Mr. Peanut Collectors Club

	*A Brief History of Peanut Pals* **Our Presidents & Conventions Then and Now**
UPCOMING 2012 CONVENTION 2012 Midwest Convention South Haven, Michigan April 27-28, 2012 CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM, HOTEL INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE
"UNDER THE BOARDWALK" Click Here for an Atlantic City Slideshow Atlantic City's Boardwalk was the home of the largest Planters Peanuts retail store. Our thanks to Peanut Pal Bob Devlin for the show.	Click here for the story and photos Click here for Additional Information Schedule, Tour and Hotel Information Click here for Convention Registration
A BRIEFCASE FULL OF......... PLANTERS CLICK ON THE PHOTO FOR MORE! Our thanks to Kosta Boltov from Toronto, Ontario, Canada for emailing us this story and the additional photos.	Photo Update New York City's Planters Grove CLICK HERE Our thanks to Peanut Pals Scott, Angel and Holland Schmitz for the Photos taken on their January, 2012 visit to New York City.
"HAVE YOU SEEN?" CLICK HERE TO SEE OLD AND NEW, NOT OFTEN SEEN PLANTERS ITEMS Our thanks to Peanut Pal Tony Scola for the Photos and Information	*ARE THESE* *HOLIDAY TINS?* FOLLOW-UP!!!! CLICK HERE TO GET THE ANSWER! Our thanks to Peanut Pals Mark and Barb Woodson for this interesting Holiday story
PLANTERS TROLLEY SIGNS The first in a series of articles on Planters Peanuts Trolley Signs. See and read about these rare, hard to find signs with their great graphics and colors. Our thanks to long time Peanut Pal Sherwin Borsuk for all his hard work in researching and gathering this information to share with all Planters Mr. Peanut Collectors and fans. CLICK HERE FOR TROLLEY SIGNS!	"We finally made it on to YouTube" Our thanks to more long time Peanut Pals Greg and Sue Puszkiewicz for sharing this with all of us. Eastern Illinois University Public TV invited them on to do a segment for their weekly TV show "Hobbies, Collectibles and Crafts". The show aired at the end of October, but finally made it to YouTube the second week in November. Greg and Sue are on for 12 minutes in the second half of the show. As you will see, they promoted the Peanut Pals Club and its website. And best of all they did it all in one take! CLICK ON THE LOGO TO WATCH THE VIDEO

OBICI HOME RENOVATION/RESTORATION NEWS Click on Photo for Information CLICK HERE FOR JUNE 1, 2011 UPDATE	CLICK HERE

"Peanut Pals" A 12-pg.
advertising booklet
featuring Mr. Peanut,
published by Planters in 1927.

Peanut Pals was founded in 1978 by Judith Walthall after she and her family began collecting Mr. Peanut items and discovered many of the items they found had never been documented and that much of the information had been lost over the years.

Planters President Douglas Lauder gave his consent in April of 1978 to the formation of a club, and later, Ted LoCascio, a long-time employee of Planters, and offered his support. On Nov. 1, 1978, the first Peanut Pals Newsletter was sent to 23 charter members. The first year the club existed only for the purpose of publishing the bi-monthly newsletter in order to establish communication between its 23 members. Permission was also received for use of the Mr. Peanut name and device, and Planters was given to Peanut Pals.

The first convention was held in Indianapolis, Ind. in July 1980, with Judith Walthall as first chairperson. Sixty-three members and guests attended. By early 1981, Peanut Pals had grown to 115 members and a second was held in October 1981 in Suffolk, Virginia, in conjunction with Planters' 75th Anniversary celebration.

Peanut Pals is a non-profit organization which currently has more than 900 collectors of Mr. Peanut items from throughout the United States, Canada and Japan.

We are also receiving inquiries from other foreign nations .Peanut Pals encourages all those interested in collecting Planters and Mr. Peanut memorabilia to contact us and join with others who share in their interest. Planters Peanuts started in 1906 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

In 1916 the company held a contest to create a company logo. A fourteen year-old schoolboy won the contest with his drawing of a Peanut Man and an artist later added spats, a top hat, a monocle, and a cane to the drawing, and Mr. Peanut was born.


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