The Daily Chronicle from De Kalb, Illinois • Page 16

16 DAILY CHRONICLE DeKalb, Illinois, Saturday, April 27, 1974 House Organs Prof taught Cronkite, Lady Bird Hundreds of organs built to provide accompaniment to silent films remain playable. In addition to imitating all the instruments of a band, from drums, trumpets and trombones to violins, clarinets and cymbals, they can duplicate such sound effects as the clanging of a trolley bell, the hooves of galloping horses, bird songs, surf, and even an Oriental gong. RENT A RYDER news created by people moving into a new community, a suburb," Price continued. "New problems, such as transportation, mental health, zoning and planning, were not talked about in journalism textbooks." The critiques have pointed out good and bad aspects of suburban newspapers, not mentioned in textbooks, he said. Suburban Press Foundation has funded the Suburban Press which he is chairman.

Price believes cable 8 television is "a great new dimension of communication in the community" and DeKalb "has gone further in developing local programs" than any other public access television station. Price came to NIU in 1962, after serving as professor and chairman of journalism at the University of Idaho from 1954 to 1962 and associate professor of journalism at the University of Texas, 1944-1952. Research center at NIU for seven years "for the purpose of the whole suburban press showing a better image and editorial quality," Price said. Price will remain at NIU as an adjunct professor, keeping his office and working with graduate students until a full-time director of the Suburban Press Research center is hired. He hopes to devote more time after he retires to the People for Public Access not-for-profit organization, of AND GET THERE TL 1 i I'iS Granville Price Retiring mainstream of life.

But along came marriage, and a family, and I never did get back to journalism." Mrs. Johnson married Lyndon Baines Johnson in November 1934. According to Price, "Claudia was a fairly good student." Letters were written to Cronkite asking him if he re membered his former journalism professor, but this writer received no reply. Price is the NIU coordinator of journalism graduate studies and director of Suburban Press Research, a unique research center at NIU which has published more than 40 critiques and research reports about suburban press. The suburban newspaper is "a new kind of journalism," Price said.

The reports help "to show they (suburban newspapers) are a distinct kind of newspaper as opposed to the city-centered and metropolitan newspapers." "There was a new kind of By BETTY ROSS Chronicle Staff Writer NIU professor Granville Price, who taught journalism to Walter Cronkite and Mrs. Lyndon "Lady Bird" Johnson, is retiring after this summer. In 1933 Price, of 111 Knoll-wood Drive, got his first job teaching journalism at the University of Texas, his alma mater. Among his first students were the reknownedtele-vision commentator, who was a student at the university from 1933-35, and the former. First Lady of the United States.

Mrs. Johnson, whom Price remembers as Claudia Taylor, received a bachelor of arts degree in 1933 and bachelor of journalism degree in 1934 from the University of Texas. In a letter to this writer, Mrs. Johnson wrote: "I do indeed remember Dr. Granville Price, but unfortunately the mists of time have closed in around those early years." "It was nearly 40 years ago Somonauk alumni set banquet Committees include Cindy Boe Hegerman and Margaret Haas Hardekopf, invitations and publicity; Charles Haas, set up and clean up; Karol Stahl Grandgeorge, programs; decorations and hospitality, Carol Miller Larson; Ray Cook, nominations and entertainment, Madelyn Dolder Haas.

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1933-34," Mrs. Johnson continued. "During those years, I did think I would pursue journalism for making a living with it, you are always in the SOMONAUK Plans are underway for the annual Somonauk High School Alumni Association banquet. It will be held at 7 p.m. on June 8 at the Somonauk auditorium-gymnasium.

The 1974 alumni officers met at the home of the president, Ray Cook, last week. Entertainment will be provided by "The Originals," a Sweet Adeline quartet from the Ottawa area. This group recently won honors in a state contest and has appeared many times in the area. Paid reservations must be made by May 29 with alumni treasurer, Mrs. Margaret Kish students elect officers Blue Van Storage, Inc.

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Kirkland, vice- president; Sonja Cox, Rochelle, secretary; Debbi Kamps, Rochelle, treasurer; and John Hilleson, Lee, corresponding secretary. RYDER 1 mM 4 17177 fl Jtiay HI" KISHWAUKEE VALLEY mm om Phase Two (mm rrrv NORMAL SCHOOL -tew NORTHERN ILLINOIS 5TATE Last weekend to save $500! This offer positively expires April 30. Stamp show May 4-5 The USPS has announced the design of a block of eight 10-cent stamps being issued to mark the centennial of the Universal Postal Union. Writing and reading letters is the theme of the block, and design of each stamp was taken from a famous painting. The stamps will be issued in Washington, D.C..

on June 6. The stamps will be jumbo size with 32 stamps to the pane. Colors are red, yellow, blue, black and gray. There will be five plate numbers. LlZ JfL wmrnt in mmmi Ai jpmmrmmmmmmm d'? mm, 3 READ Antique Wise In The Daily Chronicle By CLIFFORD ELLIOTT The Kishwaukee Valley Stamp Club is" sponsoring its annual show on May 4 and 5.

This year's show, as in the past, will be held in the Capitol Room at the NIU student center. Ten or twelve dealers will be there to sell material for your stamp collection, and there will be close to 50 frames of material on exhibit. There are five junior members scheduled to have material on exhibit. The United States, Canada and other parts of the world will be represented by the junior collectors. Other collections will include both U.S.

and foreign stamps. Some collections will be put together with stamps from one country, and some will use stamp subjects from all parts of the world topical collecting. There will be at least one frame of stamps showing barbed wire. First day cover collecting is very popular nationwide, and can be collected by country or by subject. Covers can be collected with one stamp or a block of four stamps on each cover.

Cover collecting can be made up of historical post marks. The cancellation has sometimes been very interesting, as there was a time when the Postal Department included a picture in reference to the first day cover subject as part of the first day cancellation. One exhibit will be an early cancellation known as the "Rockford Bluebird" cancellation. In the early 1860's, towns used such as their mark of identification. Plate Block's can be collected in different ways, such as one block for each stamp, while some collectors try to get a block from each of the four corners.

There will be a sample of this type of collection at the show. It will show all four corners, that is the number in the upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right, which shows that when this large sheet was printed these blocks of four had been the corner blocks. Other exhibits will include first day ceremonial programs and presentation albums, special small books made for giving out a special occasions. The club will have a special cover for sale at the show. Recent commemorative stamps or an assortment of older stamps will be used to make up the first class rate for postage, and cancelled with the NIU 75th anniversary cancellation.

The cachet honors NIU, and the stuffer card on the inside gives a quick resume of the growth of NIU. The cost of this cover is 40 cents each or three for $1.10. The show will be open Saturday from II a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 1 1 a.m.

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