Belleville History Alive!

Second Woman Editor On Job in Hastings, page 1

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

ct A Tay lor Second Womai} Editor On Job in Hastings DESERONTO (Staff) - With the presses running off the first edition of The Quinte Scanner, Mrs. Patricia Tay- lor became the second woman editor of a Hastings County newspaper. Mrs. Eva Wafer, owns, and edits the Bancroft Times. Mrs. Taylor, a Queen's Uni- versity graduate, received her newspaper experience through the Pioton Gazette and from freelance writing. She and her husband, Dave were co-authors of "The Hart Pottery CW (Canada West)" in 1966. Mr. Taylor, who handles the photography and sales depart- ment of the weekly, also re- ceived his experience through the Picton paper and was working for Harry Dulmage Associates of Belleville when offered the chance to purchase the Scanoer from Bob Mc- v ' S--^ -Arton, owner of Me Anton Press. With the purchase, came a new name for both the paper and the company. Together with Gordon Code, Mr. Tay- lor formed a limited com- pany, in actuality a working partnership, known as BQ Graphics Ltd. Mr. Cole runs the presses for both the paper and the job printing depart- ment. The tiny paper, which is smaller than a tab! odd publi- cation, wiM be devoted to the environment of the area and will have a section devoted to the Tyendiinaga Reserve, At least, that is Mrs. Tay- lor's hope. She explained that there is, a "lack of communi- cation, a misunderstanding be- tween residents of the reserve and those living in the sur- rounding vicinity." The planned page will en- writers to reveal the iden- tity which people of the re- serve get little chance to put before the public. Plans for the weekly ap£ many. Mr. Taylor eventually hopes to publish a full tabloid edition, with possibly part- time reporters in the future- "We're in an ideal location here at the crossroads of threa counties/* Mrs. Taylor com- mented.

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy