The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1956 Page: 11 of 16
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Man who believes weekly newspaper
to be the easiest job in the world
“Weekly newspapering would
be Ihe easiest work in all the
world, if only you didn’t have to
live with your paper for a week
after printing it.’’
This statement was made by
John Philip Lewis, editor-publish-
er of the Franklin (N.H.) Joue-
nal-Transcript inc.
If ever there was a chance for
a “soft touch,” says Mr. Lewis,,
“the weekly editor would seem to
have it.”
Mostly, he las a tight little
monopoly. His goods are not a
luxury line, but an absolute nec-
essity, Mr. Lewis declared.
“The Bill of Rights itself under-
writes his position in the scheme
if things, and the post office
elves him special privileges—it
you’d call It that.”
There is no one to tell the wee!:
ly editor how much work he will
do, or how little, or how well he
will do it, or how poorly, said
Mr. Lewis.
“Yet I have never met a week-
ly editor who doesn’t give his
newspaper everything he has to
give. Each week's edition lays
there on the counter in front of
him, you see, until he can top it
with a better one next week—-or
at least cover it up."
This New Hampshire editor was
born Jan. 26, 1903 in Rochester,
N.Y. He attended public high
• THE DENISON PRESS. DENISON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1956 PAGE THREE
or g in the newspaper business he
would say because I didn’t get
fired."
But the record as to his ac-
i.mpllshments in the newspaper
field and his philosophy toward
| the work, tell the real story.
Pvt. Harry Brown
receives training
with 8th Infantry
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Pvt.
Many R. Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray F. Brown, 723 W. Tex-
as, Denison, is receiving basic
Class of 1956
accept our
BEST WISHES
combat training with the 8th In-
fantry Division at Fort Carson,
Colo.
Browtr is training with Com-
pany G of the division s 28th In-
fantry Regiment, The 8th is pu-
pating for its move to Europe
next tall a part of Operation
Gyroscope.
He entered the Army in April
of this year.
1 lie 22-year-old soldier was
graduated from Southeastern
State College, Durant, Okla., in
1954 and is a member of Sigma
I au Delta and Alpha Psi Omega
fraternities.
Congratulations Grads of ’56
for the future. Our congratulations
for the achievement of another
rniiesione on Ihe road to success
DENISON AUTO CO.
Sales — FORD — Service
r(HD
600 W. Mcrin
Phone 671
CLASS OF 1956^-Bob Foster Jimmy Francis, Tommy Fulton Onetta Garrett, Paul Gordon, Lonnie Goodwin Don Gray,
Ruth Hatfield'' B°° Ha9°°d' L°U'S Ha9ood' Sandr° Hamilton, Doug Harris, Paul Harris, Wayne Harris, and Emma
ADOLPH / JOHNSON
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Jewelry
schools in Victor and Denver,
Colo.
A high school English teacher
of Mr. Lewis’s told his uncle that
he should be in journalism.
And this was the event that
shaped Mr. Lewis’s future career
—from now on he was a news-
paperman.
His uncle thought it was time
he should go to work, and pried
him into a $10-a-weok job on the
Rocky Mountain News in 1920
through an influential advertiser.
Then followed jobs with the old
Denver Times. Buffalo (N.Y.)
Times, National Editorial Associ-
ation Service inc., and the old
Congratulations on
your accomplishments
and may the future
bring you happiness
and success,
CLASS OF
1956
‘QUALITY COUNTS”
Ashburn’s
Cream
“ALWAYS GOOD”
MADE IN AU THE POPULAR FLAVORS
New York City newspaper, P.M.
Since April 1, 1949 Mr. Lewis
Inis been owner-editor of the Jour-
nal-Transcript. Ilis wife, Carol is
business manager, and one of
their sons, Richard 1’. Lewis, is
managing editor.
In a half serious, half joking
way Mr. Lewis said he wouldn’t
know how to run a newspaper
“without a wife to handle the
money—and blame tilings on.”
Handling money might be a
problem for the editor', but the
27 awards won by the Transcript
since owned by Mr. Lewis is evi-
dence enough that he knows how-
to run u newspaper.
' onto of these awards were for
Lest Editorial National Newspapci
contest, first prize Herrick Editor-
ial award, National Newspaper*
contest, Education Writer- assn.,
plaque for outstanding -cries of
editorials dealing with education
in a newspaper, National Board of
Fir e Underwriters $500 gold med-
al award, $500 first prize, week-
ly division, National Graflex con-
test, and other general excellence
and photographic prizes.
All the pictures that won
awards were taken by Mr. Lewis’s
son, Richard.
The biggest story ever written
by Mr. Lewis is not one of a fire
or bank robbery, but rather a
continuing one—that of trying to
retlect the life of the people in
an American community.
“There is no bigger job than
trying to help to bring them some
of the things they need to think
about as citizens of the U.S.A.”
Accomplishments of the Journal-
7 ranscript ar e the things that
give Mr. Lewis the warm comfort-
able feeling of a job well done.
CLASS of 1956
CONGRATULATIONS
PERRYMAN-C0RC0RAN
LUMBER COMPANY
230 E. Main
Phone 2220
Just one of these is the annual
scholarship funds collected by his
newspaper to help send local high
school graduates on to college
$475 was raised the first year, and
more than $1,000 annually since
then.
So great has been Mr. Lewis's
contribution to his community, and
to the field of education and in-
formation, that in 1950 he was
asked to talk on “How A News-
paper- Contributes to Accurate In-
formation,” before the fifth Na-
tional Conference on Citizenship.
Of all these things, Mr. Lewis
likes most to remember with a
good deal of pride the time he
received a sorely needed $2.50-
a-week raise on the Rocky Moun-
tain News for a three paragraph
story on a tarantula which stum-
bled over an orange in a fruit
store.
As to perils and pitfalls, oppor-
tunities and rewards, Mr. Lewis |
has this to say:
“What greater peril can a man
have than picking up the paper
after the run is off, see what it
really is like? What greater re-
ward than being able to say: this
is the best I could do, and it isn't
bad.”
If you were to ask the Trans-
cript editor why he’s stayed so
Best Wishes to All Our Friends
Of the Class of 1956
N0RTHSIDE GROCERY
and MARKET
800 W. Morton
Phone 1617
to the
CLASS OF J956
Best wishes
on your
graduation.
May the future
fulfill all your
dreams.
MRS. B. J. LINDSAY
d/b/a
B. J. LINDSAY, The Insurance Man
Estab. 1879
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WE ARE
VERY PROUD
OF YOU
It Pays To Be Prepared Remembering Always
. . . Success Is 90 Per Cent Hard Work
LIKE THE OLD BLACKSMITH SAID;
Drive the nail aright, boys,
Hit it on the head;
Strike with all your might, boys,
While the iron is red.
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Anderson, LeRoy M., Sr. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1956, newspaper, May 25, 1956; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth737448/m1/11/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.