Let it be clear, right here, right now: I am not a phillumenist.  I don’t collect matchbooks.  But, if something interesting I spy, I buy.  Within reason…

E. Ward King.  Whatta guy.  Junior Achievement has a concise accounting of this man’s life here.

Their 50th in 1982.  In 1986, they’d be in Chapter 11.

This is a 28-match book.  Several have been used from this book, but I have two more in an original 2-book plastic pack.