GEORGE J. MACFARLANE
(1883 - 1956)
George MacFarlane, Veteran Editor, Dies
George J. MacFarlane, a gentle, hard-working newspaperman, died Friday afternoon at his home, 430 N. Fifth St. He had been a reporter and editorial writer for more than 55 years. He was 73 years old.
Death came at 1:45 p.m. to the dean of newspapermen in this city and Wisconsin about four months after he had submitted to surgery, the first time he had ever been ill enough to require hospitalization.
"Packy" as he was affectionately known to legions of friends, started as a reporter for his father at the age of 18 in 1901, the same year he was graduated from Racine High School. He took over the paper, the Manitowoc Daily News, on the death of his father in 1917.
Later, when the paper was sold to the Manitowoc Herald, Mr. Mac Farlane became associated with the M and M Printing Works here for several years, although continuing to do free lance writing and reporting for the Manitowoc Herald News. Within a few years he rejoined the paper and as the Two Rivers representative reported the news solicited advertising and handled the circulation. He, however, maintained his residence in this city.
Named Editor in 1940
When he was transferred back to The Herald-News editorial staff here he became sports editor and remained with the paper after its merger with the Manitowoc Times as the Manitowoc Herald-Times. He successively was sports editor, city editor and managing editor. In 1948 he was named editor when succeeded by Roy F. Valitchka as managing editor.
On the occasion of his 50th year in the field of journalism, Mr. MacFarlane was feted at a dinner Aug. 21, 1951, at which time the late H.T. Bayne, editor and publisher of The Herald-Times, presented Mr. MacFarlane with a gold watch. Although the newspaper profession was his great love, Mr. MacFarlane consented to serve four years as alderman of the Second Ward on the City Council and several years as a member of the City Safety Commission after leaving the City Council.
Mr. MacFarlane had a combination of traits that made him many friends and a devotion and ability to a profession that made him unique in the journalistic field.
Lively Interest in Events
These were a gentle understanding of others, a lively interest in everything around him and an ability to see the humor in every situation.
Mr. MacFarlane, always had been a working newspaperman. As managing editor, he kept the City Hall for his beat and covered council meetings himself until recently. The county Board was also a "beat" he considered his, and for many years he turned out reams of copy on the proceedings of the supervisors.
He almost always took his lunch at his desk and when he did leave it was only to quickly snatch a bowl of soup and a light dessert. During the noon hour at the office, more frequently than not it was interrupted with visits and phone calls, but never did he resent the interruptions because most often a news story would result. Mr. MacFarlane could handle big stories with ease but he never snubbed the small ones, and over the years he had been in on some of the top news stories as they broke in the community and area.
His favorite avocation as a news
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MacFarlane
(Continued From Page 1)
..paperman was sports, and wherever there was a football, baseball or basketball game, Mr. MacFarlane almost without exception was present.
His interest in marine activity was widespread and he chronicled events in that field with considerable enthusiasm for the many years he worked with a typewriter.
Was Lover of Theater
Outside of the newspaper profession Mr. MacFarlane had another avocation—theater. He would travel many miles to attend a stage play and he also had a keen interest in moving pictures, often expressing a desire to manage a theater.
Mr. MacFarlane was widely known throughout Wisconsin as a newspaperman and had acquired a host of friends in the profession. He had earned a reputation for "tipping off" nearby newspapers on items of interest in the areas of their circulation coverage. He was instrumental, working in cooperation with the late Stanley Barnett of the Green Bay Press Gazette, in organizing the Fox Valley and Lake Shore Writers Club.
In June of this year he was reelected vice president of the organization, a post he had held since the group was formed several years ago.
Top figures in the sports, business, entertainment and professional world knew Mr. MacFarlane intimately and frequently went out of their way when in the vicinity to stop in the editorial office of The Herald-Times and visit, if even briefly, with "Packy."
