27-09-2009, 09:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 27-09-2009, 09:50 PM by Bernice Moore.)
from JACK from an old post about his friend penn.......b
This is to correct a persistent misrepresentation.
Penn Jones Jr. was the one and only editor of THE CONTINUING INQUIRY newsletter.
There was NEVER a CO-editor, as some claim. Certainly not me nor anyone else.
Anyone who claims to have been co-editor is stealing from Penn.
Penn asked various friends to "volunteer" help in producing the pasteups from materials
and guidance he provided. The volunteers were given free rein to write stories and
make submissions also. It was strictly an uncompensated work of love and respect.
The first several years Cleburne architect J. Gary Shaw did the pasteups and added
stories of some of his pioneering research.
When Gary's architect business load became too great, he and Penn asked me to
do the pasteups and add my research. I accepted and for three years I assisted Penn
in putting together each edition from materials he brought to me plus anything I
wanted to add. He usually had lots of clippings and stories by various researchers
like Mae Brussell and Harry Livingstone. I was free to add anything, which of course
was subject to Penn's final approval. I sometimes used stories from other local
researchers who gave them to me directly, instead of giving them to Penn.
I usually spent an entire Saturday doing an issue for Penn; he picked it up and
read it all, then had it printed if he approved, a few times with minor changes.
When Penn's health began to fail, his new bride Elaine persuaded him that he
should start doing the newsletter again himself. Without explanation he just
quit bringing me the materials, and apparently Elaine produced the final few
issues, mostly xeroxed copies of clippings and repeated photos, with no new
research, since by then his declining health with Alzheimers was forcing him
into seclusion. Gone were all the pioneering research and writing by Penn and
others. It was sad that such a fine publication ended with such a whimper.
We all owe Penn a great debt of gratitude for all the inspiration he gave
later researchers as well as his brave venture where others feared to tread.
Well done, Penn our friend!
Jack
This is to correct a persistent misrepresentation.
Penn Jones Jr. was the one and only editor of THE CONTINUING INQUIRY newsletter.
There was NEVER a CO-editor, as some claim. Certainly not me nor anyone else.
Anyone who claims to have been co-editor is stealing from Penn.
Penn asked various friends to "volunteer" help in producing the pasteups from materials
and guidance he provided. The volunteers were given free rein to write stories and
make submissions also. It was strictly an uncompensated work of love and respect.
The first several years Cleburne architect J. Gary Shaw did the pasteups and added
stories of some of his pioneering research.
When Gary's architect business load became too great, he and Penn asked me to
do the pasteups and add my research. I accepted and for three years I assisted Penn
in putting together each edition from materials he brought to me plus anything I
wanted to add. He usually had lots of clippings and stories by various researchers
like Mae Brussell and Harry Livingstone. I was free to add anything, which of course
was subject to Penn's final approval. I sometimes used stories from other local
researchers who gave them to me directly, instead of giving them to Penn.
I usually spent an entire Saturday doing an issue for Penn; he picked it up and
read it all, then had it printed if he approved, a few times with minor changes.
When Penn's health began to fail, his new bride Elaine persuaded him that he
should start doing the newsletter again himself. Without explanation he just
quit bringing me the materials, and apparently Elaine produced the final few
issues, mostly xeroxed copies of clippings and repeated photos, with no new
research, since by then his declining health with Alzheimers was forcing him
into seclusion. Gone were all the pioneering research and writing by Penn and
others. It was sad that such a fine publication ended with such a whimper.
We all owe Penn a great debt of gratitude for all the inspiration he gave
later researchers as well as his brave venture where others feared to tread.
Well done, Penn our friend!
Jack