Bunyan's Chips

2011·7.8 MB·English

by  International Organization of Wooden Money Collectors

Official Newsletter for the
International Organization of Wooden Money Collectors

Vol. XLVII January 2011 Issue 1

HAPPY
NEW
YEAR

PRESIDENT’S WOOD PILE

Dear Members,

On behalf of the International Organization of Wooden Money Collectors and its officers I want to wish
everyone a Happy New Year and hope that health, wealth and happiness may come to everyone. We look
forward to a great year in 2011 and here's hoping that everyone can add to their collections.
It is with a sad and heavy heart that we mourn the loss of long time member Bill Manifold. He was 89 years
old at the time of his passing. I will always remember his daily emails that contained bits of his life and always
brought a smile. Because he led such an interesting, full life and his obituary is so long, I have decided to
include it in its entirety on page 3. Bill will be missed.
I received sad news that member Norman Fletcher has cancer. Please keep him in your thoughts and
prayers.
If you're reading this, thank a teacher. If you're reading this in English, thank our veterans.
Darrell Luedtke, President
[email protected]
[phone]

CLUB OFFICERS

President Darrell Luedtke 9957 W Margaret Lane Franklin, WI 53132-9791
1st Vice President Larry White PO Box 85 Liberty Center, OH 43532-0085
2nd Vice President Wally Pattengill 825 Pecos Drive Waco, TX 76708-5228
Treasurer Del Cushing PO Box 88984 Seattle, WA 98138-2984
Secretary Maurina Boughton PO Box One Macedon, NY 14502-0001
Board of Gov. I Floyd Thomas 6505 Mullen Road Shawnee, KS 66216-2142
Board of Gov. II David Clouse 81 So. Diamond Mill Rd. Clayton, OH 45315-9707
Board of Gov. III Ken Paulsen PO Box 142327 Overland, MO 63114-0327
Editor Darrell Luedtke 9957 W Margaret Lane Franklin, WI 53132-9791

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ANY CLUB OFFICER WITH ANY CLUB-RELATED BUSINESS
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EDITOR’S REPORT

Putting together the January issue of Bunyan’s Chips was a bit of a pain thanks to my computer having
crashed and the newly installed version of Windows 7 that is incompatible with my all-in-one
printer/scanner/fax. I’m hoping better times are ahead.
As always, I am looking for your ideas for articles for Bunyan's Chips. You name it and I can probably write
an article on it. All I'm missing are your ideas.
If your holidays have been like mine they were probably pretty hectic. Our temperatures were well below
average although we had less snow than normal. I know that’s not the case with all of you as I watched weather
reports of snow and cold in the south, as well as rains in California and Nevada. I hope that they didn’t impact
you too hard. It should be an interesting winter and it’s still a long way off until spring. On a personal note, I had
family visit from out of state, last minute shopping, Christmas with both Sue’s and my family, and we traveled
to Michigan to visit my sons and their families. As you know by my writings, I met a former classmate at a class
reunion in July, 2009 and we have been inseparable since. She has been instrumental in helping me with the
publication of the Guide Book, getting out the monthly mail bids and sorting thousands of wooden nickels. For
Christmas she received an engagement ring from me. No imminent plans are in the works.
I was elected the president of South Shore Coin Club in Milwaukee for 2011 after having served as vice
president for the past 3 years. At our December meeting I had 2 members approach me with locally issued
wooden nickels to add to my collection. It helps to get out the word about your collecting interests.
Don't forget to pay your dues if you haven't already. Dues are $7.50 and checks should be made out to
IOWMC and sent to Maurina Boughton, PO Box 1, Macedon NY 14502. If you send her more than $7.50,
please tell her what the extra money is for or she will assume that it is a donation to the club. Also, yes, you can
pay more than one year's dues at a time to save on future postage.
Happy new year to one and all. An old Irish wish: May your wildest dreams be the least of your
accomplishments in the new year.