He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John MacFarlane and was born Jan. 14, 1883, at Racine. In 1916 he married Mrs. Veta Martens Haukuhl, who survives along with a sister, Miss Jean MacFarlane, a French teacher at Oshkosh High School.
Funeral services will be announced Saturday by the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 27, 1956 pp. 1, 15
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NEWSPAPER MAN TO TAKE BRIDE TODAY
George MacFarlane of News to Wed Mrs. Haukohl
The marriage of Mrs. Veta Haukohl and George J. MacFarlane, city editor of the Daily News, will be solemnized this afternoon at 5 o'clock, the wedding being planned as a quiet affair with only near relatives of the couple present.
Mr. MacFarlane and bride, following the ceremony, and a wedding dinner, will depart for Chicago where they will spend a two week's honeymoon, returning here to take up their home on North Fifth street.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Wednesday, February 24, 1915 P. 8
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▪ died: 07-27-1956
▪ age: 73 years
▪ buried on Mrs. John MacFarlane lot
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(1883 - 1956)
George MacFarlane, Veteran Editor, Dies
George J. MacFarlane, a gentle, hard-working newspaperman, died Friday afternoon at his home, 430 N. Fifth St. He had been a reporter and editorial writer for more than 55 years. He was 73 years old.
Death came at 1:45 p.m. to the dean of newspapermen in this city and Wisconsin about four months after he had submitted to surgery, the first time he had ever been ill enough to require hospitalization.
"Packy" as he was affectionately known to legions of friends, started as a reporter for his father at the age of 18 in 1901, the same year he was graduated from Racine High School. He took over the paper, the Manitowoc Daily News, on the death of his father in 1917.
Later, when the paper was sold to the Manitowoc Herald, Mr. Mac Farlane became associated with the M and M Printing Works here for several years, although continuing to do free lance writing and reporting for the Manitowoc Herald News. Within a few years he rejoined the paper and as the Two Rivers representative reported the news solicited advertising and handled the circulation. He, however, maintained his residence in this city.
Named Editor in 1940
When he was transferred back to The Herald-News editorial staff here he became sports editor and remained with the paper after its merger with the Manitowoc Times as the Manitowoc Herald-Times. He successively was sports editor, city editor and managing editor. In 1948 he was named editor when succeeded by Roy F. Valitchka as managing editor.
On the occasion of his 50th year in the field of journalism, Mr. MacFarlane was feted at a dinner Aug. 21, 1951, at which time the late H.T. Bayne, editor and publisher of The Herald-Times, presented Mr. MacFarlane with a gold watch. Although the newspaper profession was his great love, Mr. MacFarlane consented to serve four years as alderman of the Second Ward on the City Council and several years as a member of the City Safety Commission after leaving the City Council.
Mr. MacFarlane had a combination of traits that made him many friends and a devotion and ability to a profession that made him unique in the journalistic field.
Lively Interest in Events
These were a gentle understanding of others, a lively interest in everything around him and an ability to see the humor in every situation.
Mr. MacFarlane, always had been a working newspaperman. As managing editor, he kept the City Hall for his beat and covered council meetings himself until recently. The county Board was also a "beat" he considered his, and for many years he turned out reams of copy on the proceedings of the supervisors.
He almost always took his lunch at his desk and when he did leave it was only to quickly snatch a bowl of soup and a light dessert. During the noon hour at the office, more frequently than not it was interrupted with visits and phone calls, but never did he resent the interruptions because most often a news story would result. Mr. MacFarlane could handle big stories with ease but he never snubbed the small ones, and over the years he had been in on some of the top news stories as they broke in the community and area.
His favorite avocation as a news
(continued on Page M-15)
MacFarlane
(Continued From Page 1)
..paperman was sports, and wherever there was a football, baseball or basketball game, Mr. MacFarlane almost without exception was present.
His interest in marine activity was widespread and he chronicled events in that field with considerable enthusiasm for the many years he worked with a typewriter.
