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Kelsey, We Love Ya!
The AAPA owes a big vote of thanks to Mr. C. E. Mosher and the Kelsey Company.
Their kind consent to include an AAPA brochure in a Printers’ Helper mailing last August has led to some 340 requests for information and almost 70 new members, at last count. Kelsey, your image in the American could not be better!
A lot of members have helped out in the recruiting drive, and their efforts should not go unnoticed.
First, Dave Tribby is the guy who gave me the necessary stimulus to get in touch with Kelsey and get the whole thing off the ground. He gathered much of the material for the brochure (and it’s a shame there wasn’t room for all of it). Dave also furnished many sample papers and wrote lots of followup letters (31, in fact).
Mike O’Connor saw to the production end of the brochures, and as President has been writing welcoming letters to all those newcomers.
Here’s a list of all the good people who sent journals for the sample bundles:
Lauren Geringer
Matt Kelsey
Mike O’Connor
Bob Weigel
Phil Cade
John Zelinsky
Fred Beyer
Bob Clausen
Leonard Schira
Regis Racke
G. Remignanti
Ed Tevis
Bonnie J. Green
Fred Liddle
Dave Tribby
Mike Silberman
B. Schumacher
Art Hallock
Horace Walker
Harlan Burbank
Lee Hawes
Deserving a lot of credit, too, are those who wrote followup letters to the applicants, and I have evidence that quite a few of the newcomers joined only after receiving a friendly letter from one of the following:
Dave Tribby
Al Smith
Arthur Pelletier
Lauren Geringer
Dick Ulrich
Bob Clausen
Lee Hawes
Guy Storer
Ted Conover
Bob Weigel
J. Hill Haman
Joe Adams
Len Schira
Fred Liddle
Ken Abraham
Charles Phillips
Horace Walker
Charles Pasternack
Jim Hallock
Dean Rea
Fred Beyer
There are others – e.g., Pam Wesson, whose picture of herself, 5×8 Pearl and pet duck no doubt attracted a big portion of the inquiries. Dean Rea has been busy writing welcoming letters. Art Hallock didn’t know what he was getting into in accepting another term as Secretary. Nor did Norma Amundson as Mailer. And I know many of you have been making a point to write notes of appreciation to the new Kelsey publishers.
Finally, a big thank you to all the Kelsey newcomers – especially those who’ve already introduced themselves with new papers. We’re tickled to have you as members, and hope you’ll all be actively with us for many years to come.
Full Chases & Lively Bundles
The Kelsey newcomers have really enlivened the bundles of late, and put many of us oldtimers to shame with their activity.
Several demonstrate amazing ability to do a neat job with large page sizes (relative to the capacity of their press). Most of us decided years ago that it’s impossible to do a really crisp job with a chase full of type, and a lot of muscle and patience to do even a readable job.
Lewis Hildreth takes the top award in the full-chase department, doing a really great job on Kaleidoscope with his 3 x 5 Kelsey. He knows how to arrange type, too, and that Times New Roman is a fine face. George Matthews is not afraid of a full chase, either, utilizing his 6 x 10 side lever Kelsey to the maximum.
Printer’s Ink takes the top award in recent months for typography and overall printing excellence, and the press-“man” is a young nurse, no less! Keep at it, Linda. You have talent, both in writing and printing.
Charles Kemp is a real find. Table Scraps is (are?) consistently interesting as is The Arrow Amateur of Charles Bush. The work of Stan Kroeger, Harlan Burbank, Jim Conroy, Franklin Rugh, Charles Hatton, Jim Jenkins, Gil Hulin (Apple Pi is great), Bill Mackin, and many others has been much appreciated. Sorry there’s no room to give recognition to all.
Salmagundi
Do you know of any prospective AAPA members? Let me know if you would like any application blanks or the 8 page recruiting brochures (or both). I’ll also be glad to send a sample bundle if you’ll let me have the name and address of the prospect.
Fred Liddle’s volume of AAJ is shaping up as a solid and interesting one. The mystery critic seems to be tempering his remarks in recent issues. Perhaps the recipients of the barbs would feel a bit better about the matter if they fully appreciated that the articles are only one man’s opinion. Another thought: what about having the critic show up at the Minneapolis convention and identify himself? As an attendance booster, the barb recipients could be furnished an over-ripe tomato and given one freethrow at ten paces. If the critic doesn’t show, Liddle would make an acceptable substitute.
The Echo, as usual, can be blamed on Les Boyer, Houston, Texas 77024. Type: mostly Kennerley. Press: 8×12 Damon & Peets. Circulated through the American Amateur Press Association.