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May, 1964 NATIONAL BUT'ION BULLETIN 10r

NEW ENGLAND STATES MEETING AND BUTTON EXHIBITION
Concord, New llampshire, June 26th and 2?th, inc.
Mrs. Alice O'Meara, President of the Massachusetts State Button Society an-
nounces that she has received the following gifts-about ?5 special awards ranging
from $1.00 to $5.00; 50 regular awards and two silver bowls which will be used in
the competitive classes of the button exhibit.
She prese,nts the following daily schedules-
Friday, June 26th: The show will open at 9 in the morning, with dealers at tables.
At that same hour, trays will be entered and the classification thereof begun.
Entries close at 1 p.m. and judging begins at 2. Luncheon may be purchased
at the hotel. The New England States dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. The Show
will close at 9 p.m.
Saturday, June 27th: The show will open at 9 in the morning with dealers attab-
les. At 11 a.m. Mrs. Glen Toalson will preside at the Forum. At 12:80 p.m. the
New England States luncheon will be held with Mrs. Edith Rodway piesiding.
Introductions and the presentation of awards will be made at that time.

PRtrEiRAM trHA!RMEN, TAKE NtrTE
News of a recent regional meeting of the california state Button society, helal
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in Long Beach in February, should prove to be an inspiration to program chairmen
across the country. rt was only a one-day event, but by making use oi bottr a morn-
ing and an afternoon sesslon devoted to a single theme, the speakers made it a
most worth$,'hile day. our report comes from Mrs. De witt saunders who writes:
The saturday program consisted of a panel discussion with lwo topics in the
morning and t$,o in the afternoon. as follows:
First, Mr. Roy Wilmot discussed:
1. Points to know and remembe,r in preparing competitive trays for state and Nat-
ional:
a. Proper fllling out of the entry blank.
b. Correct method of attaching the blank.
c. Rule about blacking out all reference on tray as to owner.
d. IIow to send in tray and to whom-also necessity of sending it early enough to
reach destination on time to be judged.
Second, Mrs. Ida Holman presented the folowing topic:
Select two trays which were sent to National, showing:
1. A first wj11er, and point out some of the selections telling why they were good.
2. A tray which did not receive a "first" and explain a rew poink where she dould
have selected better buttons to improve her tray.
Questions from the group followed and the time covered was one hour.
Mr. warren DrRois was the first speaker in the afternoon. His topics were:
1. Explain what is good lor a competitive military tray of buttons.
2. How to mount them-educationally and historically.
The Second set of topics were presented by Madge Valgamore, as follows:
1. show one or more competitive winning trays of yours and points of interest
(such as materials used) as to why you felt it wa.s selected.
2. Explain the importance of using the National Button society Bulletin classifi-
cation as the guide for selecting your mountings.
_All four presented their subjects well and brought out many things not clearly
understood by the collectors with many years of experience ano mudtr knowledg-e
and inspiration to the new ones.