Darrell Luedtke, Editor

SECRETARY’S REPORT TREASURER’S REPORT FOR JANUARY, 2011

Happy New Year to All. I am personally Balance Previous $2677.57
looking forward to a year full of adventures, Dues $ 105.00
new friends and new memories. Well, we can Donation $ 5.00
always hope, can't we?? Interest $ 0.53
Total Forward $2788.10
There are no new members to report this
month. Please remember to keep promoting Regular Savings
this wonderful, historical and affordable Previous Balance $2637.29
hobby of collecting wooden money. Interest $ 1.01
Total Forward $2638.30
If you haven’t paid your dues yet, please
make checks out to “IOWMC” and mail to Life Member Savings
Maurina Boughton, PO Box 1, Macedon, NY Previous Balance $2606.58
14502. Dues are $7.50 and are due by the end Interest $ 1.00
of January. Membership cards will be sent Total Forward $2607.58
with the February issue of Bunyan’s Chips.
When you pay your dues for 2011. PLEASE make the
Thank You. check payable to: IOWMC

Maurina Boughton, Secretary Del Cushing, Treasurer
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BILL MANIFOLD
1921-2010

William H. (Bill) Manifold, age 89, of Saugatuck, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2010 at Hospice
House of Holland. Although he will be missed, we will celebrate his life and memories of times together.
Bill was born July 2, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois to William C. & Rose (Holstrom) Manifold. William H. (Bill)
Manifold was born on July 2, 1921 to William C. & Rose (Holstrom) Manifold in Chicago, Illinois. Bill was the
oldest of four siblings, brothers Chuck and Bob, and sister Marge.
They grew up in the days of street cars, ice delivery wagons, mumbly peg & marbels and the great
depression. They lived with their paternal grandparents in Hyde Park in at least 3 different apartments and also a
converted/abandoned firehouse. Later, they lived in a “shack” with no insulation on the outskirts of Midlothian
with “good fertile soil for growing crops and canning.”
Bill graduated 8th grade with honors and had a year and a half of high school before leaving to help support
the family. In his teens, he traveled to Idaho with his brother Chuck to work with the Civilian Conservation
Corps. They made $1 a day and sent home $24 a month.
When Bill was 20 when WWII broke out. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and went through cadet
training. Learning to fly PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, 9, & 10, B-25, he wound up as a B-17 pilot.
He had a monotonous 9 hour flight across the Atlantic to Belfast, Ireland. He switched on the intercom and
played my harmonica, while the crew sang along to pass the time. The next day, they flew to England where
they were stationed with the 288th Bomb Squadron. Their first mission was aborted – cloudy, couldn’t see target.
Our second mission was a doozy –the longest in the history of the 8th, bombing a ball bearing factory in Poznan,
Poland. They encountered heavy flak over their target that knocked out 2 of our engines. The plane on their
wing took a direct hit and went spiraling down. They hit their target, but used over half of their fuel. They
couldn’t make it back to base and would have had to ditch in the English Channel. Instead, Bill had the
navigator plot course for Sweden, where they were interned for 6 months.”
Back stateside, Bill took a position in charge of the photo lab at Marana Army Air Field in Tucson, Arizona.
He left the Army as 1st Lieutenant. After the service, Bill took the GED exam to earn his high school diploma.
He had been sending money home while in the service and used it to buy equipment and set up “Foto House.”
He did portraits and some commercial work. This is where he met Fran (Scheidel), as her family lived next door
to the photo studio.
Bill and Fran married in May of 1951. Together, they saved to buy property and built a house at 151st and
Cicero in Illinois. With the foundation and framing done, they finished all the inside including electrical wiring,
and plumbing. Bill started a job as a route man for Bowman Dairy. They started a family, had 3 of their 4
children, Alan, Peggy, and Jim. They also did some foster parenting during this time.
In 1962, Bill’s parents, wanting to retire, asked Bill and Fran to take over their business in Michigan. After
10 years of being together and raising a family, they sold their home and moved to Saugatuck. Buying the
business from his parents, they were now running Pottawattamie Beach on Goshorn Lake. They had another
son, John in 1964 and, as a family, they ran the beach for 20 years.
During the off season, Bill worked several jobs. His first job was the late shift at Harris Pie and then later, at
GE in Holland. He then worked 8 years at EE Fell Jr. High as custodian and was then transferred to Holland
High. After 15 years of service, he retired as Custodial and Maintenance Foreman.
In his later years, Bill enjoyed collecting wooden nickels, stamps, coins, model cars and any gadgets that
piqued his interest. He was always learning and trying new things, such as becoming a locksmith, working with
crafts and photography. He even tried rollerblading in his 70’s. He was a member of the Holland Coin Club and
Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society. He loved working on the computer and exchanging emails with his list of
friends.
To honor his service in the Army Air Corp in World War II, internment will be near Memorial Weekend or
on his birthday in July.
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WEST HAVERSTRAW, NEW YORK
By: Darrell Luedtke

