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Club Resuming Meetings
APS Chapter 728
Meets at 6 p.m. on the 4th Monday at Faith United Church,
12 Mark Fitzgibbons Drive
Leigh LeClair, 212 Murray St., Oswego, NY 13126-4032
pleclair@northnet.org , 315-342-5653
The club will resume meetings after its summer hiatus at 6 p.m. on September 25.
Several Oswego members attended philatelic bourses over the summer, including the
1000 Islands show at Clayton in July, and Americover in August.
The Oswego County Town of Minetto once again gave away free cachets to any resident
attending the annual Magic in Minetto Celebration. This was the first pictorial cancellation
for the new Minetto postmaster, Debra A. Ketcham.
Ketcham was appointed Officer-In-Charge on April, 28 and was officially appointed
postmaster on July 22. She brought a wide variety of philatelic items, including stuffed
animals, and the new Disney postcard booklets. Customers had fun picking out their
favorite stamp to put on their cachet.
The pictorial cancellation, celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Minetto’s
first settler, Schuyler Worden, known as the creator of the Worden Grape. Two different
cachets were made, the first bearing an antique label from a Worden Grape fruit crate,
and the second bearing a reproduction of an antique lithograph of the Worden Grape.
Residents who live on Worden Drive were especially pleased with the covers.
Happy Birthday, Minetto!
Heathr Sweeting photo
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