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Volume 127, Number 2 l December 2004
Ron Young
1921 (cid:151) 2004
The National Amateur OOOOOffffffffffiiiiiccccceeeeerrrrrsssss
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Ronald Young (cid:151) Gentle Friend
Dunlap states that (cid:147)His chant ap-
proached the speed of a tobacco auc-
tioneer.(cid:148) In the meantime, to quote
Tom Whitbread, wife Helen (cid:147)was a most
affable and efficient registrar.(cid:148)
No materials are at hand regarding
Ron(cid:146)s printing record during this so-
journ in Colorado. Possibly he pro-
duced something for the Columbine
Club or some other group with which
he was associated. But his publishing
activity for the NAPA Bundle, the prin-
cipal vehicle being The Plumb Line, did
not appear until July 1993, two de-
cades after the Youngs had taken up
residence in Slidell LA. From then on
T
he April 1970 Denvaria welcomed the association has been favored with
into the Columbine Amateur some two dozen issues of this excel-
Press Club new member Ronald J. lent publication.
Young, (cid:147)a new printer member,(cid:148) who From the first issue appearing in the
(cid:147)read about us in a Denver Post ar- NAPA Bundle (#2) through Issue 24 for
ticle two years ago and has finally February 2004, our official critics have
found time to join us.(cid:148) The (cid:147)us(cid:148) refers given good reviews to The Plumb Line
to about 17 comrades in the Denver for its lavish display of poetry of such
area (Elaine Peck, Ron(cid:146)s NAPA spon- outstanding versifiers as Laurence
sor among them) (cid:151) live-wire ajay en- Estes and Helen Middleton Amos, the
thusiasts all who, with the help of other prose pieces of Betty Simmons and
Colorado NAPA members, were about Ron(cid:146)s daughter, Carolyn Rice Young,
to host National(cid:146)s 95th convention. as well as for its overall thematic phi-
And a lively affair it was, with Ron losophy. For example our critic, com-
and his wife Helen in the midst of it. menting on the contents of PL #8,
Besides his mingling with such veteran states that it (cid:147)again does what few pub-
members as Harold Segal, Tom lishers dare: a full issue of poetry(cid:148) (NA,
Whitbread, Lee Hawes, Louise Lincoln,
Cover Photo
and Stan Oliner, Ron gave a lively per-
The Cover photo was taken at Lexing-
formance as the convention(cid:146)s auction-
ton, KY as Ron Young chatted with
eer. Indeed, secretary pro-tem Bob Harold Segal and Helen Wesson.
Vol. 127 No. 2 Page 3
Dec (cid:147)96). Regarding theme, Critic with this writer at the 1996 Canton
Merry Harris (NA, Dec (cid:145)99), comment- convention, Ron agonized over the
ing on Carolyn Young(cid:146)s article in the question of whether he should allow
June (cid:145)99 issue of PL (cid:147)Making Colum- his name to be placed in nomination
bine Make a Difference,(cid:148) observes that for the position, there being at that time
(cid:147)It isn(cid:146)t often that we see an A-J publi- no one willing to take over for outgo-
cation which tries to offer solutions to ing Keith Larson. Happily for
a social problem.(cid:148) Ron,Vice President Susan Berstler
This view reflects the thrust of The stepped in. Finally, in his March 2003
Plumb Line in that it is among that issue of the NA, Ron put a period to
genre of ajay journals which as a rule any further appoaches when he ob-
emphasizes the themes of general hu- served that (cid:147)I have managed to steer
man affairs, in contrast to more hobby- clear of that conscription . . . Since I
focused publications, thereby widen- do not feel comfortable with, nor do I
ing its area of appeal. believe that I could handle the task, I
Publication inactivity during those keep turning it down.(cid:148) We would ar-
early years did not mean that Ron was gue with him as to his ability.
