September 19, 1949, Twin City News-Record
In what I promise will be the last word on this newspaper's birth, I offer a part of the editorial section of the paper, welcoming the reader to its birth. While it is a pep talk for the Twin Cities, or "Good Towns" as the editor playfully calls them, I find it more interesting to have included the thought processes that occurred over naming the newspaper. I cannot imagine a name like The Neenah-Menashian, though it DOES have a unique ring to it. Perhaps if we'd have heard the term "Menashian" bandied about more often, it wouldn't have sounded so far-fetched. But I DO like that the idea was an homage to The New Yorker.
This was a great newspaper. It gave all the sports scores for all schools teams / all grades. Recreational league scores and records. Plus your weekly news on happenings in the Twin Cities. And there was a coupon for Jitters in there!
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