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Cairo, as seen by Martha and Paul in Sep- Busy Cairo as seen from our hotel room. The
tember of 1982. Cluttered and busy, with freeways didn't go far, so most traffic wended
thousands of little shops. thru narrow and cramped streets.

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Ancient inlaid (with ivory) table, where Instead of taking off our shoes when entering a
immense books of the Koran were laid in the temple or mosque in Egypt, little men put cloth
V-shaped holder, and read to the listeners. slippers on over our shoes.

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Litter bugs would love Egypt, where most The endless roofs of Cairo, some on houses sev-
people just throw it out. eral hundred years old.
Old fort near Cairo, left over from the Roman
occupation.

Looking up at the awesome height

of the Pyramid. This one has an
entrance, but there's nothing in-
side but a passageway.

The Rameses Hilton on the right, where

Paul and Martha stayed twice in Cairo.

Some back streets are narrow, as

this one. Perhaps a refuge from
The Alabaster Sphinx near Cairo. Only a fraction the clatter and din of cars.
of such attractions are on display. Time and
lack of money prevents more progress. ^
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is a tomb that was hidden from
thieves for centuries, but final-
ly looted. Very few escaped van-
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Our group near Aswan, at the quarries from

which many of the stones were taken for
the Pyramids. This is an oblisk that was
destined to be finished, shaped and shipped
to Cairo, but was never completed. Much of
the cutting was done by chipping out a
crack, inserting sawdust, then wetting with
water and that would make a clean split.

Gigantic statue of one of the

Pharaohs at Luxor.

Paul, Ishmael,. Martha and Mohammed all show

off their teeth. Ishmael was extremely
talented F.gyptologist who could read all
the old wall paintings.' left by the ancients
in Egypt. Mohammed was our guide who made
all arrangements appear easy.

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weeds, waiting for time that can • Osiris, our home for five days on the
be given to it.. Nile, cruising back and forth between
Luxor and Aswan, the Upper Wile.. The ship
held, slept and fed about 95 passengers.
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over 100 of these columns, which are said to
be able to hold 100 soldiers on top of each
one. Guess they could, but they'd have to be
thin, and they would get very well acquainted
during the transaction. Faces on the walls had
been chiseled and defaced by later generations.
Jinormous temples at Karnak and Luxor. Attended
a sound and light show in the evening, which
was extremely impressive. We were annoyed, then
amused at hundreds of people taking flash pic-
tures during the show of objects hundreds of
feet away, when there isnft a flash born that
can light much over 2 5 feet.
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Nefertari. Relocated 200 feet to escap' back- they have cheap g a s o l i n e . They u s u a l l y t r o t t e d
waters of the Aswan Dam. along w i l l i n g l y , not balking as i s t h e i r nature.

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Forlorn broken statues at one of the temples. Paul, Martha and playmates on board a felucca,
A lion among them. Sometimes curators sort thru ages-old sailing vessel on the. Nile. Was fun,
rubble like this and reconstruct. but don't think we'll make It our next hobby.

Costume night on the "Osiris" brought out these The "Orisis" docked while we wander around on
Frenchmen (Martha says they were Italian), who shore. Recently there were only four vessels
won first prize. like her...now there are getting to be dozens.
The house of Aga Kahn, with the city of Aswan Lake Nasser, 250 miles long, behind Aswan Dam.-
in the background. Not a blade of grass along its shores.

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Spillway of the Aswan dam. Built by the Rus- Paul and Martha on one of several carriage
sians, Egyptians kicked them out afterwards. rides. Usually bandits, but not these.

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and far between, there are many ferries. ship memorial between Egypt and Russia.
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and Martha were grateful for a lift up. on 15 f l i g h t s , a l l American-built p l a n e s .

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Oris is. Not the cheapest tan possible. the Nile for gullible tourists.

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snarled at Paul and wanted a tip. voyaged in, on the Nile.
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two with Folaroid pictures. He \ias agreeable to picture.

