RATHKAMP MATCHCOVER SOCIETY
THE VOICE OF THE HOBBY SINCE 1941
IRMS BULLETIN NO. 491 July/August 20011 largest Known Collections: Ill
by Mike Prero
We complete our listing of the largest known collections in the hobby ...
~ATEGORY COLLE~TOR SIZE ASOF Telephone Co's Les Hufford, OH 117 8/93 Telephone #s, Low Dave Kennaday, PA 4386 12/00 Souvenir Sets Don Marquette, AR 74 1/99 Tennessee Win Lang, CA 984 6/97 Space Les Hufford, OH 64 8/93 Texas Win Lang, CA 2405 4/93 Spain ?, CAN 332 9/93 Texas Centennial Stuart Bergman, TX 19 6/93 Sport.Events(bookie) Seymour Shedlow, IL 198 5/01 Texas Road House Randy Waite, OH 30 6/00 Sports (no Jewelites) Charlie Specht, IL 3789 9/93 Thank You's Mel Garrett, KS 2339 6/93 Stamp Offers ?, CAN 85 9/93 Theatres Don Marquette, AR 109 5/01 Standard Match Co. Mike Prero, CA 7 12/00 Thunderbirds Carmine Arpino, CT 176 5/00 Star Match Co. Bill Retskin, NC 300 10/87 Tigers Cheryl Cril~ CA 287 12/99 Statler Hotels Ralph Brann, IN 45 4/93 Tikis Don /Carol Fisher, W A 702 4/00 Steamboats Chester Crill, CA 242 12/99 Title Co.'s Jo Wilding, TX 85 5/93 Steel Co.'s John Nichols, NM 105 5193 Tobacco Stores Jo Wilding, TX 381 1/99 Stickybacks Dan Bitter, OK 198 7/00 Toilets Don/Carol Fisher,WA 101 7/00 Stop Lites Fred Kuecke, CO 39 4/93 Totems poles Chester Crill, CA 115 12/99 Stouffer's Ralph Brann, IN 148 4/93 Towns (same name) Bob McMillan, FL 916 4/01 Superba Quality Seymour Shedlow, IL 1 5/01 Towns (WI) Seymour Shedlow, IL 961 5/01 Suns Chester Crill, CA 462 12/99 Tractors/Fro Equip. Tom Gray, IA 1405 6/97 Super-Slim Box,Univ Andy Anderson, MO 222 7/96 Trademarks Mike Prero, CA 256 12/00 Superba Quality Seymour Shedlow, IL 1 5/01 Trader Vic's Fred Houk, FL 54 4/01 Superior Motels Ralph Brann, IN 169 4/93 Trains Marie Harbison, P A 249 4/93 Swans Chester Crill, CA 146 12/99 Travelodge Frank Lawton, CA 966 10/88 Swastikas Seymour Shedlow, IL 3 5/01 Trees (no palm) Chester Crill, CA 481 6/93 Sweden Win Lang, CA 500 6/97 Trucklines Bob Smith, KY 4064 l/01 Swedish Box (smfoil) Andy Anderson, MO 786 7/96 Trucks, Forklift Art Houser, NY 47 5/93 Switzerland Win Lang, CA 563 6/97 True-Color Mel Garrett, KS 135 6/93 T.G.J. Friday Wayne Eadie, NY 83 1/01 Turkeys Chester Crill, CA 93 12/99 Taverns ?,CAN 1132 9/93 Turtles Chester Cril~ CA 55 6/93 Taxi Mike Prero, CA 692 1/97 Typewriters Ellen Gutting, NV 45 9/00
continued on p. 3 2 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 The President's Message Last Reminder for Hall of Fame Nominations Next month is our 61 st annual convention. If you live in the Western USA or Canada, this is the first Send names, with the qualifications of the convention that's been in the west since Denver in candidate( s) to the chairperson of the RMS Hall of 1985. If you live in that area, it's a great opportunity to attend. The Angelus Club is hard at work putting the Fame Committee by August 1, 2001, or hand them finishing touches on the Convention. Transport~tion to the chairperson at the RMS Convention no later has been set up for those flying into Palm Spnngs, than noon on Wednesday. contact Jim Hall (address in flyer). Indian Wells is a great place, and we'll just about have the hotel to Chairperson- RMS Hall of Fame Committee is ourselves. Shirley Sayers, 1290 Corporation Street, Beaver, Paula (my wife) and I were fortunate enough to PA 15009 attend the Trans Canada Swapfest in April and Forest City and AMCAL in May and had ~ great time. Complete details were in our last issue, p.2. And, Congratulations to those clubs for therr hard work. Have a great and healthy July and August and keep up they're posted at Convention Central on the web on those trades! site. RMS President, ~ol. ~Mtole THE RMS BULLETIN
~ ((). ~state 11ee Ole t~eeut The RMS Bulletin is a bimonthly publication of the Rathkamp Matchcover Society. RMS dues are $15 30tle A~ tM4 f!«Vtl (single) for North America and $20 (single) for overseas. Add. family members are $4 each. Dues are to be ~um Pages (new) --- Hobbymaster and Ideal, die-cut (slit); submitted to Treasurer. All articles, adver- tisements, · 20's, 30's, and 40's comments, and letters should be sent to the Editor. Publication dates are: Sept., Nov., Jan, Mar., May, and H£1bbymaster ~ double vul (back-to~back covers on Jul. Deadline for all submissions is 15 days before the each !Oheet), beige, 3-hole reinforced; sets have 40 pgs, publication month. This publication is owned by the unles-~ noten otherwise. Rathkamp Matchcover Society and is made available 4 sets, 20's (640 COV\.'fS each set)- $7/s.et for public distribution through first class (Canadian 1 set. 20's, 20 pgs (320 covers)- $3.50 and overseas) and bulk mail rates. 3 sets. 30's (480 coven; each S\-"i)- $7/set l set, 3Q' s b:>fW. 37 pgs ( 444 oovers} - $6. SO RMS WEB SITE: http://www.matchcover.org 2 sets, 40's (320 oovers each set)~ $7/set 1 set 4ifs, ll pgs (88 covers)· $L 75- RMS OFFICERS (2000-2002): Jth-.41 - single cut ( l T' x ll '' pages, folded once; President: Bob Borton, 2583 Wexford Rd., Columbus, covers on one side), 3-hole, gray, memo box above OH 43221 E-Mail: [email protected] eaeh cover. 1st V.P.: Charles Specht, 2306 Belmore Dr., Cham 3 sets, 20's (30 pgs, 480 co,vers each set)- $6/set paign, IL 61821-6263 E-Mail: Charles. 2 set<>, 30's (25 pgs, 400 covers each~)- $5/set 1 set, 30;s, 25 pgs {320 covers)- $4 [email protected] 1 set 40's., 29 pgs (232 rovers)- $6 2nd V.P.: Morris Pasternak, 151 Cooperage Cres., Richmond Hill, Ont. L4C 9K8 CAN $0 SO cents postage charge per set Secretary: Mary Anne Pertuis, POB 854, Slidell, LA 70459-0854 E-Mail: [email protected] Single order for all coven; -$11 0 (postage included) Membershipffreasurer: Terry Rowe, 1509 S. Dugan Rd., Urbana, OH 43078-9209 (937) 653-3947 Dave Walters, RMS 4.395 E-mail: Trowerms@main-net. com 1630 N. :Buchanan St Editor: Mike Prero, 12659 Eckard Way Auburn, CA Arlington, VA. 22207~ 2(}48 95603 Tel: (530) 885-3604 (703) $25-2:551 E-Mail: [email protected] Email: dnwalt~~erol~ , ccm RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 3
U.S.O. Mike Samuels, DC 40 2/99 World Fair,Tex.Centen. Don Marquette, AR 7 5/01 U.S. S. MississippiConj. Bill Longenecker, P A 137 9/00 World Fair, Tulsa Expo Don Marquette, AR 4 5/01 Uniglo Dorothy Fry, OH 10277 6/00 World Fair, Vancou.Ex Don Marquette, AR 60 5/01 Union Blor-R-Match Jim Moffett, CA 10 10/89 Wrestlers Seymour Shedlow, IL 3 5/01 Union Match (no foot) Frank Lawton, CA 23 10/88 Wrigley Gum Ray Vigeant, CT 80 1/99 Union Match Quality Mel Garrett, KS 6 6/93 Wyoming Win Lang, CA 499 6/97 Union Quality Bill Retskin, NC 120 10/88 Yacht Clubs Chester Crill, CA 122 12/99 Unions Art Houser, NY 750 9/97 Yugoslavia Win Lang, CA 108 6/97 United Engineering Mike Prero, CA 9 12/00 Zip Codes Wayne Behymer, MO 4925 10/89 Universal XL Mike Prero, CA 73 12/00 Zoos/Animal Parks Riche Greene, NJ 75 1/01 Universal Safety-First Judi Wittwer, AZ 33 10/89 Utah Win Lang, CA 248 4/93 V.F.W. D. Longenecker,PA 2253 1/01 We'll Do It Again! Vacuum (radio) tubes JeffDavis, TX 36 5/01 VD Seymour Shedlow, IL 26 5/01 Response to the "Largest Collections" series Vegetables Chester Crill, CA 167 11/96 has been very positive, and I've already received Velvet Judi Wittwer, AZ 3 5/01 Vending Co./machines Ellen Gutting, NV 270 9/00 lots of updates, new figures, and new categories. Vermont Win Lang, CA 571 6/97 We'll do it again in a couple of years (I don't want Village Inns Tom Gray, IA 165 6/97 to run it right away because it takes three issues to