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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-01-02, Page 6t FRXQI SIP,Alf S A 41`1'titIl D4 ..,-% iy G. MacLeod Rcass in 'December of this 'year the el n)uredr ,up the --light bulb, publisher named " •Archibald )neyclopoedia Britannl"ca will be covered 14 pages. When it came Cnntable, who brought -out the 204' years, 91d and few to geography, --Smellie was weak. `fifth and sixth editions before .purbli a4°tions c.ap have Callifornia (sic) became "a large going bankrupt. 'Just then the' expert noed° as Much. ebband country ' in- the West Indies'; Americans ' were' thirsting -far t tv as, this indispensable Work Virginia "tray be extended knowledge and as each new part. . of , reference. It originated ,in westwards as . tar as we think' 4Vas-,published in Edinburgh it ' $po'tland- ';. in • 1768 ° s.,.' "A fit". There wa's another injustice was put on a , fast ship dictionary of arts and sciences; to women • for the .entry read: westbound to be reproduced at a;"• { cotnpli�ed upon a new, plan, in 'Woman: the female of Man, 'much reduced ' price in the • which the different sciences and See Homo," Americas. Bell's signature was arts .are digested into distinct Bell's 160 engravings were deleted ��as was . the , word treatises or ;systems". Its chosen,/not because the object •`Britannica.' .The work sold by ori'ginators..- were Colin required illustration, but because the hundleiis of thousands, at a Maefaiquhar, a professional Bell enjoyed drawing the object third, the price of the Scots • printer, and Andrew. Bell, an in question. He was particularly edition-. engraver. These two men formed keen on the reptiles and what.: they were pleased to call a,`C? nlammalis, so that some of 'his Adam Black, the next owner, y, also got into financial- , -.....Society of Gentlemen, and they more exquisite engravings difficulties. As a result he fell an proceeded; to -bring out the wor}r picture superbly muscular in 100 weekly.Linstalments., whales and dolphins. He leaves easy Prey., to th' , _ n Electrie'ity,. though • v+trlt.te a WAndrew 'Bell died, .the Century , before Edison t rst Britannica—was bought .. spread,;over_three y rs'' ., no doubt that, he enjoyed his tactics of a walrus-m•4usta • American, named Hooper, wh Their first`-: task to find aCn - work immensely 'and perhaps - editor ''suited in a 28 -year-old this stemmed from his,..previous leased. the selling rights. Hoope bein ation as an en ver of do p printer, William Smellie, g occu p P groceeded to approach --thatbeing w..p_-P a newspaper a er The Tittle_ chosen ,for the, extravagant sum collars. prestige Parents return for printing seve ,•f ���•�•• - of 2.0Q`pounds sterling -for -three - Smellie; whose parents had ' hundred columns of flamboy : ' t years work, including the, writing _.wished-- hint to become " a advertising the newspaper was to of 2,489 pages and three million corset -maker,- was succeeded by, receive a guinea down and 13 words; say 200 words a penny. James Tytler, who became the more in monthly installments_ • Smellie completed his first editor of the second edition., Tie"6" for each c©py of the complete volume which ran from AA to `Society of Gentlemen' managed work sold. With the..backnpleing te - ; BZO.', This :effort seems to have to cut the rate still further, for work sapped all + his, enthusiasm, for he waspaid at the bargain rate such an authoritative source, no PP h g' ,:one.t.roubled to recall that the the second volume rayl from ©k17 shillings a week Like his CQABA ° tb 1,YTHRiJ(I, rth'e predecessortext was 20 years out of date. he appears to have Ther first cautious printing third being finished off .1•frbm had a free-hand, for he amounted to 800 copies, which MACAO`to ZYGQPHYLLUM. It contributed- an article on ,. is clear that troth editor. and - ' `Flyin ' •in which he 'suggested it was soon inc• eased to ,4,300. At engraver of the illustrations wouklsoon be as common for a the' end of- the association with indulged their own particular man to call for his, wings as, for Hooper, the `Times' had netted 2 8. 1 00 tastes and,Tavourites. Edinburgh his boots. Thereupon., he gave- l had 'four times the Space given to '" complete instructions ,oil __. l:h ' Over e n t ten years, until London Book-keeping.- More designing, making and flying 1908, 'a new: form'. of hard -sell space than, Agriculture, and one's own balloon. r advertising, was'. undertaken.' I had- personal experience of this and I recall my father being' 'foolhardy enough to fall for it 'when he• took that fatal step of -returning the ,post-paid ,postcard "" signifying Interest. As we well ST. GEORGE'S A -.W. ANNUAL MEETINe Tje• `' annual, rneeting of St. 