aloof from affairs of NAPA. In fact dur- Ron(cid:146)s final salute to his beloved
ing his 35-year affiliation, Ron (and of- hobby was his election at Lexington
ten Helen, until her death in 2001) at- for a second tour of duty as Executive
tended 16 conventions, at most of them Judge. We will forever hold an image
performing one or another committee of him proudly accepting his post, his
function (including another stint as tall erect frame draped in his signature
auctioneer at the 1980 Denver meet). red jacket (cid:151) this gentle friend to all
In addition, when approached, he was who knew him. a
a most unreluctant candidate for office,
serving over the years as recruiting
chairman, recorder, executive judge,
and four terms as official editor (Vol.
120, 121, 124, 125). In this respect,
Harold Segal (Campane #231), spoke
for many when he observed that Ron
(cid:147)never shunned a responsibility. He
was happy to accept NAPA offices
when others refused. A big help to
presidents and convention sponsors, he
was there when needed. . . (cid:147)
The only office that Ron did not
want to be asked to fill was that of Here Ron is printing a keepsake at
president. But even so, during a lunch Lexington, KY
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LLLLLeeeeetttttttttteeeeerrrrr fffffrrrrrooooommmmm CCCCCaaaaarrrrrooooolllllyyyyynnnnn YYYYYooooouuuuunnnnnggggg Ron collected stamps from the time
Dear Friends, he was seven years old, was a short
As some of you already know, shortly wave radio operator and had been a
before sunrise on Sunday morning Sep- part of amateur printing groups for the
tember 12th, Greg(cid:146)s dad quietly slipped past 60 years. He made the transition
away. In the two and a half weeks after from setting type to using the computer
his surgery he never recovered more more easily than most. He was an avid
than a small awareness of things reader with very eclectic interests in-
around him. Within 12 hours of know- cluding everything from biographies to
ing that each of us supported him to spiritual reading to Sue Grafton. His
do what he needed to do he quietly mind always stayed open and flexible
transitioned into what is to follow. and he had a beautiful capacity for ac-
I think of my father-in-law as a ceptance that some people reach with
rather wonderful man. He was an en- age. With road map in hand he
gineer who worked on the holding tanks planned the route for his many road
for the space shuttle and also oversaw trips according to the location of a new
the initial building of Peaceful Valley bakery that had been brought to his
scout ranch, which is where Greg attention. There was one quest he left
learned to dig latrines during his sum- unfinished. He has been searching for
mer jobs. He served during WWII and the perfect cheese cake recipe. He liked
went to Japan after Hiroshima was them light and fluffy and with his en-
bombed and help with the clean up. gineer mind he tested the difference
He enjoyed the Japanese people and felt between ricotta cheese, cottage cheese
welcomed during that confusing time. and cream cheese and the lightness he
He was an avid volunteer. He drove could achieve. He was close but didn(cid:146)t
children 8 hours from New Orleans to feel he quite had it yet but he always
Shreveport for medical treatment and delighted in this process.
then drove them 8 hours home the next A service of memory and celebration
day. He received the highest award was held on Thursday morning at
given to a volunteer in the scouting pro- Northglenn United Methodist Church.
gram and received recognition for his We thank each and everyone of you for
work on behalf of the Friends of the Li- all of your support during this time. It
brary. On several occasions he anony- often felt as if it was your prayers and
mously bought meals for people in res- meditations that held us up during the
taurants. He saw two military men and roller coaster ride of the past 3 weeks.
their families out for dinner just prior Our hearts feel tender but also filled
to our entering in the war with Iraq. with incredible gratitude; gratitude for
Upon leaving he told the waiter he this man and for each of you.
wanted to cover their bill. His benevo- Love and Namaste,
lence was always quiet. Carolyn
Vol. 127 No. 2 Page 5
Another Friend is Gone
The death of Ron Young is a real loss in person at conventions and through
to NAPA. Ron joined NAPA in 1969 his journals and correspondence.
