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Arlington Historical Society supporter Arthur Payne, Citizen-Journal employee from 1958 to the 1980s, has donated his copy of the Employee Manual of the Citizen-Journal to the Historical Society. Thank you Arthur.

Organization

Citizen-Journal, Inc. is your employer. It is a company with a memorable past, dating from the founding of the Arlington Journal in July of 1897. It is the oldest continuing business in Arlington and has done much to help shape the history of the community.

The name of Citizen-Journal, Inc. came into being in 1957 with the merger of the Arlington Journal and the Arlington Citizen, a weekly newspaper and printing firm which had been inaugurated in 1936. After the merger, the Citizen and the Journal were published as "twin weekly" newspapers dedicated to increasing service to the community as publishers and printers.

In 1964, a major expansion program was accomplished following the affiliation of the Citizen-Journal with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. This program included erection of an entirely new newspaper and printing plant, a shift to offset printing of the papers, as well as greatly accelerated operations in the fields of publication, circular, and general commercial printing. While the Citizen and the Journal are designed to basically serve as a communications and advertising medium for just Arlington, the other phases of the business serve customers throughout the Fort Worth-Dallas area and beyond.

Management of the firm is conducted by four men who were owners and operators of Citizen-Journal prior to affiliation with the Star-Telegram. They are: George W. Hawkes, president and executive editor; J. Miller Bunkley, vice president and production superintendent; Charles T. Hawkes, secretary and managing editor; and R.M. Weicker, treasurer and business manager. Members of the board of directors include George W, Hawkes; R.M. Weicker; Amon Carter, Jr.; J. Lee Johnson, III; and Emmins McCord.

General Policies, Attitudes, and Goals...

As a newspaper, Citizen-Journal maintains an independent political stance, based on a strong feeling for the rights and responsibilities of the individual. It believes in taking a stand on issues and on men when it feels that by so doing it may bring constructive ideas before and improved leadership to the community to which its whole service is dedicated. Its posture is to serve Arlington and its people in all the best ways possible.

Superior quality of products, both newspapers and printed matter, is the primary goal in areas of production. Honesty, integrity and forthrightness are more important than popularity, even though it seeks to please the public as nearly as this is consistent with its principles.

The firm and its management seek to be fully involved in the community and its employees are all encouraged to relate to the company and to the community in this manner so that each and all may benefit.