Dale County AlArchives News.....Centennial Week Success October 15 1970
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Southern Star
THE SOUTHERN STAR	Thursday, October 15, 1970-2

Editorial Comment

              Centennial Week Success

  It's been quite a week. All the work, long hours of planning and meeting, 
trying to raise money to put the whole thing over, it has reached fruition, and 
possibly you have witnessed most of the events of Centennial Week in Ozark.
  No doubt some improvement could have been made here and there, and certainly 
everyone connected with the event could have used some more time in planning 
their particular activity, but by and large every planned event has come off 
with a high degree of success.
  The turnout at every event was good, and in many instances far better than 
anticipated. We have been involved with many aspects of this Centennial 
celebration, and when we started urging over a year and a half ago that Ozark 
stage a Centennial celebration, we didn't know what we were getting into. At 
least we didn't dream it would involve so much work.
  As for our endeavor in this issue, we have attempted to produce a Centennial 
issue that will be unique in commemorating 100 years of Ozark's history. Here 
again when we came up with this idea, the amount of work that it has taken was 
hardly imagined.
  Attempting to get a head start on such a project is difficult with the week 
to week requirements of publishing a weekly newspaper, but we make no apologies 
for the end product. We are rather proud of it, and hope you are too. Certainly 
it could have been improved upon, and more individuals, families and businesses 
included, but in the amount of time we have had to put this issue together, 
this issue will have to stand on its merits.
  We would like to thank the numerous people who have made old pictures 
available, and who have furnished us with information to support the various 
picture and historical information contained in this issue.
  If and when we ever do attempt another special issue of an historical nature, 
don't look for it to be attempted in anything less than a year from initial 
planning stage to publication date.
  While a great deal of advertising solicitation, gathering pictures and 
information has been going on for over two months, the final
production of this section was accomplished between the issues of October 8 and 
October 15.
  Now my linotype operator, printers, reporters and other assistants would like 
to join me in a long rest, but the issue of October 22 doesn't allow any time 
for that.
  And we hope to get back on a regular schedule next week, attempting to get 
some of those stories or pictures in the paper that might have been delayed in 
getting this special issue out, the largest in the history of The Southern 
Star, except for a 64 page Kiwanis edition that was published in 1927, and it 
was produced over about a six months period.


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