probably as a result of the famous Many of us are at an age when friends
Kelsey mailing. He was an active pub- are rapidly dwindling, and the loss of
lisher and, beyond all else, a man who another one is deeply felt.
would step up when something needed (cid:151)Jake Warner
doing. He volunteered to be Official
Editor in a period when we were hav-
ing difficulties in obtaining people to I wish the problem of finding copy
serve. He volunteered to host a con- for The National Amateur was not
vention when hosts were in short sup- helped by the untimely deaths of long-
ply, and when a President refused to time members. It amazes me how a
run for re-election unless there was an person who seems perfectly healthy
opposition candidate, he volunteered can just suddenly develop problems
to run in an election and die. Of course, none of us knows
which he knew he would lose. People whether we(cid:146)ll be here tomorrow.
like that are very scarce in any organi- Ron Young, Official Editor of this
zation. publication four times, was the person
On a personal level his death is cer- who passed this job on to me at Chat-
tainly a loss to his many friends in tanooga. He gently needled me at the
NAPA. Some of us have have been as- time, saying, (cid:147)You know you have to
sociated with Ron for thirty-five years take two terms don(cid:146)t you? On the first
one, you just start to get the hang of it
and it is over. So, you need a second
term just to enjoy it fully.(cid:148) Ron was
present at Lexington and all enjoyed
his company as evidenced by the cover
picture. He was elected to a three year
term as Executive Judge and now
President McGrew has the task of ap-
pointing someone to fill this vacancy.
Ron will be missed by many in NAPA
as well as family and friends. One thing
is sure, the world is a better place be-
cause he was here and I count it a privi-
Ron Young July 4, 2001
lege to have known him (cid:151)Ed.
at Wilmington, Delaware
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The First McGrew Year
H
ighlights of the 2003-04 NAPA ciatively assessed every bundle jour-
year, under the exhortatry nal.
stewardship of Prexy Jon The Lexington, KY convention
McGrew: capped the year with comradeship and
Bundles featured creatively designed Ølan (Editor:Look it up, I had to).
journals of entertaining and informa- Nearly 40 attended. Lively octogenar-
tive substance, by a good mix of new ians abounded, Vic Moitoret most
publishers and reliable stalwarts. prominently; Alice Warner bore the
Official Editor Gary Bossler gave us torch for enthusiastic youth. Bob Mills
an attractive, typographically clean, distributed beautiful NAPA seal lapel
photo enhanced, fat volume of The Na- pins. The only Passionate debate fo-
tional Amateur. cussed on how to view e-journals in
Other key officers performed admi- relation to laureate contests. Perhaps
rably. Veep Hugh Singleton warmly this will be resolved in the second
welcomed new members; Secretary- McGrew administration. Meanwhile,
Treasurer Bill Boys kept cool books; let us pray, write, publish, and pow
Harold Shive efficiently managed the wow at Carson, CA in (cid:145)05!
Mailing Bureau; Critic Ken Faig appre- (cid:151)Thomas B. Whitbread
Historian, 2003-04
Recorder(cid:146)s Report
The following people have met the activity requirement to date and are eligible to
vote in the 2005 election: * = new entry in the list
* Abell, Martha Hedges, George Shive, Harold
* Barto, Wilson L Sr. Holt, Lisa B. Strange, John
Bossler, Gary Kapplin, Jim Volkart, Bill
Calkins, Jean Klosterman, Michell Volkart, Gigi
Cheney, Harold * Lincoln, Louise * Vrooman, Ann (part of
* Clarke, David S. (part of Liddle, Fred Harold Segal(cid:146)s Oct
Harold Segal(cid:146)s Oct McFarland, Mary CAMPANE)
CAMPANE - Trial member) * Miller, Guy Warner, Alice M.
Coleman, Milton Miller, Martin H. Warner, Jake
Collins, Ruth E. Nelson, Robert F. Warner, Leah G.
