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No.1 Vol. 12 mypaperonline.com December 2015
By J. L. Shively
Thanksgiving Day haslong been a day for
family and friends,
both a day of gratitude andreflection. But for many
Verona and surroundingcommunity residents the Sat.
following Thanksgiving was
also a remarkable day for
gathering and giving back.
The fifth annual Turkey
Trot was held at Verona Parkon Nov. 28 to help raise
money for Team Zoey, an or-
ganization inspired by young
Zoey Aster Penny, a bravesix year old girl with a rare,fatal genetic disease called
Progeria. As with all other
Team Zoey fundraisers, all
proceeds of the Turkey Trot
will be donated to help the
Progeria Research Founda-
tion (PRF), in the hope forbetter treatment and to even-
tually find a cure for Proge-
ria.
For many residents, Zoey
and her team have become a
well-known group in theVerona community. It has
been their objective over the
last six years to help spread
awareness of this fatal dis-
ease. The team holds manyevents to help raise funds for
Progeria research but the
Turkey Trot is a particularly
a special event for Zoey and
her family because it takes
place in her home town.The first four Turkey
Trots averaged around 500- Zoey and her extended family.
Team Zoey’s Turkey Trot To Find Cure For Rare Disease700 participants and raised
$25,000 to $50,000. Com-
parably this year’s eventraised close to $50,000. This
year’s event attracted 900
team members, new and vet-
eran, on that mild winter day
to “trot” their support. Bar-
bara Batesko, Zoey’s greataunt and Team Zoey presi-
dent, explains she was wor-
ried the entire week prior
because of the chance of rain
on the day of the event butshe remarks, “I woke up to a
beautiful sky…the weather
was perfect.”
Zoey is growing up to be
a very special individual butreally, she is just like any
other girl her age. Batesko
attests, “her favorite colors
are pink, purple and yellow.
She likes to do arts and
crafts, play with dolls, painther nails, play with all her
animals and run around with
her brothers.” Zoey has two
older brothers, Gavin, 8, andAiden, 10, who attended theevent with their parents,
Laura and Ian Penny.
Since Zoey has recently
started kindergarten at the
Forest Avenue School, which
she adores, Batesko affirmsthat “the Verona school sys-
tem has really rallied around
Team Zoey this year; I have
noticed a huge increase in
sponsors and registrationsfrom the people in Verona.”
According to Zoey’s
mother, Laura Penny, many
of the kindergarten students
at Forest Avenue School at-tended the trot and had
helped to raise $4,000 on
their own! The Verona Foot-ball team assisted in raising
$1,400 and many other
schools helped to raise an
awesome amount of funds aswell.
Kaleigh Cella, Zoey’skindergarten teacher, ex-
plained that the class first be-
came involved in the Turkey
Trot when the “class moms
formed a team called VeronaKindergartners,” which then
inspired Cella and other staff
at the school to join the team
as well. In the days leading
up to the event, Cella statedhow excited the class wasabout the Turkey Trot, often
discussing it at their morning
meetings and even making
special turkey hats to wear!
“I am so glad she is part
of our class,” Cella says of
Team Zoey’s ability to rallythe school and the commu-
nity.
According to the Progeria
Research Foundation web-site the most classic case of
Progeria is called Hutchin-son-Gilford Progeria Syn-
drome (HGPS) but it can
take on different forms. The
most notable characteristic of
this disease is “acceleratedaging in children” and the
name Progeria is derived
from the Greek word mean-
ing “prematurely old.”
The PRF website ex-plains that Progeria is the re-sult of the LMNA gene that
produces the lamin A protein
which is the “structural scaf-
folding which holds the nu-
cleus of a cell together.”
When the protein that is pro-
duced is abnormal, calledprogerin, it causes rapid
aging in young children and
in some cases, young adults
in their teens.Progeria can at first be
difficult to spot as most chil-dren are born looking quite
healthy. But it is usually
within the first year of a
child’s life that they will
begin to express signs of thisdisease. The signs included
on the PRF website are
“growth failure, loss of body
fat and hair, aged-looking
skin and stiffness of joints.As children get older, theysuffer from osteoporosis,
generalized atherosclerosis,
cardiovascular (heart) dis-
ease and stroke.”continued on page 4
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Have a Happy anksgiving!
For the holiday season, the Verona Park Conservancyis offering sets of popular note cards depicting the
“Four Seasons” of Essex County’s Verona Park.
The new set of note cards, reproducing the work of four
Conservancy artists, make wonderful stocking stuffers,thank-you gifts, or a “Thinking-of-you” medium for Verona
“expatriates” or students away at college.The collection includes, “Sunning Turtles, Spring” by
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Cedar Grove library plans musical performance
and strength training at library this month.
A musical performance is set for Thurs., Dec. 10, at
6:30 p.m. Cedar Grove Library will host The Mike
Luipersbeck Band featuring Ron Naspo, Peter Greco andJazz Drummer, Mike Luipersbeck. Escape from the hol-
iday rush and enjoy a relaxing evening listening to pop-
ular music provided by this talented trio who specialize
in jazz tunes. The event is free and open to all. Refresh-
ments will be served. Walk-ins welcome.
Strength Training Class is set for Tues., Dec. 22 at
9:30 a.m. Cardio, strength, and stretch to a more fit and
healthier body. Equipment provided by instructor. Bringwater to stay hydrated. No registration required.