'George's ' Anglican ;. ' Church Women -was. held on 'Tuesday • afternoon,.,_,December 10- with a good attendance. The president, Mrs. F. Sale opened the meeting with prayers followed by' the usual, monthly reports' an receiving - and deldication of offering: '— The annual 'reports. of 'fie - various •departrrients were then givin and showed our past gear to be • very -=--successful. — f pane illy as we were able to neet...all our. commitments. with same to spare, spiritually. "through devotions, educationally through obtaining guest speakers OrCi arious topics' and socially by means of luncheons, -or tea, served -at close- of ea'd meeting. The installation of offipers . for the year 1969 took place and-,,. were as 'follows: past president;;"�'" lffxs .Fred Hunt, president,' Mrs. `.F. 'Sate; first vice-president, Mrs. b: E. `-O. Slemin; second vice-president, , Mrs. H. ,Palmer; secretary, Mrs. Douglas Wilson; treasurer, Mrs. Reg Needham; devotions, _ , Mrs. Fred Hunt; know today, this brought down education, Mrs.- D. E�,• OF S.1emia;., on his unsuspecting. ; , head Mrs H.'' Ichborne; lashions ,of literature, -all of social service, which was compelling to refuse. supply (Dorcas), Urs. • Fred Hunt; Living Message Then, whilst ._' he was still.' secretary -treasurer, Mrs. • Violet hovering, a telegram�rri`ved"'from ' White; juniors, Mrs.` G. G. .`The Times'.warning him that, lie jtussell • and Mrs. 'Robert * only had one more week in Needham; 'family life (Little .Helpers), Mrs.- William Bradley and Mrs: Ken Sowerby; press. secretary, Mrs: G.. Love; envelope, Mme,,.. William White;. pianist; Mrs. " A Wheeler;' -- calendar convenor, Mrs. D. E. O. Slemin; - tea '-'convenor; 'Mrs. William - Whiten—telephone Mrs. • E. Pritchard. I A social half hour followed, CM* Iibstesses' being,MIS: Love, Mrs.. Pritchard and Mrs, Dodd.. Your RED - CRsOSS NEED JNSURA.[1NCE? , PHONE • MacEwen which to obtain • the tree oakwood bookcase Which went with the complete set. Today we have grown accustomed to he constant persecution 'of su advertiser -supreme las the Readers Digest. Iii 1:908 it was novel, even r lidventurous Today there is artask force of 3,000 men and women - •pushing "'the'-"sate`'of 'publication which pow comprises 36 million words, and of which 190;000 sets are printed jnnu tly, with . 20 perces of them going to Japan, the .:modern searcher for nevertheless -At brought down, obi' knowledge. ' The price is tiQw the - pu6lishers' heads Stich - _$459 for cash,` -or $10 monthly abusive opprobrium" as: `F-rdth ' to eternity! `Ownership, editing ath I curse yo`uV'` and `You and printing is all done in.- Chicago d an Chicago= but this year the link Ina a assault on• my nney. . with your American 'tact; " leu : cop Roe a mil A re=est ahl tS:hetl ,- ,The, new. edit oraelt(ef �s• ..Sir.. �?Itiiam Haley, until. recently editor of 'The Times'. The wheel:seems to have turned almost full circle, But the 233thistles 'are.' still retained ole the cand' pages treat o remind Us.that theovers meal origin; w s in $ , Thi~ .slum paperback. dentureelandof 200 years.' ago ` has >ecome the wo•rid's biggest publisher of hardback books- always excepting the with Britain has governments:, •• - ut Floop+ar ' , only ...:' ed. He sold 100,000 s beforeselling out to Sears uck in 1920 for more than ion dollars. been This proved to be an occasion: when Sears misread the protents, • or they.lost $1,800,000 and decided to cut their losses; -So Hooper's ` widow bought the, rights back `from Sears, three years after they had -obtained -it, --- When -the- 14th edition -can a to— be printed there was . again `a shortage of cash, so in 1929 it seemed the obvious -thing to approach Sears again; this time • in` return forash and a hunk of stock: Then Iwo days after Pearl Harbour, General Robert Wood, the chairtari of Sears Roebuck, `gave' tife Britannica to the University of Chicago under an arrangement which netted the University over 30 ,million dollars over ,the following years in royalties alOrae. • • -- -r. O.H.A. JUNIOR 'B' TpWEN SOUND ' 'GREYS VS. .- GODERtCH SIFTOS Friday, � Jan: 3 Adults 1.00 8:30, P.M. GODERICH ARENA stu• dents -,-7-5 children .50 -- §,UPPORT YOUR SIFTOS r 4 .,w Safe from fire—Safe tram-theft-,- Safe ranc theft ._ Safe from all hands but your own- that's how'yo.u-should keep your important documents and other valuables and jewellery. _ rr 1r The place to keep them is.inyour s own open -only -to -you. D M.ey � Vjctoria'and Grey Safety E epogit Box. it costs you: only $5:O(Ja year. W14 andGR TRUST COMPANI . ` SINCE 1889'• 0 "•. • 4 W. R. Curry, Manager 524-7381 Elgin. and Kingston Streets, Goderich- a; ,:".T.� f:�i; �i:.::::k :,:, (4t - \vv�i{:•: r,�:: ".�,{ :C:;yi}Y,i.:t; ;S.}}; v .. Y':':::`';':,w,s..{n�v 'k•�,,�`'}�',a�x , n;.: „4::v •.;..•3.,p• '. :4:. 2•:• k.c .A: v •fv ..•, �v h , A�'•. BF '.E,.,, 196' .1'SiBtE' !! $fffl" insurance Agency 1-t!b. Bag • du���fr • Prices effective Jan. 2-4 inclusive. 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