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May, 1964 NATIONAL BTIITON BT'LLETIN
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IN MEMOBIAM

-- Mlp.Mgrie I. Grogan, a loyal N.B.S. member and dealer, died recenily in Chi-
cago' rllinois, where she liv-$-
-for -manv vears, Miss cro&; crriJit&- rare and
beautiful antiques in ma-ny_ rietas of artl s"t u our annuar shows and was
greatly inte,rested in our hobby too. "it""o.o
word has come from.ttre kesident of the Rhode-rsland state Button society,
ryriss qgith. Ba,rnard, of the. dea,th, in rovemuer 1963, oi c*i'g,ii u.-aaarns. our
sympathy is extended to-lris.widdw, Marguerit", who has been confined to the
Meadowbrook Hqspitar in centerbrool, c;;;;ti;rit, to. seoeraiv-ea"isi---''
rt will be remembered tlrr! M".-4qrys compiled a check list on stencil Button
Patterns in 1944 and in 1946, he puutisnea i-ifpaee book entiiled ,,Backs
tons". of But_
charles Franklin wentzer, publisher and president of the Boyertown I,ubrish_
ing company, Boyertown, pennsytvania, dia-; Ma-rch rbth at the age of sixty-
two. Mr. Wentzer was known ttrroughoui tn" st t" of pennsyrvania as a ken bus-
l.* *?1,. an earnmt politician aria a ctramlion golter. rre had a vitar interest
in everything and evervone connected with liis tirie prinung esiauiis'trfre,nt. our
N.B.S. publications havd Ueen printea-Uv *i-firil.
' our society extends its sympathy to his widow, orga smith wentzer.
Note: since the above report_from Boyertown, our society has received th.e
announcement that Mrs. orga smith weirtzer has bee.n""itr-p"urirt"r of the
Boyertown Print'og company, the pGsition nera uy ner rJte-t,.rs6ario."'ir"o, tt"t
Mr. Donald L. webb has beeii.madd *re presioent."ortte-c*po.Jtioii' '
. -y-e. are preased to know thqt o1q pleasant relationship with this excelent
- Pub[shing Firm will be continued._Ed.'

FLON,IDA STATE BUTTON SOCIETY SIIOW A GR,AND SUCCESS
. M€ssages from Frorida announce that the Annual Meeting and Button Exhibi_
tion, held in st. petersburg at the soreno iot"r i' Ma"r"h;-rr;-m;i""successru.
Five hundred and twenty-six trays srere extrfti-tea, tne attehaancJ was ierv good
and collectors from ten difierent states were present. Mrs. Maude Morehous is
President of the State organization.
The gusst speaker was lurs. Edwin F. Tarbox, 9I Massach,setts, who spoke on
T9.i9l t-risjgw stressing in particular ilie st"tit ettort in tt e civii-wa"] The Flo_
rida State Meeting for t96b witt Ue netd in fvfiami.
The luncheon on the.l?th w€s attended by nearly seventy persons. The re-
union brea,kfast on the r8th wa.s held in the banquet fi"r" *i[ii tfi" ltJii, business
meeting f ollowing immediately.
Mrs. Gten Toalson a3.{ lIrs, Ruth _Berry selvg{_as head judges. They were
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_apsisled bv Mesdames Edit! Rodway, Floren-ce c. wt itr,-rrJ"ii6a*^irr, nrro"-
line wagner and Minerva rvriner. Mrs. Harold rvriu-er oi Mi;hic""
efficient show manager. Mrs. pauline genneit the very
lerpea tne-nei,-lffiami ctun
membe-rs get acquainted with the methods of exhibiting since-ifiis was-tneir iirst
year of organization. well over two hundred persons aitenoea tne two aav arair.
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