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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1939 A Long-Deserved Honor Is Paid At Last to the Old-Time Printer - For His Part in Building America This ancient Washington handpress will be used in the production of a daily newspaper at Sutter’s Fort in Sacramento, Calif., during the Sacramento-Golden Empire centennial and under the supervision of the winner in the centennial’s old-time printers’ contest. Harry C. Peterson, curator of the fort, is shown inspecting the old press, the exact age of which has never been determined. It bears the R. Hoe & Company’s factory number 3343 and is one of the few remaining presses of this type known to be still in existence. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON © Western Newspaper Union. R ecognition has come at last to a corps of c “forgotten men,” a group of unsung heroes whose contribution to the forward march of American civiliza tion has never been ade quately acknowledged and honored. They are the old-time print ers, who bent over dusty type-cases in dimly-lit shops where they performed the multiple duties of editor, manager, advertising solici tor, pressman, and oft-times carrier and whose courage and vision played so impor tant a part in the building of a democracy. They are the men who per formed the back - breaking task of “pulling” the old “G. Wash.” (handpress) on which their papers were printed; who frequently accepted cord wood, pumpkins, eggs, poultry and a host of other commodities in lieu of money for subscriptions; and who never became rich except in the intangible reward of a consciousness that they aided in building up innumerable prosperous American com munities. ^ There are only a few of them left, but they can still do a good job of “sticking type.” As such they have been the object of a nation- CHARLES HENRY SMITH wide quest which will come to a climax this month when signal honors will be heaped upon the old-time printer who best typifies his fellows of another generation — the founders and trail-blazers for what has become one of mod ern America’s major indus tries. In a nation-wide old-time print ers’ contest sponsored by Cali fornia’s Sacramento-Golden Em pire Centennial celebration, 26 veterans of the print shop have •merged victorious in the prelim inary tests, conducted by the ad vertising clubs in 26 major cities, from more than 300 who compet ed. In semi-final contests being conducted this month, this group of 26 will be narrowed down to five men. One man will repre sent each of the five regions, Northeastern states, Southern states, Central states, Mid-west ern states and Pacific states. The five regional winners will be brought to Sacramento, Calif., late this month for the grand filfials, scheduled by the Sacra mento-Golden Empire Centennial .and the Sacramento Advertising club for April 28. 1 This final contest is to be held at historic Sutter’s Fort and the winner will be crowned “King of the Old-Time Printers” at a cere mony which will honor the whole printing industry and all news papers on the ninetieth anniver sary of the founding of the West’s first newspaper, the Placer Times, at Sutter’s Fort on April 28, 1849. In addition, the “King of Old-Time Printers” will be awarded a $1,000 contract to su pervise the production of an old- time daily newspaper at Sutter's Fort during the Sacramento Cen tennial celebration. This unique publication will be printed on an old Washington handpress, one of the few remaining presses of this ancient vintage known to be in existence. The history of this old press is unknown, although it bears R. Hoe & Company's factory number 3343. ! The nation-wide printers’ con test was conducted under the-di rection of Chairman Jack H. Leatherman, president of the Sacramento Advertising and Sales club in co-operation with Ir vin Engler, the centennial’s pub licity chairman. Entrants in the preliminaries were judged solely on the basis of age, appearance and experience, speed arid ac curacy. One of the requirements for entrants was that they must have entered the printing trades prior to May 1, 1888—50 years ago. If was not required, how ever, that they remained continu ously in the trade. The judging, in the finals will be on the fol lowing basis: 1. Age of entrant, 30 per cent. 2. Appearance and experience as a typical old-time printer, 30 per cent. 3. Speed in “sticking type,” 20 per cent. 4. Accuracy in “sticking type” 20 per cent. The 26 winners in the prelim inaries, who are now competing in the semi-finals for the honor of representing their region in the grand finals at the Sacramento centennial were announced by Chairman Leatherman, as fol lows: