Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-25
| Women's News
And Views
BY Odessa Overy
Secretary Women's Bureau
Region 2-B

THE cooperative movement i
u progressing very nicely, tht
people are just more then en-
thused over the whole thing
They are working on the share!
as well as the physical worE
that is connected with it. B.
the way, can can buy the elias!
"A" common membership share
on the payment plan, now. 1t i!
a plan that works the same way
as the war bond system. The
plan is to buy stamps in any
way that you prefer to do so
and when you have twenty-five
dollars worth bought, you ther
turn them in for a twenty-five
dollar share, or membership
share. Your membership share
entities you to have a vote ir
the corporation. Those with the
membership shares are the only
persons that are entitled to vote
The cooperative movement be,
longs to the people that hold the
twenty-five dollar shares. They
are the owners of the Toledo
Cooperative Inc. Class "A
stock is not entitled to dividends,
because this is the minimum cost
for you to become a member of
the corporation.
Your class B" common stocks
are purchased at ten dollars a
share and they are issued only
to persons that have a member
ship share, or class "A" COM
mon share. Glass "B" are Untitled
to up to four percent dividends
in any one year. This dividend is
paid after the preferred stock is
paid their dividends.
Your preferred stock is one
hundred dollars, and anybody
can buy these type of shares.
You do not have to have the
twenty-five dollars share in or
der to buy the preferred stock.
Any individual or organization
may buy the preferred stocks.
Those with the preferred stock
10 not have the right to vote.
They will receive three per cent
per annum, which is payable an
1ually out of the saving of the
Since they have the
over all other share
such dividends are non
cumulative. So those of you that
10 not have already the shares
hat will gave you great savings,
n the future, should do so inn
nediately for the sooner that
'ou purchase your share the
ooner will the super market be
pen up so that you will be able
o take advantage in the super
-alues as well as build up your
,rofits by being a share holder.
On March the End we will
ave a large gathering at the
,ivic Auditorium, where our
wn Victor Reuther, and an
Executive from the A. F. of L.
1ill also speak.
On March the 4 and 5 there
viii be fair of the co-opera-
I'VE held at the Moose Hall on
he Main floor and you may
purchase all of the food that you
ant at prices below the level /.
{ most places. The purpose of /.
MS fair will be to let the slight
' skeptical people see for them
elves just what this is that they
re hearing so much about,
here will be a patronage divi-
ent for all of the purchasers
lat will prove to be a surprising
The women of the
'omens Forum and Women's
ommittee, plus the Choral So
ETY. will help to make this a
cry successful fair. On Sunday
[arch 9th, at the Moose hall on
lie third floor, Murry Lincoln,
he of the original organizers of
lie Coop and one of the we'll
nown persons of this movement
ill speak to all of the good
eople. You do not have to have
share of stock or any thing
Sc to come and hear him talk.
nybody who doesn't take adj
antage of this opportunity, to
ear both of the speaches that
i'll be given can just blame no
ody but themselves. !