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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
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Lesson for April 30
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
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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.
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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!”
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species is more careless than the
female.
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United States, 119.6 were killed in
accidents during 1937, reports the
National Safety council.
Only 51.3 of every 100,000 women
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HI. 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. The first thing she could do
was to give aid and comfort to the
messenger of the truth, and she did
that at once. Be assured that from
that day on she did all she could
to prosper the gospel on its way
through Europe and to the ends of
the earth. Have we done likewise?
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Not to correct one’s fault is to
make new ones.—Confucius.
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