Henry Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa.; sponsored by Typothetae of Phil adelphia, Pa. Charles Frank Holden, Toledo, Ohio; sponsored by Women’s Ad vertising Club of Toledo, Ohio. Louis E. Goodrich, Kansas City, Mo.; sponsored by Adver tising Club of Kansas City, Mo. George S. Herndon, Colorado Springs, Colo.; sponsored by Col orado Springs Junior Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Springs, Colo. T. A. Hayes, Blackfoot, Idaho; sponsored by Boise Advertising club, Boise, Idaho. Charles A. Elliott, Indianapolis, Ind.; sponsored by Indianapolis Typographical Union No. 1, Indi anapolis, Ind. Robert E. Carr, Hammond, La.; sponsored by New Orleans Advertising club, New Orleans, La. benjamin Franklin Waite, Johnson City, N. Y.; sponsored by both the Syracuse Advertising Club of New York, and the Sche nectady Advertising club. Frank J. Pickering, Chicago, 111.; sponsored by the Chicago Graphic Arts federation, Chicago, 111. David Oliphant, Chicago, 111.; sponsored by the Chicago Fed erated Advertising club, Chicago, 111. Robert Kerr, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; sponsored by the Adver tising and Sales Club of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Will J. Hayner, Sutherlin, Ore.; sponsored by the Girl’s Advertis ing Club of Tacoma, Wash. L. P. Kimball, Lakin, Kan.; sponsored by the Wichita Adver tising club, Wichita, Kan. Charles Henry Smith, Avalon, Catalina island; sponsored by the Los Angeles Advertising club, Los Angeles, Calif. John Tainsh, Milwaukee, Wis., sponsored by the Milwaukee Ad vertising club, Milwaukee, Wis. William S. Grimes, Hot Springs, N. M.; sponsored by the San An tonio Advertising club, San An tonio, Mexico. A. D. Garrison, Denver, Colo.; sponsored by the Denver Adver tising club, Denver, Colo. J. Harry Drechsler, Baltimore, Md.; sponsored by the Women’s Advertising Club of Baltimore, Md. Charles W. Williams, St. Hele na, Calif., sponsored by the San Francisco Advertising club, San Francisco, Calif. Fred A. O’Neal, St. Louis, Mo.; sponsored by the Junior Ad vertising Club of St. Louis, Mo. Isaac R. Crow, Spokane, Wash.; sponsored by the Advertising and Sales Club of Spokane, Wash. Ben F. Wood, Phoenix, Ariz.; sponsored by the Phoenix Adver tising club, Phoenix, Ariz. H. P. Wood, Neche, North Da kota, sponsored by Lincoln Typo graphical Union No. 209, Lincoln, Neb. Jourdan M. Thompson, San Di ego, Calif.; sponsored by the San Diego Advertising club, San Di ego, Calif. P. B. Watrous, Stratford, Okla.; sponsored by the.Business Men’s Club of Stratford, Okla. Michael A. Mclnnis, Oakland, Calif., sponsored by the Oakland Advertising club, Oakland, Calif. Many of the most colorful and picturesque figures of the print ing industry are among the 26 semi-finalists. One of them is a true pioneer of the Golden West. He is Charles H. Smith, 84-year- old business manager and co owner of the Catalina Islander, published at Avalon on Califor nia’s famed Catalina island. Mr. Smith was born in 1855 at a small mining camp at Mt. Di ablo, Calif., his parents having come west in the gold rush, fol lowing James Marshall’s epochal gold discovery at Coloma, near Sacramento, in 1849. He entered the printing trade in 1869 at the age of 14. Mr. Smith was a co-founder of California’s Native Sons of the Golden West, a fraternal organi zation, and counts among his closest friends Frank C. Jordan, the 80-year-old California secre tary of state and dean of Ameri can state secretaries. As a child Mr. Smith watched the building of the state capitol at Sacramen to on which his father was a workman. Another native son is Charles Williams of St. Helena, Calif., who was sponsored in the contest by the San Francisco Advertis ing club. Another contestant who re members historic events and his toric personages is David Oli phant, winner in the preliminary contest conducted by the Chicago Federated Advertising club. Mr. Oliphant is 91 years old and has been engaged in the printing business for 79 years. He marched in the funeral proces sion of Abraham Lincoln and was well acquainted with Stephen A. Douglas The “o!dp?t” and the “young est" in the contest is represented by 94-year-old Benjamin Franklin Waite of Johnson City, N. Y., and 64 year-old Louis E. Good rich of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Waite, who was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, the greatest of all American print ers, was spon sored in the contest by both the Syracuse Advertising Club of New York and the Schenectady Advertising club. In spite of his advanced years, Mr. Waite is still active in the daily operation of his business, embracing all branches of printing and the al