As early as the 18th century grist mills were built along the Minisceongo Creek. In 1828 John Glass
constructed a calico printing factory in what would become the hamlet of Garnerville in the Village. Glass was
killed when a boiler exploded on a steamboat which was taking his first shipment to the city. The business was
taken over by James and Thomas Garner in 1838 and they built the Garnerville Print Works into an important
industry that gave Garnerville its name and livelihood. The factory buildings that were begun in the 1840's and
many of the homes built for the workers still exist today. There is evidence that it is the oldest industrial
complex still in use. Today the factory buildings, known collectively as the Garnerville Arts and Industrial
Center, contain a variety of small businesses as well as studios for artists and sculptors.
In 1830 Elisha Peck brought the machinery from England for a rolling mill. The firm produced sheet iron,
wire, screws as well as sulphuric acid and other chemicals. Later cannonballs and armament were
manufactured for the Union army. The area became known as Samsondale after the ship Samson, on which
Peck returned from England.
The Village of West Haverstraw was incorporated on March 29, 1883. At the time of its incorporation the
Village had 1,602 residents. Dr. Frank Green in his "History of Rockland County" described the boundaries of
the Village in this quaint manner: "The boundaries of the Village are: South, by the Village of Haverstraw and
the Ramapo Road to its junction with a road that leads south to John Springsteen's; West, by a line running
from this junction to the Stony Point line, near the New Jersey and New York Railroad; on the North from the
Stony Point boundary eastwardly to the road leading north from Benson's Corner and by a line which
continues the course of the said boundary to a point on the Minisceongo Creek north of the Farley house on
the lands of the Haverstraw Clay and Brick Company; and on the East by a line running southerly from the
above point to the north line of Haverstraw." The references to the railroad and the brick yard in the
description indicate that West Haverstraw had a meaningful industrial and business history prior to its
incorporation.
In 1873 the New York and New Jersey Railroad ran from Jersey City through Mt. Ivy, Thiells, and West
Haverstraw at Benson's Corner in the Village. The line was extended to Haverstraw Village in 1887. The West
Shore Railroad opened to travel in 1883. The West Haverstraw Railroad Station was the finest on the line and
included a well-known restaurant. It was destroyed by fire in the early 20th century.
The brick industry was the area's greatest business. In the late 19th century and early 20th centuries
brickyards extended along the Hudson River from Haverstraw Village to Grassy Point.
IOWMC member John Lawrence lives in West Haverstraw, a village of 10,295.
In 1976 the New York Wooden Money Society issued a wooden nickel to commemorate the USA
Bicentennial. In 1983 West Haverstraw celebrated its centennial by issuing 4 wooden nickels, including 3
(black, blue and red) with a small Indian on the reverse and one for “Merry Christmas”.

To keep you updated, the final figures for the October and November mail bids are as follows. October: Total
was $575.40; 10% to IOWMC = $57.54. November: Total = $751.40. 10% to IOWMC = $75.14. Thanks to
everyone who bid and congratulations to the winners.
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SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
By: Darrell Luedtke