Egypt Air Boeing 737 we rode in. Seemed The Orisis and a Sheraton vessel anchored at
in as good shape as our domestic planes, Aswan. Only two of many that passed "by.

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< Egyptian school with kids out to wave and stare At a pottery shop these men sat out front and
; at us passing in our ship. demonstrated the craft.
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Kansas in 1885. Just unearthed from family archives. This is a copy. Bob
has the original.
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S t * >5 Ports of call were:
Honolulu - Oahu
I Hilo - Hawaii
Kona - Hawaii
Rahului - Kaui
This ship and her sister
ship, Independence, laid
mm at anchor in Hong Kong
since 1975> and were re-
cently activated.
The young American crew
were exceptionally com-
petent and courteous,
making it one of Paul
and Martha's pleasantest
cruises. It was #15.

Hawaiian cruise on
the U.S. Constitution,
an American ship, ply-
ing the Hawaiian is-
lands from the port of fcS&s
Honolulu.
Taken "by Paul and Mar-
tha, and Herb and Faye
Chapman, in November/
December 1982.
Prom Saturday to Sat-
urday. This i^as the
26th cruise for the
ship.
As usual...superbI
As there was a hurri-
cane the previous week,
devistating the island
of Kauai, this usual
port was bypassed.
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Ernie, Bob, Paul, Martha, Ida, Helen and Doro-

thy at a family reunion at Wichita in November
1982.

Hugged wilderness as seen from a

helicopter on Maui. Untouched
for millions of years, and likely
to remain so.

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The S.S. Constitution, built in 1951, carrying

800 passengers. Renovated in 1981, and looks
just like new throughout. 30,090 tons.

One of many buffets on board the

Constitution. Had a choice of
two buffets and a dining room
Wild garden spot along the coast of the Big every noon.
Island.
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Replicas of old Hawaiian boats now plying the Karvelous hula on board the ship by girls and
waters of Hawaii, complete with tourists and boys from Hilo. The center girl is "Kiss Hul
ukeleles. 1982" for all the islands.

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Martha, Faye and Herb waiting under a giant Sand sculptures on the beach at Waikakee. The
tree in Kona, to see if a rent car shows up, heads are not there...probably not completed
It did. that far.

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aii. our helicopter ride.
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Island, with spectacular old bridge spanning
the chasm.

Carved life-size Popeye in front

of a little shop on Maui.

Beautiful surf with modern hotels at Kono, Haw-

aii, not far from v/here Captain Cook landed.

One of the many waterfalls seen

in the wilds of Hawaii, and care-
fully preserved.. Lava field on Maui...very recent eruptions,
and a strong smell of sulphur in the air.
 At a luau on Maui, this young man walked, sat Secluded spot on the Big Island, with a few
and stood on a hot fire for long periods of boys fishing and swimming. Beyond the horizon
time. is California.,

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Launch carrying passengers ashore at Kona, the Inside the crater of the volcano on Maui. Very
only port without a dock. impressive...the floor of hell.

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Main street of old whaling town on Maui. Some- Captain Harry Wu of the Constitution. Evidently
times 50 or more whaling ships would anchor, Chinese and talented, but spoke poor English.
and the sailors came ashore for Saturday night. The owner is a Chinaman in Hong Kong.
More lava f i e l d s on Kaui, with t r e e s f e l l e d in
t h e i r prime.

Herb and Faye in a wilderness on

Hawaii. Those are not vines in
the background...they are roots
dropping many feet from branches
to the ground.

Demonstration of i c e carving on the s h i p ' s

deck. He was q u i t e an a r t i s t .

Pretty and talented hula dancers at a show on Shies*-

the ship at Hilo. Rushing stream below a waterfall.
Carefully preserved wilderness.
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Bell helicopter we rode for ^0 minutes on Maui, Crusted lava on Maui, still steaming, with an
Seven passengers including pilot. Very smooth eruption less than two months ago. We could
and scenic. walk out on part of the crust.