Virginia Win Lang, CA 1169 6/97 cover it all). Vista-Lite Dave Hampton, CA 264 10/88 Wagons/Carriages Marie Harbison, P A 356 4/93 Walgreen Drug St. Seymour Shedlow, IL 123 5/01 In the meantime, this is an excellent reason to Washington Win Lang, CA 1215 6/97 maintain counts on your various collections. As a Washington, DC Marie Harbison, P A 860 4/93 new collector, years ago, I just automatically Waterfalls Ed Brassard, W A 210 12/00 assumed that all collectors maintained such Watermelons Jim Moffett, CA 2 6/93 numbers, as it seems a basic piece of information Weddings Dave Kennaday, P A 2765 12/00 West Virginia Win Lang, CA 489 6/97 that every collector would want to have on hand, Westin Hotels Bill Furlong, NV 419 4/93 but there's actually a large percentage of Whales Chester Crill, CA 225 12/99 collectors who don't count their covers. They're Whiskey Andy Anderson, MO 374 7/96 just not interested in numbers. Of course, no Willens & Co. Mike Prero, CA 123 12/00 collector HAS to count anything, but wouldn't it Windmills Dan Bitter, OK 419 7/99 Wine Bob Oliver, FL 347 10/87 be interesting to see where your collections stand Wisconsin Win Lang, CA 1164 6/97 compared to those of your peers? Yes, I know, Witches Cheryl Crill, CA 23 12/99 numbers don't necessarily equate with "quality," Wolves Chester Crill, CA 72 6/93 but we're just dealing with numbers here. Woodies Dan Bitter, OK 8749 10/98 World Fairs Paul Moyer, CA 1479 12/93 World Fair,Brus. '58 Don Marquette, AR 21 5/01 Guidelines for "official" counts: World Fair,Ca.Pac.Ex Don Marquette, AR 21 5/01 World Fair,CanCon.'67 Don Marquette, AR 21 5/01 - The counts have to be actual counts, not World Fair, Chic. '3 3 Don Marquette, AR 38 5/01 estimates. WorldFair,GoldGate.E Don Marquette, AR 64 5/01 - Dupes should not be counted. World Fair,Mont. Ex Don Marquette, AR 37 5/01 World Fair,Mos. '80 Don Marquette, AR 1 5/01 - Variations are OK (different striker colors are World Fair,NY '39-40 Stuart Bergman, TX 390 6/93 OK, but they should be dramatically different; i.e. World Fair, NY '64-65 Don Marquette, AR 66 5/01 black striker as opposed to gray striker) World Fair, Nashvi '82 Don Marquette, AR 9 5/01 - Make certain what your category contains only World Fair,NewOr. '84 Don Marquette, AR 5 5/01 what it should (i.e. "Lobsters" shouldn't include World Fair, Pac.Int'l Don Marquette, AR 1 5/01 World Fair,Parislnt. Ex Don Marquette, AR 1 5/01 crabs) World Fair,San Ant'68 Don Marquette, AR 16 5/01 -There's no room to run really obscure categories World Fair, Seattle '62 Don Marquette, AR 8 5/01 (i.e., left-handed cowboys riding palominos) World Fair,Spokane'74 Don Marquette, AR 7 5/01 -E-mail me your numbers anytime you're ready. 4 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491
WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN DOING A TV INTERVIEW?
by Bill & Donna Longenecker
Tuesday, May 29, it's back to work after a relaxing, long weekend. Work is hectic as always after these long weekends as I answer the phone for the umpteenth time to hear a familiar voice asking me this question. "What did you say?" She repeats the question and then proceeds to tell me that a crew from CBS is going to be in the area filming some antique collectors, including her boss, and had asked if she knew of any women collectors. When she told them I collected matchcovers, as did my husband, they asked her to call and see if we would do it. "Sure I said, why not."
"Where are they from?", I asked her, "Philadelphia or Wilkes Barre?", thinking it was just a local station doing one of their human interest fillers. She said she wasn't sure, but thought it was New York but that was all she knew. Told me the man's name was Jason Sacca, she would let him know and he would call me if he was interested. I can honestly say, I went back to work without giving it a second thought as I figured if they were doing antique collectors, they wouldn't be interested in matches.
Not five minutes later, Jason called and asked questions about our collection - how long have we been collecting, how many covers, how are they displayed, how many albums ("a couple dozen, he asked?"), what kind of categories, etc. He wondered if we would be available on Thursday, two days away, to do an interview. "It will only take about an hour", he said. Bill wasn't around that I could even ask him about it, some quick thinking told me I would have help in the office on Thursday so I could leave, so I just said OK.
"We're doing a segment on American Collectors for CBS News Sunday Morning" tentatively set to air on June 10, he explained. "I'm a producer and I'll be bringing reporter Rita Braver along with a camera and sound crew". "I want to warn you," I said, "our collection is in our bedroom, which has our work area." "Oh, that's no problem", he replied. We set up the time for 2:00.
Wednesday night, Bill's away for the evening, we have company corning to stay for the weekend, get things ready for tomorrow. Bedroom is clean, can't really "put things away" as we are both currently working on a match project which they may or may not be interested in, pull out a variety of displays on different topics. Now what albums would they like to see? Features, pop-ups, spot strikers, political, old DQ album, Outback Steakhouses (something you can currently relate to). Company comes, spend time visiting and time for bed.
Thursday, introductions were made, and I couldn't believe how relaxed they made me feel. They were so casual in both appearance and manner, that we were immediately at ease with them. They wired us up with small, battery-pack microphones and got right to the filming. Rita Braver, the reporter, asked a few questions, but said she would rather wait and do it all "fresh" on tape. The filming began with us showing them into our bedroom with the collection. They looked at the albums I had laid out as she asked questions about the covers, just as any interested fiiend would. Every couple minutes, we would stop taping and the cameraman would take close-up shots of specific covers we had pointed out. I think the worse thing, for me, was that I didn't know where to go with my hands when I wasn't pointing out match covers. I had no idea how much the camera was picking up.
They did a segment with both Bill and I separately working on our covers. To be honest, I "faked" what I was doing, just compared covers and randomly inserted them into pages so as not to get things mixed up. They were very interested in pointing out the fact that Bill and I both had our individual interests and yet shared the hobby. They touched one-bay and its impact on the hobby, RMS itself, how old it was and how many collectors were out there from all over the world, where the conventions are held.
Eventually, they left, taking with them, the RMS web site information which they link up to the cbsnews.com site for all the stories they do.Wow, it's over! After dinner, I went to their web site and looked up the CBS News Sunday Morning show site. I'm really glad I had not done so before the shoot. The credentials of the reporter would probably have had me tongue-tied.
Looking back on the entire thing, we truly can't believe that we were able to give RMS national exposure and only hope that we did the hobby justice. By the time you read this, the show should have aired and I hope many of you were able to see it. We will, of course, tape it and lovingly carry it along to functions until everyone is sick of seeing it.
