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Black, whose house faced the old Sandlin house and abutted with the News’ lot in the rear. Haulk (?), a northerner who rented rooms from Mr. We had many good linotype operators over the years, the most memorable was a Mr. There were no modern means of getting a paper our in those days as everything was done mostly by hand and it was very time consuming. Our lives were kindled with excitement, being around the humming of the presses, the tinkling of the linotype, all the activity, especially press night on Thursday when had to get that paper to the post office! Our friends helped us insert and fold, and wrap and glue on addresses for out of towners. It was playtime at first but work as we grew older. When school buses were introduced in the county, bringing the county children to town for school I still waited and went with him as did my brothers and sisters. From 1st grade through high school, every afternoon I was in the shop after school until daddy closed the office to go home. Irene (?) Tuten was my journalism teacher for three years, which was preparation for the duties daddy gave me. This article will be breaking his rule but he won’t mind, I’m sure, under the circumstances. During high school daddy Ben gave me permission to write to “Society Column” – provided there were no “I’s” or “family activities” mentioned, as he said the paper was for the people of the community. Several people have asked me to write a more personal account of the years the paper was in the Caldwell family. The Jasper News’ 125th anniversary celebration, given for a thankful community, was greatly enjoyed by the large crowd attending. It would have been during the time period of 1996. Unfortunately, there is no date, so it is impossible to know exactly when the letter was written. As it contains a number of references to various people and the way newspaper life was, I thought it would be beneficial to transcribe the entire letter for reading. This letter was found in some old files in the Jasper News office.