Untamed wilderness on Maul as seen from heli- Part of beautiful interior of the ship, with
copter, with waterfall. grand piano and the Constitution Lounge.

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Martha relaxing in favorite spot on the sun Resort on Maui where we attended luau. Some
deck, under a lifeboat. 1,000 people attended.
 . Kahului, Maui, with old volcanoes in background
as seen from the helicopter.
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Part of the play "Anything Goes," presented on

the last night on the ship by entertainment
staff.

Unique windmill made from an old

hubcap and fan blades. Part of very beautiful dining room on the Con-
stitution.
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muggy day, pictures weren't good. packing, for six days,

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ism to keep passengers occupied if a d r i f t . on the last night of cruise. Sweet gal.

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Little sugar plantation town on Hawaii, with Pit at luau, with three pigs simmering under
few changes in many years. rocks, canvas and fuel. V/as very tasty.
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the day's festivities

The long bow of the ship, with

one of the cleanest and neatest
arrangements we've seen.

Inside the crater of the big volcano on Kaui.

Awesome1.

An outcrop called the "Needle"

on Kaui. We didn't quite see
Dining companions: Krs. Fish, Herb, Faye, Paul, the attraction, but everybody
Mr. Fish and Martha. The Fish's were from Neb- was gawking and taking pictures,
raska. so we fell in with it.
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Our ship at anchor at Eona, with evening's
sightseers going out to gawk at her aboard a
tamarind.

Symetrical underpinnings of a
bridge in the boondocks of the
Big Island, enabling the high-
way above to span a gorge.

The rows of lifeboats on the Constitution,

hopefully never to be used.

The junior set of Hilo puts on their version

of the hula, and does it very well indeed.
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And from England... the first pictures of little

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 Intriguing melon duck posing as a centerpiece
at the Christmas; party buffet.

Bobbye and Martha Tons ing busy winning at bingo

at the Printing Center Xmas Bash.

Sharon Womack and Louise Rushing looking es-

pecially festive at the Christmas party.

Nancy and James Sawyer show off

their new party clothes.

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Roxie and Jimmy Turner, Nancy and James Sawyer, Paul emceeing the Christmas party, picking the
a customer, and Al and Mrs. Zitoon at the party. next victim, complete with his blinking hat.
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Ilristal t r i e s on her charn

Another boondoogle. One of a dozen or so buses Cherry an uneasy passenger as Joelle shows off
plying the streets of Fort Worth, occasionally as a go-kart driver. She took naturally to spin-
with a passenger...-I83,000 American dollars each! ning out.

Easy way to transport the go-kart to a near-by Martha and Dustln discussing the next "I can go
park, in the back of the Phoenix. higher than you" contest coming up.
 Paul examining the cockpit of an F-16 at air base at Las Vegas
in the fall of 1982.

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Dustin Sawyer at the grown-up age of four. Saul Sawyer trying on the charm at eight,
 Laura Tonsing almost there at 15. Dan Tonsing at a debonair 13.

Debra Carver teaching Ryan tricks of the Debbie just along for the ride as Saul is
flying oval on the go-kart. an old pro at the wheel.
 Matt Ashcraft hamming it up at 7.

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Paul and Martha disembarking from the Mississippi Queen, a week's

voyage in February 1983. From New Orleans to Vicksburg, and back
to New Orleans. Cruise #16. Very enjoyable.
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A victim of recent high water along the River. Old army truck looking like a leftover from the
And this was behind a levee. Civil War, but more likely a victim of the flood.
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One of two steam engines driving the paddlewheel Up close the paddle wheel was enormous, and was
of the Q-ueen. planked with ordinary 2x12's.

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Steve Spracklen and Fred Dodd were delightful en- The Glenn Miller Orchestra was with us two nights.,
tertainers at the. Paddlewheel Bar. delightful, nostalgic musicl
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speed 12 mph, ^-00 passengers, lM-0 crew, and just
six years old. Largest paddlewheeler ever built.
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leaving a city. Could be heard for five miles.

The wheelhouse of the Queen, The two levers

steer the boat.

On the upper deck, approaching a levee landing, and the

gangplank ready. At night nosed up to a bank and tied The paddlewheel leaves holes in
to a tree. water.
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The pictures at right are of the restor-

ation of the "Cairo," a Union ironclad
sunk by a mine during the storming of
Vicksburg during the Civil War. It sunk
in the mud and was remarkable preserved
when raised about 20 years ago. Hundreds
of artifacts were recovered, like shoes, *
razors, liquor, watches, live gunpowder,
etc. After years of controversy as to how
and where the money would come from, it
is being restored at the Vicksburg Na-
tional Cemetery. A museum in connection
contains the artifacts. J
Above and below are some of the guns still
at Vicksburg, out of several hundred.
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Views along the river.

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Rosedown Plantation at St. Francisville, La...built in 1835.

 Diane, Kristal, Bobby and Martha pose happily in
May 1983.

Saul getting ready to pay T-ball at Crowley in

the midst of an undefeated season.

Outside the Doodad are Paul, Si, Diane, Jane,

Bobby, Kristal, Nancy, James-, Bobbye, and Rick.
Inside are Saul, Dan, Martha, Laura, Matt and
Dustin. May 1983.
Topeka Capital-Journal, Tuesday, May 17,1983
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Mrs. Dorothy L. Tonsing
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednes-
day at First Lutheran Church for Mrs.
Dorothy Louise Tonsing, 73, 1280 Oak-
ley, who died Sunday
at a Topeka hospital.
Mrs. Tonsing was
active in both Luth-
eran Church Women
and United Church
Women on the na-
tional level and was
the first Lutheran re-
*;. presentative on the
national board of
United Church Wo- Mrs. Dorothy Tonsing
men.
She received the Ecumenical Award
of the Kansas Council of Churches in
1959 and had been named Woman of the
Year in Religion in Topeka. She had
served as vice president of the Kansas
Council of Churches.
She was born July 15, 1909, at Falun
in Saline County, the daughter of Fred
and Alphild Anderson Peterson.
She attended Falun schools and the
University of Kansas. She was graduat-
ed from Kansas Wesleyan University at
Salina in 1932.
Mrs. Tonsing was a member of First
Lutheran Church, Church Women Unit-
ed, Topeka Intercultural Club, Ameri-
can Association of University Women,
Topeka and National Retired Teachers
Associations, Topeka Woman's Club
andKiwanitas.
Mrs. Tonsing was a member of four
national boards of Lutheran Church
Women. She represented the Lutheran
Church in America and the Kansas
Council of Churches on the board of the
National Council of Churches of Christ
in the U.S.A. She was president of Cen-
tral States Synod Lutheran Church Wo-
men and president of Church Women
United at Topeka and state levels.
Mrs. Tonsing was one of nine mem-
bers of a planning committee for the
1962 merger of women's work in the
Lutheran Church of America.
She received the Valiant Woman
award of the national Church Women
United body in 1979.
She was a member of Sigma Tau Del-
ta, professional writing fraternity and
the English Coffee Club, a study group
on English literature.
She was married to Dr. Ernest F.
Tonsing June 1, 1936. He was pastor of
First Lutheran Church many years be-
fore he retired. He survives.
Other survivors include two sons,
Fred Tonsing, Thousand Oaks, Calif.,
and Evan Tonsing, Stillwater, Okla.
Burial will be in Salemsborg Lutheran
Cemetery in the Salemsborg communi-
ty southwest of Salina. Mrs. Tonsing
will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Fu-
neral Home until 7 p.m. today when the
casket will be closed. Relatives and
friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Tues-
day. Memorial contributions may be
made to the Seminary Fund, First
Lutheran Church, 1234 Fairlawn Road,
66604.
1983 FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM SUNDAY, MAY 22.
Obituaries
MARTHA ELIZABETH TONSING
. . . World War II veteran
Memorial service for Martha Elizabeth Tons-
ing, 59, of 6913 Sheridan, will be at 11:30 a.m.
Monday at Shannon's South Chapel.
She died of cancer §
Thursday at home.
Mrs. Tonsing, a native p
of Weatherford, lived in | v
Fort Worth most of her |
life and was a World War f
II Marine veteran.
She was a Lutheran p
and a homemaker.
Mrs. Tonsing had trav- S
eled around the world
several times.
Survivors include her |
husband, Paul M. Tons-
ing of Fort Worth; two!
sons, Richard Tonsing of
Fort Worth and Robert
Tonsing of Austin; h e r |
daughter, Nancy Sawyer
of Fort Worth; a sister, MARTHA
Jane Pickard of Fort TONSING
Worth; and six grandchildren.
The family suggests memorial donations be
made to the American Cancer Society.
May 27, 1983 FORT WORTH NEWS-TRIBUNE
Her brother-in-law and nephew, both ministers, con-
ducted memorial services Monday at Shannon's South
Chapel for Mrs. Martha E. Tonsing, 59, who died at her
home, 6913 Sheridan, after a long
illness.
Mrs. Tonsing was the wife of Paul
M. Tonsing, longtime printing ex-
ecutive here who heads Printing
Center of Texas Inc. The services
were conducted by Rev. Ernest
Tonsing of Topeka and Rev. Fred
Tonsing of California.
Mrs. Tonsing was one of the first
women U.S. Marines in World War
II. Her husband also was a Marine.
Together they had traveled around
Mrs. Martha Tonsing the world many times.
She was born in Weatherford and lived there most of
herjife. Other suryjyor& are two sons, Richard of Fort
'Worth and Robert of Austin; a daughter, Nancy
Sawyer of Fort Worth, a sister, Jane Pickard of Fort
Worth and six grandchildren. i
Friends who wish to do so may make memorials in
Mrs. Tonsing's name to the American Cancer Society.
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Harvey Gaylord, retired president of Bell Helicopter,
died in Niantic, Conn., at the age of 79. When Bell mov-
ed here from Buffalo, N.Y. in 1957, Gaylord became its
first president. In his 13 years as a Fort Worth resident
he was active in many civic and cultural organizations
and was a director of the First National Bank of Fort
Worth.
Gathered for Martha's funeral are Diane, Bobl
Faul, Rick, Bobbye, James, Nancy and Cherry.

