Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-11
Women's News
And Views
BY Odessa Overy
Secretary Women's Bureau
Region 2-B

THE Coop Fair that was held
at the Moose Hall last week
was a tremendous success. The
bonds, or rather l should say
the sale of stock was increased
almost half to what we previous
had. At first the buyers were
precautions taking choiced selec-
tions home and sampled them
first before they would venture
to buy any thing in big quanti-
ties. There was large number
that did this, but there was just
as large of a number that re-
turned and bougth their staple
goods in case lots, after they
sampled their original small
order.
The people that didn't take
any stock either bought stamps
to fill their stamp book or asked
to have a representative sent to
their home or contact them in
their shop by one of our volun-
teer organizers. / have trie d
some of their products, but some
things that l thought that l
couldn't use, anything but GER
tain brands, ] also took home
samples, and to my amazement,
they were super, and far eXcell-
ed the original product that /
thought could not be beat. l was
sorry that / did not try it sooner
so that / could have bought
case of it. BY the way this very
fine article that l am speaking
of was the Coop brand vegeta-
BILE beef soup, I don't think that
/ could make any finer soup
then / OBJ tanned from that
product. That was not the only
thing that surprised me. There
were many items that / was
surprized to see excelled in
quality.
Shoestring potatoes were also
on this list, jams and jellies, and
instant chocolate this was one
thing that / was very leery
about for l have been stung
many times on things that peo-
pie tell me is good and to my
judgment terrible. But to my
amazement this is another thing
that will 60 on my list to get
case the next time that we have
a Coop Fair.
This Coop Fair is not just
talk and the demand is so great
that we are going to have a fair
approximately every month un-
til we have enough membership
shares to open up the real and
permanent Coop store. These
Coop Fairs will be held each
time in different section of the
city so that people that do not
have a car or did not hear of
the Coop movement will have
the same opportunity the rest of
the people had.
| personally would like to
thank the people at the Auto
Lite plants for their very fine
cooperation and assistance at
teh Coop Fair. / think there
were approximately 40 volun-
teers that worked so diligently
to put this fair across.
Usually we have people max
ing promises and not sticking
by them. But people can see
which side their bread is butter
ed on, If things keep a moving
the way that they have been it !
Will be a matter of only a few
short weeks until the big Super
Coop store will be opened. II
must say that l can not give the
women the same praise that Il
could give the Auto-Lite work.
ers, for they run in that class
where they are ever so willing
% help, but they never get
around to it. They do not all
belong to this class though, Neva
0oudley and her family really /
lid exceptionally good and long
hours too.
The next fair will be held in /.
he vicinity of Local No. 9 and
maybe the women will do better
hen they did this time. know
hat some of them can't help, on
lccount of their families, and
here are still others that come
n for the tail end and expect to
Jet all of the praise. ;