The territory known as Missouri was included in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Soon after, the Delaware
Native Americans received treaty land where Springfield’s Sequiota Park and the antique stores of its Galloway
Village stand today. To the west, 500 Kickapoo Native Americans built their wickiups on the prairie that still
bears their name.
In 1833, the legislature designated most of the southern portion of Missouri a single county. It was named for
Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene, largely through John Polk Campbell’s campaign to honor a man
he admired. A Tennessee homesteader, Campbell was the founder of Springfield, announcing his claim in 1829.
Springfield was incorporated in 1838.
In 1838, the Cherokee were forcibly removed by the U.S. government from their homelands in Tennessee,
Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia, then moved to the “Indian Territory.” The move became known as the
Trail of Tears due to the thousands of Cherokee deaths on the journey and those who perished as a result of the
relocation. The Trail of Tears traveled through the Springfield area via what is known today as the Old Wire
Road.
The Old Wire Road, then known as the Military Road, served until the mid-1840s as a connection between
Springfield and the garrison at Fort Smith, Arkansas. By 1858, the Butterfield Overland Stage began utilizing
the road offering passage to California. Two years later, the region’s first telegraph line was strung along the
road at which time it was dubbed the Telegraph or Wire Road. The road proved vital during the Civil War, and
its most historic connection is to the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas.
With civil war imminent, Springfield was divided in its sentiments. On August 10, 1861, army units clashed
near Wilson's Creek, the site of the first major battle west of the Mississippi River, involving about 5,400 Union
troops and 12,000 Confederates. General Nathaniel Lyon was killed, the first Union general to die in combat.
The Confederates were victorious. Union troops fell back to Lebanon, then Rolla, and regrouped. When they
returned to Springfield, the Confederates had withdrawn. For two years following the Battle of Wilson’s Creek,
possession of the city seesawed. Then in January 1863, Confederate forces under General John S. Marmaduke
advanced toward the town square and battle ensued. As evening approached, the Confederates withdrew. The
next morning, the Confederates left town and General Marmaduke sent a message to Union forces asking for
proper burials for Confederate casualties. The city would stay under Union control until the end of the war. Two
years after the war ended, the Springfield National Cemetery was created. The dead of both the North and the
South interred there, though separated by a low stone wall. The National Park Service, recognizing the
significance of the battle, designated Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in 1960. The 1,750-acre battlefield
remains greatly unchanged and stands as one of the most historically pristine battle sites in the country.
In the wake of the Civil War, Springfield helped give birth to the Wild West era. In July 1865, the town
square was the site of the nation’s first-recorded shootout. Following a poker game in Kelly Kerr Saloon on Park
Central Square, Tutt claimed Hickok owed him money and took his pocket watch as collateral. Tutt claimed he
would wear it in public to show that Hickok didn’t pay his debts. The next day from 75 yards away, Tutt fired a
shot at Hickok, barely missing his head. Hickok fired back and killed Tutt with a bullet through the heart. The
event made nationwide news.
IOWMC member Gelvin Leeper lives in Springfield, a city of 154,777.
Springfield has been the source of several semi-official wooden nickels including those issued by the
Hereford Room and Sambo’s Restaurant to commemorate the USA Bicentennial, an undated wood issued in
1985 by Butterfield’s to commemorate Wild West Days, and an issue in 2005 by the Ozarks Coin Club to
commemorate the Discovery Centennial.
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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
By: Darrell Luedtke

Prior to European settlement, the area was inhabited by several groups of Ohlone Native Americans. The first
lasting European presence began with a series of Franciscan missions established from 1769 by Father Junípero
Serra. On orders from Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish Viceroy of New Spain, San Jose was
founded by Lieutenant José Joaquín Moraga as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (in honor of Saint Joseph) on
November 29, 1777. The city served as a farming community to support Spanish military installations at San
Francisco and Monterey. In 1797, the pueblo was moved from its original location, near the present-day
intersection of Guadalupe Parkway and Taylor Street, to a location in what is now Downtown San Jose. San
Jose came under Mexican rule in 1821 after Mexico broke with the Spanish crown. It then became part of the
United States, after it capitulated in 1846 and California was annexed. In 1849 Charles White and James F. Reed
of San Jose travelled from San Jose to Monterey in order to persuade members attending the state’s first
constitutional convention to designate San Jose as the state capital. On Nov. 13 the initial state constitution was
adopted and San Jose became the first capital of California. The action of forming a state was unusual in that
California had not yet been accepted into the American Union. The legislature that convened in San Jose on
Dec. 17, 1849 (delayed from a scheduled Dec. 15 start by torrential rain), became well known not only for the
serious-minded hard work accomplished by the legislators, but also for the infamous proclamation made at the
end of each session by Senator Thomas Jefferson Green: "Let's have a drink! Let's have a thousand drinks!" The
legislators would then reportedly pack into a nearby saloon. This session became known as “the Legislature of a
Thousand Drinks”. The legislature’s achievements, along with arguments from other elected representatives
including Senators John C. Fremont and W.M. Gwin, managed to convince the U.S. Congress and President
Millard Fillmore to officially name California as the 31st state.
Soon afterwards, on March 27, 1850, San Jose became the second incorporated city in the state (after
Sacramento).
In 1851, the legislature became unhappy with the location of the state capital, with proponents of change
arguing that there were no buildings suitable for a state government. Powerful State Senator Mariano Guadalupe
Vallejo pointed out that Vallejo’s area made a more appealing location considering nine-tenths of the state’s
officials traveled through Vallejo to get to San Jose. By order of the second legislature on Feb. 14, 1851, the
capital was ordered removed from San Jose to land donated by Vallejo in what is now Benicia. The capital was
moved again, from Vallejo to Sacramento, on January 16, 1862.
Though not impacted as severely as San Francisco, San Jose suffered damage from the 1906 San Francisco
earthquake and over 100 people were killed in the city when buildings collapsed.
The period during World War II was a tumultuous time. Japanese Americans primarily from Japantown were
sent to internment camps. Following the Los Angeles zoot suit riots, anti-Mexican violence took place during
the summer of 1943.
During the 1950s and 1960s the city annexed adjacent areas, providing large areas for suburbs. San Jose's
position in Silicon Valley triggered more economic and population growth, which led to the highest housing
costs increase in the nation, 936% between 1976 and 2001.
IOWMC member Neil Lockey lives in San Jose, which has a population of 1,023,083.
San Jose has been the source of official (1993 County Fair and 1997 International Beer Festival) and semi-
official (USA Bicentennial, St. Patrick’s Day, Admission Day, Flag Day, 4th of July, All Saints Eve and
Thanksgiving) wooden nickels.
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PENNSYLVANIA WOODS WANTED MCALISTERVILLE, PA BICENTENNIAL

