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Wednesday. September 12, 1956
MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Tasks of Composing Staff Varied, Constant
(Editor's Note: This is the
third in a series of six articles
describing the departments of
the Mail Tribune and how they
cooperate to produce, from news
event and advertiser's idea to
deliver, your copies of the
newspaper each day.)
Two-Year-Old Drowns In Pendleton Creek
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Pendleton (U.R) A two
year old Pendleton youngster
drowned late yesterday when
she toppled into a small creek
about a half-block from her
home in suburban Montee sub
division here.
Officers identified the victim
cr ict
as Linda Tagney. She had cele-
brated her second birthday on
Sept. 1.
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TYPESETTER OPERATORS 1 hcsc iirc fuur of 16 people who
operate the Mail Tribune s seven typesetting machines, either
Linotypes or Intertypes. The operators press keys somewhat simi
lar to keys on a typewriter, which release from a magazine a
series of "mats," one for each letter, space or number, in a line of
type. They are assembled together automatically, and molten type
metal is forced against them, casting a "slug" which bears on its
edge a reverse-impression of a line of type. Shown above, front to
back, are W. L. Culhane, Ben Casey, E. O. Gillings and Mrs. Pearl
Coverdale.
GRANDFATHER
Astoria (U.PJ Robert D.
Holmes, Democratic candidate
for governor of Oregon, became
a grandfather last night. A
daughter was born here to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert D. Holmes Jr.
The baby weighed 8 pounds and
2 ounces and will be named Deborah.
ATTEND MEETING
Salem (U.R) Arthur M.
Sheets, Oregon civil defense .di
rector, will attend a meeting of
the national advisory council on
rural civil defense in Battle
Creek, Mich., tomorrow and Fri
day. He is national president of
the Association of State Civil
Defense Di rectors.
Her ar fw printing
term used in th accompany
ing itory, and what they mean:
Proof A preliminary
printing of material, which is
chckd for accuracy and
marked for needed correc
tions. Type Metal shaped in
letters used for printing. In
modern printing, it usually
takes the form of a full line,
and by association the word
has come to mean all metal
material used to print words.
Copy News or adrertising
material in manuscript (usu
ally typewritten) form, before
it is set in type.
Mat (or matrice) There
are two types of mats. One is
a piece of metal into which
the impression of a letter is
permanently fixed. It is used
to form letters in metal which
is forced against it (cast) in
molten form and then hard
ens. The other is a cardboard
like piece of material, which
when soft and damp is pressed
against type or other matter
for reproduction. The impres
sion is forced into it. When
hot metal is placed against it,
and solidified, a rererse-im-age
results which, when inked,
results In printing the words
or picture in the form they
ultimately appear in the
paper.
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FLOOR MEN After the type has been set,
these men run proofs of it to be checked for
errors. They then insert corrections and as
semble the type into forms according to plans
or "dummies" supplied by the news and ad
vertising departmehts. Shown above, left to
right, are William G. Reed, Roy Maudlin,
Jim DeVos and Lowell Sorenson.
After the news has been writ
ten and the ads completed, it
takes about 7 man hours per
page in the composing room to
get the Mail Tribune ready for
the press.
This link in the chain of news
paper production is never-end
ing, for as soon as one edition
goes to press, work on the next
day's issue has started. Compos
ing room personnel are respons
ible for setting, proof reading,
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correcting and assembling type
and placing it in page forms.
Set in Typ
As soon as the news and edi
torial department is finished
with its copy, the Linotype op
erators set it in type. The Mail
Tribune has seven typesetting
machines, which are operated at
various times by 16 people. Five
machines set only news type and
headlines, and two are "mixers,"
setting both news and advertis
ing copy.
