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Swift is a manufactoring company known for building farming and construction equipment through the useage of its conveytor belts. The compay is located in Clara City, Minnesota. 

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The Rusty Rooster Booster Club was a young savers’ club sponsored by Northwest Federal Savings & Loan of Chicago, IL.  The club at least existed between the years 1971-1975.  Such young savers’ clubs promote the idea of teaching children the value of saving money at an early age.  By creating these clubs, banks often benefit from the addition of lifelong customers.  

A large blue C sits right in the center on a white background. In the center of the C is a blue X symbol made of railroad spikes and smaller letters in blue colored text.  Around the C, in a circular formation, are blue letters and an illustration of Christmas holly. 

The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employees (BRSCFHESE) was organized in 1899 as the Order of Railroad Clerks of America in central Missouri.The union name on this button was adopted in 1919 and since 1987 has been called the Transportation Communications International Union. Also in 1919, the Grand Lodge, the union's overarching authority, determined that each BRSCFHESE lodge could have no more than one hundred members and lodge meetings were to occur on a monthly basis. This button, decorated with seasonal holly leaves and berries, dates from the December 1939 meeting.  

A large black C sits right in the center on a white background. In the center of the C is a black X symbol made of railroad spikes and smaller letters in black colored text. Around the C are white letters in a circle formation on yellow background.

The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employees (BRSCFHESE) was organized in 1899 as the Order of Railroad Clerks of America in central Missouri. The union name on this button was adopted in 1919 and since 1987 has been called the Transportation Communications International Union.  In its heyday, it was the largest clerical union in the railway industry.  BRSCFHESE was a highly hierarchical organization with the Grand Lodge at its pinnacle.  No lodge could be formed or continue to operate without the Grand Lodge's formal approval.  

A large blue C sits right in the center on a white background. In the center of the C is a blue X symbol made of railroad spikes and smaller letters in blue colored text.  Around the C are blue letters in a circle formation on red background.

The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express, and Station Employees (BRSCFHESE) was organized in 1899 as the Order of Railroad Clerks of America in central Missouri. The union name on this button was adopted in 1919. Since 1987, the union has been called the Transportation Communications International Union. BRSCFHESE was a large organization with lodges throughout North and Central America. It was open to any railway industry clerical worker with at least three months on the job. The union's size and influence worked to increase wages and improve work conditions industry wide after the Railroad Control Act of 1918. The Act, passed in March, placed all railroad under government control until the end of WWI (11 November 1918) and for up to twenty-one months after a peace treaty was signed. The Act's authority was dissolved in March 1920.

Large white text of the word club with smalelr white text inside the letter C. The background is an easy to miss illustration of bright orange plants on a green background.

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Tim’s store was a clothing store that specialized in boys clothing. As a way of drawing in customers Tim’s store also created clubs, magazines, and other advertising tricks that appealed to young men. On September 10, 1926, in the Lawrence Journal-World, there is an advertisement for Tim’s Store and the Pie-Eaters’ Club. The advertisement explains that the Pie-Eaters’ Club is going to gain a lot more members and that “the first, second, third and fourth degree Pie-Eaters are going to be advanced a degree when they buy their new school suits.” (pg. 3). Some of the clothing items that are being marketed to the young men are school shirts that are just like men’s shirts and all-wool sweaters with “man-sized collars.” Don’t forget to purchase the “New Official Cap for Pie-Eaters” this hat will help protect your head from the September sunshine.

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An illustration of a black spotted dog in mid-stride across the grass. Black text arches over the top of the button and the date is on the bottom.

The New Milford Sportsmen's Association was founded in 1964 and had offices in New Milford, Connecticut. Also in 1964, they sponsored a woodchuck hunt, as well as were given authority to arrest anyone who vandalized the local park by the local police.

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The Clean Plate Club was a campaign that resulted from the United States Congress passage of the Food and Fuel Control Act in 1917. This act sought to limit wasteful consumption in the country, thus freeing up more resources to fight in World War I. The club was a product of the U.S. Food Administration created by Woodrow Wilson out of the FFC Act, and headed by Herbert Hoover who publicly founded and marketed the club primarily to children. Young participants pledged that  “At table I’ll not leave a scrap of food upon my plate. And I’ll not eat between meals, but for supper time I’ll wait.” The U.S. Food Administration disbanded after World War I ended, but returned under President Harry S Truman for World War II and once again targeted children in elementary schools.