Indiana/1953/Flats McAlisterville, Pennsylvania celebrated its bicentennial in
Lebanon/1940/5¢/Black/Flat 2010 by issuing a wooden nickel printed in black ink. They are
St. Clair/1950/Flats available for 25¢ each plus SASE from: Greg Spancake, 487
Hershey AACA, 1999, 2000, 2009 Jamison Road, McAlisterville, PA 17049. (Thanks to Gary
Marysville/Lions Club/Rockville Bridge Ann. Beckstrom for the information.)
PAN Dollars, 2003, 2010
Red Rose CC/Lancaster/1960/Indian
Red Rose CC/Lancaster/1964/Indian
Red Rose CC/Lancaster/1993/Buffalo
Bob Brown, PO Box 124, Highspire, PA 17034
or 717-944-9586

FISHBOWL WOODEN NICKEL COIN CLUB

The Fishbowl Wooden Nickel Coin Club held their annual coin
show on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at the Siren Senior Center in
Siren, Wisconsin. The new 2010 wooden nickel features an The Missouri Numismatic Society held its 50th annual coin
otter. The wood is printed in black ink. It is available for 50¢ show July 22-24, 2010 in suburban St. Louis at the St. Charles
each plus SASE. Send requests to Fishbowl Wooden Nickel Convention Center. In conjunction with the show attendees
Coin Club, c/o/ Gary J. Schauls, 2702 150th Street, Luck, WI received a 50th anniversary commemorative wooden dollar. I do
54853-3811. not know if any wooden dollars are available but you can write
to them at: MNS, P.O. Box 410652, St. Louis, MO 63141-0652
or call [phone].

COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM

Gary Beckstrom rode the Galloping Goose at the Colorado
Railroad Museum this past June and received the free wooden

nickel pictured above. You can inquire about getting one by

writing to the Colorado Railroad Museum, PO Box 10, Golden,

CO 80402-0010.
CC Of GREATER NEW BEDFORD

The Coin Club of Greater New Bedford issued a wooden nickel
on August 29, 2010. It honors the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
DD850 and is printed in black ink. Please send 50¢ each plus
large SASE or bubble mailer with sufficient postage to: C.C.
GRTR. N.B., PO Box 2991, New Bedford, MA 02741.

YORK REVOLUTION BASEBALL TEAM

The York Revolution Baseball Team was formed in 2007 in
York, PA. It is in the Atlantic League and made the play-offs

this year. They issued a wooden nickel that is available for 50¢

each plus SASE from: Gary Beckstrom, 89 Lark Circle, York,

PA 17404.
WOODS FOR SALE

100 different wooden nickels for $25.00, postage paid.
500 different wooden nickels for $125.00 plus postage.
Charles Alber, 6453 E. Edna Mills Dr., Camby, IN 46113-9699
Page 8 January Mail Bid
THIS IS A CLUB SPONSORED MAIL BID – CLOSING JANUARY 31, 2011

