Elkhart Truth - Communicana folder in Business Documents
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Elkhart Truth
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Microfilm - Reference Desk
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John F. Dille Jr., Hillard Gates, John A. Scott; Bettie East, John J. Powers; Stewart Benson, Richard Cardwell, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Williams, David Cardwell, Ed Eybers
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 10 IN CONFERENCE -- Here is the large conference room in the executive wing of the Communicana Building. The room is large enough to seat a number of persons and is used to conduct staff conferences. In charge of this conference is Allen H. Swartzell (center), general manager. Around the table (from left) are Merle R. Noles, secretary-treasurer of the Communicana Group, Ed Eybers, production co-ordinator; Howard Trautman, manager of the Display Advertising Department, and James P. McNeile, general news executive. The large picture is of Tom H. Keene, a member of the board of directors and editor-emeritus of The Elkhart Truth. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 17 CASTING MATERIAL -- Dennis Gardner, material maker, is operating a monotype machine to cast slugs and spacers. These materials are not seen in the finished newspaper, but are needed in its composition to separate headlines from stories and to space the lines in headlines. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 9 OPEN FOR BUSINESS -- Bookkeepers in the Business Office keep track of Truth accounts. Left to right are Pat Schneider, Lorene Martin and Lorene Parks. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/12/1965 pg. 4 During Sunday's open house, former and present employes of the Communicana Group were on hand to help celebrate the completion of its newly refurbished Communicana Building, formerly the Equit Building. In this picture, Mrs. Mary Lou Bowman (right) of the Business Department, greets Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Brines at the rear entrance of the building. Brines, executive vice president of the Communicana Group, acted as a host during the event. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 19 POURING LEAD -- Harry Peffley pours molden lead into the flatcast box. A supply of hot metal is kept constantly ready for use in the crucible. Castings made here are used mainly in advertising makeup. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/12/1965 pg. 4 From 12:30 to 2 p.m., contractors involved in the remodeling of the Communicana Building were guests at the open house. The architect, Keene-MacRae Associates, was present in the persons of (from left) Thomas R. Keene and Donald MacRae, who guided their wives, Mrs. Keene (third from left) and Mrs. MacRae through the building. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 9 MRS. LOU BOWMAN is secretary to Merle R. Noles, the business manager. She handles a number of payroll matters. She has been employed at The Truth for the past 17 years. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 15 ENGRAVING -- Photographer Paul Huffman makes adjustments on a full-page camera in the engraving room. The camera along with other new facilities, allows The Truth photographers to handle larger engraving jobs than ever before. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 19 NEWSPRINT ROLLS -- Joe Jackson (left) and another pressroom worker hoist one of the 17 rolls of newsprint paper used in an average 40-page paper run into place at one end of the Goss rotary press. A similar rack is located at the opposite end of the press. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 22 COMMUNICANA GROUP advertisers and Truth staff members have refreshments after visiting the Communicana Building. Advertisers got a guided tour Monday, while families and guests of Truth employes got the first peek at the building Sunday. Open houses for representatives of other news media and area dignitaries also were held during the past week. Climax for the week-long reception will be Saturday with an open house for the public. In this picture, (from left) are Carol Hutson and Ann Shidler of the Promotion Department; Ben Sive, president of Berman's; Earl Mann, advertising manager of Ziesel's, Jack Wright, head of the Truth and Times classified advertising department; D. D. Williams, chairman of the board of Ziesel's; and Howard Trautman, head of the Truth's Display Advertising Department. Celebration behind the Elkhart Truth on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 13 EDITORIAL EDITOR -- Robert W. Schnuck studies some of the correspondence for which he is responsible. In his role as the editor of the editorial page he write daily about issues which are local, state, national or world - wide in scope. In addition, he handles letters from The Truth's readers in the Forum column. Schnuck has an enclosed office at the east end of the newsroom. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 7 DORIS BROADBENT, Truth Librarian. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 19 PRESS SETUP -- Ed Eybers looks on as Bob Gardner places one of the curved printing plates in the press. Each curved plate prints a single page, making 40 of these necessary for a 40-page daily newspaper. After the press run is completed, the plates are melted down for re-use another day. Eybers is the production co-ordinator and works with all the mechanical department foreman. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 7 Another Edition Rolls Off Presses. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 10 CHECKING THE PRODUCT -- Here John F. Dille Jr. (seated), president of the Communicana Group, and Paul C. Brines, executive vice president, look over a copy of a particular day's edition of The Truth. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 17 PUTTING ADS TOGETHER -- Ad compositors in the composing room work in what is called the Ad Alley. At far left, is Bill Abel, an apprentice, and behind him, Jack Warlick. In the middle are Glenn Yoder (front) and Ray Miller. At far right is Louis Shirley, John Hutchinson, who works in the ad alley, was absent when this picture was taken. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 12 NEWSROOM ACTIVITY -- Twelve members of the staff are hard at work with less than two hours left before deadline. Facing generally east, the wire room is at upper left, just beyond the huge copy desk where the news editor, city editor, wire editor and state editor work. In the foreground are reporters' desks, each equipped with typewriter and telephone. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 12 AUTOMATIC PERFORATOR- Bill Lankford is copy boy for The Truth and is responsible for attending the ten machines in the wire room. Here he is removing punched tape from an automatic perforator to be sent with wire copy to the composing room, where the tape will be fed into an automatic type setting machine. Wire Room of The Elkhart Truth. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 1. Newspaper printing machine. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 12 SPORTS SECTION -- Sports Editor Stan Lewallen (center) and two assistants are shown in the new sports corner located at the west end of the newsroom. Charles Bower (left) recently joined the staff as a full-time sports writer. Eugene Weaver, a Wakarusa school teacher is a summer newspaperman. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 5 INTERDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS -- These two young men are a part of the Dispatch Department, which has the job of maintaining communications between all departments in the newspaper printing operation. They are Stephen Criss, left, and Jack Pressler. Ron Kaser also is in the department. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 12 EDITING THE COPY -- News stories go to the large copy desk in the newsroom where four editors check them for accuracy and completeness, write headlines for them and decide where to place them in the newspaper. Left to right are Tom Stephenson, wire editor; Carl S. Miller, news editor; Ronald Lerner, state editor (back to camera) and William Borneman. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 14 QUALITY THEIR JOB -- Ralph (Bud) Miner (right), head of the Truth darkroom, examines a finished print to see if it meets the exacting standards of the newspaper. First he must have a sharp negative and then he must be sure that he brings out the best in it through a balancing of light and dark tone values. Looking on is Paul Huffman, head photographer, for the Truth. His counterpart on the Mishawaka Times is Larry Tebo. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING -- Spearheading the Classified Department, Jack Wright has contributed greatly to the growth of this
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 4 DISPLAY ADVERTISING -- Howard Trautman, manager of the Display Advertising Department, examines the finished product of his department's work for a local merchant. His department handles about 70 per cent of the advertising space in the paper. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 15 IN THE DARKROOM -- Ralph Miner looks at a photo negative against a darkroom light. To this room photographers bring their pictures for processing. Miner processes the negatives, making prints for the pictures the News Department will want to use in the paper that day. Darkroom of the Elkhart Truth. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 13 WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT -- Located just inside the entrance to the newsroom. Anne Happer (left) and Bettie East (right foreground) serve as receptionists in addition to their work in the Women's Department. Joyce Nottoli (right rear) also writes for this popular segment of the newspaper. Mrs. East is Women's Page editor. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 6 Carl W. Reiner, director of circulation of The Truth and Mishawaka Times. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 12 PROOFREADERS -- Christine Doke (left) checks copy with type-proof while Louis Sayre takes time out from this important phase of newspaper work to manipulate tube machine connected directly with composing room. Mrs. Sayre also is editor of the popular TV Guide which appears in The Truth and Mishawaka Times. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 9 DAVID DRULEY (right), head of the Promotions Department, conducts a group of high school students through the newsroom. The department is always happy to arrange tours for such groups. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 10 Allen H. Swartzell, General Manager. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/1965 Open House Edition pg. 18 ARMAND BLENNER, composing room veteran has a commanding sweep of the new composing room facility. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
7/16/165 Open House Edition pg. 9 Richard P. Williams, Assistant secretary-treasurer, assistant business manager, and personnel director. Photo taken during the Elkhart Truth Open House on Sunday 7/11/1965. Inside Elkhart Truth Building on 421 S. Second St., Elkhart, IN.