And here are Bobby, Diane, Nancy, James, Cherry, Herb Chapman on his retirement
Rick, Bobbye, Evan, Paul, irnie, Ida, Dolly, in May, 1983. A small token in
Fred, Helen and Bob, back of his pickup, signifying
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Four left out of eight: Paul, Ida, Ernie and Bob. Herb and Faye at his retire-
ment party at the Ramada Inn.
Some 38 participated.
loelle Murray posing in April '83 Cherry,. Joelle, Paul and Ryan in Ryan wondering how the camera
•hinking about growing up. Ottawa, on a hot day in June. works, and if he can have it.

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Matt, Saul, Laura and Paul parked by the Cherry, Ernie, Ryan and Joelle in front
Doodad, fighting over who'll wash her. of Cherry's house in Ottawa, June I983.
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Two pictures above are of Grand Teton National

Park, Wyoming. June 1983. One of two gateways made with deer horns on
the main drag in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Years
old.

Periodically in the Grand Tetons are these

runaway truck ramps, on the long slopes. Evi- Out of Jackson Hole are white water raft tripr
dently used, as now and then are seen tracks such as this, seen by Paul and Ernie. Signs, ad
in the mire. vertised hour, day or week trips.
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J Paul at the seashore on Deer Island, Mass.,

near Boston, the morning of June 23, 1983»
after lowering Martha's ashes into the
ocean, as per her request. Fittingly, a jet
comes in overhead, for she loved the sea,
and flying. Ernie recited the Lord's prayer
during the tearful ceremony.

