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THE CHOWANIAN, OCTOBER 1959
Thousands At State Fair Visited Graphic Arts Booth
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The Roy Parker School of
Printing at Chowan College, in
cooperation with the North Caro
lina Press Association, School of
Journalism of the University of
North Carolina, and the News
and Observer, demonstrated
modern printing and newspaper
production methods at the North
Carolina State Fair during the
week of October 12.
Thousands of visitors to the
fair saw demonstrations of Tele
typesetter perforators, Associat
ed Press direct wire news print
ers, offset lithography, the way
a newspaper page is made up
and prepared for the presses,
and they saw many pictures
and original drawings that al
most covered a 40-foot back wall.
Those who stopped at the
booth were given literature about
Chowan College as weU as spe
cific material concerning the
school of printing.
The booth was manned during
the fair by John McSweeney,
William B. Sowell, faculty mem
bers, and the following Graphic
Arts students: Raymond James
of Raleigh; Wayne Alford, Zeb-
ulon; Nelson Richards, Roles-
ville; Harold Jones, Louisburg;
and Keith Abbott, HLocky Mount.
Mr. McSweeney and Raymond
James appeared on WUNC-TV
during a program concerning
National Newspaper Week.
Others on the same program
were John Harden, Greensboro
publicist; Sam Ragan, executive
editor of the News and Observ
er; Don Chipman, Winston-
Salem Journal, president of the
North Carolina Press Associa
tion; and Ken Byerly, U. N. C.
School of Journalism.
Acknowledgement is made to
the News and Observer, Gray
and Creech, the Associated
Press, and International Busi
ness Machine, for loan of mate
rials and equipment. Special ap
preciation is extended to Frank
Daniels, Jr., of the News and
Observer-Raleigh Times, for
his assistance in preparing the
booth.