Carbon County news., 1937-08-06

FreLCy EulEn OallOp is pictured
an association of men who, by
their sworn word, pumped a pipe
organ in a church or chapel at
some time in their youth. Found
ed in 1926 by Chet Shafer of Three
Rivers, Wis, who is Grand Dia-
pason of the order, it is, according
to its founder, a ''non-sectarian,
non juridical, non coupon clip
ping, non discriminatory, nom
skid group which complacently
admits it's non-essentialisn."
It's principal aim is a serious
one-''to perpetuate the memories
of our decadent but honorable pro-
fession and to save for posterity
some permanent evidence of the
important part the pumper played
in the musical and ecclesiastical
progress of the ages" Its second
ary aims are "to encourage the
singing of old hymns at Sunday
night gatherings" and s'to prove
that every successful man did not
earn his first dollar selling news
papers but by pumping an organ"
BY a skillful juggling Of its fiscal
years and the comparatively
simple trick Of holding from three
to fifteen annual conventions in
one, the, guild recently was able
to celebrate its wooden-golden an
niversary.
It's officers are named for the va
rious stops on the organ. For in
stance, Benjamin Franklin Affieck
of the Portland Cement associa-
ton of Chicago succeeded the late
Julius RosenWald of Sears Roe
buck and Company as Grand
Quin. It's roster of members in
cludes the names of some of
Americas best-known citizens, in
cluding VIII Hays, car of the
movies; Arthur Pound, the his
torian, and the late United States
Senator Couzens of Michigan.
The Fossils.
Another organization which
lists on its membership rolls the
names of many distinguished citi-
zens is the Fossils, composed of
men who were actively engaged
in amateur journalism prior to
1890. Founded as the National
A m a teur Pre- IS association,
among its irlcorporators were
such men as Thomas "A. Edison, /
James M. Beck, Cyrus H. X.
Curtis, Senator George II. Moses, I
Josephus Daniels and Frederick
E. Ives, inventor of the half-tone
engraving process. In 1904, when
many Of its members had grown
gray-headed they decided that
the Fossils would be a more APP
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The aims Of this group, in addi-
tion to perpetuating old friend !
ships, is ito keep alive the mem
Dry Of those years by occasional
reunions; to defray the rnainte-
nance expense of a library in
which printed relics of their ear
Iier literary efforts are now
bound, indexed and stored and
otherwise to benefit by cornmu- i
nifty of fellowship and loyalty in
their old friendships as yOIIthfIIl
printers. -. H.: 81. r.. .=.T
The Old G. Wash Press.
Drawing its membership from
much the same field of activity is
The Ancient and Honorable Order
of G.: Wash. Pu1lers, a society
BY q trade publication at |
he suggestion Of Harry g. Web
ster, an old Missouri print z It's
include hundreds Of
publishers and a number
If city newspaper men who are
proud to say that they got their |
start in newspaper work at the
lever of ain old G. Wash. "
+ 1t isn't necessary, however, to
lave engaged III some particular |
occupation or profession to be- |
:orne eligible for membership in |
some Of these freak and fun |
:lubs." For instance, if you are |
! white person, either male or |
six feet and one inch or |