Monument at Custer's battlefield

in Montana, to the famous battle
fought in 1876.

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Unusual mural on the wall of a music store

in Minneapolis.

Part of the graveyard at Custer's battle-

field.
WELCOME TO

IDAHO
"THE GEM STATE"

Ernie and Paul welcoming Idaho to the states

Debbie Lane and Paul in the mountains above not seen by Paul up to that time. This trip
Delta, Colorado in June I983. brought Paul to hj, lacking Alaska.
Old Faithful spouting on schedule
about.once an hour. They don't
turn it off at night..

Lonely bison in Yellowstone National Park. Few

animals were seen.

Bear—proof garbage can in Yellowstone. Bears got

dangerous mooching garbage, and with people feed—I
One of several waterfalls in Yel- ing themj these cans were introduced, and people
lowstone. . .beautiful!: cautioned...so bears went back to the woods.
 Part of the crowd gathered early in the morn-
ing to see Old Faithful spout.

Bob Tonsing, Jr., Paul, Ernie and Bob's wife

as seen in Denver. Bob was always a nice kid,
and all at once he's a grandfather.

Charlie Brown and Billie

holding up Paul's annual birthday
Various scenes in Yellowstone, seen by Paul cake, before it is attached by
and Ernie in June 1983• gluttons.
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Various scenes at Concord, Massachusetts, outside of Boston, where the

first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired.
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Finicular up Stone Mountain The Tennessee River as seen Monument on Missionary Ridge
Chattanooga, Tenn. Drawn by from Stone Mountain...beau- to Grandfather Martin, who
a cable. tiful view. captured the ridge.

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Pair of cannon still guarding the heights of

Stone Mountain,where a Civil War battle was
fought.

Closeup_ of monument to Col. John

a Mattin, commanding the 8th Kan-
sas Volunteer Infantry.
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MARTHA P. TONSING
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Construction of new. paper warehouse at Printing No sooner was the paper warehouse up in the summer
Center at 701 East Fifth St., Fort Worth. of 1983, but it was full,'and more room needed.

Bobby, Kristal and Matt aboard a

reluctant elephant at game park
between Fort Worth and Dallas,
the summer of 1983*

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The annual Washington trip by the Civic Leaders Assn. produced

this picture on the steps of the Pentagon. Richard Glaser and
Paul are in the upper left quadrant.
Page 6 THE NEWS-TRIBUNE *ch 2 8 , 1980 ^ -

