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Several 6Great Big HappyFamilies’ at The JournaliicBy JULIE GOODSONJournal Staff WriterIf in an absentminded moment a member of The Journal’s bookkeeping department thought the payroll machine was stuck on Haugen, James, KeHy, KoUcer, May or Ludh-singer, it might cause a second or two of confusion before he or she realized the device wasn’t broken.For in many ways, mostly through relatives, The Journal Is one great big happy family.Employes working at the paper who are related include father - son combinations, husbands and wives, sisters, broth* ers, mother - daughter, in-laws and even descendants of longtime employes, some of whom an now dead or retired.The Haugen family is the one with the “mostest”. LeonardHaugen’s job with the maintenance department takes him. all over the building, while his two brothers, Martin and Peter, called P. J., work in the pressroom. Martin’s son, Bruce, also Is a pressman. James C. Haugen, (nephew of Leonard, Martin and P. J.) can be found In the stereotyping department. The latter Haugen also Is a son-in-|aw of Wayne Rhebb, head of the Perkins Bros. 30b printing.There are four members of the James family, starting with Lawrence James, night composing room foreman, whose son, Lawrence Ray, is an apprentice in the press room. Another son, Forey James, recently was(t hired to work In the engraving«Godfrey, dispaly ad salesman; t department. Mrs. Patricia Robert F. and Lewis Moriey,• James H usman, dispatch proof night and dayside printers, re- c lt;girl, is the boys sister. j spectively, and Kenneth and i (■ John C., Eugene and Fred T. Curtis Suter, night and dayside \ ][Kelly are brothers. The first ; two are officers in The Journal-machmists, respectively. j {Mearle M. Morrison, mechan- eical superintendent, is the fa-| Tribune Publishing Co., and the 1 ^ of Bnice Morrison, assist-latter, dayside courthouse re-jant ^ght makeup foreman.porter. Two more Kellys, not j other father-son combinations trelated to the others but who, ^ ^ Dowd day pressroom; j j iare sisters, are Miss Virginia I apd son DenaiSf mght printer.!( Kelly in classified advertising, | Ronjajl 0ffermai^ printer, i( and Miss Anne KeHy, a book- ] md son Charles, apprentice!, keeper for Perkins Bros. night printer; Merle Cox, day-jiHarold and Larry K olker, brothers, are employed as dayside proofreader, and son-in- ( law, Bobby Meacham, nightside printers^ Their cousin, Md- j pnnter; Otto RischmueU e r,vin, is a nightside printer while. night printer, and son, William, their nephew, Francis Hazel, I a ^jght printer; Gordonworks days as a printer.Art May, longtime JournalCarlson, night mauling room foreman, and sot, Richard, alsoroute man in northeastern Ne- j a night mailer; Donald Brown, j braska, is related to James‘night mailer, and son, Joe, part-j and LaVerne May of the mail- j time mailing room employe;j ing room. His scsi-in-law, Lind-, strom Pedersen, Is a JournalGarold McClain, stationery store, and son, Michael D., alsoOPENING OF ART CENTERi truck driver. Charles Luchsing-; working there this summer; er Sr., who hauls papers forlt;Earl Rockwood, trucker, and 1 carrier routes throughout the sons, Jim and Ronald, parttime ; city, is the father of Charles mailing room employes; Qeorge I ’ Jr., and a brother-in-law of Don- ’ A. Lair, dayside janitor, and son-1 ‘ aid Loker and Guy McCUm-1 in-law, James R. Wolf, dayside j* ons, all Journal truck drivers, j stereotyper; and John M. Cart-1• Brother combinations include;son, and son-in-law, Dan Wei-(‘' Harvev Viken, dayside photo; dert, classified ad manager. jengraver and John Viken, rural i Helen Butcher, cashier is the , area circulation superintendent; i wife of Kenneth Butcher, fore- j, Gary Mohr, nightside pressman J man of the photoengraving de- : and Terry Mohr, dayside ap- partment, and Marion Am ire-1; prentice printer; Paul Hass, ap-! bindery, is married to ]prentice dayside pressman and Charles Amireault, nightside;. James Hass, nightside stereo- printer. Raymond J. Goodson,!. tvper; Lanny Godfrey, classi- \ editorial writer, and Julie Good- j fied ad salesman and Clark son newsroom, are another ( thusband-wife combination.Miss Elizabeth Sammons,publisher, is a sister of Mrs. Louise Freese, Journal colum-(From Joontcft Frt-Sioux Citv will take activenational leadership in one of the most significant social experiments which have emerged from the chaotic years of the depression when the new community art center, sponsored by local and government funds, isopened officially this afternoontt 613 Pierce St.Hie **baby’* of the federal art project, that part of fed-, nated by August Wiliiges to the 1 mst w^° in turn 15 (?00f'1 of Fino Arts, son’s mother. George D. Perk-OUT OF THE PASTKrai theory which regards the irtist as a worker and an es-tential element in civilization, ha art center plan originated wo years ago. The Sioux City renter, the largest and best •quipped of 45 which have been established, is to be used by, Sioux City Society of Fine Arts, .which is co-sponsor of the proj- *ns *J» his nephew, George D.. ect with the government. The Perkins HI and Mrs. W. R.,I refurnishing of this basement Perkins, widow of the late pub- j required only SI .000 and the S3,- [‘sher, make it a six-member i 000 which the society raised, iarruly of employes. ^ jmost of the labor being given The only mother-son combm- j by union members and many ation is Mrs. Letha Graham, \ • materials having been bought longtime Perkins Bros, clerk, 3 at wholesale prices. afid William L. Graham, day- •, Ingenuity shared in making side printer. Other Journal per-the center an attractive place, sonnel related by marriage in-! Wishing indirect lighting m its eludes Mrs. Virginia Levich and three galleries, where loan col- ^ June Giudice. telephone lections of significant American solicitor; Howard Christenson, art will be'shown, the staff davside printer and Mra. Giud-used ordinary bed sheets, sewn 3Ce Geor§e Leekband and John together and stretched tight S^oglund, pressmen, Mrs. An-across the ceilings. The result drea Wer.sel, telephone solics-is an appearance of frosted tor. and Oliver Wensel, nightgiass.printer; and Jerald Walsted,the FAP In national publicity. *hPhvsicallv the center is aThese ceilings probably are stationery s.ore, and Mrs. Lu-onlv ores In S:oux C5fy cille Griencewic, telephone so-that can be taken down and hcitot.
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Sioux City Sunday Journal
Sioux City, Iowa, US
Sun, Aug 16, 1964
Page 101
Full Page
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