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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 201 7 THE JACKSON HERALD • BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL • THE BRASELTON NEWS • THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE MADISON JOURNAL PAGE 5B HOMEGOODS DISTRIBUTION CENTER ACCEPTING APPLICA TIONS Tuesday - Friday 9:30am - 2:30pm I-85 EXIT 140. 125 Lo gistics Center Parkway, Jefferson .Georgia 30549. WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATES NEEDED - must be able to drive a stand-up or sit-down lift. Open ings for 1st and 2nd shifts. Prior experience in a warehouse highly preferred, but willing to train the right candidates. Strong work ethic and dependability highly de sired. Hourly rate $11.50 to start. We offer excellent benefits includ ing 401k. Qualified candidates, please apply in person. 1001 Cherry Drive, Suite 300, Brasel- ton, GA 30157. No phone calls please. 400 HOMES FOR SALE FOR SALE $339,750 (5 beds 4 baths 3,935 sq ft) Fabulous 2 yr old show stopper, 2 Story w/ tons of Sq Footage in Sienna on The River in Braselton. 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James at 770-307-0337. inis ic uesii needed at Galilee Christian Church. Duties include creating graphics and social media posts, Photoshop skills are a plus, managing our website and Please send resume to Christy@galilee.org. Harrison Poultry, Inc. Has openings for Poultry Processing Workers Job entails cutting, trimming, & packing poultry. Multiple openings, various shifts. To apply stop and fill out an application at 107 East Star Street Bethlehem, Ga. 30620 k lS it > ^ HARRISON GOLDEN GOODNESS The Georgia Weekly Newspaper Museum is located in Homer, Ga. The purpose of the museum is to show how a typical rural weekly newspaper was published by letterpress in the era of 1888-1940, and even into the 1960s. At that time, the production of a weekly newspaper was very labor intensive. To an extent, newsgath ering was a luxury for many small newspapers because of the time it took to physically produce a weekly edition. In that era, many small town newspapers existed off of the news that came into their building from cor respondents and others. Original newsgathering was not done as much as it is today in many small towns. There was even a lack of time to do much outside advertising sales. This museum shows how a weekly newspaper was produced in that era and how the production process from setting type to printing was done. This process gave the rural weekly newspaper industry very firm blue- collar roots as it was craft oriented. Only with the later advent of offset printing did the industry shift into a more white-collar environment. The Georgia Weekly Newspaper Museum is owned by Mainstreet Newspapers, Inc. of Jefferson, Ga. The firm publishes a small group of weekly newspapers in Northeast Georgia, including the local Banks County News which shares office space with the museum. What's Unique About This Museum? There are a number of museums around the country that showcase let terpress printing and some exhibit old newspaper shops. The Georgia Weekly Newspaper Museum is a little unique in that it is an intact news paper shop in the same location where a newspaper first began in the community in 1888. In addition, most of the equipment in the museum is original to the site. The building here was built around 1900, replacing an earlier newspaper building at the site. The foundry type and letterpress equipment in the building dates from around 1900 to 1930. The Banks County Journal, the weekly newspaper that was published at this site starting in 1888 (under another name), continued to be printed here by letterpress until October 1969. At that time, it converted to offset print ing and was published by a nearby newspaper firm until it folded in a 1987 merger. However, the original letterpress equipment was never dis carded and remains in the building. What Is Letterpress Printing? The term "letterpress" describes the actual printing process that was invented by Gutenberg in 1455 and used until offset printing replaced it in the 1960s and 1970s. Essentially, letterpress printing is the use of metal (sometimes wood) letters formed into words and sentences. That is then locked into a form and put on a press where ink is applied to the metal letters. The press then imprints sheets of paper onto the inked letters, creating the actual printed page. In the early years, the type was set by hand, one letter at a time. The Linotype automated that process but even so, letterpress print ing remained very labor intensive. What Are The Smaller Presses For? For most small town weekly news papers, publishing a newspaper was just part of its work. Most also did commercial printing on smaller "job" presses to supplement revenue. These were items such as printed envelopes, letterheads, tickets, forms and receipts.This museum has two job presses that were used for such print ing work here in Banks County, Georgia. How Was The Newspaper Printed? During the early years, the newspaper was printed on a Washington iron hand press. The hand press in the museum isn't original to the site, but is very similar to the one that was used there from 1888 to 1900. Around 1900, the large Campbell Country Press was installed. This larger press, which printed two pages at a time, could be powered by hand, or by a belt drive. Until electricity came to the community in the late 1930s, the belt drive was powered by a gas or diesel engine. It drove a shaft in the middle of the building from which a belt extended to the press. An electric motor replaced the gas motor in the early 1940s. What Was It Like In The Building? The inside of the building today is very much like it was over the last century. Kerosene lanterns and sun light were the original sources of light. The main difference today is that the building is air-conditioned. Historically, the building would have been very hot in the summer months with only open windows for airflow. Because paper was being handled, fans weren't used in the production areas since they would blow the paper around. With the mix of inks, solvents and sweat smells, the build ing would have had a rather strong odor on hot days. In cold weather, the building was heated by a potbellied stove burning coal. The building was also crowded with equipment and the walking and working areas were tight. Weekly Museum Located at 953 Historic Homer Highway in Homer, GA. It is part of the office of the Banks County News, the weekly newspaper for the community. The office is staffed part-time. For an appointment to visit, email angie@mainstreetnews.com See more information online at www.ganewsmuseum.com