[Ed Note: I just received word before going to press that the above piece was rescheduled for Sunday, June 17th, due to expected coverage of the impending execution of the Oklahoma Bomber... (Editorial comment: who should have been taken out in back of the courthouse by the bailiff and shot right after the jury found him guilty five years ago)} RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 5
by Joe DeGennaro
Do you trade? I do and I have to tell you that I get such a rush when I get something really unique or special from one of my traders.
Well, recently I received four new boxes from two of my traders that made opening up my mail seem like Christmas. As most of you know, three categories that are near and dear to my heart are Hard Rock Cafes, Disney, and Tobacco. In one trade, I got a beautiful new 30th Anniversary box from the Hard Rock Cafe in Cancun, Mexico. That · would have made it special in its own right, but, in addition, it has a CAMEL advertisement on one • side. Also included in that trade was a very colorful large cigar box from Mexico that, as you can see, · shows a cigar being lit.
The other trade was from a good buddy of mine in Florida. He keeps me well-informed about anything that has come out at Disney World!EPCOT and, more recently, the new Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando. I had heard that the Hotd had a restaurant called the Velvet Room and that they had a lipstick box. He checked it out for me, and, sure enough, they did.
The box is black with gold foil print. The other box he sent was from the new Celebration Hotel in Celebration, Florida, which is a Disney property. It's a white ultra slim box with a multi-colored picture of the hotel on one side.
Four great looking boxes, and it wasn't even Christmas! Until next time, Happy hunting and Happy Collecting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joe D. 6 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 '.round The World WORLD WAR II BELGIAN "WINTERHULP" COVERS
[Courtesy of Pierre Levens, Belgium]
Here's a great series of eight World War II Belgian 'on-the-home front' covers, four of which are shown here. These matchbooks were sold during World War II to raise money to help the poor purchase charcoal and wood to heat their homes during the winter ... thus the theme of ' Winter Help' ("Winterhulp" in Dutch, and "Secours d'Hiver" in French).
There are actually four basic cover designs in this series, but two versions of each. As Pierre pointed out, "You know, living in a bilingual country means that everything (or almost everything ) has its twin brother in the other language ...they came in pairs." Thus, two cover designs are shown below, but each has a Dutch text version and a French text version.
On both panels on all the covers, there is a picture of St. Martin, a nobleman, who, when confronted with a poor begar on a cold winter day, took off his cape, drew his sword and cut it in half, handing over one part to the poor man. He therefore symbolizes charity. This is a great set and a superb addition to anyone's World War II Patriotic collection .. .ifyou can get it! RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 7 that were issued (one with the text on the inside· The Golden the other with blank insides). ' "G's" Although this company was around since the Yes! The Golden beginnings of matchbooks, I only know of 121 "G' s" ...those little known, varieties. That, and the preponderance of box but much loved match trademarks, may suggest that this company manufacturers: Gem continued to emphasize the box market rather than Match Company, General matchbooks. Match Company, and Gopher Match Co. You The Gopher Match Company, located in St. may have heard little or Paul, MN, is something of an enigma in the hobby. nothing about them, but This company existed c. late 1920s, but it's not their covers are out there, clear whether it was actually an independent and they' re highly prized company or a subsidiary of Lion Match Co. Its by collectors who are into colorful name has always made it stand out with old and rare covers. collectors, but these plain, two-tone covers are the rarest of the three groups discussed here. Only 20 The Gem Match varieties are currently listed. Company, of Chicago, IL, operated from c. 1935 All of the Golden "G" covers are worth a place - c. 1941. There was an in your collection. They're difficult to locate, and ' earlier Gem Match Co., almost impossible to trade, but they' re well worth but this one is not related to it. These are all two the time, effort ... and possible expense, so keep tone, wide-striker covers, quite plain, but we're your eyes peeled for them. not after beauty with these covers. I only have 148 varieties currently listed, so there aren't a lot of these covers around.
The General Match Company, of Cincinnati, OH, was in existence for quite a bit longer than the Gem Match Co. It was founded in 1890, starting out as a wooden match stick manufacturer. Although it wasn't officially dissolved until 1965, it actually went out of production in World War II. It had quite a number of trademarks, including: Red Bird (box, 1920s-early 1940s ), Red Bird Jr. (box, 1920s-early 1940s ), American Saf-T Match (box, ?-early 1940s), Candle King Quality (box, ?-early 1940s ), Candle Kings Strike Anywhere (box, ?-early 1940s ), Finest Junior (box, ?-early 1940s).
Many of the General covers are three-color, and all I've seen are wide-strikers. If you're familiar with these covers at all, you're more aware of the two World War II "Remember Pearl Harbor" sets 8 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 Animatches UOflii•di.tJO:> One of the most fascinating types of matchbooks I've ever seen ... .is -F~ the Animatch! It's one of those types that you like to haul out for JO# JJ.•f>P~~~J ...__,$ visiting relatives and friends to "oh" and "ah" over while watching their J11Yn1W.A eyes widen in disbelief ·. ,.,_ ~N~ pliJ'J;f ··•tP ·f.H>ct,,•w ii.8*• •n•s ,,.e This is a very little-known and obscure category simply because most .unvne .lSINhl collectors will never have seen an Animatch before. Indeed, this is the •td•d .A1.1~,., 10 sa-<1 •11~ • .iOfiJi s•wo)_ 1fOOe 'f.Hl3 only one I've ever seen, and the only reason I happened to have that opportunity is because I was visiting with the late Evelyn Hovious some . ':""" 1... Qi. ~1M Q_ d_= years ago, and she specifically showed it to me. • ANIMATCHES Not surprisingly, then, not much is known about Ani matches. They -- · ~ ·- -~- v --- • were copyrighted in 1934, and it's not known which, if any, of the PAt~~~\~t~~~~CtTY major match companies produced them. As the reverse side [to the ~EX c L us I v·e right/ of this particular example shows, no manufacturer is indicated. It could well be that a major manufacturer supplied the matches while an independent entrepreneur, perhaps an advertising or marketing agency, produced the unique cover, itself
...And it is unique! As shown below, the cover extends lengthwise to reveal both an open mouth and an advertisement. It's colorful, A.~~HF.S . r.a.vr: CO\'I.c ,. r <.>r: ;>~ · :rttl\< ingenious, eye-catching- and functional. The matches, once pulled, are ( .0,... . ~ .- ~- ...... ; . .f .. ~ .. ~ to be struck against the "STRIKE HERE" portion of the cover, which is:=:====:;;;;;;:::;;;;;;;;:::;=;;:;;;;;:::;;;;: actually a striker.
