Saturday, October 15, 2011

Woman has 300 salt and pepper shakers - Life - Southern Chester County Weeklies

Woman has 300 salt and pepper shakers - Life - Southern Chester County Weeklies:
"Trainer has been collecting the salt and pepper shakers for so long that she can’t recall why she began. “I wish I could remember who started me but I don’t,” she said.

“I was working at the thrift shop for Delaware County Hospital,” she said, explaining that once her co-workers knew of her collection they would set aside any unusual salt and pepper shakers that came in so that she would have the first chance to purchase them. That way, her collection grew inexpensively. “I just tried to get the odd ones.”"

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Freaky Friday #FF - Woman revels in 'unique' gum collection | Offbeat | Eugene News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KVAL CBS 13

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"When the 77-year-old Idaho Falls woman spread her treasured collection across her coffee table and living room floor, her face lit up and she spoke with youthful giddiness. Maughan looked like a child unleashed in a candy store — and that's no exaggeration.

Mounds of brightly-colored, creatively packaged gum surrounded her.

"It just intrigues me," Maughan said. "When I see a new flavor; oh dear, I'm not obsessed, but it almost seems like it."

Maughan started collecting gum in 1948. While her peers found fascination in matchbooks, stamps and bottle caps, she wanted something different.

As a 15-year-old, Maughan watched the Freedom Train pass through Pocatello with her schoolmates. While there, she bought her collection's first piece — Popeye bubble gum, inspired by the cartoon "Sailor Man" and his gal, Olive Oyl.


After that, she was hooked.

For the next 63 years, Maughan kept an eye out for new packages and flavors of chewing gum wherever she went."



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