In setting the type, operators
press a series of keys, somewhat
similar to keys on a typewriter
keyboard, and the machine
pumps hot metal against a line
of mats or matrices, to cast I
line of type. This metal is com
posed of 83.5 per cent lead, 11.5
per cent antimony and 5 per
cent tin. The machines were
invented in 1884. (Mark Twain
was reported to have spent more
than $1 million on a crude pred
ecessor to the Linotype. How
ever, his partner who was work
ing on the machine, lost his mind
before the job was finished and
neither he nor Twain ever re
alized anything for their ef
forts.) Complex Process
Setting ads is a more complex
process, involving more people
than setting news matter. That
is one reason advertising copy
must be in the composing room
almost 24 hours earlier than
news. Ad copy deadline is noon
the day before publication and
the last-minute news copy dead
line is about 1 p.m. the day of
publication, although bulletins
can be accepted up to about
1:45 p.m. without seriously de
laying press time. The ad copy
first goes to the mark-up man,
who determines the size and
variety of type. If a picture is
to be used in the ad, the mat is
sent to the stereotype depart
ment, where it is cast and
trimmed as specified. All copy
under 48 point is distributed to
the Linotype operators and
larger type is set on the Ludlow,
a hand-operated line-casting machine.
After the type is set, it is
proof-read and corrected. Make
up men then assemble the type
according to plans or "dum
mies" supplied by the news and
ad departments. The type is
locked into forms the same size
as a newspaper page. At that
point, the press department,
takes over. Stereotypers collect
each assembled page of type and
prepare it for the press.
On most days it would be
physically impossible to com
plete composing room tasks in
a single day and still deliver
that day's paper to the subscrib
er's doorstep while the news is
fresh. For that reason, the com
posing staff is split into two
shifts, one working from 7 a.m.
to 3 p.m. and the other from 3
p.m. to 11 p.m. As soon as work
on one day's paper is finished,
it starts on the following day's
issue. The night shift works
mostly on ad copy and the day
shift concentrates on news. By
mid-morning, about half of 'the
paper is ready for the press and
by early afternoon work on the
remainder of the paper is fin
ished. It is for this reason the
news department has different
deadlines for different types of
news.
The composing room staff in
cludes floormen, Alden J. Bark
low, H. W. Boynton, M. M. Cum
ming. Herb DeVos (day mark
up man), Bob Gilstrap, Myron
Hollen, George Longie, K.
F. Murray (mark-up man and
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Police Still'Seeking
Patrol Car Escapee
Medford police are still look
ing for Glen Buster Jones, 24,
of Central Point, who escaped
from a patrol car Monday night
on the way to the station after
he was arrested for being intoxi
cated in public.
Jones was arrested at 1:15
a.m. Monday and originally
charged with contributing to the
delinquency of a minor.
Also arrested with Jones was
Freeman Nels Beck, route 1, box
442B, Medford. Beck was
charged with illegal possession
of alcoholic beverages.
Charged With larceny
Portland (U.R) A Los An
geles woman, 24-year-old Kath
erine N. Muldoon, yesterday
was charged with larceny of
S300 from the wallet of the late
Donald P. Ervin, 31, of Van
couver, B. C.
Mrs. Muldoon was cleared of
any connection with Ervin's
death. He died Monday in a
fall from the fifth floor window
of the Park Avenue hotel here.
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night foreman) and Roy Sunder
land; make-up men, William G.
Reed, Lowell Sorensen (Sunday
foreman), Roy Maudlin and J. C.
Murray (general shop foreman);
news proof reader, George Dis
tell; and machine operators,
Clark Anderson, Lee Bex, Mrs.
Bessie Carlyon, Ben Casey.
Ralph Cooley, Mrs. Pearl Cov
erdale, W. L. Culhane, E. O.
Gillings, Ward Hudson, Richard
Kuschel, F. B. Liddcll, Richard
Morgan, C. S. Slessler (assistant
day foreman), Chester Ashton,
R. L. Lindner and Dean R.
Montgomery.
Several of these are long-time
Mail Tribune employees. J. C.
(Jim) Murray has worked here
since 1916 and his brother Ken
since 1917. Bob Gilstrap has
worked for the Mail Tribune
since 1936.
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