r don 't know of anyone who actually has enough to be called a collection. Do you? RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 9 cardboard. As early as 1893-1894, the initial Binghamton Match Co.'s famous Pi so cover {5ee RMS Bulletin, May/June 2000} already had OBB HlSTOR professionally printed advertising on it [that's the one that got Binghamton Match Co. sued out of The Rise and Fall of the existence by Diamond for patent infringement}. American Matchcover: I Still, we herald that day in 1896, when the manager of the Mendelson Opera Company "All good things come to an end," the saying bought 100 blank matchbooks and had hand goes, and that, as we're a11 painfully a'":are, printed messages and pictures of the opera's certainly is the case with the Amencan leading stars put on them, as the beginning of matchcover. To really understand the significance matchbook advertising. Personally, it's my opinion of the decline of the American match industry, one that we may all have take in by a Diamond PR job, need only view the role that matchcovers have as far as the Mendelson Opera cover is concerned. played in the history and development of our Be that as it may, however, whether because of the society. Piso cover or the Mendelson Opera cover, by 1896 the face of America was about to change. When the first phosphorous friction matches were manufactured in the United States in 8136, It wasn't long before businesses all over the America's love affair with the indispensable country were flocking to take advantage of the match began. By 1850, 60 match factories were incredibly cheap, incredibly abundant, simple and already open throughout the country. By 1878, t~o effective means of advertising. From cigarette manufacturers dominated the scene: Swtft, stands and cigar stores to hotels,motels, and Courtney, and Beecher and 0. C. Barber. In restaurants, from lumber companies and jewelry December 1880, after a devastating price stores to banks and insurance corporations, from war,these two giants and several smaller soft drink and beer distributors to national parks companies merged to form the Diamond Match and zoos, American ingenuity had found a new Company, and, early in the following, y~ar, outlet. So important did this subsequent production of Diamond Match Company s fust advertising on matchcovers become, in fact, that matches began. the matches, themselves, actually became secondary to the covers that housed them (just as With the formation of Diamond, and its the gum companies initially used baseball cards to purchase of the rights to Joshua Pusey's sell their gum ... only to find out that it was the cards matchbook in 1894, the American match industry, people wanted, and not the gum!). as we know it, was born. Soon, the matchbook of the most common items became one Moreover, matchcovers took on ancillary manufactured on earth, and America was to advertising quality, as well. Here, they advertised dominate the matchbook industry for the next 80 not a product, but rather the pride and the 'esp~t years. Along the way, America produced ~he first de corps' of the advertiser. Colleges heralded th~u matchcover advertising, the first non-poisonous sporting teams and school. mascots; Navy shtps phosphorous match, and the greatest variety of proudly exported their logos and mottos to ports of matchcover styles and types that the world has call around the world; even Uncle Sam extensively ever seen. used the matchcover to promote loyalty, teamwork, and patriotism at home during World With the appearance of the first matchbook, it War II. wasn't long before someone recognized the advertising potential of that little piece of blank [Don 't miss part II in our next issue} 10 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 "T & T" Lists: Part XVII
T & T LIST #26: FOURTH FOOTBALL - This set, published about 1938, differs from all previous Types. The overall background color is silver and the front of the covers show shows a head and shoulder photo of the player. The back of the covers shows a brief description of the player's history printed over a panel that has a bright red background color on 12 of the covers, and a deep blue color on the other twelve covers. The printing is in white. On the saddle is the player's name and his team, imprinted over a light tan football. Note that the players with the red background history panel are all members of the Chicago "Bears", while the ones with the blue background history are all members of the Detroit "Lions" . Manufacturer's imprint is double line: Made in U.S.A/THE DIAMOND MATCH CO. NYC. 24 covers comprise the complete set as listed below: Player Entire Last Line Blue Red Bjork, Delbert Epsilon. Buivid, Raymond Nu. 2 Caddel, Ernie "Dearfoot". 3 Cardwell, Lloyd tali.Weighs 195 . 4 Clark, Earl tall and weighs 190 pounds. 5 Famiglietti, Gary fraternity. 6 Fortmann, Daniel is a bachelor. 7 Johnson, Bert Sigma Alpha Epsilon. 8 Johnson, Jack tall. Weighs 212 pounds. 9 K.lewick.i, Ed pounds. 10 Manders, John 200 pounds. Height 6ft. 1 in. 11 Maniaci, Joe Makes his home in Lodi, NJ. 12 McDonald, James pounds. 13 McDonald, Lester 179 yards. 14 Moscrip, Monk pounds. 15 Part, Maurice weighs 207 pounds. 16 Reynolds, Bob Football League. 17 Ryan, Kent fine passer and kicker. 18 Sullivan, Frank in 1933. Is married. 19 Swisher, Robert Single. Phi Delta Theta. 20 Thompson, Russell year. 21 Vanzo, Fred tall. Weighs 230 pounds. 22 Wojciechowicz, Alex weighs 197 pounds. 23 Zamas, Gust fraternity. 24
T & T LIST #27: WASHINGTON "REDSKINS" FOOTBALL - 1939- set of twenty is double line designation:- Universal Match Corp/Philadelphia, Pa. The printing is maroon on gold, with "Official 1939 Schedule" across the saddle. These covers contain the ad of "Ross Jewelers", Washington, D.C. Of the following twenty covers, the ones of Jim Barber and Steve Slivinski are very rare; only a few collections contain them. The pictures and autographs ofthe players appear on the inside of the covers.
1. Barber, Jim 6. Farkas, Andy 11. Karcher, Jim 16. Parks, Mickey 2. Baugh, Sam 7. Filchok, Frank 12. Krause, Max 17. Pinckert, Emy 3. Bradley, Hal 8. Flaherty, Ray 13 . Malone, Charlie 18. Slivinski, Steve 4. Carroll, Vic 9. Irwin, Don 14. Masterson, Bob 19. Stralka, Clem 5. Erikson, Bud 10. Justice, Ed 15 . Millner, Wayne 20. Turner, Jay
1940- Set oftwenty . Same design arxi imprint as the 1939 set. "Official1940 Schedule" across the saddle.
1. Barber, Jim 6. Farman, Richard 11 . Millner, Wayne 16. Slivinski, Steve 2. Baugh, Sam 7. Hoffman, Bob 12. Parks, Mickey 17. Stralka, Clem 3. Carroll, Vic 8. Irwin, Don 13. Pinckert, Emy 18. Todd, Dick 4. Edwards, Glen 9. Malone, Charlie 14. Russell, Bo 19. Young, Bill 5. Farkas, Andy 10. Masterson, Bob 15. Shugart, Clyde 20. Zimmerman, Leroy RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 11 Where Does The Hobby Go infusion of co1lector-produced Girlie covers each year in the form of Convention Girlies. Foreign From Here? Girlie covers appear from time to time, but the vast majority of collectors have no opportunity to In our last issue, we took a look at how obtain them. collectors' interests have changed over the life of the hobby, all the way from Group I and 1939 So, as we look into the first decade of the 21st World's Fair covers to the present-day boom in century and beyond, what lies ahead? Well, if Casino and Cigarette covers. But, where do we go you're a sometime, when-there's-nothing-better from here? to-do collector, the prospects for collecting look bleak. The number of available covers to collect Of course, anything I put down here is going to will continue to diminish, as fewer new covers are be pure speculation, but it seems to me that there made and attrition takes its toll on the older are at least some general indications. covers. Along with this, thanks to these and other factors, such as eBay, competition for buying As an amateur researcher and a teacher of covers will continue to get stiffer. Result: fewer History, I can say with certainty that the best way covers and fewer hot categories ...which, in tum, I to predict the future is simply to look at the past. believe, will lead to the "casual" collector And, in the hobby's past, with respect to collecting basically being forced out of the hobby .. ..which , it interests, an almost ironclad trend can readily be would seem, is exactly what's already been seen: Whatever's readily available at the moment happening the last several years. This would also is hot. explain why the drop out rate of novice collectors is so high ... collectingjust isn't as easy as it used to Thus, Group I appears in the m id-1930s and it be. becomes the hottest category. The 1939 NY World's Fair begins, and collectors go after those And that leaves us ... the die-hard collectors~ covers. The late 1950s saw the stampede for We' re the ones that are willing to work at Matchoramas and Navy Ships begin. As Universal collecting. We'll do the searching-the tramping introduced its lines of Fancies, Fancies became through paper shows, open-air markets, and garage sought-after. When non-stock Holiday Inn covers sales; we ' ll do the buying- the small and large were at their peak, so was collecting Holiday Inn accumulations, and the estate collections; we ' ll do covers. When American Ace boxes abounded, so the shucking and organizing; and, yes, some of us did collectors' interest in them ...and so on and so will even still be trading. forth, right up to today. What are the only two current categories in which covers are still I don't know ifthe flow of Casino and Cigarette plentiful? ...Casinos and Cigarettes ... and those are covers will continue in the years ahead, but, even the two hottest categories today. if it does, those two categories won't be enough to sustain most of us. But we're the diggers! It Interest in Girlies has even dropped off. The doesn't matter what the current fad category is to number of Girlie Club members, for example has us. Our digging turns up our wants. Thus, the declined (Jan/Feb 2000, RMS Bulletin), and it's Loren Moores will still be looking for old very difficult to find people who can trade Girlies Telephone Numbers, and the Clem Paters will still with you ...because just about all the domestic be searching for County Seats and American Aces; sources for those covers have dried up. Thus, those like me will always be on a quest for those collecting such covers becomes more difficult and grand old manumarks and footers, while those like interest begins to wane. I'm a dedicated Girlie Warren Marshall will still be looking for Towns; collector, myself, but I believe the category is and the small, specialized categories will always really only being kept alive by the "artificial" be important to many collectors. 12 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 same handy location ... no more fishing around for Adveraps the matches in some other pocket. Usually, the matchbook that came with the Adverap actually No, they're not a type ofmatchcover, and they're matched the Adverap in design so that they both not boxes, either, but you might run into one in the formed a set, such as the one shown here. course of your collecting career, and they do have something to do with the hobby. Besides, you Adveraps never caught on. Perhaps American never know when someone is going to come up to smokers just didn't want to be bothered by yet you at a cocktail party and ask you to gtve a another item to carry around. It was already discourse on Adveraps! something of a headache just making sure you had an adequate supply of matches and cigarettes when "Adveraps," from the Universal, appeared in you went out, and then, there were the unsightly 1939 and lived all too shortly thereafter, bulges. disappearing from the scene in the 1940s. I say "all
