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Show n IjHtoffiTD the 11 (0)11 mm IBDG N by O. B. Hulett It has 90,000 members! Burlingtoh Liars' Club started as a hoax 25 years ago; today coast to coast. The real jolt the wires to the effect that, states but also from foreign contest came a year later, when the because of all the mail we countries, so that our years. . . . wire service phoned to ask if were getting, we would no is now for the Championship a reality. of the World and we have Either would describe the we "were going to ' have our longer restrict our contest to some 90,000 members, Burlington; hereafter it would Burlington Liars' Club, which Liars' contest again." Bv that time the other re- - be for the U. S. championship. f How do you become a memhad its origin in this small Then we changed the rules ber? It's simple. Write a "lie" Wisconsin city 25 years ago, porter had left town, so I, as now iwvc (your very best fabrication), when a couple of newspaper heir to a doubtful legacy, told so peopie woum - and mail it with a dime to the hard ud for a them we certainly were, ana appear mpciauniux uiCvu.could mail in Burlington Liars Club, Bur"filler," wrote a story to the we wished the championship petition, hut of the lington, Wis. The "lie" will be effect that the police chief and onto the police chief, who was their "lies" any time officers would go entered in the current contest his pals met each New Year's an understanding soul. Again year. Club memberthrough the mail to select the and qualify you for Day at the station and lied we got columns of newspaper and the ship. The dime covers printpublicity, but it nearly proved best "lie" submitted, for the town championsliip. U. S. chaming and postage on your memThe original story, of course, our undoing, for a newsreel author would be would bership card. There are no was made "out of whole- - outfit offered to film our club pion. That, we figured, because dues, and the only way the cloth." Nothing of the kind in action and we didn't have get us off the hook, we would not have to produce club can cost you anything ever did occur, arjd we (I was any club! again is for a new card, if you We wiggled out of that sit- - any liars in the flesh. one of the reporters) had a It got us off one hook and lose yours or wear it out (Anfew qualms when a wire serv- - uation, but it was apparent on another! Letters began to other dime, please!) ice picked up the story, which that something had to be done; Shelton R. Day, a locomo- pour in, not only from the 48 was printed in papers from so another story was fed to A joke that lasted 25 A lie that became rnnrtrc . '.. who lives in Baton Rouge, La., won our 1954 contest with a tale about the speedy Louisiana rabbits. They're so fast, he insists, that you can't hit them with a shotgun it takes a deer rifle. And then you have to know how. After firing, you whistle. When you whistle, the rabbit five engineer stops giving the bullet a chance to catch up with him! To celebrate the club's 25th anniversary this year, the offi- -. cers picked Bruno Ceresa of Detroit, the 1933 winner, as Champion of Champions. Ceresa won with a tale of an ancient grandfather's clock that is so old, the shadow of the pendulum has worn a hole in the back of the case! "V ... r Vv .... .. -t-- -r 'AW, This creamy looking Shortcake Carnation Milk. Whips easily, quickly Topping t j ; . 4 -- f -- t"- ; ' 1 V Whipped yet the large serving shown here costs less than 2 cents! 1 1 . is 1 f V ' til WHIPTCD CARNATION TOP W NO (Makes about 3 cups topping) . -- cup undiluted Carnation In rt frlferator tray until soft crystali form Chill 1 .'..' .'. V ;V'V J - - ' r . through milk (15 20 minute). Whip until stiff (about 1 minute). : . Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Whip cup sugar and wy stiff. Beat In 1 teaspoon vanilla. Serve at once over ihortcake, fyultsaladCplfS: dtsserts. r' ,. "... "... ; v Vv-- o "nil FOR BETTEaR RESULTS AT LESS COST. COOK WITH CARNATION that whips fill! Hew Mary Blake's latest booklet, "Favorita Recipes." to wipes for everything from delicious main dishes party desserts. Write to Mary Blake, Carnation Co.;' Dept. f Los Angeles 36, California. FW-55- |