Putting in the last hot type page at the Akron Beacon Journal on Friday, February 6, 1976 are (from left) composing boss Don Baker, printers Red Nestor and Ed Fobean and now retired TV editor John Olesky. Carl “"Red”" Nestor died November 8, 2004. Olesky provided the photo for the blog, but could not put a date on it. However Russ Musarra saved the mat of the last hot type page he worked on, the 1 star Local News page (B-1) on Friday, Feb. 6, 1976. The spreader was headlined "Goldie leaves for a try at motherhood." The story, by Mike Clary, was about a golden eagle that was being sent from the Akron Children's Zoo to a new home in Indianapolis. Sidebar, also by Clary, was headlined "Zoo director named.” "
""
This comment received from Roger Mezger:
ReplyDeleteI have two of the last lead press plates. The BJ sold them for about $20 each after hot type production stopped. One of them is dated Oct. 7, 1976. The date on the other is marred, but it appears to be Oct. 19, 1976. I use them as the base for a glass-top table.
Roger Mezger rmezger@neo.rr.com