too shortly" because it was based on the rather ·"""':- - ,;,: No one seems to be quite $1QNI1l~ " 0~\'!'')fM .') logical assumption that smokers would want some NOl~NIH~'IM 1 l ~·n~ sure exactly when Adver ~0 !H.t~-.0:> lUU NO sort of protective "pouch" to keep their soft aps went out of production, cigarette packs in to keep them from getting bent, but if they made it to 1942 squashed, etc. (sort of a poor man's cigarette they could also have been a case!). And, it was assumed that there would be a casualty of war materials wealth of businesses which would foot the bill for shortages. And, it wasn't it, since their advertising would appear on the all too many years later that package. Hence the name, "Adverap." the cigarette industry start ed coming out with "hard The Adverap, itself, was a cardboard affair that pack" cigarettes where the formed a small box in which the cigarette pack packs were now cardboard would sit in an upright position. The top was boxes, thereby making the slightly lower in front in order to afford easier Adverap obsolete anyway. access to the cigarette pack. There was also a slot ... See also our next issue. in the Adverap into which the accompanying matchbook could be positioned. Thus, the smoker Pictures courtesy uf Carmine would have both cigarettes and matches in the Arpino RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 13 Who's Got It? Part II Peripheral Collectors... Here's something new! RMS member Tom Barber of Chicago reported in 1955 having a dated Empire Quality cover from This was sent in by Bill Ostlund, a Model T Ford Jordan Brown & Sons, Chicago. The date read collector. He recently purchased an accessory "Wed., Nov. 20, 1929." Who's got it now? steering column support bracket that is quite interesting. According to the fellow he bought it In 1952/1953, a 1952 Indianapolis 500 set of from, it was offered through the Star Match covers came out. There were five 30-strikes: 1) Company in the teens and 20s. The support "We were there/May 30, 1952"; 2) "Friendly/ attaches around the steering column and attaches Indianapolis/Hospitality"; 3) Indianapolis/500 to the firewall. It is the type that would be used on Mile Race"; 4) "A Souvenir/ofthe/500 mile race"; 1917 through 1922 Model T Fords. What makes it 5) "We saw the/1952/500 mile race". Does anyone interesting is that it has a cast aluminum holder for have one? a box of matches. Cast out of the front is a star and the sides are open to access the striker portion of The March 1981 Long Beach Matchcover Club the box. The fellow he purchased it from is bulletin reported that Canada's Eddy Match Co. a noted authority on Model T accessories, so he had "produced a J ewe lite cover of the same should know what he's talking about. dimensions as the Universal product. A sample of this style can be be found in a cover advertising Bacardi Rum. Designed for the Canadian market, the message is in English and French." I don't believe I have ever heard of or seen this Canadian Jewelite-like cover. Who's got it? ~--~------, Match Books Get Gerry Biron, VT, Foolproof Cover happened to send in BY MAKING l.t impossi this article from ble to strike a match Popular Science, "\i\•ithr.tut, closing the cover, .a. new- safety--match p.ack. November 1937. et prevents possible burns This innovative from ignition of the re maining n"latches.. To matchcover may withdraw n. 1nn.tch, the have been simply user turns the pJ voted cover sidewu.ys. barring the inventor's demo access to the striking .surface until the cover is model. Was this pushed hack into place, ever mass produced shielding the othe-r-a, as an actual commercial product? I've never seen one before, or even heard of one prior to this. Does anyone actually have one? Thanks to Gerry for sending this in for 'Show 'n Tell'! match cannot be struc..lc un· .::.over has ·bet;tn replaced 14 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 Monogram's
In the November/December 2000 RMS Bulletin, there was a query on the Match Grins Set. Initially, there was some question as to whether there was a set because only one such cover was listed in the Lion 30 STICK listing, and, after some research, there was some later confusion as to whether this was a 10-cover set or a 12-cover set. Although there were no responses to the initial inquiry, several weeks later I happened to stumble across the entire set at Loren Moore's, right down the road from me ... and he had twelve in his set (all pictured here).
Set Listing
1. College boy - "Say when"! College girl - "Right after this drink"!
2. We' re so glad to see you. We're stressing this point: You can have what you want Here's the key to the joint!
3. Just in case you can't find the john ....
4. "Whadjya have to do for the mink coat?" "Nothin'- just shorten the sleeves!"
5. No bones about it-- We 're glad you're here!
6. Hey you-- how's about raising a little cain? RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 15 Match Grins Set
These are Lion 30 STICK covers, with the manumark on the inside and of the smaller, perhaps older, manu mark variety. All of these covers cany embossed drawings on the front panel and the text shown below on the front, back, and/or both panels. Several of the covers definitely do cany sexual innuendos, so it's not all that surprising that the RMS editor in 1953 refused to list the covers because of their content. It should be noted that# 12, below, is a metallic.
7. Here's something for the morning after!
8. She was just a shoemaker's daughter-- but she gave the boys her awl!
9. Hey, waiter- there's a fly in my soup! Waiter- Could be! the chef used to be a tailor!
I 0. She was just an optician's daughter -- Two glasses and she made a spectacle of herself!
11. She's the kind of girl that men forget.. .. to introduce to their wives!
12. Look in the mirror And you will see Someone who's welcome As can be! 16 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 Salesmen's
Here's another one of those 'peripherals' that are popular with a number of collectors as adjuncts to their cover collections-salesmen's sample books.
The particular one shown was graciously loaned to me by Loren Moore, CA, for this article. It's about as mint as you can get when dealing with used salesman's sample books.
This one is from Monarch Match Company, San Jose, CA. The prices quoted are from 1?69, and they're cut and pasted in, so I'd have to guess that the book, itself, is from one or two years before that.
These books were meant to "sell" the customer, so this one has everything you, as a salesman, would need to hopefully convince that prospective buyer to indeed make an order. There are pages of dazzling covers (all flats) designed to illustrate various sizes, types, colors, and sets. There's an index of stock graphic designs and logos. There's also an entire section on how to arrange the copy on various types
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of covers according to subject matter: fraternals, political, and so forth.
There aren't any order forms included in the book, though. I would assume that the salesman had a separate pad/folder/book for that, and, indeed, most of the salesman's sample books I've seen were similar in this respect.
While I don' t particularly collect salesman' s sample books, myself, I do like to go through them because they will very often give trademark names for their various lines that aren't known outside the company ... simply because those particular names were never put on the covers.
A book such as this would make a wonderful accessory to anyone' s collection. They' re very colorful, interesting, and provide background for a thorough understanding of your collection ... and they're not all that uncommon, so keep your eyes peeled!
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James Willard, MD, sent in this photocopy of this nice DQ and would like ~.., .,,~~~~-~~~~~:~J to know if it's possibly part of a set.. .and it's certainly not often we get to deal with ANY type ofDQ set!
So, is this part of a set? Well, I can at least answer that question ... Yes! And how does Swami Prero know that? .. .Because there are three different such covers listed in the DQ listing. In fact, there might even be two different sets here.
The three different covers I know of deal with: 1) Ector County well {shown here/, 2) Oklahoma City, and 3) Rotary drilling.
Are there more? Seems so, but what are they? Are there two sets, or is this one set? It's up to our DQ collectors to answer these questions. How about it? JHav e a question concerning an odd or interesting cover? Want to know if what you have is part of a set:? Want to know exactly what you 're missing.? Drop the /"_:d. a line and include a sharp photocopy qfs ample cover, please.
Centurylite
Centurylite was a Universal trademark for its . C E NT U R Y L I T e ® · 1oo-match covers. 1t was first introduced in wa ll' Utltft•ut. M1ttl. ·n. lOUtS. 110. 1944, although I'm not sure when it was finally discontinued.
