In the good old days Mrs Dorothy Brown and her husband published the weekly Town and Country Pennysaver from their home near Cincinnatus.
It consisted of many page of advertising and editorial content in a format of approximately 6.5 x 8 inches.
Mrs Brown used to make her weekly rounds visiting the local business establishments solliciting advertising for her "Town and Country Pennysaver" published in partnership with her husband Noyce Brown.
It was commonly referred to as "The Cincinnatus Pennysaver".
My favorite feature of the "Cincinnatus Pennysaver" were the articles penned by Mrs MacRae. She was historian of the Town of Cincinnatus for many years.
Her writings appeared under the heading of "The Good Old Days" and were always interesting and filled with historical facts.
On November 5th, 2011 Mrs Rachel Pearl Field MacRae passed away at age 96.
http://www.memorialsolutions.com/sitemaker/sites/KLShar1/obit.cgi?user=502851MacRae
Mrs Dorothy Robinson Brown passed away on January 21, 2009 at age 79.
I have in my hands the current issue (November 11-17, 2011) of the
"TOWN & COUNTRY Scotsman Pennysaver". On the second page it states that the Scotsman Pennysaver has a tradition of excellence in publishing and printing.
Without a doubt the Scotsman folks excel in printing when compared to Mr and Mrs Brown.
When it comes to publishing I think the Browns had them beat.
We are left with skimpy coverage of local news.
On page 12 (last page) I see a photograph of the Sidney Field Hockey
team which beat Marathon (2-1) on November 5 in a game played in Greene.
Also Mrs Zeiter's long running "disa & data" feature.
On page 2 two submitted articles. One about organic turkeys and the other about a future DEC hearing in Binghamton. No signatures.
Mrs Connie White used to have her writings published by the Scotsman Press.
However, I have not seen her column for some time either.
In the good old days when I ran a classified ad in the "Cincinnatus Pennysaver" I could tell where and when the USPS was delivering.
Telephone calls started coming in and told me the time and location. Apparently the Pennysaver was the first thing folks reached for and read.
I wonder if that is still true today.
George VanderWoude
If you would like to try submitting the fruits of your English Compositional Skills send an email to the address listed in left hand margin of page 2.
editorial@scotsmanmediagroup.com .
