Show I I II I I I r J Editors Editor's Testament We like people who who give give us news items We VIe adore club reporters who get their news in the day after instead of the week after the club meet meet- ing We Ve are fond of folks who know typewritten copy should be double spaced and of correspondents with handwriting that requires no special special special spec spec- ial decoding We Ve appreciate readers who realize realize realize real real- ize that no conclave is held in the newspaper office each press day to I 1 decide which small item will apI appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear on the front page and which inside While we do plan to give page front-page space to the several most important stories each week I there is in our minds an equality of importance between the Smiths Smith's company on page 1 and the Jones' Jones dinner guests on page 8 We are also grateful for fellow citizens who do not make a gleeful gleeful gleeful glee glee- ful practice of pointing out typographical typographical typographical typo typo- graphical mistakes that get Into the newspaper We Vc invariably find them ourselves the moment the newspaper if off the press and seldom seldom seldom sel sel- dom think them funny And we greatly esteem those fine souls who take the trouble to compliment compliment compliment com com- us when they have enjoyed enjoy enjoy- ed a piece in the newspaper There are indeed some vcr very nice people in the world I Pleasant Hill Mo Times |