This was a novelty-match because of the size, and it never proved to be a big seller for Universal. Last ,.------~time I heard, there t~~t!f:.:- ;:::>\' ,'-?/on';? ~_rcct ing·% an.b )3_":~' t illi,s h e . ~ for- t h e ·!\-:--f: u~ -~~t-n~ were only 21
.... " ." · " ·" M ..". __ ,.,_. ._...... listed. Thus, most collectors probably wouldn't have any examples of these on hand.
[Cover reduced here due to size restrictions. Pic courtesy of An gelus Matchcover Club_/ RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 19
The Huggable Bears Club
This specialty club, formed in 1993, is devoted to collectors of bears on matchcovers. It is also Wow! TWO collectors came up with a World involved in bear subjects in general. The club War I Diamond Approved Match No. 7 Safety publishes a quarterly bulletin named Bear Tracks First. .. and it's even a printed stick!. Shown here is and holds its annual meeting at each RMS John Mathot's, MA, cover ... gotten in a baggie of convention. W.W. I paper at a flea market in Worcester, MA ... Current officers are: Chairbear: Toby Messmer, the baggie cost $20! Secretary: Lynne Martin, Treasurer: Pat Shappell (For membership:) Pat Shappell, 109 Wood Lane, Bob Stowe, FL, found his at the Rennigers Reading, PA 19606-2446. Editor is Shirley Sayers. Antique Market in Florida from a dealer from Connecticut...he paid $0 (!! !). The dealer thought Bears on covers encompass a broad field. For it was worthless! A-r-r-r-r-g-g-g-h! I've got to get example, the specialist categorizes bears as Polar out more and start,•• , Bear, Grizzly, Koala, Panda, caricatures, etc. looking for treasure!! r Further breakdowns include Smokey Bear, 'Sleep' the Travelodge bear, 'Happy' the automotive bear, Paddington, etc.
There are over 2,000 bear covers known to exist. Did you know that there are at least 22 different Smokey Bear covers alone? They have been used to advertise strength, cleanliness, refrigeration, and other services or products. This popular subject is open in all fields to the collector of bear related memorabilia.
Trades, knowledge, and friendship are available to members of this congenial club. Membership is open to all, with dues of$5 per year, payable at the annual meeting.
Why not give this very special and unusual club a try? Just write to Pat Shappell, 109 Wood Lane, Reading, PA 19606-2446 ([email protected]) for an application form. They would love to have you join them ... your absence is 'unbearable!' 20 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 Manny Silverstein, CA: The MailBox Manny sent in this very nice Union Match Quality Ed. Refth e unauthorized cover (192 7-c. 19290 Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee boxes mentioned Jim Spector, FL: I read ·· in last issue 's "Who's with interest you Hobby · Got it, " we ji>und out! History column in the •.. Pat Stevens, England, May/June issue of the ·.. has all three of the Bulletin. I was especially .. Venture Matches issues. interested in the :: The one shown here has been reduced due to paragraph which referred · .\pace restrictions. to the Beach albums and •·
flyer which was inserted inside the cover and on top of the Beach cover page. The album was actually the Beach The Silver Jubilee which we are celebratino this vear. 1977 craft Match Cover ~ · - commemorates 25 years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Album, which was Elizabeth IL the brand of the Fredrick H. Beach Westminster Abbey traditionally the church where the company. Coronation takes place: has been the English Royal Church for over nine hundred years. The Ceremony itself has a I believe I began continuous history of more than a thousand years, dating back usmg Beach to the Anglo Saxons. Our Kings -and Queens have not only albums prior to received the homage of their Peers they also in their Coronation 1950. It was probably in late oath promise to rule justly and responsibly to their subjects 1951 or early 1952 throughout their dominions. that the RMS insert first appeared. At the time, I was in high school and a matchcover RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 21 collecting buddy and I went into the mail order Well, I'm not much at predicting the future, but matchcover business. Along with matchcovers, we something has happened locally which may well sold the Beachcraft albums. It was from the insert effect the RMS. that we learned of RMS. I wrote to Horace Rush who, at that time, was the RMS secretary/ A bit back, one of the local Boards of Health membership chairman. He wrote back explaining (every community has one by law) banned what RMS was and invited me to join, which I did. smoking in all restaurants in the community. This was appealed to the Mass. Supreme Court AND Robert Bush, RI: [Ref last issue 's query on the UPHELD ! Salem, one of many cities, has just also Historic Virginia se~J The Historic Virginia set banned smoking in most public areas (restaurants, that I have consists of 12 covers: Wythe House, St. halls, etc) This, needless to say, was also appealed George Tucker House, Travis House, Raleigh and upheld. Tavern/Public Gaol, Raleigh Tavern/Williamsburg Inn, Captain Orr's Dwelling, Ludwell-Paradise The main area of interest is that, at least in this House, The Wren Building, Pitt-Dixon House, Old state, restaurants/ bars were one of the few refuges Court House, The Quarter, James Geddy House. for smokers left beside home. They were also one These were purchased at an RMS convention of the few places still likely to purchase matches auction. for their customers. One major local chain "The 99" (perhaps 40 pub style restaurants over New [Roy Buckley, WA, and Bill Scott, CAN, were also England) has recently used up the last of their good enough to send in their lists of 12, as well] custom imprinted matches and has gone over to plain white books in locations where customers Nelson Dionne, MA: In your last newsletter, you can still smoke in the bar. I understand that Maine asked the question "Where do we go from here ?". also has something alone this line going on. CAMEL 30s ALBUM RAFFLE
The Tobacco Club is raffling off three albums of Camel 30s, and you don't have to be a member to get in on it. Chances are $1 each, or 6 for $5. Send your check or money order (made out to Penny Smith) along with your completed raffle tickets to:
Penny Smith 2063 Grange Hall Fenton, MI 48430
... or, just bring them with yo_u to the RMS Convention next month at Indian Wells, CA. · The drawing will be held at the NAME; Tobacco Club meeting at the convention. Run off the ticket shown here and enter as many ADDRESS;-· -· ------···· ----~N-~,ff,. .... ,_.",-.,. .. times as you wish ... and Good CITY /STATE/ZIP= ------N------·~--·---· -·------··· Luck!!
DEADLINE: AUGUST Jrd! 22 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491
AHSWtlt to last 3 SS14tl 's Bits & Pieces Matelleol'st Mystery
What was a "cracking match"? THE APRIL TOBACCO CLUB BULLETIN had an eye-popping color page featuring the new Henry Courtney, Wilimington, DE, made a match 10-cover Winston 20s set.. ..and then they did it that could be used safely c. 1857. It would again in the May issue with a full color page of produce an instant flame with no smell. These Camel 30-strike singles. matches were popularly known as "cracking matches" because of a faint popping sound when BOB AND MARY BUSH, Rl, had a very nice ignited against a hard surface. The exact secret write-up in the Providence Sunday Journal on these matches was never revealed, as Henry May 13 . Spectacular full-page of color pictures. Courtney never told it!
LARRY KOZAK, OH, appeared on a 15-minute Matelleol'sr Mysteries: #36 segment of a local show in the Cleveland-Akron area called "Happy Talk" on Where did the "Diamond'' come from May 26. He talked about matchcover collecting, in "Diamond Match Company? the Forest City Matchcover Club, RMS, and showed a small portion of his collection ... another This one's actually not that hard, but do you nice plug for the hobby. know it? Have to know your industry history! ..... Nice going, Larry! ...An swer in our next issue.
Silver Chicago World's Fair Set!
Oh, be still my beating heart! One of the greatest sets ever issued- the 1934 Chicago World's Fair set. This one is the scarce one with the silver background (as opposed to the 1933 gold set, which is more common). This listing is by the late AI Policke, who not only had the entire set, but he was given it by- William Colgate, Diamond Match Co.!! From July 1979 Long Beach bulletin
1 - Front: Go, A Century of Progress, 1934 Chicago World's brightest spot. (DQ) 2 - Sky Ride, full length picture upright (DQ) 3 - The Hall of Science & Tower, also full length, upright 4 - Administration Building, full length /Special thanks to 5 - Replica of Fort Dearborn, full length Jim Benes, NJ, for 6 - Travel & Transportation Building, full length 7 - Hall of Science, full length the picture shown 8 - Electrical Group, full length here] 9- U.S . Government Building, full length I 0 - Hall of Science, North Facada, full length 11 - Replica Golden Pavillion of Jehol, full length 12 -Maya Temple, full length RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 23
horizon .. .and anyone who's ever attended such an even knows exactly what I'm talking about.