Was Lover of Theater
Outside of the newspaper profession Mr. MacFarlane had another avocation—theater. He would travel many miles to attend a stage play and he also had a keen interest in moving pictures, often expressing a desire to manage a theater.
Mr. MacFarlane was widely known throughout Wisconsin as a newspaperman and had acquired a host of friends in the profession. He had earned a reputation for "tipping off" nearby newspapers on items of interest in the areas of their circulation coverage. He was instrumental, working in cooperation with the late Stanley Barnett of the Green Bay Press Gazette, in organizing the Fox Valley and Lake Shore Writers Club.
In June of this year he was reelected vice president of the organization, a post he had held since the group was formed several years ago.
Top figures in the sports, business, entertainment and professional world knew Mr. MacFarlane intimately and frequently went out of their way when in the vicinity to stop in the editorial office of The Herald-Times and visit, if even briefly, with "Packy."
He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John MacFarlane and was born Jan. 14, 1883, at Racine. In 1916 he married Mrs. Veta Martens Haukuhl, who survives along with a sister, Miss Jean MacFarlane, a French teacher at Oshkosh High School.
Funeral services will be announced Saturday by the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 27, 1956 pp. 1, 15
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NEWSPAPER MAN TO TAKE BRIDE TODAY
George MacFarlane of News to Wed Mrs. Haukohl
The marriage of Mrs. Veta Haukohl and George J. MacFarlane, city editor of the Daily News, will be solemnized this afternoon at 5 o'clock, the wedding being planned as a quiet affair with only near relatives of the couple present.
Mr. MacFarlane and bride, following the ceremony, and a wedding dinner, will depart for Chicago where they will spend a two week's honeymoon, returning here to take up their home on North Fifth street.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Wednesday, February 24, 1915 P. 8
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▪ died: 07-27-1956
▪ age: 73 years
▪ buried on Mrs. John MacFarlane lot
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GEORGE J. MACFARLANE
(1883 - 1956)
George MacFarlane, Veteran Editor, Dies
George J. MacFarlane, a gentle, hard-working newspaperman, died Friday afternoon at his home, 430 N. Fifth St. He had been a reporter and editorial writer for more than 55 years. He was 73 years old.
Death came at 1:45 p.m. to the dean of newspapermen in this city and Wisconsin about four months after he had submitted to surgery, the first time he had ever been ill enough to require hospitalization.
"Packy" as he was affectionately known to legions of friends, started as a reporter for his father at the age of 18 in 1901, the same year he was graduated from Racine High School. He took over the paper, the Manitowoc Daily News, on the death of his father in 1917.
Later, when the paper was sold to the Manitowoc Herald, Mr. Mac Farlane became associated with the M and M Printing Works here for several years, although continuing to do free lance writing and reporting for the Manitowoc Herald News. Within a few years he rejoined the paper and as the Two Rivers representative reported the news solicited advertising and handled the circulation. He, however, maintained his residence in this city.
Named Editor in 1940
When he was transferred back to The Herald-News editorial staff here he became sports editor and remained with the paper after its merger with the Manitowoc Times as the Manitowoc Herald-Times. He successively was sports editor, city editor and managing editor. In 1948 he was named editor when succeeded by Roy F. Valitchka as managing editor.
On the occasion of his 50th year in the field of journalism, Mr. MacFarlane was feted at a dinner Aug. 21, 1951, at which time the late H.T. Bayne, editor and publisher of The Herald-Times, presented Mr. MacFarlane with a gold watch. Although the newspaper profession was his great love, Mr. MacFarlane consented to serve four years as alderman of the Second Ward on the City Council and several years as a member of the City Safety Commission after leaving the City Council.
Mr. MacFarlane had a combination of traits that made him many friends and a devotion and ability to a profession that made him unique in the journalistic field.
Lively Interest in Events
These were a gentle understanding of others, a lively interest in everything around him and an ability to see the humor in every situation.
