[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 158 (Thursday, October 18, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  A TRIBUTE TO TYPECRAFT WOOD & JONES

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 18, 2007

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Typecraft Wood & 
Jones, a family-owned business, which is celebrating the one-hundredth 
anniversary of Wood & Jones Printers and the sixtieth anniversary of 
Typecraft, Inc.
  Wood & Jones Printers was founded in 1907 in Pasadena, California by 
Bert Wood, a pressman from New England and Fred Jones, a typographer 
from Canada. Bert's son, Richard Wood, introduced offset lithography to 
the business in the 1940s. Chris Wood, Bert's grandson, introduced 
phototypesetting and added a drive-through photocopy division to the 
business in the 1980s. Richard operated and expanded the business in 
partnership with Bert's nephew, David Wood into the 1980s, and in 1987, 
Hanna Wood, granddaughter of Bert, assumed responsibility for the 
business.
  Typecraft, Inc. was formed in 1947 by Emer Bates, and Len Jasmin, 
former publisher and former manager of the Pasadena Independent 
Newspaper. In the 1960s, Harry Montgomery joined Typecraft, Inc., 
partnering with Len Jasmin.
  J.J. Gish, whose father Jerry Gish was a 50-year employee of 
Typecraft, Inc., purchased Wood & Jones Printers in 1994 and became 
partners with Harry Montgomery, Emer Bates' son-in-law in 2000. 
Typecraft, Inc. and Wood & Jones Printers were merged at that time into 
one company.
  Both Typecraft, Inc. and Wood & Jones Printers separately and 
together have kept abreast of the latest technologies, creating quality 
printed materials for businesses, non-profit organizations, schools, 
museums, and fine art museums. Typecraft Wood & Jones is the annual 
print sponsor for AIGS Los Angeles, the Professional Association for 
Design.
  Over the last century, Typecraft Wood & Jones has supported a variety 
of worthwhile local organizations and institutions such as the Boys and 
Girls Clubs of Pasadena, Boy Scouts of America, the Pasadena Library 
Foundation, Aids Service Center, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Zonta 
Club, John Marshall Fundamental School and the Pasadena Senior Center. 
In addition, Typecraft Wood & Jones also contributes to the Pasadena 
Art Alliance, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pasadena Playhouse, 
Armory Center for the Arts and Pasadena City College School of Fine 
Arts.
  It is my great honor to recognize Typecraft Wood & Jones upon the 
combined one-hundred sixty years of dedicated service to the community 
of greater Pasadena. I ask all members to join me in commending their 
efforts.

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