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About The Hillsboro argus. (Hillsboro, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1937)
T him day. March 4. 10.17 n I r. i. s p, n r o •w V a r g u s , h h es p, n r o ; n r e c o n Page Three * ■ - I II ▼ Meet The w- 7 • - Hillsboro ARGUS Family As Your Paper Begins Its 44th Year MRS. RAIMA Mt KINNEY Publisher - Associate E d ito r F lin t p u ic h .i -;«•<! an In te re st in th e H ills b o ro A rg u s in A p r il, HMM A n a tiv e d a u g h te r o f W a sh in g ton c o u n ty In th e same bu n,«- . . c o n tin u o u s ly l o n g e r th a n a n yo n e in H ills b o ro and lo n g e r in O regon n e w sp a pe r w in k th a n any o th e r w om an. So, today we want you to meet the members of your Argus family—the loyal group of 10 workers who “make your Hillsboro Argus,’’ who are dedi cated to the enjoyable task of serving you and turn- .*1 1 1 Ì&C i Today, your Hillsboro Argus changes its mast head to read “Volume 44, Number 1.” By this act we mark the start of our 44th year—a year in which we will continue to play an active part in the com mercial, social and community life of Hillsboro and Washington county. ¡ng out a newspaper worthy of this progressive com munity. Add to this staff the 34 community corres pondents who gather news of your friends and neighbors in outlying districts and you find your self served by a sizeable family. Then consider the fact that 90 per cent of the payroll for this group is returned directly into Hillsboro trade channels. We ask in return only your co-operation, goodwill and loyalty in a measure equal to our co-operation, goodwill and loyalty toward you. w. verne M c K inney E ditor - M anager W ith th e H illsboro A rgus 14 years. B ecam e associated w ith his m other in th e publishing firm of M cK inney & M cKinney in 1923. . « if aaa^sr.v • z i l L - El) (O M A N Advertising Manager W ith the Hillsboro A rg u s 5 years. LEON S. DAVIS New s E ditor W ith th e H ills b o ro A rg u s l ' i years. Honors History N um erous honors have come to your H illsboro A rgus in our endeavor to provide a new spaper w ith a sta n d ard of excellence consistent w ith th e stan d in g and needs of th is com m unity. O ur most recen t honor is sym bolized in the Sigm a D elta C hi trophy- show n at th e left an d aw arded to th e H illsboro A rgus as the best w eekly n ew spaper in O re gon for 1936. T his tro p h y was won by y o u r n ew spaper once before in 1930, th e first y ear of the contest. The H illsboro A rgus be gan se isin g the H illsboro com m unity in 1891, w ith R. IL M itchell as e d ito r am i W. ('. Clow as busi ness m an ag er. This first edition w as a four-page, fo u r colum n a ff a ir and is now on display in the A r gus office. T he p a p e r changed hands several tim es d u rin g th e period from 1891 and A pril, 1901, when Mrs. E. C. M cKinney, p resent pub lisher, bought out the in terest of C laude Robinson a n d becam e associated with L. A. Long. In 1907 H enry G. G uild purchased Mr. Long's in terest and served as e d ito r until 1909, w hen Mrs. M cKin ney becam e sole ow ner. Mr. Long rem ained w ith the p a p e r as e d ito r until N ovem ber, 1923, w hen W. V erne M cKinney, present ed ito r and business m an a ger. becam e a s s o c ia te d w ith his m other in the publishing firm of Mc Kinney and M cKinney. The H illsboro A rgus is n o w a n eig h t - colum n n ew spaper. Last w eek the issue ran 14 pages of news, fe a tu re s and a d v e r tising. T he classified page set a new reco rd , 121 d if fe re n t item s being listed u n d e r 30 headings. Features Your A rgus every w eek contains county com m unity news, city and county official news, tim ely edi torial com m ent, sta te and national news letters, helpful household and farm h in ts , c h u r c h announce m ents, com ing events, sp o rts events, org an izatio n , d u b and society news, cartoons, larg est classified page in th e county, money saving store a d vertisem ents. K eep i n f o r m e d th ro u g h