The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 June 1973 — Page 6

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Mrs. Marion Rheam is a collector of y 7 ■ Ik ■ ' > ' nearly 500 very colorful bottles

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A fascinating, colorful array of nearly 500 Avon bottles meets the visitor’s eye upon entering the office of Rheam’s Modern Cottages on Barbee Lake. Mrs. Marion Rheam has been collecting these bottles since 1951, when she first acquired a brown translucent glass pipe, with the head of a grizzly old man forming the shape of the bowl. The collection was started, Mrs. Rheam told a Mail-Journal reporter, because she was fascinated with the various bottles. “I bought the bottles originally because of what was in them, and although I now try to collect many of the bottles, my husband and I still use most of the perfumes and colognes and everything they hold,” Mrs. Rheam related. She adds that a few of the bottles have been given to her but she has purchased the greater majority of them. She does not however, purchase bottles from other collectors. “I have been offered high prices for some of my things, but I haven’t parted with any of them,” she continued. “People have come from as far away as Indianapolis and Fort Wayne to see the bottles I have. When asked what piece or pieces were her favorites, Mrs. Rheam replied, “I couldn’t really pick a favorite. I love all of them.” She did, however, talk about several of the bottles. There is a western set which includes a set of six-shooters, a pair of boots, a saddle and horses. Other bottles of interest range from oldfashioned dolls to a duck to a Viking horn to race cars. Some of the pieces are not only beautiful but practical. A box which held several men’s items can be used as a lovely, clothlined jewelry box. The stone on

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the top of a bottle makes an effective necklace or ring set. And, a ladies’ boot has a pin cushion on its top. Mrs. Rheam also has a thimble but comments it must have bedn made for a giant’s thumb, as it’s certainly too big for people! May of the bottles are worth much more than when they first came out. There is a book published with approximate values of all of the bottles. A Viking horn which Mrs. Rheam paid $5 for in 1966 is now

listed at $17.50. Silver-coated candlesticks sell for $17.50 a piece, while “Casey’s Lantern” is worth approximately $24.50. Mrs. Rheam’s collection is probably worth over $1,500. Mrs. Rheam has a complete set of bowling pins, coins and cars. Her cars line a complete wall approximately 15 feet long. The collection is now growing so large that more display space is badly needed. Mrs. Rheam plans to have her husband build some additional corner shelves.

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When asked what her husband thought about her hobby, Mrs. Rheam responded, “Oh, he teases me about it a lot. But deep down I think he likes it as much as I do.” Hester Felton, a company representative who stopped at the Rheam home while our reporter was there, said she knows of 10 or 11 other people in three square miles who also collect these bottles. The company puts out about 60 new designs per year. Marker buoys [ placed on Syracuse Lake Marker buoys have been placed around Syracuse Lake recently in the interest of lake safety. The buoys, located 200 feet from the shore, were authorized by the board of directors of the Syracuse Lake association. They are to remind boaters to observe state boating laws requiring idle speed within 200 feet of shore for die safety of swimmers and others. The marker buoy bottles were donated in the public interest by a Ligonier firm. Lake association board members participating were Bill Peters, Harry Blake, LaMar Stoops, Bud Slabaugh, Jay Peffley, Dave Stoops and Jim Butt. LAKELAND LOCALS Mrs. Ralph Enoch has returned from a week’s visit with her son Dr. and Mrs. Jerold Peterson and son at Cumberland, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Felkner of Milford called on Mr. and Mrs. Linn Oliver at Warsaw recently.

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