The American Notary - ASN Gets Historic Commission - Bookservice

Sep 29, 2026

The American Notary updates ASN members on a new “Bookservice” program that provides curated book selections through a 56-page catalog, offering reported savings such as a 20% discount on a $10 title. The catalog costs $1 to cover postage and handling, and members are encouraged to use it or request a refund by sending the catalog back if dissatisfied. The issue also highlights a notary commission presented to John G. Shelton, including details of his service and term.

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ASN Gets Historic Commission

ASN Bookservice Is Real Benefit

Benefits “Guaranteed”

Some Members Did Not Receive July Newsletter

Careerpath School Home Study Division

Let's Go to London!

Buying Service Lists New Offices

United Buying Service (UBS) Changes

How the Discount Buying Service Works

# TheAmerican Notary ASN Gets Historic Commission ## ASN BookserviceIs Real Benefit It looks as if the new ASN Book-service is going to be very popularwith a lot of members.The 56-pagecatalog is a beauty and contains bookbargains in many categories. One member reported that he wasabout to go to a bookstore to buytwo copies of a $10 book when hisASN Bookservice catalog arrived.Helooked through it and discovered thatthe book he wanted was listed and sohe saved $4.00 (20 percent)by buyingthrough ASN. This new program deserves yoursupport.No one is required to buyany books but we can't keep the pro-gram going unless it is wanted by themembers and is used by them.Thecatalog costs $1.00.This is to coverthe cost of postage and handling. was up he was reappointed byPresident Herbert Hoover.Hislast presidential appointment came Watson V.Shelton recently pre-sented ASN with a notary commis-sion which was issued to him by President Calvin on October 15, Coolidge.The 1942,from Presi- dent Franklin D. commission is Benefits “Guaranteed” Roosevelt. dated October 8, We believe in this program so muchthat we will“guarantee”that youwill like it too.Do this.Buy one ofthe catalogs and look over the 375selectionsThen if you don't thinkthis is a good program send the cata-log to our Washington office and we'llgive you your dollar back.This offeralso applies to those members whohave already bought catalogs. 1927 and was for It used to be a five year term. that all nota- ries in the Dis- It is signed byPresident Coo- trict of Columbia lidge and coun- were appointed tersigned by At-torney General by the President. Shelton Coolidge In 1944,during FDR's third term,Congress trans-ferred that power to the Commission-ers of the District. John G.Sargent Mr.Shelton is a Charter Member ofASN and one of its most ardent sup-porters.He has been a notary for 45years and was recently appointed to anew five year term which will expireon September 30,1977.Mr.Shelton is90 years old and very active.He doesa considerable amount of notary workeach week. Mr.Coolidge took the presidentialoath of office before a notary public.He was visiting in Vermont whenPresident Harding died.His father,John Coolidge,was a notary publicand he administered the oath of officeby the light of a kerosene lamp. The Coolidge commission was Mr.Shelton's first.When his first term We thank Mr.Shelton for his verygenerous gift on behalf of all the mem-bers of ASN.☆ Some MembersDid Not ReceiveJuly Newsletter of THE AMERICAN NOTARY.Thiswas the issue that announced the for-mation of CAREERPATH SCHOOL,the Society's new home study divi-sion.It also described the courses nowavailable and contained an applicationfor enrollment. To get a copy of the catalog send $1.00 to ASN Bookservice,clo BookMedia,485 Lexington Ave.,NewYork,N.Y.10017.☆ We have received a number of re-ports from members who did notreceive their copy of the July issue Anyone who did not receive a copycan get one by writing to us. ☆ ## Let's Go to London! Prospects for lower air fares to Lon-don are getting better.BOAC recentlysaid it would cutthe individual round-trip fare between Britain and theU.S.to$140.There are otherdevelopmentsin the works involving group rates.Allof these proposals require approvalof the Civil Aeronautics Board.Forthis reason we can't tell you nowwhat the low,low fare might be forour London trip in June. Because of these pending fare cutsand since we haven't decided on howlong our trip will last and what is tobe included we are not going to try toset a price at this time. This will be the last notice aboutthe London trip sent to all members.In the future,information will be sentautomatically only to those who haveindicated an interest in taking thetrip.So if you have the slightest in-terest in going to London on an ASNsponsored flight please complete thequestionnaire below and send it in assoon as possible. Members of

FAQs

What is the ASN Bookservice program and how is it used?

ASN Bookservice provides a 56-page catalog listing book bargains across many categories. Members can look through selections and buy through ASN using the program’s process.

How much does the Bookservice catalog cost, and what does that cost cover?

The catalog costs $1.00, intended to cover the cost of postage and handling.

What happens if a member does not like the Bookservice catalog?

If the member does not think it is a good program, the catalog can be sent to ASN’s Washington office to receive a $1.00 refund, and the offer also applies to those who already bought catalogs.

Sep 29, 2026

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