th e m edium of your local new spaper. Y our H ills b o ro A rgus w as: JO H N LAURS Plant Foreman - Printer Linotype Operator W ith th e H illsboro A rgus 7 years. A ccorded H onorable M en tion in 1935 N ational E ditorial A s s o c i a t i o n N ew sp a p er Production and G eneral E x cellen ce C ontests. H onorable M e n t io n i n 1935 N ational E ditorial A ssociation N ew sp ap er Production C ontest. S elected on C a sey ’s A ll- A m erican W eek ly N ew s paper E leven in 1931. N am ed O r e g o n ’s B e s t W eek ly N ew sp a p er in 1930 and 1936. A ccord ed d is t in g u is h e d rating in 1928 and 1929 N ation al C o m m u n ity N ew sp a p er C ontests. H as been t h e o f f i c i a l W a s h in g to n c o u n t y n ew sp a p er fo r m an y years. Advertising Printing A dvertisers, large and sm all, dis play or classified, w ho w a n t re sults place th e ir m essages in th e H illsboro A rgus because y o u r new s p a p e r o ffers th e g re a te st n um ber of W ash in g to n county re a d e r pros pects a v ailab le th ro u g h any m edia, because your n ew sp ap er g u a ra n te e s circu latio n figures, because y our n e w sp a p e r has high r e a d e r in te r est and because y o u r n ew sp ap er o ffers a d v ertisin g cut and c o p y service free. C om m ercial p rin tin g th a t is m od ern, t h a t h as life, th a t will sell is tu rn e d out by our skilled p rin te rs using eq u ip m en t designed to give y o u r le tte rh e a d s, office f o r m s , card s, etc., a real punch. No job is too larg e or too sm all. Give our com m ercial d e p a rtm e n t an o p p o rtu nity to do y o u r w ork. You will find th e fin ish ed jo b will com pete in q u a lity and price w ith any ob ta in a b le anyw here. JER R Y D A VIDSON P rin te r - M ake-up M an W ith the H illsboro A rgus 10 years. I’A TTY LOMAX H O W A R D HILLIS Chief Clerk - Assistant Society lleporter Linotype Operator - Pressman Printer With the Hillsboro Argus 0 years. NORM AN DeFREES Apprentice - Stereotyper Your Argus Correspondents nanKs Miss M ary S andy B loom ing s. E. W . H inrichs ..............Mrs. . (). Bend O. H. P eterson ....................Mrs. Buxton rs. J Jesse M eyers B eaverton Miss L. J. C a rte r B ethany-C edar M ill»................ Miss D orothy Boy Cherry G rove ............... Mrs. P. P a tto n C h ehalem M ountain Mrs. Bird M cCorm ick Cedar M ill»................... ...................... Girl Scouts Cornelius Farm ington Firdale-Iow a Hill G aston G reen M ountain H a y w a r d ........................ H iteon H a z e ld a le ........................ H elvetia .................................... Mrs. J. M. D avidson K in to n ..................................................... Mrs. E. L. Cox K ansas C ity.................................... Mrs. J. A. McCoy L a u r e l............................................... Mrs. F, L. Brown L e is y v ille ................................... Mrs. Jo h n G ates J r. Mason H ill ................................... Mrs. B. E. W a ld o rf M o u n ta in d a le .............. Miss M arg aret M athiesen M ountain H om e........................ Mrs. M abie Allison North P la in s ......................... Miss E ugenia C ypher O renco .............................................. Mrs. G ail K arns O r c h a r d a le ........................................ Mrs. R. H u n g er R e e d v ille .................................... Mrs. M ary S inclair Rock Creek ............................ Mrs, F ra n k P ezo ld t R oy................................. Miss A gnes Y an d e rza n d e n S c h o lls .................................. Miss L orraine Dem m in T h a tch er............................................ Mrs. Lou W rig h t T im b e r........................................... Miss M. T allm an With the Hillsboro Argus 10 years. VERLIN COCHRAN Printer - Pressman With the Hillsboro Argun I year. W ith the H illsboro Argua 1 year. Comnn, Davis and T.omnx Picture« by Rchrnmcl Studio L atin , Davidaon and Cochran Picturaa by Srhramel Studio