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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., June 27, 1968—13 LIONS CLUB OFFICERS — New Clinton Lions Club officers who were installed Tuesday night are, left to right, first row: C. Carman Cove, Lion Tamer; David Word, Tail Twister; Milford Smith, President; Miles Powell, Secretary; Gary Holcombe; Director; second row: Dick Casque, Tail Twister; John Daniluk, Director; Claude Crocker, First Vice-President; Carlisle Neely, Director; Erskine Jacks, Third Vice-President; and Carl Wessinger. Retiring President.— (Yar borough Photo') Jinki's Life At Life VIRGINIA (JINK!) SADLER . . . Life’* Letter* Editor She listened while poet Allen Ginsberg gave a 45-minute dis sertation on LSD. She asked Arthur Schlesinger, Norman Mailer and A1 Capp to substan tiate statements they had made. She watched and listened as Brendan Behan char me dan office staff by singing an Irish ballad and writing a poem in Gaelic for an Irish admirer. She is Virginia (Jinki) Sadler, a native of Clinton, who is edi tor of the Letters to the Editor column in Life Magazine. The daughter of Mrs. Julia Sadler and the late Dr. Sadler, Jinki has been in Clinton for the past 12 days on a visit. She was to return to Arizona today for a few weeks before going on to Beverly Hills, Calif., where she will re sume her duties with Life. Jinki has been associated with Life Magazine since 1948. She was with the magazine’s New York office prior to her recent transfer. She joined the Life Magazine staff as a typist but soon trans ferred to the editorial copyroom, then to the Articles Department as a researcher (reporter) and, most recently, to editor of the Letters page. Jinki was injured in an auto mobile accident while she was a student at Coker College. Her spinal injury left her confined to a wheel chair but that did not deter her in her determination to live in New York. Marian MacPhail, chief of Re search for Life, remembers his first meeting with Jinki, whom he calls Ginny, “My first contact with Ginny was when we were thinking about hiring her as a Copyroom Assistant. The hours in the copyroom can be long and late and I was worried about how well Ginny would manage to get transportation and get home. I was also doubtful as to how to handle my concern best and finally decided to tell her what my worry was and get her reac tion. She said, ‘Do you want to make a bet? I will leave your office any time, at the same time you do and I’ll get a cab before you do.’ Well, obviously if that was her attitude, Ginny was going to make out fine somehow in spite of any difficulties.” In an article published in the Coker College alumnae maga zine, Jinki recalled her start with Life Magazine as a typist. “The hours were insane, the people were insane, the atmos phere was insane it was marvelous. I was overwhelmed at firstly the idea of actually being privileged to type (and get paid for it) sentences and paragraphs created by writers like Aldous Huxley, John Hersey, Winston Churchill. But after a few months the overwhelm began to fade when I realized that no matter who wrote the words, all I was doing was typing them. It was a time to move. And so I managed to get transferred to the editorial copyroom---infinitely more in teresting and more demanding. Here is where the action is-- where the magazine is put to gether. In the copyroom, all the written material in the magazine, except advertising, is processed and handled by a department of ten ... It is copyroom re sponsibility to get all editorial matter to Chicago printers on time, properly edited, gram mar ized--and spelled right. Daily deadlines are brutally rigid md writers notoriously oblivious of them. Copyroom assistants soon realize they must become part Simon Legree, part Florence Nightingale (a writer staring at a blank piece of paper in his type writer and faced with a dead line in 45 minutesisa sick man).” Jinki said her first day on the job was “right straight out of an oldtime Clark Gable movie.” She said, “It was Election Day 1948 and the man from Missouri had done the impossible. Truman had beat Dewey and the magazine was in a frenzy. Reporters, writers, editors were racing up and down halls, and I found out that they really do shout ‘stop the presses.’ The frenzy was because Life had gone to press on Saturday, three days before, carrying probably the biggest goof in its history: a full page picture of Thomas E. Dewey cap tioned ‘The next President of the United States’, and something had to be done to correct as many copies as possible. All around me that day Life’s editors were aging perceptibly but for me it was a lovely introduction to the world of journalism. I was en chanted. ” Concerning her present job as editor of the Letters paee. she says it is necessary “to look for letters from Life’s readers containing originality of ideas, vividness of expression, sharp ness, wit and readability. The aim of the Letters page is to reflect, as objectively as possible, the reaction of the read ers, add footnotes of interest and update stories under discussion, correct serious errors, un derline the policy of the maga- zine---and above all be enter taining.. After all if people don’t read the page, why bother. “I find myself getting involved in startling controversies at times, concerning questions that might arise in relation to stories we have run. One I remember as a lengthy telephone conversa tion I hadwith the poet AllenGins- berg in reference to a letter he had written criticizing Life’s treatment of a story on LSD. In the middle of a busy day I spent an intriguing 45 minutes listening tn the Ginsberg philosophy of LSD and how it should l>e handled. “Another time it might be a call to Arthur Schlesinger, Nor man Mailer, A1 Capp or any author who has had an article in the magazine that lias aroused some question. If a challenge is made regarding factual accuracy, the author must always be con tacted to ascertain his sources for any particular statement and his reasons for making it. A de cision is then made on the basis of the magnitude of the error--- if indeed it turns out to he an error---the validity of the point the reader is making and whether he has interpreted the statement or the article correctly. “The work is varied---a dif ferent set ofproblemseach week. And it is educational. 1 have to learn something about the sub ject of each article in order to know whether the reader is making a qualified judgment ...’ “The job has been eye opening all right---a real lesson in psy chology. To l>e sure there ,are the kooky letters but not asifyany as one would think. L.uckyfor me, I guess, 1 have, always been a be liever in writing letters to the editors, to senators, to congress men, to newspapers, to Presi dents of the U.S. I always be lieved they made a dent. Now I know it.’ ANNOUNCINC A New Local Service For The Joanna and Kinards Area Residential — Commercial GARBAGE AND REFUSE COLLECTION • FREE SURVEYS AND ESTIMATES GREEN ARROW REMOVAL SERVICE JOANNA, S. C. GORDON'S CLEARANCE! - SPECIAL GROUP - $|Q88 FLATS BY EDITH HENRY Values To 12.99 — NOW GORDON'S Spring and Summer Shoe Clearance DON T MISS IT! Come Early ... Bring Your Friends! SALE STARTS THURSDAY JUNE 27th at 9 A. M. LIFE STRIDE Values to 15.99 NOW ONLY- *10.88 California Cobblers Values to 13.99 NOW ONLY $ 8.88 and $ 10.88 RED CROSS Values te 18.99 NOW ONLY *10.88 Citations Values to 17.99 NOW ONLY *10.88 BUSTER BROWN SHOES FOR CHILDREN $ Values to 9.99 5.88 AIR STEP Reg. 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