The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 27, 1979, Registration Issue, Page Page 11A, Image 11
'Star Reporter
alive and well
By Peggy Brady
QtiTMCock Start Wrttar
In Columbia, 67-year-old Harold
C. Booker Jr. and his weekly Star
Reporter are carrying on the
tradition of the small-town
newspaper, concerned with local,
not national events. A
newspaperman for more than 41
years, Booker said he became
disenchanted with The State
newspaper when it began cutting
back on editorials and society
news.
With his aunt, Alicia S.
Wakefield, his wife, Mary B.
Booker and his associate, W. g
Miller Montgomery, he founded his |
own newspaper in uctooer, it*#.
Located in Five Points, the office
is as nostalgic as the man who runs
it. The walls still appear to have
their original coat of pale green
paint, and most of the furniture is
antique.
DESPITE HIS cluttered,
disordered desk, Booker is quite a
meticulous and methodical oerson.
Wearing a narrow-brimmed hat
and a 1940's-styled baggy, black
pinstriped suit with cuffed pants,
Booker walked to his desk,
showing a slight bend in his back.
His eyes peered out behind thick
glasses, his narrow tie hung on his
rounding middle, and he pulled at
the cuffs of his white, long-sleeved
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glanced momentarily at his gold
watch and straightened his jacket
with the South Carolina palmetto
tree pin tacked on the lapel before
speaking.
Despite his somewhat frail and
vulnerable appearance it became
apparent when he began to speak
that first impressions can be
riereivinc. Behind this centle
frame was a man of iron will and
unbending determination.
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FOLLOWING IN his father's
footsteps, Booker decided when he
was a teenager to become a
newspaperman. He studied
journalism at USC until the
depression of the 1930's forced him
to drop out. Eventually he went to
work for The State and remained
there for 30 years.
Booker met his wife at The State,
and said they mutually decided in
1963 to resign their positions and
form their own newspaper.
Thev attribute their vast ex
perience with The State to the
success of their own small paper.
Added to this experience though
was their own determination to
make their paper successful. For
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overtime. Booker continues to
work seven days a week.
BOOKER said many people
didn't think his paper would survive.
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last six months," Booker said with
a snicker.
Not only did the paper survive
but the three-person team has
managed to build the circulation
up to a stable 3,500.
Booker is editor and publisher as
well as handling the editorial
section of the newspaper. As
society editor, his wife reports all
weddings, deaths and social events
and General Manager Montgomery
covers local news events.
Perhaps the most interesting
aspect of The Star Reporter is the
journalistic feats the threesome
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page are all current driver's
liscense suspensions for Richland
County. Also included in the paper
are the divorce and mortgage
deed announcements which chain
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news, Booker replied, "because
people want to read about it."
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Energy guidelines complying with th
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after completion by the Capital Planning
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mittee appointed by Holderman in an ef
the university while adhering to the t
July 5 by the Department of Energy.
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out, we had already been working o
Rinker, system vice-president for facil
the committee.
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Columbia campus) and determined hov
the thermostats," Rinker said. "They <
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changes and then sent it on to the presid
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The energy guidelines prohibit air-<
decrees Fahrenheit, heating them ab
water above 105 degrees.
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violation (each day is a separate viola
each willful violation (considered a crir
guidelines.
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the exemptions and not to entire buildir
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is critical to materials and equipmen
storage or handling of food." (Eating a
3. "To protect the health of per:
physical therapy."
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apartments "to the extent that the
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