Show alit 60 folet or A all iu I 1 A g 7 94 1 TU 7 UVA till THE STORY T OF HOME TOWN PAPER WEEK hi V ATWOOD once upon a time a country editor lind a great idea tola this Is not tho first grent idea which bich hae has been evoked in ili it country print shop but most of tin lilt 0 advas la in the past have been of be benilla tiLlit to some one other than the editor but the idea was to benefit editor as vell as the whole community and nation nn this was the idea iden why not havo bave a it home paper week T we lve have bad had every kind of a week front soap to electric cleaners taken together argued the editor tile country newspapers are ire quite the most important in the nation even it judged by numbers the ten or fiete fifteen en thousand of them make the four our hun t decd d led b r city st P lit inconsiderable indeed reason most folks do not real the importance of the country nes newspaper paper Is because they think of thorn them individually instead of collectively ly even eten the atlantic ocean look ery cry impressive when you view it merely werely as a cupful of water scooped 1 up tip at the beach so this country editor began to talk about the idea and to write letters to any one who be he thought might be interested but like all great ideas I 1 it t took a long time for it to grow finally a company which has done much to teach country publishers the value of system and of knowledge of costs took it up as did also the national editorial association then the state colleges of agriculture saw its possibilities because of the effect on community life another great concern aich furnishes thousands of country papers with ith syndicate news and tea fen 1 tures became interested and of course thab publishers trade journals fell into lice inc thus a great chunil of interest in subscribe for you yoi home town paper week has been stretched across the country each of the thousands of country papers of which this paper Is one a link in the chain chalm november ath to are the dates set ret for Os subscribe for your kjome town paper week and all who believe in the home town paper in its possibilities for helpfulness for creating community solidarity for the cherishing of the homely and sacred things of the country ore are being asked to help to help not because the country editor needs charity but because the country newspaper Is a great service agency dignified stable worthy of every cent which the community in nests beets to make it possible so you are asked to help make sab scribe for your home town paper week the big success it Is in going to be if you do not now take your borne homo paper pave r dont delay subscribing later than the week of november Ro vember 7 12 HOME TOWN PAPER WEEK people of the united states will be jafford afforded ed an opportunity during the tho week of november ath to to express in concrete form their gratitude tp t those men and u omen who through and rain prosperity tr and adversity ver sity persistently and consistently sing the song of the home town the time long since passed when no new spa pers whether dally or weekly can subsist on the taking it for granted spirit of its patrons and well wishers i costs of producing newspapers today have not in anything like likel I 1 the proportion experienced in other others j lines and figures quoted recently oy by dally and weekly newspapers papers through i the country have given the public a glimpse into the expense incidental to conducting the home paper to the tho newspaper men and women of each community has fallen the task of presenting the current events of a fast moving world in accordance with the modern ideas more or alss extravagant and keeping a smiling counte nanco and a courageous heart when others are prone to talk hard times umes their loyalty to the state and their community has haig undergone a severe test but they met it with optimism and only a it little reflection Is required to show how much worse conditions might havo have been before the turn in the road wa was a reached had they pursued a different course i advertisers bud to keep advertising advert tsin g whether the they could pay promptly 0 or r apt not and business had to bo be kept going for the general good the IMO pub and editors did their part and the second week in november Is proclaimed a antimo time when those who bene billed by this policy can express it in terms of support that will insure the future MUM of the small town piper paper the i backbone of every community that oat has i me semblance of pride in itself and it its neighbors sioux city AWI 1 leader I 1 |