Mr. MacFarlane, always had been a working newspaperman. As managing editor, he kept the City Hall for his beat and covered council meetings himself until recently. The county Board was also a "beat" he considered his, and for many years he turned out reams of copy on the proceedings of the supervisors.
He almost always took his lunch at his desk and when he did leave it was only to quickly snatch a bowl of soup and a light dessert. During the noon hour at the office, more frequently than not it was interrupted with visits and phone calls, but never did he resent the interruptions because most often a news story would result. Mr. MacFarlane could handle big stories with ease but he never snubbed the small ones, and over the years he had been in on some of the top news stories as they broke in the community and area.
His favorite avocation as a news
(continued on Page M-15)
MacFarlane
(Continued From Page 1)
..paperman was sports, and wherever there was a football, baseball or basketball game, Mr. MacFarlane almost without exception was present.
His interest in marine activity was widespread and he chronicled events in that field with considerable enthusiasm for the many years he worked with a typewriter.
Was Lover of Theater
Outside of the newspaper profession Mr. MacFarlane had another avocation—theater. He would travel many miles to attend a stage play and he also had a keen interest in moving pictures, often expressing a desire to manage a theater.
Mr. MacFarlane was widely known throughout Wisconsin as a newspaperman and had acquired a host of friends in the profession. He had earned a reputation for "tipping off" nearby newspapers on items of interest in the areas of their circulation coverage. He was instrumental, working in cooperation with the late Stanley Barnett of the Green Bay Press Gazette, in organizing the Fox Valley and Lake Shore Writers Club.
In June of this year he was reelected vice president of the organization, a post he had held since the group was formed several years ago.
Top figures in the sports, business, entertainment and professional world knew Mr. MacFarlane intimately and frequently went out of their way when in the vicinity to stop in the editorial office of The Herald-Times and visit, if even briefly, with "Packy."
He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John MacFarlane and was born Jan. 14, 1883, at Racine. In 1916 he married Mrs. Veta Martens Haukuhl, who survives along with a sister, Miss Jean MacFarlane, a French teacher at Oshkosh High School.
Funeral services will be announced Saturday by the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 27, 1956 pp. 1, 15
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NEWSPAPER MAN TO TAKE BRIDE TODAY
George MacFarlane of News to Wed Mrs. Haukohl
The marriage of Mrs. Veta Haukohl and George J. MacFarlane, city editor of the Daily News, will be solemnized this afternoon at 5 o'clock, the wedding being planned as a quiet affair with only near relatives of the couple present.
Mr. MacFarlane and bride, following the ceremony, and a wedding dinner, will depart for Chicago where they will spend a two week's honeymoon, returning here to take up their home on North Fifth street.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Wednesday, February 24, 1915 P. 8
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▪ died: 07-27-1956
▪ age: 73 years
▪ buried on Mrs. John MacFarlane lot
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(1883 - 1956)
George MacFarlane, Veteran Editor, Dies
George J. MacFarlane, a gentle, hard-working newspaperman, died Friday afternoon at his home, 430 N. Fifth St. He had been a reporter and editorial writer for more than 55 years. He was 73 years old.
Death came at 1:45 p.m. to the dean of newspapermen in this city and Wisconsin about four months after he had submitted to surgery, the first time he had ever been ill enough to require hospitalization.
"Packy" as he was affectionately known to legions of friends, started as a reporter for his father at the age of 18 in 1901, the same year he was graduated from Racine High School. He took over the paper, the Manitowoc Daily News, on the death of his father in 1917.
Later, when the paper was sold to the Manitowoc Herald, Mr. Mac Farlane became associated with the M and M Printing Works here for several years, although continuing to do free lance writing and reporting for the Manitowoc Herald News. Within a few years he rejoined the paper and as the Two Rivers representative reported the news solicited advertising and handled the circulation. He, however, maintained his residence in this city.
