The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-02-21
MANY ATTEND
HOUSEW ARMING
of KenOshans At
tend Housewarming at
KenOsha News Plant.
SEE PAPER MADE
Special Edition Run to Show
Visitors How the Paper Is
Made in Every Step.

Kenoshans by the hundreds came to
the plant of the Kenosha News Pub
fishing company Tuesday evening to
take part in the "housewarming."
They helped to make the event
real housewarming, celebrating the
completion of large new addition to
the plant and the complete remodel
ling of older portions of the plant.
During the afternoon and evening the
Kenosha Evening News held open
house for its friends and showed the
visitors through the large building.
The event also celebrated thirty
years of service given by the paper
to the people of Kenosha since its es-
adjustment in 1894.
Flowers and Congratulations.
Friends and business associates of
the company ushered in the 'house-
warming" early in the, morning when
congratulations and flowers arrived at
the offices of the company. These
came in such profusion that while the
weather man sorted out real Wiscon-
sin winter climate outdoors, the in
terror was given all of the beauty and
fragrance Of spring.
Congratulations poured in from
many of the papers in the state in
Guiding those in the cities Ct Racine,
Fond du Lac, Milwaukee an5 superior.
One of the first visitors at the
'housewarming" was w. T. McCon-
vile, of Milwaukee, who represented
the Associated Press and who came
to present the congratulations of that
organization of which the Kenosha
Evening News is a part.
Joseph Helfert, of Milwaukee, repre-
senting the United Press, another large
service which includes the Kenosha
Evening News, in it's membership,
was also visitor at the plant dur
ing the day.
A feature Of the occasion was that
the day was the fiftieth birthday an
niversary of W. T. Marlatt, president
of the company and editor and pub
Usher OF the Kenosha Evening News.
When he reached his editorial sane
tum this morning he found a huge
birthday cake adjoining the center of
his desk and this remembrance Of the
day was followed by many others, all
speaking the congratulations of en-
ployees, business associates and friends
upon the occasion of the double cele-
bration.
Bedecked with flowers the offices
and building of the company we're
ready for the inspection of visitors
which started early in the afternoon.
See Plant at Work
The work-a-day life of the plant
was not halted for the occasion but
visitors were able to see tthe Nem-
ployees at work on the preparation
of the paper for the day and of an
extra edition, published in celebration
OF the housewarming.
One of the features of the afternoon
for the visitors was to watch the large
new press which has been installed. A
twenty-page section was run off the
presses just before three o'clock COM
plotting the "Housewarming Edition"
of the Kenosha Evening News which
was published today. In all it con-
tanned sixty EIGHT pages, record pa
per in the history of journalism in
Kenosha.
To the animated, the work of print
ing the paper proved most interest
ing process all the way from watch
ing the "cub reporters" grind out
their stories through the setting of
the type, the casting of the forms for
the large press and the printing, fold
ing and delivery of the paper. The
rapidity with which all this could be
done was a revelation to many of the
visitors.
Guides for Visitors.
Members of the force of all depart
ments of the plan joined in extend
ing welcome to the visitors. Those
who were not engaged in carrying On
the work necessary for the publication
of the regular edition and of the spe-
cial edition, acted as guides 20 take
the visitors through the various de-
partments of the company.
Visitors were taken to the offices
of w. T. Marlatt, president of the COM
pany and editor and publisher, of R.
S. Kingsley, business manager, and C.
E. Head, vice president and assistant
business manager. The personally
conducted tour" then led to the vari-
Gus departments of the plant, the
guides explaining some of the inter
esting facts in the makeup of a news
paper and in the workings of a mod
ern printery.