ALL ARE 1950’s ROUNDS - MINIMUM BID $0.50 PER WOOD 50. SD/Britton/1959/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Blue/Buffalo
1. PA/Ambridge/1955/Golden Jubilee/5¢/Red/June 30, 1955 51. SD/Clear Lake/1959/75th Anniversary/5¢/Black/Chief
2. PA/Bedford (Fort)/1958/Bicentennial/Set of 3 52. SD/Emery/1959/Diamond Jubilee/Set of 3
3. PA/Bellefonte/1956/Sesquicentennial/Set of 3 53. SD/Hoven/1958/75th Anniversary/5¢/Black/G/F Coin Bank
4. PA/Campbelltown/1959/Bicentennial/Buffalo 54. SD/Lemmon/1957/Half Century Of Progress/5¢/Black/Pheasant
5. PA/Clarion/1959/Autumn Leaf Festival/Set of 3 55. SD/Mitchel1/1956/Diamond Jubilee/Set of 3
6. PA/Cochranton/1955/Centennial/10¢/Green/June 18, 1955 56. SD/Pierre/1955/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Black/Man
7. PA/Conneaut Lake Area/1958/Centennial/Set of 3 57. SD/Pierre/1955/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Red/Man
8. PA/ConnellsviIle/1956/Sesquicentennial/5¢/Black/Man 58. SD/Pierre/1955/Diamond Jubilee/7½¢/Blue/Wooden Dickel
9. PA/Downington/1959/Centennial/5¢/Blue/Ton – July 17 59. SD/Pierre/1955/Diamond Jubilee/7½¢/Green/Wooden Dickel
10. PA/Downington/1959/Centennial/5¢/Blue/Town - Aug. 15 60. SD/Sioux Falls/1956/City Centennial/5¢/Red/June 19, 1956
11. PA/Downington/1959/Centennial/5¢/Blue/Ton - Aug. 15 61. SD/Toronto/1959/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Brown/Chief
12. PA/Downington/1959/Centennial/5¢/Blue/Town - Sep. 19 62. SD/Webster/1956/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Black/Charging Buffalo
13. PA/Downington/1959/Centennial/5¢/Black/Town - Sep. 19 63. SD/White/1959/75th Anniversary/5¢/Green/Buffalo
14. PA/Edwardsville/1959/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Black/Chief 64. TN/Bristol/1956/Centennial/Set of 3
15. PA/Emmaus/1959/Centennial/Set of 3 65. TN/Cookeville/1954/Centennial/5¢/Black/Large Indian
16. PA/Hazelton/1957/Centennial/5¢/Red/July 11, 1957 66. TN/Crossville/1956/Centennial/Set of 4
17. PA/Jefferson County (Brookville)/1955/Sesquicentennial/Set of 3 67. TN/Etowah/1956/Golden Jubilee/25¢/Red/August 27, 1956
18. PA/Kingston/1957/Centennial/5¢/Black/Sept. 12, 1957 68. TN/Giles County/1959/Sesquicentennial/5¢/Blue/July 6, 1959
19. PA/Lemoyne/1955/Golden Jubilee/5¢/Black/Harper Indian 69. TN/Lenoir City/1957/Golden Jubilee/Set of 3
20. PA/Lemoyne/1955/Golden Jubilee/5¢/Black/Small Indian 70. TN/Morristown/1955/Founding David Crockett Memorial Museum/5¢/Black/August 27th, 1955
21. PA/Lemoyne/1955/Golden Jubilee/5¢/Black/Harper Buffalo 71. TN/Morristown/1955/Founding David Crockett Memorial Museum/5¢/Brown/August 27th, 1955
22. PA/Lemoyne/1955/Golden Jubilee/5¢/Black/Buffalo 72. TN/Morristown/1955/Founding David Crockett Memorial Museum/10¢/Green/August 27th, 1955
23. PA/Ligonier/1958/200th Anniversary Old Fort Ligonier/5¢/Black/Sept. 29, 1958 73. TN/Morristown/1955/Founding David Crockett Memorial Museum/15¢/Brown-Black/Fess Parker
24. PA/Lititz/1956/Bicentennial/Set of 2 74. TN/Morristown/1955/Founding David Crockett Memorial Museum/20¢/Brown-Blue/Walt Disney
25. PA/Macungie/1957/Centennial/Set of 3 75. TN/Morristown/1955/Founding David Crockett Memorial Museum/25¢/Purple/August 27th, 1955
26. PA/Mansfield/1957/Centennial/5¢/5¢/Black/Chief 76. TN/Morristown/1955/Founding David Crockett Memorial Museum/25¢/Red/August 27th, 1955
27. PA/McEwensville/1957/Centennial/5¢/Black/Chief 77. TN/Morristown/1955/Founding David Crockett Memorial Museum/50¢/Brown-Blue/Marilyn Monroe
28. PA/Middletown/1955/Bicentennial/5¢/Black/Small Indian 78. TN/Morristown/1955/Founding David Crockett Memorial Museum/$1.00/Brown-Red/Marilyn Monroe
29. PA/Middletown/1955/Bicentennial/5¢/Black/Harper Buffalo 79. TX/Abilene/1956/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Red/April 10, 1956
30. PA/Millersburg/1957/Sesquicentennial/10¢/Black/D. Miller 80. TX/Abilene/1956/Diamond Jubilee/7½¢/Black/April 10, 1956
31. PA/Newtown/1959/275th Anniversary/5¢/Black/Chief 81. TX/Abilene/1956/Diamond Jubilee/10¢/Blue/April 10, 1956
32. PA/Olyphant/1958/Centennial/5¢/Blue/Chief 82. TX/Atacosta County/1956/Centennial/5¢/Black/Oct. 6, 1956
33. PA/Pottsville/1956/Sesquicentennial/Set of 3 83. TX/Bee County (Beeville)/1974/Western Week/5¢/Black/Nov. 1, 1974
34. PA/Quakertown/1955/Centennial/Set of 3 84. TX/Bee County (Beeville)/1974/Western Week/5¢/Green/Nov. 1, 1974
35. PA/Richland Township/19S9/Centennial/5¢/Black/Wagon 85. TX/Bee County (Beeville)/1974/Western Week/5¢/Red/Nov. 1, 1974
36. PA/Shinglehouse/1956/Sesquicentennial/5¢/Black/Harper Indian 86. TX/Brown County (Brownwood)/1956/Centennial/Set of 4
37. PA/Shinglehouse/1956/Sesquicentennial/5¢/Black/Large Indian 87. TX/Cameron/1959/Western Week & Horse Show/5¢/Black/Buffalo W/#s
38. PA/Shinglehouse/1956/Sesquicentennial/5¢/Black/Buffalo W/ Stars 88. TX/Chambers County (Anahuac)/1958/Centennial/Set of 3
39. PA/Shinglehouse/1956/Sesquicentennial/5¢/Green/Buffalo 89. TX/Dalhart/1958/Souvenir From the XIT City/5¢/Black/Dec. 31, 1958
40. PA/Turbotville/1959/Centennial/5¢/Black/Wagon 90. TX/Denton County/1957/Centennial/Set of 3
41. PA/Tyrone/1957/Centennial/Set of 3 91. TX/Floydada/1959/5¢/Black/Chief
42. PA/West Pittston/1957/Centennial/5¢/Black/Garden Village 92. TX/Fort Stockton/1959/5¢/Black/Brave
43. PA/Williamsport/1956/Sesquicentennial/Set of 2 93. TX/Fort Stockton/1959/25¢/Green/Buffalo
44. SC/ Abbeville County/1958/Bicentennial/5¢/Black/September 18, 1958 94. TX/Gaines County/1955/Golden Jubilee/5¢/Red/Oct. 6, 1955
45. SC/Greenwood/1957/Centennial/5¢/Black/Large Indian 95. TX/Killeen/1957/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Black/Buff. W/Stars W/ #'s
46. SC/Newberry/1956/College Centennial/Set of 2 96. TX/Killeen/1957/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Black/Buff. W/Stars W/O #'s
47. SC/North Augusta/1956/50th Anniversary/5¢/Red/Oct. 6, 1956 97. TX/Liberty/1956/Bicentennial/5¢/Black/Small Indian
48. SD/Aberdeen/1956/75th Anniversary/Set of 3 98. TX/Live Oak (County)/1956/Centennial/5¢/Red/Harper Indian
49. SD/Beresford/1959/Diamond Jubilee/5¢/Black/Small Chief 99. TX/Llano County/1956/Centennial/5¢/Red/June 6, 1956