Named Editor in 1940
When he was transferred back to The Herald-News editorial staff here he became sports editor and remained with the paper after its merger with the Manitowoc Times as the Manitowoc Herald-Times. He successively was sports editor, city editor and managing editor. In 1948 he was named editor when succeeded by Roy F. Valitchka as managing editor.
On the occasion of his 50th year in the field of journalism, Mr. MacFarlane was feted at a dinner Aug. 21, 1951, at which time the late H.T. Bayne, editor and publisher of The Herald-Times, presented Mr. MacFarlane with a gold watch. Although the newspaper profession was his great love, Mr. MacFarlane consented to serve four years as alderman of the Second Ward on the City Council and several years as a member of the City Safety Commission after leaving the City Council.
Mr. MacFarlane had a combination of traits that made him many friends and a devotion and ability to a profession that made him unique in the journalistic field.
Lively Interest in Events
These were a gentle understanding of others, a lively interest in everything around him and an ability to see the humor in every situation.
Mr. MacFarlane, always had been a working newspaperman. As managing editor, he kept the City Hall for his beat and covered council meetings himself until recently. The county Board was also a "beat" he considered his, and for many years he turned out reams of copy on the proceedings of the supervisors.
He almost always took his lunch at his desk and when he did leave it was only to quickly snatch a bowl of soup and a light dessert. During the noon hour at the office, more frequently than not it was interrupted with visits and phone calls, but never did he resent the interruptions because most often a news story would result. Mr. MacFarlane could handle big stories with ease but he never snubbed the small ones, and over the years he had been in on some of the top news stories as they broke in the community and area.
His favorite avocation as a news
(continued on Page M-15)
MacFarlane
(Continued From Page 1)
..paperman was sports, and wherever there was a football, baseball or basketball game, Mr. MacFarlane almost without exception was present.
His interest in marine activity was widespread and he chronicled events in that field with considerable enthusiasm for the many years he worked with a typewriter.
Was Lover of Theater
Outside of the newspaper profession Mr. MacFarlane had another avocation—theater. He would travel many miles to attend a stage play and he also had a keen interest in moving pictures, often expressing a desire to manage a theater.
Mr. MacFarlane was widely known throughout Wisconsin as a newspaperman and had acquired a host of friends in the profession. He had earned a reputation for "tipping off" nearby newspapers on items of interest in the areas of their circulation coverage. He was instrumental, working in cooperation with the late Stanley Barnett of the Green Bay Press Gazette, in organizing the Fox Valley and Lake Shore Writers Club.
In June of this year he was reelected vice president of the organization, a post he had held since the group was formed several years ago.
Top figures in the sports, business, entertainment and professional world knew Mr. MacFarlane intimately and frequently went out of their way when in the vicinity to stop in the editorial office of The Herald-Times and visit, if even briefly, with "Packy."
He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John MacFarlane and was born Jan. 14, 1883, at Racine. In 1916 he married Mrs. Veta Martens Haukuhl, who survives along with a sister, Miss Jean MacFarlane, a French teacher at Oshkosh High School.
Funeral services will be announced Saturday by the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 27, 1956 pp. 1, 15
★☆♥══════════════♥★♥══════════════♥☆★
NEWSPAPER MAN TO TAKE BRIDE TODAY
George MacFarlane of News to Wed Mrs. Haukohl
The marriage of Mrs. Veta Haukohl and George J. MacFarlane, city editor of the Daily News, will be solemnized this afternoon at 5 o'clock, the wedding being planned as a quiet affair with only near relatives of the couple present.
Mr. MacFarlane and bride, following the ceremony, and a wedding dinner, will depart for Chicago where they will spend a two week's honeymoon, returning here to take up their home on North Fifth street.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Wednesday, February 24, 1915 P. 8
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▪ died: 07-27-1956
▪ age: 73 years
▪ buried on Mrs. John MacFarlane lot
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