Although such lobbying may sometimes be Editorial done by a spouse or friend, it's nonnally carried out by the person who created the display. It takes two forms: blatant and subtle.
/Note: The fiJI/owing views are not particularly In the blatant variety, the prospective judge is those (~f'the RMS officers, nor should they be taken simply told outright, "That's my display there, the as representing the overall official RMS Match one with all the great Indian headdresses. None of cover Society, ... and, if they prove to be too the other display even come close to this one. You controversial... they aren't mine either!] should vote for mine."
A LITTLE INNOCENT LOBBYING? In the subtle variety, the display owner simply drops a seemingly ' innocent' remark amidst an The annual RMS convention is almost upon us ongoing conversation: "Oh, I had the display I was once again- this time, w-a-a-a-y over here in entering just perfect, and then all those beautiful California. And, anytime collectors get together Indian covers shifted position in the baggage, and for a convention, swapfest, or even an occasional I had to quickly redo the whole thing when I got to club meeting, there are always display the hotel." Or, "Take a look at the General Match competitions .... the key word here being Co. covers I have on display and tell me ifyou see "competition." any new manumarks."
Although RMS 's rules for displays are probably- The results are the same in any event. The the most detailed and strictest in the hobby, every person has just circumvented the rule about not such competition, whether it be at AMCAL, showing his or her name on the particular display. United Eastern Swapfest, etc. , prohibits the Now, the judge knows that such-and-such display exhibitor from putting his or her name on the front belongs to so-and-so, and all sorts of "social' of the display where it can be seen by possible factors may come into play: friendship, loyalty, judges. That's because judging is supposed to be guilt, revenge, and so on. done on a fair and impartial basis, and the idea is that if the judge knows beforehand which display There used to be a regular at the AMCAL belongs to whom, the resulting vote may be biased conventions who would unabashedly lobby for his one way or the other. own displays. He made sure everyone knew that he had displays in the contest and exactly which And that's certainly a valid concern. As a ones they were. Did it work? Well, he won an teacher, I see that all the time in school. Whether awful lots of awards! the students are being asked to vote on student council candidates or which art project in class is If you' re in Indian Wells next month, try the most attractive, it invariably deteriorates into a conducting a little test; just keep a quiet count of popularity contest where the actual qualifications how many times you're lobbied about various of the person or item take a back seat to who the displays. I'll be surprised if you come away with a person or creator is. count of zero.
Thus it is that I'm always a little concerned Of course, if you do, it's probably because about the lobbying that inevitably takes place everyone read this editorial, so I can't really lose! when there's a display contest looming on the 24 RMS Bulletin .July/August 2001, No. 491
Palm Harbor, FL 34684 ...... J/AO!
NEED HELP WITH FREEBJE TABLES! Please send US3NSSS BOX covers/ boxes for 200 I RMS Convention freebie tables to Freebie Tables Chairman Manny Silverstein, 7847 Peachtree Ave., Panorama City, CA 91402-6513 ...... J/AOI RMS BULI.~ ETIN AUCTION features a CAMEL SINGLES: Send me I 0 covers for I 0 from the 75%/25% split (you get 75% of what your lots sell Cleveland area. Jim Harpster, 7286 Kiltie Ln , Northfield, OH for). Send your lots to Bud Shappell, 109 Wood 44067...... J /AOl Ln. , Reading, PA 19606-2446 (Tel: 610-779-0733). LISTS! If it's an old manumark, I've probably got a list for PENN-OHIO MATCHCOVER CLUB will it, plus lots more. Check out my site at: http://users.evl .net/- rmseditor for complete details. Mike present an award at this year's RMS convention for Prero, 12659 Eckard Way, Auburn, CA 95603 ...... 1/AOI the Best Indian Display. NEW MEMBER WANTS SALEM, MA, MATCH ... AND THOSE LOVABLE HUGGABLE COVERS: Nelson Dionne, Box 907, Salem, MA 01970 BEARS will be giving an award at the RMS (978-532-4306) (E-mail: aal [email protected] .. .that's a one in the e-mail address)...... S/00 I convention for the Best Bear Display. WANTED: Small town covers New England & Mid-Atlantic OTHER LATE-ARRIVING RMS CONVEN- states, AI Cavalari, 89 Bethlehem Rd ., New Windsor, NY TION AWARD NEWS: [thanks to Mark 12553 (845-564-6775) ...... NIDOl Quilling] WANTED: Coca-Cola matchcovers. Highest prices paid. $250 minimum for pre-1920 covers. Will respond to all -Forest City: Most Unusual Display offers. Thorn Thompson, 1389 Alexandria Dr., #7, -Jewelite Club: Best Jewelite Display Lexington, KY 40504-1777...... NIDO I -Lone Star : Best Small Category Display -Northern Lites Club: Best Nevada Display Classified ad policy: Ads are published on a space available basis. Please keep 'em short and send them in as soon as -San Diego: Best Unusual Group Display possible! 10¢ a word.
BADGER STATE MC awarded its RMS Area Award for 2000 to Mel Reese for a display of Wriggley Gum Cartoons. World War I Covers
TRANS CANADA MC awarded its RMS Area "In 1957 the late Walt Mensch who began Award to Morris Pasternak. Congratulations! collecting in 1935 wrote that he had only seen five L.------' World War I covers ... ' Two are well known the CLASSIFIED ADS Knights of Columbus one issued to the Doughboys by the grand organization .... In fact, the Knights ROYAL FLASH 40 STRIKE FULL BOOKS: In original issued two covers during the war. Another factory boxes of25. Mint. 4 digit phone#. $25+$3.95 USPS prominent cover during this period was one issued Priority mail postage. Art Blinick, RMS #5776, 3716 S. to our fighting boys by the 28th Division Grandview Ave., Tempe, AZ 85282 (480-967-0227) (e-mail: [email protected]) ...... J/AO 1 Command, this being the Pennsylvania Keystone Division. It shows the state insignia on both the WANTED: Number 7 in the Leon & Eddies contact set. Will front and back of the the cover. Another is BUY pay $15 for a cover in very good condition. Bill Evans, 1699 FIFTH LIBERTY BONDS by a Philadelphia Tammarron SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 ...... JI AO 1 concern, and each match had BUY BONDS on it.' WANTED TO BUY OR TRADE: Beer-related matches, prefer Hamm's full-books. Bob Stowe, 155 Seaside Court, The last cover Mensch listed 'was issued by the RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 25
Cramp Shipyard in Philadelphia and it solicited Have YOU Helped Ralph Yet? labor to build ships."' [Long Beach bulletin, Oct. 1977} The RMS Web Site also has a listing of which club bulletins Historian Ralph Arnold is still H-m-m-m-m! Wouldn't a "World War I listing" looking for for the RMS Archives .. .can you help? be interesting? We could put one together if we got enough of a response. Well, let's see what happens. I believe Walt was referring to only those " ... Seemed Like a Good Idea covers that referred to the war, war effort, military At The Time!" units, etc., not just any cover during the 1914-1918 period, although that latter group certainly wouldn't be very large either. [f you have any, please send me a clear, sharp photocopy, and we'll put together a list. [Notice that the World War I cover shown on p. 19 wasn't known to Walt, so who knows how many different such covers are actually in existence!}
It's Not Too Late!
If you haven't sent in your classified ad yet for the RMS Web Site, you still can! Ads run from July 1 to December 31st. 50 words+name and address for only $10!! Your ad literally gets world wide exposure! What a deal!
Send your text for your ad plus a check made out to "RMS" to the Editor ASAP.
You can see the format of current ads by going to: http://www.matchcover.orglclassificll.html Special thanks to Seymour Shed/ow, IL, for this Don't be the last on your block! one. "Unique" Advertising Concepts!