All bids must be received by January 31, 2011. Mail to: Darrell Luedtke, 9957 W. Margaret Lane, Franklin, WI 53132; Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected]
(1) Bid by lot numbers. Bidders responsible for their errors. Tie bids decided by earliest postmark. The club reserves the right to accept or reject any bid.
(2) All bids and payments to be in U.S. funds. Make checks payable to Darrell Luedtke.
(3) Postage will be paid by the buyer in this mail bid. Insurance costs will be added to your bill if you desire insurance. All lots will be mailed first class.
(4) All lots guaranteed genuine. Any lot that is not as described may be returned.
(5) If you overbid your pocketbook, ask for payment.
Official Newsletter for the
International Organization of Wooden Money Collectors

Vol. XLVII February 2011 Issue 2

HAPPY
VALENTINE’S DAY

PRESIDENT’S WOOD PILE

Dear Members,
I received a letter from Virginia McClain, wife of IOWMC member Leland (Lee) McClain that Lee passed
away on October 25, 2010 at the age of 75. Lee was IOWMC member #2426. His wife and 5 children were at
his side. Lee was 75 years old. His obituary appears on page 2.
I also received an email from Steve Willadsen that his father, Ron Willadsen, passed away on October 5,
2010 at the age of 76. Ron was IOWMC Charter Life Member #191. He lived in Fountain City, Wisconsin.
Nothing more is known about his passing.
One last reminder on dues. Don’t forget to pay your dues if you haven’t already. The “paid through” date is
on your address label and is current as of January 25th. If you are a life member then your “paid through” date is
2050. If you have not paid then your date will be highlighted in yellow. Dues are $7.50 and checks should be
made out to IOWMC and sent to Maurina Boughton, PO Box 1, Macedon NY 14502. If you send her more than
$7.50, please tell her what the extra money is for or she will assume that it is a donation to the club. Also, yes,
you can pay more than one year’s dues at a time to save on future postage. If your dues aren’t paid by February
25th you won’t get a Bunyan’s Chips next month.
Darrell Luedtke, President
[email protected]
[phone]