lied arts. He does job and book work, magazines and lithochrome work. He also publishes a news paper, Life and Herald, and is one of its principal writers and advertising men. He is, in fact, able to engineer a complete cam paign. He is the oldest living member of the International Typographical union, and started his career as a printer’s devil in 1859 at Worcester, N. Y. B. F. Waite Mr. Waite counts among his ac quaintances many famed busi ness men and statesmen, includ ing George Francis Train, of the Union Pacific railroad, and Theo dore Roosevelt when he was New York police commissioner. He also worked with Col. Franklin Roosevelt, father of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was also associated with Andrew Kellogg in development of off-set printing on an old Rubel press. The “youngster” in the semi finals is Louis E. Goodrich, who was sponsored by the Adver tising Club of Kansas City, Mo. He’s a mere infant of 64 years, who still works dai ly in display ad vertising com position on the Kansas City Star where he has been em ployed since 1887. Mr. Good rich served 16 years as “ad-alley” superintend ent, having started his printing career in 1875. Like Mr. Smith and Mr. Oliphant, he numbers many famous persons among his acquaintances. A printer for nearly 70 years is Robert E. Carr, 86 years old, of Hammond, La., the entry of the Advertising Club of New Orleans. Before coming South (he has lived in Hammond for 50 years) Mr. Qarr worked in Chicago. He established the Daily Herald in Hammond in 1905 and operated it for 12 years—or until the out break of the World war, when newsprint soared to such a pro hibitive price that the small daily and weekly newspaper found it difficult to operate. When the Herald ceased publication news print was quoted at 26 cents a pound, with restricted shipments. The Herald for a time managed to get sufficient supply to publish daily, except Sunday, for a limit ed time. One weekly paper used wallpaper for one edition, being unable to get “just one bundle” upon which to put out its issue, jobs or operating presses. \ _ . Mr. Carr abandoned his daily publication and confined his ac tivities to his job printing plant. He is still able to do a day’s work, putting in from six to eight hours a day. The entry of the Typothetae of Philadelphia is Henry Shaw, 80 years old, who started printing at Millington’s in London, Eng land, in 1867 and remained active until 1933. While em ployed in Paris, France, he wit nessed and con tributed to the building of the Statue of Lib erty which was presented to the people of the United States by the people of France in 1885. Henry Shaw L. E. Goodrich A contestant who looks like the typical frontier editor is Ben Wood, who comes from one of the “last frontier” states —Arizona and who was spon sored in the contest by the Advertising Club of Phoe nix, Ariz. He can tell some interesting tales of the “wild and woolly” days in the Southwest. Another West ern old-timer is T. A. Hayes, the entry of the Boise (Idaho) Ad vertising club. Mr. Hayes was born in 1851 and started as an apprentice printer in 1867. De spite his 88 years, he is still ac tively engaged in the business aa head of the Hayes Printing com pany Blackfoot, Idaho. Ben F. Wood IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONA!, Towels or Picture In Quick Stitchery S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Dean ot The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. «— Lesson for April 30 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. PAUL CROSSES INTO EUROPB LESSON TEXT—Acts 15:36; 16:4-15. GOLDEN TEXT—And after he had seet. the vision. Immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia.—Acts 16:10. Guidance is the moment by mo ment need of every man and wom an, boy and girl. The whole of life calls for decisions, many of which look quite innocent and un important, but upon wfiich the des tiny of an entire life may turn. Who does hot recall the poet’s lament over the want of an ordinary horse shoe nail which resulted in the loss of the shoe, which disabled the horse, whose rider was lost, with the result that the battle went against his people. Since the great issues of life may turn on the simplest of choices, we need guidance at every point in life. This need has been recognized by those who would make merchandise of their neighbors. Quacks and charlatans offer guidance by every method, from reading the palm, looking at the stars, or consulting the spirits, to those smug enter prises which pose as spiritual and talk much of prayer, but which do not Ijonor the name of Christ nor recognize Him as Redeemer and Lord. One of the glories of the Christian faith