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Big Technology breakthrough in Adair County, 1943 or 44 A ship of 25 new Typewriters arrived. It was a major event By Jean Waggener Cravens With all the talk about big technology changes in the schools back home and the reminder of the school bell from Columbia High School and Mr. Joe Taylor, I'll never forget how I much I was impressed when a really big event happened in, I believe, 1943 or 1944 at the High School. The business department at Columbia High School got a shipment of 25 new typewriters! Only a select few students were allowed to take the classes, and my big brother, Arthur Lee was one of those, and he was admitted to the class in his junior year. Students had to type with three sheets aligned: An original, a thin sheet of carbon paper, and the sheet of paper for a copy. When they took speed tests, a single mistake at the bottom of the page meant the job had to be started all over. There was no simple "delete" button then, no "butterfly Z." The only way to make a correction was to use a razor blade and scrape off the letters. Arthur Lee became a very good typists, and even after he went into the Air Force and had some duty as a clerk, he loved to impress the younger kids by typing, never looking at the paper or the keys, and talk to the kids at the same time - all by touch. The children thought it was magic. I wonder, watching kids - almost babies - running cellphones and iPads today, whether anyone remembers typewriters anymore. - Wilma Jean Waggener Cravens, Indianapolis This story was posted on 2013-09-28 03:11:29
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