FOULKES – June 12, David, 2405 SW 5th ave., husband of Nettie Foulkes, Portland; father of David L. Foulkes, Alameda, Cal.; Horace Foulkes, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Mrs. Russell Brougher, Long Beach, Cal.; brother of Mrs. Mary Phegley, Mrs. Charlotte Williams, Glenn Foulkes, all of Portland; Mrs. Lucy Thomas, Los Angeles, Cal.; Edward Foulkes, Oakland, Cal. Arrangements in care of J. P. Finley & Son. SW Montgomery at 4th.
[The Oregonian, 13 Jun 1945, p13]
David Foulkes came to this newspaper as a printer-apprentice in 1887, rose to the position of mechanical superintendent, and to a place of influence in matters unrelated to his mechanical duties. In the mature years of employment his counsel was often sought and often heeded by the management in important particulars. He was closely a part of the organization for the forty-seven years that stretched forward from his coming to this institution as a lad of 17.
One could indulge a good deal of shop talk about the changes in the mechanics of newspaper making, which Mr. Foulkes witnessed and in which he had a hand. Of the change, for example from hand-setting of type under kerosene lamps to the keyboard operation of big machines that turn out cast lines of type, and of other things that are of interest mainly to those who produce a newspaper.
Bur for contrast of past and present, more familiar, it is recalled that when Dave Foulkes first walked into The Oregonian shop, it was a brick building down on Front and Stark streets, surrounded by shacks. There was a livery stable where the Bedell building now stands and there was a Chinese laundry at the Sixth-and-Alder corner of the present Meier & Frank building.
When Mr. Foulkes retired from the Oregonian ten years ago the paper had long been housed in its present building, and had attained a great growth from the small sheet on which he began to work. To that growth he contributed the best that was in him, and that best was of no mean order.
There are many associates of Dave Foulkes on The Oregonian who will long remember him with affection, and with respect for his strong moral character and mental attainments.
[The Oregonian, 13 Jun 1945, p8]
Son of Robert Foulkes & Laura Thomas
[The Oregonian, 13 Jun 1945, p13]
David Foulkes came to this newspaper as a printer-apprentice in 1887, rose to the position of mechanical superintendent, and to a place of influence in matters unrelated to his mechanical duties. In the mature years of employment his counsel was often sought and often heeded by the management in important particulars. He was closely a part of the organization for the forty-seven years that stretched forward from his coming to this institution as a lad of 17.
One could indulge a good deal of shop talk about the changes in the mechanics of newspaper making, which Mr. Foulkes witnessed and in which he had a hand. Of the change, for example from hand-setting of type under kerosene lamps to the keyboard operation of big machines that turn out cast lines of type, and of other things that are of interest mainly to those who produce a newspaper.
Bur for contrast of past and present, more familiar, it is recalled that when Dave Foulkes first walked into The Oregonian shop, it was a brick building down on Front and Stark streets, surrounded by shacks. There was a livery stable where the Bedell building now stands and there was a Chinese laundry at the Sixth-and-Alder corner of the present Meier & Frank building.
When Mr. Foulkes retired from the Oregonian ten years ago the paper had long been housed in its present building, and had attained a great growth from the small sheet on which he began to work. To that growth he contributed the best that was in him, and that best was of no mean order.
There are many associates of Dave Foulkes on The Oregonian who will long remember him with affection, and with respect for his strong moral character and mental attainments.
[The Oregonian, 13 Jun 1945, p8]
Son of Robert Foulkes & Laura Thomas
FOULKES – June 12, David, 2405 SW 5th ave., husband of Nettie Foulkes, Portland; father of David L. Foulkes, Alameda, Cal.; Horace Foulkes, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Mrs. Russell Brougher, Long Beach, Cal.; brother of Mrs. Mary Phegley, Mrs. Charlotte Williams, Glenn Foulkes, all of Portland; Mrs. Lucy Thomas, Los Angeles, Cal.; Edward Foulkes, Oakland, Cal. Arrangements in care of J. P. Finley & Son. SW Montgomery at 4th.
[The Oregonian, 13 Jun 1945, p13]
David Foulkes came to this newspaper as a printer-apprentice in 1887, rose to the position of mechanical superintendent, and to a place of influence in matters unrelated to his mechanical duties. In the mature years of employment his counsel was often sought and often heeded by the management in important particulars. He was closely a part of the organization for the forty-seven years that stretched forward from his coming to this institution as a lad of 17.
One could indulge a good deal of shop talk about the changes in the mechanics of newspaper making, which Mr. Foulkes witnessed and in which he had a hand. Of the change, for example from hand-setting of type under kerosene lamps to the keyboard operation of big machines that turn out cast lines of type, and of other things that are of interest mainly to those who produce a newspaper.
Bur for contrast of past and present, more familiar, it is recalled that when Dave Foulkes first walked into The Oregonian shop, it was a brick building down on Front and Stark streets, surrounded by shacks. There was a livery stable where the Bedell building now stands and there was a Chinese laundry at the Sixth-and-Alder corner of the present Meier & Frank building.
When Mr. Foulkes retired from the Oregonian ten years ago the paper had long been housed in its present building, and had attained a great growth from the small sheet on which he began to work. To that growth he contributed the best that was in him, and that best was of no mean order.
There are many associates of Dave Foulkes on The Oregonian who will long remember him with affection, and with respect for his strong moral character and mental attainments.
[The Oregonian, 13 Jun 1945, p8]
Son of Robert Foulkes & Laura Thomas
[The Oregonian, 13 Jun 1945, p13]
David Foulkes came to this newspaper as a printer-apprentice in 1887, rose to the position of mechanical superintendent, and to a place of influence in matters unrelated to his mechanical duties. In the mature years of employment his counsel was often sought and often heeded by the management in important particulars. He was closely a part of the organization for the forty-seven years that stretched forward from his coming to this institution as a lad of 17.
One could indulge a good deal of shop talk about the changes in the mechanics of newspaper making, which Mr. Foulkes witnessed and in which he had a hand. Of the change, for example from hand-setting of type under kerosene lamps to the keyboard operation of big machines that turn out cast lines of type, and of other things that are of interest mainly to those who produce a newspaper.
Bur for contrast of past and present, more familiar, it is recalled that when Dave Foulkes first walked into The Oregonian shop, it was a brick building down on Front and Stark streets, surrounded by shacks. There was a livery stable where the Bedell building now stands and there was a Chinese laundry at the Sixth-and-Alder corner of the present Meier & Frank building.
When Mr. Foulkes retired from the Oregonian ten years ago the paper had long been housed in its present building, and had attained a great growth from the small sheet on which he began to work. To that growth he contributed the best that was in him, and that best was of no mean order.
There are many associates of Dave Foulkes on The Oregonian who will long remember him with affection, and with respect for his strong moral character and mental attainments.
[The Oregonian, 13 Jun 1945, p8]
Son of Robert Foulkes & Laura Thomas
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