CLUB OFFICERS

President Darrell Luedtke 9957 W Margaret Lane Franklin, WI 53132-9791
1st Vice President Larry White PO Box 85 Liberty Center, OH 43532-0085
2nd Vice President Wally Pattengill 825 Pecos Drive Waco, TX 76708-5228
Treasurer Del Cushing PO Box 88984 Seattle, WA 98138-2984
Secretary Maurina Boughton PO Box One Macedon, NY 14502-0001
Board of Gov. I Floyd Thomas 6505 Mullen Road Shawnee, KS 66216-2142
Board of Gov. II David Clouse 81 So. Diamond Mill Rd. Clayton, OH 45315-9707
Board of Gov. III Ken Paulsen PO Box 142327 Overland, MO 63114-0327
Editor Darrell Luedtke 9957 W Margaret Lane Franklin, WI 53132-9791

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ANY CLUB OFFICER WITH ANY CLUB-RELATED BUSINESS
Page 2

EDITOR’S REPORT

I want to thank all the members for their suggestions for articles for Bunyan’s Chips. The best one yet was to
include articles about the cities and towns where members live. Some members have said that they learned
things about their home towns that they never heard before. The feedback is overwhelmingly positive so I will
continue the practice. Also, thanks to those members who have asked that their home towns be featured soon. I
will accommodate these requests as soon as I can.
If you are like me you are probably looking forward to spring. This has been an unbelievable winter for most
parts of the country, what with snow and ice across the central section and up the east coast. Here, where I live
in Wisconsin, we have been blessed with warm temperatures and little snow. Still, I am tired of winter.
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone.

Darrell Luedtke, Editor
Leland "Lee" McClain

Leland (Lee) McClain passed away October 25, 2010 at the age of 75. Leland was born June 28, 1935 to
Willard and Herma McClain. In 1953, he graduated from Woodburn High School and married Virginia "Ginny"
Lee Phillips March 2, 1956. Lee and Ginny were married over 54 years, and together had five children. Settling
in Portland to raise their children, Lee worked as a plumber and a fire protection sprinkler fitter for over 50
years, eventually retiring from Grizzly Mountain Plumbing in 1997. Over the years Lee and Ginny moved to
Hermiston and then to Madras, where they resided for the last 30 years. Lee was active in the Gas Engine &
Tractor Association Branch 15 and enjoyed restoring antique industrial engines and machinery. Several of the
pieces that he restored were donated to, and are currently on display at Powerland Museum in Brooks. Lee was
very gifted when it came to working with his hands. He is survived by his wife, Ginny; children, Pat Jones (Jim)
of Eugene; Kathy Shaffer (Dan) of Boise; Willie McClain of Boise; Florence Nickerson (Dane) of Portland; and
Leland "Buster" McClain of Madras; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. His family celebrated his
life October 30, 2010, with a party at home in Madras, surrounded by the things he cherished most, and in a
place he loved.

SECRETARY’S REPORT TREASURER’S REPORT FOR FEBRUARY

Thanks to everyone that have paid their dues. We Balance Previous $2788.10
still have quite a few folks that need to drop their Dues $ 127.50
checks in the mail. Make them out to IOWMC and Donations $ 5.00
send to your Secretary, Maurina Boughton, at PO Interest $ 0.66
Box 1, Macedon, NY 14502. Sub-Total: $2921.26
Expense
Full year's dues are $7.50. Your membership cards Editor Advance $ 482.61
will be accompanying the March edition of Bunyan Balance Forward $2438.65
Chips. Hope everyone is dealing with this
unusually cold and snowy winter well. Regular Savings
Previous Balance: $2638.30
Maurina Boughton, Secretary Interest $ 1.26
Balance Forward $2639.56

Life Membership
Previous Balance $2607.58
Interest $ 1.25
Balance Forward $2608.83

PLEASE make the check payable to: IOWMC

Del Cushing, Treasurer