APPRECIATING the LEO PETERS 2 FAMILY...because my late grandfather Leo Peters was the first to trademark the "Butterball" name (which he later sold to the turkey company ie armour, but retained the rights to use the name for his butter factory, ie butterball farms,) and was also involved in various meat endeavors, and my memories of Thanksgiving revolve around a big meal at the "butterball mansion" I am adding a thanksgiving section to this blog!
Thursday, November 26, 2020
REMEMBER THE PILGRIMS: HALL-of-FAME FAITH HEROES "Why we should consider the pilgrims superheroes of faith - .."
REMEMBER THE PILGRIMS: HALL-of-FAME FAITH HEROES "Why we should consider the pilgrims superheroes of faith - After arriving in America on November 9th, the first winter was very hard on them. By the end of March, 47 or nearly half of their original number had not survived the winter. Thirteen of the eighteen wives died.."
" FROM THE THANKSGIVING ARCHIVES: AND THANKS FOR MR. PETERS:"
"More than half a century ago, Evanston inventor Leo Peters bought the rights to the name Butterball for $10.
Nearly 20 years later, he sold the trademark to Swift & Co. for $1 million."
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
WITHOUT THIS (in)FAMOUS CALVIN ALUM, there would still be THANKSGIVING but maybe NOT THE FAMILIAR BUTTERBALL TURKEY "Some Thanksgiving turkey trivia - ...The name Butterball was originally ..
WITHOUT THIS (in)FAMOUS CALVIN COLLEGE ALUMNUS , THERE WOULD STILL BE THANKSGIVING BUT MAYBE NOT THE FAMILIAR BUTTERBALL TURKEY "Some Thanksgiving turkey trivia - ...The name Butterball was originally trademarked in 1940 by Ada Walker of Wyoming, Ohio, who sold the trademark in 1951 to Leo Peters for $10, who licensed it to Swift and Co., a meat-processing company in Chicago. Leo Peters eventually founded Butterball Farms Inc., a butter company in Grand Rapids that has nothing to do with turkeys. And, there is no butter in these branded turkeys."
Butterball farms still sells beautiful butter patties including the tiny ones served with hotcakes at many McDonalds . the late Leo Peters son Mark now runs the company - he also attended Calvin as well as GRCH.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
"This Thanksgiving NEVER FORGET: The So-Called Experts Were Wrong -- COVID Is Still Less Lethal than the Last Three Major US pandemics ....."
"This Thanksgiving NEVER FORGET: The So-Called Experts Were Wrong -- COVID Is Still Less Lethal than the Last Three Major US pandemics ...Tedros claimed in a press conference in early March that the fatality rate for the coronavirus was 3.4% — many multiples that of the fatality rate of the common flu which is estimated to be around 0.1%. This egregiously false premise led to the greatest global pandemic panic in world history."
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/thanksgiving-never-forget-called-experts-wrong-covid-still-less-lethal-last-three-major-us-pandemics/
Monday, November 23, 2020
"400 years ago this month, a weary band of Christians from England came ashore after a grueling 66-day voyage. ..
"400 years ago this month, a weary band of Christians from England came ashore after a grueling 66-day voyage. The Pilgrims came for one purpose, which they spelled out in writing: "for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith."
Friday, November 20, 2020
Every year around this time Leo Peters gets mentioned again. Here's a new one: "How Butterball Is Getting a Turkey on Your Table for Zoom Thanksgiving | "
Every year around this time Leo Peters ('grandpa') gets mentioned again. Here's a new one "How Butterball Is Getting a Turkey on Your Table for Zoom Thanksgiving | " "In 1951, food-industry researcher and entrepreneur Leo Peters was casting about for a name for the Grand Rapids, Michigan, company he had formed to develop a yellower margarine and heartier turkey breed. Stumbling on the Butterball trademark, which worked for both sides of his business, Peters bought up the rights. But a few years later, he decided his future lay solely in butter, and in the late 1950s, he leased (and later sold) the name Butterball to meat manufacturer Swift for its turkey business, marking the beginning of Butterball turkey appearing in supermarkets. (Peters retained the right to use the name Butterball for his thriving butter business, Butterball Farms, which to this day
sells actual balls of butter, among other items.)
Since then, the Butterball ..."
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