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I-I LTON--MA ON COUNTY 20URNAL- Published in "C r sfmasfown, U.S.A.", helton, Washington
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JIM SHRUM, production superintendent, began his printing career
as an apprentice with the Journal right after World War II, and
In length of service is second oldest member of the 3ournal'lB staff.
He is in charge Of all mechanical operations and stock purchasing.
Along with this Jim ale0 assists printing customers with planning
and formulating their printing needs. Jim and his wife live in the
Little Skookum Bay district with their three children.
JERRY STILLER is a highly versatile member of the Journal's
mechanical staff who can handle any assignment in the backshop
if necessary, although he concentrates mainly on the duties of
floorman, which entails making up ads, page forms, and commer-
cial printing jobs. He often operates the printing presses, can but+
seld,om runs the type-casting machines. Jerry has been with the
Journal three years and lives in rural Thurston county with hie
wife and two small children.
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DAVE THACHER is pictured here making up the Highclimber,
Shelton high school newspaper which is printed in the Journal's
plant. Dave is an all-around p.rlnter+who operates the typesetting+=
machines, job printing presses and works as a floorman as the
occasion demands. He has been a .member of the Journal me-
chanical staff for the past .five years and lives at 526 South 10th
street with his wife andtw, o children.
FRANK SHARP is the newest member of the Journal's mechanical ,
staff~ having comic to us only a few months ago from Mon+tssano,
where he still lives with his wife and three of their five ¢hildre0.
Frank is primarily a pressman whose duties are concerned princi-
pally with operating the job printing presses, although he puts in
his stint each week helping get the Journal made.up.
GEORGE MYERS is putting in his second term as a Journal
member, returning a few months ago after a two-year absenGe'
first worked here in 1959. Although primarily a typesette
Intertype maintenance expert, George can rely on his long
in the printing trades to do almost any job in the plant.
a bachelor who spends his weekends visiting his ailing re,other
Vancouver, Washington.
CHUCK SCHWARZ, all-around printer', is shown here
the latest addition to the Journal's equipment family, a
versatile Intertype type-casting machine only recently Pg
Its addition gives the Journal three Intertypes and
hances the production capacities of this newspaper.
been with the Journal f, or the past three years, lives, a
rue with his wife and three youngsters.
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,PAT DUGGER, a 1959 graduate of Shelton high school, where he
was a varsity football luminary, is just learning the printing trade,
having come to the Journal last January with no previous experi-
ence. His advancement has been exceedingly rapid and he is now
doing all the mat casting, cast routing, strip-casting, and running
the press on which the weekly Journal editions are printed. Pat
lives In the Little Sl~ookummBay district with his wife and small
son,
MIKE ISBEL, youngest Journal staff member, is a senior at Shel-
ton high school who is learning the printing trades by working
after school, during summer vacation, and at such other times as
he can. He started Just a year ago and is getting exDerieno~ in
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both the mechanical and editorial departmin~s. He is presently
sports editor ,of the high school newspaper, H g climber, as well as
parttime backshop helper at the Journal. He is showri here mount-
ing an engraving~ one of his various tasks,
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