The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-11-06

Ever watch a bill-poster al
work?
Now, there's a guy who GER
tainly must possess unusual
skills and dexterity to accom-
plish his task.
AS you probably know, the
average billboard poster is made
up OF several smaller sheets
which must be fitted together
as they are pasted on the board,
to make one large picture or ad-
vertising message.
Where a wallpaper-hanger can
use both hands to get the paper
on wall or ceiling, the bill poster
must work on a surface several
feet higher than he can reach
and consequently must use a
brush to apply the sheets.
Instead of applying paste to
the paper, like a paper-hanger
does, the bill-poster puts the
paste on the board. The poster
sheet, which he has previously
folded in a certain manner, is
then hung over the end of the
brush and hoisted into approx
innate position, where it is stuck
temporarily.
Still using the same brush, he
gently nudges the sheet into ex-
act position, so that the design
printed thereon matches with the
rest of the billboard, and then un-
folds the sheet, brushing it out
flat as he proceeds.
Tedious work, most likely, but
you'd be surprised how fast g
bill-posting crew can complete
its job and 60 on to the next one,
and just how much work a guy
can do with the end of a brush
several feet long!
Don't forget that tomorrow is
election day.
II is probably the most inn
portant election day in all his
tory. and if anyone fails to
vote. he is certainly a most
dis-loYal American. Yet it is
surprising how many people
will not take the time or trou-
BILE to vote Tuesday. and who
some of those people will be.
Among the most out-spoken
critics of the Truman admins
tration of course, are business
and professional men of the ma
ton. Yet a great many of these
= are the very ones who do not
- bother to vote.
We are indebted to a local
: business man. Mac Carmean.
= for the following statistics.
!. quoted from Rotary club bull
- letin which he had received
= from another town:
!. a survey made in one of
=. our large cities of the New
!. York State reports that 80 per-
= cent of the members of Rotary
did not vote. 40 percent of an
1 other service club failed TO
. vote, and a. percent of a Jun
: Tor Chamber of Commerce did
!. not vote. These organizations
= stress their interest in National.
!. State and Community affairs?
> Why do these men belong to
= the above organizations? a man
I. who is not interested enough
. 20 vote certainly cannot give
much serious study to the aims
: and detectives of the organi-
r zation."
Z If that same percentage holds
: true in Ohio. the very men
= most critical of Truman were
4 the ones responsible for his
= carrying this state. His actual
= margin in Ohio was approxi-
!, matelY 5000 votes more than
? Tom Dewey,
7 We were surprised, the other
evening, to spot a 'possum right
in the middle of Marysville. We
thought, when it first came in
TO our headlights, that it was
cat. 1t was not until we stopped
TO let it get out of the way that
I'VE identified it, although it did
look like an awful peculiar cat
as we approached the animal.
An interesting bit of con-
: struction is in progress on the
Delaware rd.. about six miles
out of town. Someone is build
ing a new home. Immediately
! behind the old one. apparently
\ when the new one is finished.
they'll move out of the old one
into the new one. the demolish
or move away the old one. In
cidentallY. the new one is Tar
enough along TO see that II Is
going to be very attractive
dwelling, too.