Why on earth would a restaurant, even a Mexican restaurant, want to show an Aztec human sacrifice scene?? Would that stimulate your appetite? ... only if you were Quetzalcoatl! Have any "Unique" advertisingfavorites ofyour own? Send a clear pic or scan into the Ed. for Show 'n Tell! 26 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 The District •• MATCHBOOKS IN THE Court found that •· LAW BOOKS: PART XIV given the restaur ants' respective by Kenneth H. Ryesky, Esq. I o c a t i o n s , (;i:··:Ji ).l ~ \ :1~ ======clientele, cuisine Ken Ryesky (RMS # 9003), member of the New and ambience, any York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars, c o n f u s i o n E4i##A~ practices law in East Northport, NY and teaches between the two Business Law at Queens College of the City businesses would University of New York. He can be reached be negated if the at P.O. Box 926, East Northport, NY 11731 or by Philadelphia e-mail at [email protected]. establishment would "Orsatti's" in its Arnold Orsatti, Sr., renown restaurateur and name, and would ·········· .. ············.········· newspaper publisher in the Philadelphia - South stop using the r:.::;::•.•·.·.::···:·:::::...:• .•: ...... Jersey area, was a staunch and stalwart advocate pump logo in its for legalizing casino gambling in Atlantic City. His menus, decor, and life accomplishments indirectly bolstered the p a r a p h e r n a I i a ~ •Wt it!i::·•i~·i)}f:t (j:.:;;,;:·;:._:fJ ~ phillumeny hobby by creating an Atlantic City which specifically environment which has spawned so many included the k;.:. //.• •·-:<.: matchbooks for us to collect. But Mr. Orsatti was matchbooks. The lliioiililiiiiiiii._liiiiliiliiiliiiiiii~iiiiiiliiiilllili~-~ directly responsible for some matchbooks which Circuit Court disagreed and remanded the matter appeared as evidence in litigation years before the for further proceedings [98]. casinos ever came to Atlantic City. The matchbooks with the offending pump logo were apparently discontinued, but Charlie Specht In 1951 , Orsatti has some of those covers in his collection opened the Pump graciously provided here as illustrations ~ Room restaurant in Philadelphia. In [To be continued] 19 54, the owners ======of The Pump Reference Note: Room in Chicago, in business since [98] Ambassador East, Inc. v. Orsatti, 155 F. Supp. 1938, sued Orsatti 937 (E.D.Pa., 1957), rev'd & remanded 257 F.2d for infringing upon 79 (3d Cir. 1958).] their trade name. After the lawsuit Late Breaking Convention News was filed, the Philadelphia - Two new co-chairs have been added for your establishment convenience: Cheryl Crill ( 626-794-0094) and Chuck Groninga (909-987-6538). began to refer to itself as "Orsatti's · Pump Room." - The hotel has rolled back the breakfast surcharge, which was a mistake, and the energy surcharge is till in effect throughout California. RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 27
RMS MEMBERSHIP REPORT- JULY/AUGUST 2001 SPONSOR
NEW MEMBERS (*=will trade) 9440--Barry M. Dugita, 7526 Dickson St., Pittsburgh, PA 15218 ...... Jim Senkewitz COLLECTS: General 9441--Rene Crystal, 820 Dover Rd ., Wynnewood, PA 19096 ...... RMS Web Page COLLECTS: Girlies & Features. 9442- Billy Mann, 321 E. North St., #G-2, Warrensburg, MO 64093 ...... RMS COLLECTS: Hotels and Restaurants. 9443*-Rubens Dicjone Neto, Esmeraldas 266, Santo Andre, Sao Paulo 09090-770 Brazil ...... RMS Web Page COLLECTS: Joe Camel and Camel matchcovers. 9444--Edward J. Eichhorn, 2010 Sandia Court, Lusby, MD 20657-4017 ...... RMS COLLECTS: Breweries, Beer & Soda. 9445*-Jesus T. Solis, 3945 Geumeville Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95401 ...... RMS COLLECTS: Girlies, Buses, Military, Ships, Sonoma, Napa & Lake County, CA. 9446*-Dennis R. Hale, 1389 James Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105 ...... Mark Quilling COLLECTS: Features, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, Automotive, Horses, Cats & Hamm's Beer. 9447*-Sue Westlie, 1389 James Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105 ...... Mark Quilling COLLECTS: Features, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, Automotive, Horses, Cats & Hamm's Beer 9448-Ray Crowell, 1431 Hidden Valley, SE, #1 , Kentwood, MI 49508-6448 ...... RMS Web Page COLLECTS: Soda, Transportation, Patriotic & Military.
ADDRESS CORRECTION 3763-Linda Clavette, 13 Creekstone Dr. , Mont Alto, PA 17237 7600-James Peterson, 6014 Curtier Dr., Unit D, Alexandria, VA 22310-5115 8771-David Specht, 62 S. Wolf Rd., #211 , Wheeling, lL 60090-4860 8848-June McMullan, Gloria Dei Outreach, 3445 Davisville Rd., #207A, Hatboro, PA 19040 891.3-Thomas Harzula, 836 W. Lincoln Ave., #120, North Judson, IN 46366-8832 899.3-Greg Lund, correct zip code to read 20817-2231 9028-Tom Waddell, 795 S. Van Buren ST., Stoughton, Wl 53589-2398 9210-Richard Tolson, 6 Shafto Cottages, Barham Road, Buckworth, Cambs, PE28 SAP England 9213-Vince Leonatti, 50772 Cameron, Macomb Twp., MI 48044-1336 9345-Donavan L. Gant, 230 E. 7th St., Edmond, OK 73034-4607
REINSTATED 4354*-Louie E. Leonardo, Jr., 7518 N. Hayston Ave., Fresno, CA 93720-2777 4839--Arnold Cole, 14201 Slater, Overland Park, KS 66221 COLLECTS: Country Clubs, Hotels/Motels & Restaurants. 9020-Richard White, lOa Kamahi St., Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, New Zealand COLLECTS: Jewlites, Jewels, Contours, Casinos, Bars, Drinks, Military, Pro Sports, Cameos, Clubs, Autos & Billboards.
RESIGNED 9046-Dan Seuerwald
Respectfully submitted,
BffiTHDAY CLUB: The following club members will be celebrating birthdays on the dates indicated. Please check your latest roster to get current Terry L. Rowe addresses and categories: Marc Murphy (7/9), Pat Mains (7/13), Art Manwaring (7/18), Bob Brant (7/21), Randy Waite (8/8), Evelyn Conway (8/12), Terry Rowe (8/12), Jean Blair (8/21 ).
If you're interested in receiving 400-500 covers or boxes during your birthday month, send an SASE #10 envenlop to: Wally and Pat Mains, 105 Roger Ln., Florence, KY 41042-2334. NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. 28 RMS Bulletin July/August 2001, No. 491 Complete Convention Info!
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RMS 20fJI -August 12- 19, Indian Wells Resort Hotel, Indian Wells, CA. (R00-2./8-3220) (Fax: 760- 772-5083). AMCAL Convention: "AMCAL Central" at Room: $69. Pre-registration forms should he circulating http://www.matchcover.org/sierra this month. Auction lots (Bud Shappell). Complete details and rcgistration.f(Jrm are availahle on the RMS weh site at Convention Ce!llral. COMING UP! 28TH ANNUAL CONNECTICUT MATCHCOVER -----=s;;::: O,U/J MINI-SWAP- Oct. 20th, Holiday Inn, Cromwell, C'l: Fxit 2 1, 1-91. Wine & cheese party, grab tah/e, room hopping, displays, auction, bingo and more! Contact SepiOct: "Tips For Getting Started" Robertl.amh: relamhjrrdjerols.com. Nov/Dec: "Foreign Covers: Frustrating, Fascinating, and Fun" TRANS CANADA SWAPFEST 2fHJ2: April 11-13. n erails upcoming JanfFeb: "United Engr. Corp."
AM('AL 2002 - May, Picadilly Airport Hotel, Fresno. Mar/Apr: "Four Seasons Sets" theme: ''.Jungle. " More details as they are released. Club Editors ADVERTISING RATES Display Ads Please keep me posted on upcoming swapfests, Full-Page = $55.00 Quarter-Page = $17.50 special activities, etc. sponsored by your club. Half-Page = $30 00 Eighth-Page = $10.00 (N/A for Also, whenever RMS Area Awards are given out, businesses) Classified Ads please notify me. We keep tabs on these things, you know! :)) First 20 words or less, $2.00; .10 per word thereafter. Same ad, three consecutive issues, I 0% discount. Check made out to RMS must accompany first ad.
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