237 8999-New York Public Library, Periodicals Division (Room 108) , 11 West 40'h Street, New York, NY 10018 9031-Lis DeSimone, PO Box 513, Elfers, FL 34680-0513 9271-John B. Mathot, 1420 S. Beverly Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92264-8741 Respectfully submitted,

DECEASED flWUJ~ 7258-Harold J. McDonald (1/11/11); 9452-Walt Stoddard (12/19/10) Terry L. Rowe

Jack McDonald History ofUES

Jack McDonald, SC, RMS # 7258, The first United Eastern Swapfest was held at Holiday Inn, Reading, PA in June passed away on Jan 11th. I traded with of 1982. This event was known as the Keystone Spring Frolic from 1935 to Jack for many years. He even visited 1955. In years that followed it was call ed Matchcover Swapfest, Eastern States with me once way over here in Califor­ Swapfest and turned into United Eastern Swapfest, as it is known today. This nia. He always had a kind word for eve­ event has been held in June since 1958. The sight of Hagerstown, MD hotel for ryone, and he really loved the hobby. this event started in 1986, at Howard Johnson Hotel. This site changed it name in 2001 to Plaza Hotel and is currently Ramada Plaza Hotel. For many years Our sincerest condolences to Jack's over I 00 people attended the event and as time changed with collectors passing family and friends . He will be missed attendance has dropped some the past few years. The swap includes auctions, by all. business meeting, dealers, displays, grab tables, free chicken & pizza party, Sat- t------r-1 urday evening awards banquet and cover trading. The same event officers have been in for many years, Pres: Linda Wolfe, V. Pres: Marc Edelman, Sec/ One More Classified Ad! Treas: Stella Wi lliams. UES hosted the 2009 RMS Convention at the hotel in Hagerstown, MD. The UES, as it is known, will be held June 22-25, 201 1 at the FOR SALE Ramada Plaza Hotel, Hagerstwn, MD (800)732-0906 and mention UES. [Thanks to Stella Williams for this] App. 7,000 collection of American Aces; no dupes. John R. Blackburn, Jr., BIRTHDAY CLUB: The following club members will be celebrating POB 28, Bedford, P A 15522 (814-623- birthdays on the dates indicated. Please check your latest roster to get current 6229) [email protected] addresses and categories: Wally Mains (4/ 11); Denis Bouchard (4/24); Mike Schlotterbeck ( 4/24) [Don't forget ... you can't beat our prices for classified ads ... They're free! If you're interested in receiving 200-300 covers or boxes during your birthday So get yours in!] month, send an SASE # 10 envelope to: Wally and Pat Mains, 105 Roger Ln. , Florence, KY 41042-2334. NEW MEMBERS AREAL WAYS WELCOME. 32 RMS Bulletin March/April2011, No. 549

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