Gage, Fred Orbach, Robert
Gray, Speed Pool, Claire
Green, Lin Segal, Harold Submitted by:
Groveman, William H. * Shirley, Linda Nancy Johnson, Recorder
Vol. 127 No. 2 Page 7
Down Memory Lane
Those of you who were at Cincinnati
in 1979 may remember that then mem-
ber, Hal Sterne was kind enough to
arrange a plant tour of the S. Rosenthal
Company for us. I ran across this on
the Letpress List and thought it might
interest you. The picture at the right
is Hal enlightening us, including my-
self, son, Todd Bossler, Alma and Al
Fick and behind Al is Bernice Spink.
A Short Autobiography of Hal Sterne
by Hal Sterne
L
ike Bob Orbach I started in Let- printed Photo Finishing envelopes used
terpress when I was 14 years in drug stores. All the runs were 500
old but I have only been doing and you had to lock up your own type
it for 61 years. I took letterpress as a changes plus keep 2 Kluges running
freshman in high school and then the envelopes. If you had any time left
bought a 7 x 11 C&P to put in the base- over they expected you to feed a hand
ment of my parents house. I couldn(cid:146)t fed that was between the 2 Kluges. All
find a used type cabinet so I bought a for $1.00 an hour plus time and one
brand new wooden one, which cost half on Saturdays.
more than the press. After doing small After graduating from college I
jobs for local businesses I soon gradu- joined the Air Force and was fortunate
ated to a 10 x 15 C&P with a Miller enough to get a job as an offset plate-
Autofeeder. maker at Scott Air Force Base. I de-
After high school I went to West Vir- cided to apply for Officer Candidate
ginia Institute of Technology and ma- School and after getting my gold bars I
jored in Printing Management. During was sent back to the same printing
the summers I had jobs such as a plant as officer in charge.
linotype operator at a weekly newspa- After my discharge four years later, I
per. Each Wednesday night I would took a job as the Litho instructor at a
hand feed an old Babcock (cid:147)Optimus(cid:148) vocational High School in Cincinnati.
cylinder press to print the paper. One From there I took a job as assistant
summer I worked in a shop that im- production manager in a large sheetfed
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offset plant that was producing post- In 1992 while I was looking for some
ers, billboards, greeting cards, labels, type at a printing supply company,
etc. on 52 x 76" Miehle Presses. When that was an ATF dealer, the owner
the company was sold 6 years later, I asked me if I wanted to buy their in-
was transferred to sales. I wanted to ventory of letterpress supplies. A
get back into manufacturing so I took friend and I did and started NA Graph-
a job as plant manager for a magazine ics. Later that year we purchased
and catalog printer. At that time they Cowan Pressroom Products, that
had 13 Intertypes in the composing manufactured the Morgan Expansion
room and 42 x 56" Miehle Cylinder and Trucks. The following year we bought
Claybourn Rotary presses. It was my the entire type inventory at the ATF
job to convert the plant to Web Offset. auction. The next year we bought out
By the time I retired 28 years later, as Vandersons, the successors to
Vice President of Manufacturing, we Vandercook. Our final acquisition was
had six Web Offset presses some of the remainder of the Kelsey Company.
which had eight printing units. One of By that time their entire inventory fit
the presses was capable of printing 128 in the back of a station wagon and it
pages of TV Guide at one time. was transfered to my station wagon in
In the early 1970(cid:146)s I resumed my the parking lot of a Pittsburgh hotel.
hobby of letterpress and got interested In October 1996 we sold NA Graphics
in antique printing equipment. In 1978 to Fritz Klinke in Silverton, Colorado.
I published Catalogue of Nineteenth For the past seven years now, hav-
Century Printing Presses and Cata- ing moved to Florida, I am just thor-
logue of Nineteenth Century Bindery oughly enjoying playing with my toys
Equipment. Upon retiring from com- which now consists of about 500 fonts
mercial printing in 1990 I went into the of type, an 8 x 12 OS C&P and a
printing consulting business. Vandercook SP-15. a
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The Official Roster and Side notes
It is interesting from time to time, to look at this listing and remember those conventions that you
attended or figure out who was President or Official editor when you joined or when you were born.
