Way Back When
By Kathy Buster , newsletter editor 1978 – 1985
Thirty years of Currents ! Amazing ! And congratulations ! But I ’ m going to take you back 44 years . Back to the years when the butterfly that Currents has become was still a busy caterpillar metamorphosing over the years .
In 1978 , when I moved to Hamburg , Christine Bell was editor ( researcher , writer , proofreader , copier , and probably mailer !) of the AWC newsletter . When I took on the job — a labor of love indeed — I had an old portable Remington typewriter and lots of Wite-Out !
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A small , wobbly card table set up in our bedroom was my desk , and it was surrounded by upsidedown laundry baskets and packing boxes — one for each page of the newsletter . And I loved it ! Over the years , I graduated to a big secretary ’ s desk ( on which I ’ m typing this ), with plenty of room to spread out . Then the AWC bought an electric typewriter . What a wonder ! Before I handed the job on some eight years later , I ’ d even brought a primitive computer back to Hamburg with me from summer vacation .
Currents Timeline
1979
1956
The first newsletters are a monthly |
one-page typed letter called the |
American |
Women ’ s |
Luncheon |
Club |
Bulletin . |
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1970
In the ' 70s , the newsletter uses the title American Women ’ s Club of Hamburg and contains two to four pages with club activities , a new-member list , and important community dates . It is typed , mimeographed , and mailed to almost 200 club members monthly , except for July and August .
In 1973 , DM5 is instituted as a yearly fee to receive the monthy newsletter .
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