Employee-Owned Printing Firm

Started W i t h Borrowed $450
By MACK WILLIAMS a Linotype he went, this time on the Fort Worth Press,
Paul Tonsing borrowed $450 in 1956 to start a prin- and later as a night operator at the Star-Telegram and
ting business. Today he grosses $10 million a year, the All-Church Press while he spent days buying, sell-
employs 165 persons and has customers from coast to ing and servicing printing equipment, mostly
coast. Linotypes.
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Even in Fort Worth,
where rags to riches IN 1956 HE BORROWED that $450 from the bank,
stories are common, bought a Linotype sight unseen from the back of a
Tonsing's success is truck, and set up shop as a typesetter for weekly
unusual. Now that he newspapers, working 60 to 80 hours a week. His firm,
has built up his business Printers Service Co., acquired a hand-fed Babcock press
he's selling it to his to print the papers and later moved up to an automatic
employees. Eighteen of press from Arkansas which could print 1,500 eight-page
them are stockholders papers an hour.
and Printing Center of This was dazzling speed to Tonsing, but the best was
Texas Inc., 210 Jones, is yet to come. Staley McBrayer, publisher of several
one of the outstanding weeklies and dailies here, developed his web rotary
worker-owned com- newspaper offset press called the Vanguard. Turning
panies in the state. out 15,000 papers an hour with attractive color prin-
The 25-year-old firm, ting, it made letterpress obsolete overnight.
scattered in seven With McBrayer and Tonsing as partners and an
buildings, is construc- $80,000 Vanguard for starters, Printing Center Inc.
ting a new one on a opened in 1962 in a 5,000-square foot building at 215
6»/i-acre site at 701. E. Jones. In a short time the large Bowman Biscuit
•Fifth to put all depart- Paul Tonsing building across the street was rented and the original
ments under one roof. Moving is already under way building became Printing Center's job shop.
with the five big web presses scheduled to make the * * *
journey one at a time on weekends. VANGUARD PRESS CO. evolved into the Cottrell
Presiding over the carefully-timed maneuver, which Printing Press Co. and eventually the Harris press.
involves scores of newspapers and other publications When McBrayer sold his newspapers and his press
printed by the company, is Paul Tonsing, a World War company stock to the Dallas News, his Printing Center
II Marine. The property at Second and Jones, leased by stock was part of the package. The Fort Worth Shop-
Tonsmg 18 years ago, has been sold and will become the per, then owned by Homer Tomlinson Jr. and Ted
site of a five-story- parking garage for the two City Tomlinson, bought the Printing Center shares, selling
Center skyscrapers that Sid Bass will build in a four- them to Tonsing in 1968, a transaction that made him
block area adjoining his Americana/Tandy Center sole owner.
Hotel. Today, with stock held by 18 employees, the firm is
* * * thriving as never before. Together with the five web off-
OLDTIME PRINTERS had wanderlust, and Tons- set presses it operates four sheet-fed offset presses and
ing was no exception. Both he and his company have a complete bindery.
traveled far. Several newspapers, including The News-Tribune, are
Son of a Lutheran minister in Atchison, Kan., who turned out on Printing Center's big web presses every
had to run a print shop on the side to feed his wife and week. Circulars and books also are specialties of the
eight children, Tonsing grew up amid the type cases. firm, which hired its first salesman in 1968 to augment
He started at 12 and set forth on his travels at 18, when Tonsing's work. Today there are five and the customers
his father died. By the time World War II erupted he are located in many states.
was a Linotype operator on the Los Angeles Times. David Shipps, whose father was an oldtime Fort
"I enlisted in the Marines in 1941 because the Worth newspaper pressman, joined Printing Center
recruiting officer promised me the best-looking Isoon after it was launched and is president today. The
uniform," Tonsmg recalls. He also got an acute case of vice presidents are Joe Martin, production manager,
elephantitis during his 17 months in the Pacific. and Al Samaniego, pressroom superintendent. John
"Back in San Francisco I met a cute Marine corporal I Riley is secretary-treasurer and Herb Chapman, also a
(of the opposite sex) who whistled to me on the street. former Marine and newspaper publishing executive, is
She says I whistled to her. It-turned out to be a boat in office manager.
the harbor whistling to both of us. After a whirlwind Other key employees are Louise Rushing, credit
courtship of six weeks we were married in 1944. It prov- manager and bookkeeper; Stanley Cole, job shop and
ed to be a very happy marriage," Tonsing says. bindery supervisor, and salesmen Don Roessler, John
Martha Tonsing was from Texas and when it became Robbins, Wayne Douglas, Tommy Tomlinson and
difficult to rent an apartment in Los Angeles they came Phyllis Suttles.
here with a new baby, planning to return to California Printing Center has never stopped growing and Paul
eventually. Paul was hired as a Linotype operator by Tonsing has never stopped traveling. He and Martha,
Branch-Smith Publishing Co. but the lure of free enter- who have three children and five grandchildren, have
prise was overpowering. He and Martha bought the made several trips around the world since their Marine
weekly Mansfield News. days. They never did *iake it back to California.
Serving as editor, typesetter, makeup man and
pressman, Tonsing found the challenge great but the in-
come small during his three years of ownership. Back to

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