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collectors
THIS
IS OUR FIRST
OJ;.OCR CF SUSINESS
ISSUE,
WE THINK THAT
SHOULO 3E TO EXPRESS
IT SEEMS THAT AT LONG BANK HAS COME INTO ITS OWN AND WILL
RECEIVE THE RECOGNITION
COHN
ER
M!O EtlCCt.:RAGED ElY n:E
WE ARC VERY GRATIFIED CLUB.
THEY WISHEO US SUCCESS
EXPRESSED
HOPE THAT THE ORG,\N IZhT 1011 WO'JLO CROI./
AND ATTENTION THAT WE FEEL JOHN HANSEi~ INF"ORMED US THAT HE HAS OVER t 25 STILLS
As WE MENTIONED
IN OUR ORIGINAL
LETTERS,
OUR
ARE &ET HIGH AND WE HAVE MANY OBJECTIVES
COALS $ET FOR THE FORTHCOMING YEARS. 10~ OF SOME OF THC~Ei
AND
DOGS.
AND Pi<Ef"ERS AN li•lALS,
11
RAT 11 OBTAINED
7·0R
SH ar·.
CREASES.
AND IS
"REALLY HOOKE:D11•
WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PR0-
1/luE ,._.IIATWILL BC THE MOD£L FOR FORTHCOMING EDITIONS. WE PLAN, f"CR THE PRESE~T AND IMMEDIATELY FORSEEAOLE FUTURE AT LEAST,
A
HF. HAS OVER 300
TO HAVE ESSENT It.LL Y THC: SAME: FOR-
STILLS
HE HAS DES~ COLL~CTIN~
8 YEARS ANO HIS ENTHUSIASM CONTINUALLY IN~ HE HAS NOT MET ANY OTHER COLLECTORS
IN CENTRAL TEXAS BUT BELIEVES ISSUE
IS
IN fLORIOA.
CHARLES 0LSC:N STATES
SUCH AS ANNUAL MEETINGS OR
Of" cour:sc' OC:f'ENDANT UPON THE RESPONSE ,,_.CCCT f"ROM OllR EX 1ST IN(.; AND PROSPCCT IVE MEMBER-
f"IRST
ESP~C I ALLY
HE f"EELS HIS MOST UNUSUAL 6ANl:S
THE REALIZA-
:..,Hows' IS'
IN THIS
TH'::
IN OUR VENYUP.E AND
AND FLOURISH. MANY EXTENDED Of"FERS TO HC:L? IN ANYWAY THEY COULD.
IT DES!':RVE:S.
SICHTS
america
RESPONOE Oi'" THOSE COLLECTORS ',IIIQ HAVE JOINED
OU~ THANKS TO THE R=SPONSE OF ALL OUR MEMBERS, TO TH~SC OUR IHl71~L CFFORTS IN FORMING THE STILL BANK LAST THE STILL
OHS
of
THERE MUST BE
SOME. RALPH BUCHER HAS ABCUT 125 STILLS A/!0 HIS .f"AVORITES ARE ANIMALS. AMONG HIS UNU~UAL 2ANKS
MAT AND SERIE~ OF FCATURES INCLUDE~ IN THIS ISSUE. 11 00 PLAN TO INCLUDO: A SWAr' AN::>SHOP 11 COLUMN, ~E~TION OF WHICH IS MA6C ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE,
ARE THE APPLE,
0:;::; OF THC MOST lrHEREST ING AND WE FEEL VALU_Ai3LF.
TOMMY £NN IS HAS ABOUT 125 STILLS, INCLUull:G ORIENTAL CAME:L, GENERAL BUTLER AND Two fACCO.
1..JE
rEA,uRES
IS THE INCLUSION
OF OUR S, ILL BANK TABU-
LATION, WIIICH IS ?ROVIDEO AS A SEPARATE SHEET - SO IT CAN SE DETACHED ANu SAVED FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT W/SH TO KEEP THE ENTIRE
ISSUE
(CAN 1 T
REALLY SCE HOW
THE;tE COULi) f>E ANYBOOY WHO WILL NOT KEEP
IT ALL OUT
ONE NEVER KNOWS),
INCLUDE A
L ISTINO
TYPS ON Ori[ TNC O,ri:R. AND uASIC
THl3
TABULATION WILL
ALL u.>,ri~s KNOWN TO us
Or
SIDE
OF A PARTICULAR
WITH PHOTOS Of" ►:NOWN f.XAMPLES or~
IT WILL IN A SENSE PROVIOE A CHECK LIST REFERE~C~ SOURCE.
A~OT~Ek
FEATURE ~E ARE PROUO OF ANO WHICH WE
-EEL WILL AL~O PROVE OF CONSIOERAOLE INTCHEOT, IS E P.:::rRQ:)IJCTIO::::: f"i"!Ot-: OLD CATALOGUE PACE$. U::;Ei"UL FO~ 00,11 ~ICATlON,
DOClJ;.:EN,ATION,
COMPARISON ANO IOE:NTl-
SUCH DATA IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONTINUEO ON PACE 2 •••••
f"ROG, ~QUIRREL,
PURSE AND YELLOW
TAXI•
DEVI~.
A,
HE STATES
THOUGH HE: ALSO COLLECTS MECHANICALS, 11
1 ALWAv<:.LIKE THE STILL
BANKS AS
THEY WERE THE POOR KIDS WAY Of" SAVING A PENNY AND THE RICH GOT THE MECHANICALS. 11 fRED OPPLIGER
HAS A LARGE COLLECTIOH OF ALL
KINOS OF BANKS, CAST IRON,
CAST METAl.,TIN,
WOO()
AND POTTERY, ANTIQUE AND MODERN. HE COMM:':tns THAT THE SANTA BAN~ WAS A I/CRY APPROPRIATC ClrT FOR ~iRISTMAS, ONE THAT A CHILD WOULD KtEP ~S ►tE GREW i.;p AND THCN PASS ON TO HIS OWN Ci-II l.C·REN ONE CHRISTM.<l.S.
H!: F:EELS THAT THC £\A/,;,
NOT MEEl THE APPROVAL Of" iHE PUuLI~, CALLED IN ANb DISCONTINt.:ED, . SPEC I ►1E:NS BECAME THE: RARITIES
THAT DID
WAS ZCvN
ANu TH~R[FORE, Or
~HES~
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