Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-02-06

penicillum = pencils - slender
cylindrical shapes of black lead,
colored lead, chalk, slate-en-
cased in handles of wood, paper,
composition material and bullets,
also-propel and repel, automa-
tic-pencils of every type and
description with every inscrip-
tion for that matter-pencils
from all the far corners of the
United States-flat pencils, oc-
tagon, spherical - pencils no
larger than the program type to
the large IA inch advertising
monstrosities such is the col
lection of Mrs. Lottie Reid, 420
Manning street, Newark, Ohio
and she thinks she has just
about one of the most interest
ing hobbies = and no. doubt it
is.
In the collection is one of
those large pencils which goes
to all the trouble to figure out
what you do with your time each
hour and minute of the day, 365
days in the year - so many
minutes for lunch, so many sec
onds to say "good morning." so
many hours for sleep = and
when the time element involv-
ed in the various every day
functions of normal life is TAX
en- into account, it is really sur
prising how little time the aver
age individual actually spends
in work. The next time you
hear someone crying about
working IL to 18 hours day =
send him out to Mrs. Reid's and
she'll give him a good dose of
tonic by letting him look over
the collection and that one pen
Gil in particular - in fact just
to her tell about it
makes one feel better.
She has been collecting pencils
for about two years but has
been interested in them for
twenty. She now has $50 and
to get another 500 be-
fore this year is over with. One
of the advertising pencils was
given her by o. G. Warrington,
real estate dealer, nearly 20
years ago, another is an election
advertisement of Hague for
Sheriff." She has flat pencils
so years old, one given to her
by school girl friend and the
other is from a Columbus Coal
One of the more interesting
among many novel types is a
bullet pencil, the shell has a slot
IN, it and when rotated reveals
he Lords Prayer" line by line.
It was given to her by Mrs. w.
3. McMichael of Newark.
A Cleveland Indian baseball
,at pencil graces the collection
IS do pencils from the United
States Senate, House of Repre-
ientatives, State of Ohio, Public
Schools. She has a Don Win
low Bubble Gum pencil, Ger
nan Weiner advertising pencil,
md pencils from Smiths Bicycle
Shop in Fla, to the Yellow Taxi
lab company in Cleveland, |
'enn., where incidentally her
on Robert L. Reid, lives, en-
'loyed by the Faro Enamel
of course she's in
ossession of a pencil from that
irm also.
Among the hundreds of varie-
les can be found pencils COM
1emorating the Tooth annivers-
ry of the Baltimore and Ohio
abroad; 23rd anniversary Of the
H Boys and Girls club; WSM
'roadcasting company; Shirley
'emple sweater; Farm Bureau;
'oting Pencil-and one that re-
a spike nail in size and /
olor from a bank in Marietta.
One of the most interesting Of
ne lot are two large mechanical
anita Claus pencils, one red and
ne green, surmounted by color
d tassels. Inscribed on them
a message the essence of
-hich is, "It was the night be-
ore Christmas, when all
trough the house not a pen
il was to be found" They are
ne type which people like to
end out to friends and relatives
!, remind them to write occa-
onally-rather cute-don't you
1ink?
Mr.. Reid enjoys the pencil col
,ction, too. He works at the
harris Tire and Rubber COM
we have hunch he
robably helps Mrs. Reid make
le clever mounting for her pen
Is out of ply-wood. Needless
, say Mrs. Reid didn't get
way from The Leader office
ithout getting a great big pen
il, inscribed with the adver-
sement of a printers ink COM
she'll probably be
lad RI oraf 0&hapa