The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1949 Page: 3 of 16
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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1949
THE BAYLOR COUNTY BANNER, SEYMOUR,
FREE! FREE!
COME ON KIDS!
BRING YOUR DADS AND MOTHERS — CARL HASH
HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER GROSS OF THOSE
Novelty Balloons
THAT HE IS GIVING WITH EACH 5 GALLONS OF
GAS THIS WEEKEND.
Carl W. Hash
Dodge, Plymouth and Dodge Job-Rated Trucks
TEXACO PRODUCTS
Phone 143 Seymour, Texas
American Indians did not have imals found in America indicate
horses before the arrival of Euro-
peans in this country. Fossil re-
mains of prehistoric horse-like an-
that these animals became ex-
tinct about 100 years before Col-
umbus crossed the Atlantic. -
f TEXANS GET KING-SIZED
! PAPER, "TEXAS UNLIMITED
The Banner publishers received
f an invitation from President Ted
| Dealey of The Dallas News to be
j present in that city Tuesday for
| a luncheon and for a trip through
the mammoth new SO,000.000 plant
which now publishes the Souths
greatest newspaper. Had it been
practical for a Banner represent-
ative to have attended the formal
opening it would have been easier
to describe this new plant, which
is one of the most complete in
the world. Still, the task of that
description would have been an
undertaking of size. Its magnitude
may be realized when The News
devoted several pages of its spec-
ial edition to telling about the
plant, and The News in general.
And even then, we have an idea
the management of the big paper
felt that the description was in-
adequate.
So, only a highlight or two here
and there can be given in this
paper—a description that may be
so far from adequate that it will
minimize instead of magnify the
subject.
The News was established at
Dallas in 1885, antedating The Ban-
| ner by a full ten years. The north
I Texas paper was an outgrowth of
The Galveston News, which is 107
years old. A replica was given
' of the front page of the first is-
sue at Dallas, and it shows the
paper has gone a long way in its
nearly 64 years. Confidence is ex-
pressed in the future, and facili-
ties have been provided that will
take care of a lot of growth in
the years ahead.
More space has been provided
at the new plant than can be used
now, but it will be there when
needed. Some of the big rooms
look like a large part of out-of-
doors that has been enclosed For
instance, the by press costing over
a million dollars and weighing a
million and a quarter pounds, has
a length of 145 feet. The ceiling
of the press room is 40 feet high.
The cruising speed of the giant
machine turns out ICO.000 papers
per hour of 32 pages each. Mo-
tors with 800 horse power turn
the machinery. The press room
is 76 feet wide, without an inter-
ior supporting column, which is
believed to be a record. The press
‘‘floats” on a foundation of dry
sand, to deaden the vibration, and
yet it has been leveled over the
145-foot length to the thickness of
a cigarette paper.
The ‘‘Texas Unlimited” edition
consists of 442 pages, the second
largest newspaper ever published
in the world’s history. The only
discouraging thing that could be
said about it is that the paper is
almost too large to read If the
reader spent only one minute per
page it would take him seven and
a third hours to read the paper.
He would hardly get the job done
in time to finish his breakfast and
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catch the interurban. Each of the
copies weighed about six pounds,
and carried more than 5,000,000
words of news matter. Newsprint
used weighed 1,300,000 pounds, and
a ton of news ink was required.
As to the subject matter; if it
took you seven hours to read the
issue, you know we couldn’t des-
cribe it here. The management
printed 200,000 copies, and they
are all gone.
ALDERMAN JOHN IIODGES
In a special election called for
Tuesday of this week. John T.
Hodges was elected to a place as
alderman on the city council of
the City of Seymour.
Mr. Hodges is of the firm of
Hodges & Lowry, and he has been
a resident of this place for many
years. Evidently, rather complete
confidence is had in the ability
of the new alderman, as he had
no opposition in the election. He
will make a good addition to the
strong city council.
The special election was called
to fill a vacancy left when J. L.
Meads found it impractical to con-
tinue with his service as one of
the aldermen.
Ann Miller over the week end.
Jo Anne and Eva Sue attended a
i picnic in Cisco Saturday.
Nena remained in Eliasville for
j a longer visit.
For Office Supplies come to The
Banner Office first.
Misses Nena and Jo Anne Bar-
ker also Miss Eva Sue Short visited
the former's grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe McDonald and Miss Jo
Patronize your home merchant.
DANCE
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MONDAY, MAY 30
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1949, newspaper, May 26, 1949; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505680/m1/3/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Baylor County Free Library.