is that the believer is indwelt by the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit Himself, who is ready and willing to give divine guidance in every detail of life from the smallest to the greatest. We study today the coming of the gospel into Europe, and that means through ®ur forefathers to America. We consider what from our view point was a crucial point in the his tory of the Church. Thanks be to God that His servant Paul was in that hour obedient to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Observe that the gospel came to Europe I. By Providential Hindrance (15: 36; 16:4-8). Not only the steps, but also the stops of a good man are ordered of the Lord. That is not an easy les- sob to learn. We may be as much in the will of the Lord when all of our efforts seem to be thwarted as when they prosper. Let us not for get it. Paul had set out on a second jour ney to carry out a follow-up cam paign in the cities where he had al ready preached. This was a good plan and had God’s blessing (see v. 5). But soon we find that word “forbidden” (v. 6) and then “suf fered not” (v. 7). The Holy Spirit began to close doors to the gospel preqpher. Now what? Shall he go on in determined self-will? Or shall he become discouraged and embit^ tered in his soul? No, let him wait, for God is guiding him by provi dential hindrance, which is soon to be followed II. By Divine Guidance (16:9, 10). The Spirit spoke to Paul in a vision revealing the divine purpose that the gospel should go over into Macedonia. The Spirit leads in our day, possibly not by visions, but by impelling inward prompting com plemented and checked by the teaching of Scripture and by provi dential circumstances, and a man may know what is the will of God. A word of caution is needed at this point. Some earnest Christian people go astray by projecting their own desires and purposes into the place where they come to regard them as the will of God, and thus do themselves and others, and Christianity itself much harm. The three things already mentioned should agree—(1) the inner prompt ing of the Spirit, (2) the teaching of God’s Word, and (3) God’s hand in our outward circumstances. You’ll love these quaint motifs that make a hit wherever they’r* used! The appropriate mottoes (they come in pairs) make them unusual as towels and equally ef fective as small pictures or for pillow-tops. They’re mainly in 10 to the inch cross-stitch with a bit of other simple stitchery to lend variety. They’re fascinating to do. Pattern 6242 contains a transfer pattern of 6 motifs averaging 5% by 7% inches; color schemes; ma terials needed; illustrations of stitches. To obtain this pattern, send 19 cents in coins to The Sewing Cir cle, Household Arts Dept., 259 West 14th St., New York, N. Y. Prepared for Big Stuff After First Encounter An Englishman visiting a friend in Nevada, where the air is rare and distances deceptive, started on a stroll with his host to a moun tain which seemed but a few miles distant. After walking for several hours, he was amazed to find the mountain was apparently no near er and to have his friend explain that it was still 30 miles away. Returning home by a different route, they came upon an irriga tion ditch. The Englishman sat down and began removing his shoes. “What on earth are you going to do?” asked his host. The Englishman, gravely con templating the ditch, replied, “Swim this river!” The Careless Male It appears that the male of the species is more careless than the female. Of every 100,000 males in the United States, 119.6 were killed in accidents during 1937, reports the National Safety council. 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Through a Faithful Witness (vv. 11-14). The gospel came to Europe be cause Paul and his fellow workers were faithful to their calling. When God led, they went to Macedonia (vv. 11, 12), where they sought out those who were in the fdace of prayer (v. 13). Paul spoke to them about Christ (v. 14). It is one thing to have a vision, it is another thing to be obedient to that vision (Acts 26:19). There are some who talk much of their consecration to God, but who give little evidence of it. The little girl was right (though her grammar was wrong) when she said, “It’s better to walk your talk than to talk your walk.” IV. Through a Receptive Heart (vv. 14, 15). God sent an obedient messenger to the place where He had a pre pared heart (v. 14). Space forbids much reference to this godly, suc cessful business woman and house mother, but we do note that she not only received the Word of God into her own heart, but at once gave herself to the task of passing it on. 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