When I was hired at the Journal in 1973 Frank welcomed me to the staff. With a couple of other staffers present in the darkroom he said, “We looked at your work and decided you are not a threat.”
Fine piece, Frank, as usual. One thing, Jones collapsed and died in the newsroom, right outside the dark-room door. Betty Morrison, Frank and I had just gotten back from dinner, at the K&W on Coliseum (if memory serves me correctly). I was sitting on the copy desk — then in the middle of the room — waiting to resume work when I heard him hit the floor. Floyd Rogers rushed over and tried to give him mouth-to-mouth, but I think he had already expired. Sad day. Jones was the supreme old character in a sea of old characters in Journal lore.
When I was hired at the Journal in 1973 Frank welcomed me to the staff. With a couple of other staffers present in the darkroom he said, “We looked at your work and decided you are not a threat.”
Terrific read. The Journal had an excellent photo staff for a long, long time. I have a Howard Walker piece on my dining room wall.
Fine piece, Frank, as usual. One thing, Jones collapsed and died in the newsroom, right outside the dark-room door. Betty Morrison, Frank and I had just gotten back from dinner, at the K&W on Coliseum (if memory serves me correctly). I was sitting on the copy desk — then in the middle of the room — waiting to resume work when I heard him hit the floor. Floyd Rogers rushed over and tried to give him mouth-to-mouth, but I think he had already expired. Sad day. Jones was the supreme old character in a sea of old characters in Journal lore.