Year(cid:151)City and Date President Official Editor
1876(cid:151)Philadelphia, July 4 Richard Gerner (Chairman) William Pemberton
John Winslow Snyder Charles C. Heuman
(Mr. Gerner was Chairman, Mr. Snyder the first elected President. The official organ was not established
until 1878, until then official matters were printed in the paper of the elected editor.)
1877(cid:151)Long Branch, NJ, July 16,17 Alexander W. Dingwall Charles C. Heuman
1878(cid:151)Chicago, July 17,18 William T. Hall John Winslow Snyder
Clement Chase (4 issues)
(Mr. Synder resigned at the convention. Mr. Chase elected and first issue published in September 1878.)
1879(cid:151)Washington, DC, July 16,17,18 J. Edson Briggs Clement Chase (4)
1880(cid:151)Cincinnati, July 14, 15 Will L. Wright Joseph P. Clossey (1)
Thomas G. Harrison
Thomas H. Parsons
(Mr. Wright resigned at the convention. Mr. Harrison was elected, but because of inactivity, the presidency
was assumed by first Vice President Parsons)
1881(cid:151)Buffalo, July 18 Frank N. Reeve Finlay A. Grant (4)
1882(cid:151)Detroit, July 11 Finlay A. Grant Charles G. Steele (4)
1883(cid:151)New York, July 11, 12 Willard O. Wylie Thomas G. Harrison (4)
Henry E. Legler
(Mr. Legler(cid:146)s name was placed on the presidential roll by action of the 1884 convention.)
1884(cid:151)Milwaukee, July 9, 10 Edward E. Stowell Joseph Dana Miller (3)
Frederick F. Heath
(Mr. Stowell resigned. Mr. Heath was appointed by the Judiciary Committee.)
1885(cid:151)Boston, July 15,16,17 Dennis A. Sullivan Brainerd P. Emery (4)
1886(cid:151)San Francisco, July 28, 29 James H. Ives Munro Earnest A. Edkins (1)
W.B. Baldwin (2)
(Mr. Edkins resigned. Mr. Baldwin appointed Official Editor by the Judiciary Committee.)
1887(cid:151)Philadelphia, July 12, 13 Samuel S. Stinson Frank D. Woolen (6)
William S. Moore
(Mr. Moore was declared President de jure by action of the 1888 convention.)
1888(cid:151)Chicago, July 5, 6, 7 Albert E. Barker Truman J. Spencer (4)
1889(cid:151)Buffalo, July 4, 5 Louis Kempner Howard M. Carter (4)
1890(cid:151)Indianapolis, July 24, 25, 26 William S. Dunlop Harriet C. Cox (5)
1891(cid:151)Philadelphia, July 14, 15, 16 Edwin B. Swift Walter C. Chiles (4)
Frank E. Shermerhorn
(Mr. Shermerhorn(cid:146)s name was placed on the Presidential roll by action of the 1893 convention.)
1892(cid:151)Boston, July 4, 5, 6 Truman J. Spencer Brainerd P. Emery (2)
1893(cid:151)Chicago, July 4, 5 John L. Tomlinson John T. Nixon (1)
Alson Brubaker Will Hancock (1)
Finlay A. Grant (2)
(Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Nixon resigned. Mr. Brubaker was appointed president by the Executive Judges.
The Judiciary Committee tentatively named Corresponding Secretary Hancock Official Editor until Mr. Grant
was appointed by president Brubaker.)
1894(cid:151)Boston, July 17, 18 Charles R. Burger Franklin C. Johnson (2)
Albert Dennis (2)
(Mr. Johnson resigned. Mr. Dennis appointed Official Editor by the President.)
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