Verona Park Artists Create Note Cards To Support Conservancy eight cards, with envelopes, at $10.
They are available at Terry’s Drugs, Main Street Cottage
in Verona, and Minuteman Press in Caldwell, all located
on Bloomfield Avenue, or by calling (973) 239-6074.
Proceeds from the sale of the cards support the work of
the Verona Park Conservancy in its park maintenance and
beautification projects.The Verona Park Conservancy is a non-profit organiza-
tion of volunteers working with Essex County to maintain
and improve the condition and facilities of Verona Park,
part of the Essex County Park System. The Conservancy
invites all interested parties to its regular meetings held at7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday, each month at the Park
Boathouse.
Music And Cardio At Library
The holidays are fast approaching but it’s not too lateto get a letter sent off to Santa with last minute
wishes.
The Junior Women’s Club of Verona is inviting all local
children to write letters to Santa. Mail letters to Santa
Claus, The North Pole, c/o P.O. Box 91, Verona, NJ, 07044.Act fast as letters will be accepted only through Dec. 15.
Parents are reminded to include a self-addressed stamped
envelope with their child’s letter if they would like a reply
from the North Pole.
Women’s Club Accepting Letters To Santa
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PRF was largely responsible for the re-
search undertaken to isolate the gene which
is causing Progeria. In “Nature,” a top sci-
entific journal, Dr. Francis Collins, directorof the National Institutes of Health and senior
discoverer of the Progeria gene, explained,
“isolating the Progeria gene is a major
achievement for the medical research com-munity. The discovery not only gives hope to
children and families affected by Progeria,
but also may shed light on the phenomenon
of aging and cardiovascular disease.”
The discovery of the root gene for this ge-netic mutation has allowed for a “Diagnostic
Testing Program” which helps to quickly di-
agnose children with Progeria earlier andtherefore sooner administer proper care. Al-
though research has uncovered a portion of
the mystery behind this disease the result of Progeria leads to premature death.
“We all make a little progerin,” the PRF
website explains, but the average man or
woman manufactures a much smaller amount
than a child with Progeria. It is the progerinwhich eventually builds up in older adults
and may lead to heart failure.
Batesko explains that this disease “causes
children to die of heart disease or a stroke atan average age of 14.6 years.” Although
Batesko explains that since Zoey’s diagnosisat the age of five months, the average life
span has “increased by 1.6 years,” but this is
just not good enough.
That is why Team Zoey has made it the
team’s goal to raise money that will help tofund research as well as spreading awareness
of this rare diagnosis to eventually find a
cure. Using social media, such as Facebook,
Instagram and Twitter the team helps to
spread the facts about this diagnosis and keep
the team informed of planned events forfundraising. “Liking” Team Zoey on Face-
book will keep followers aware of upcoming
events while also aiding in spreading the
word to more viewers.Other events that Team Zoey organizes in-
cludes a golf outing in the fall and a fashion
show. In the past, Batesko explains, they
have also done a Spin-A-Thon in Feb. which
is going to be replaced by a bowling event.There are also many other events throughout
the year, Batesko said from bake sales to
bracelet making, that the community can alsobecome involved with.
Since Zoey’s diagnosis and the foundation
of Team Zoey, the group has raised more than$2.5 million which has been donated to PRF.
As the Team Zoey website rallies, “Hope
starts here,” and “here” is anywhere a com-
munity comes together to find compassion
enough for support and spread the word forthe estimated 200 to 250 children living with
this disease. Zoey’s “Team” includes anyone
and everyone who aids in the fight against
Progeria and as Team Zoey’s website ex-plains “that could mean you.”
“To know Zoey is to love her,” Cellastates and this young girl is surely an inspi-
ration not only to others diagnosed with this
disease but to the lives she has touched with
her smile and with her strength.
For more information or to donate, go toteamzoey.com.
continued from page 4
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New Jersey Ballet's 45th anniversaryseason presentation of the holiday
classic Nutcracker comes to Mayo
Performing Arts Center for 14 perform-
ances beginning Fri., Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $29-69.New Jersey Ballet's 45th anniversary
season presentation of the holiday classic
Nutcracker will feature musical accompa-
niment by the New Jersey Symphony Or-
chestra. The collaboration marks the firsttime that MPAC, New Jersey's leading bal-
let company and symphony orchestra have
worked together to present the seasonal fa-vorite in Morristown.
"Adding the prestige of New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra to the artistry of New
Jersey Ballet is sure to make the 45th an-
niversary of Nutcracker a memorable eventfor all who attend," says Allison Larena,
president and CEO of MPAC. "There will
be extra magic in the air when two of the
state's most acclaimed artistic organizations
collaborate, along with MPAC, for thismust-see holiday experience."
"We're looking forward to the 45th sea-
New Jersey Ballet's Nutcracker At MPAC To Bring Holiday Cheer
son of our holiday classic, and we're espe-
cially delighted that the New Jersey Sym-
phony Orchestra is joining us at the MayoPerforming Arts Center to create this pow-
erful collaboration of three great New Jer-
sey cultural institutions," adds Carolyn
Clark, director of New Jersey Ballet.
New Jersey Ballet's Nutcracker is the
longest running original professional pro-duction in the state. It debuted in Millburn
in 1971 with international star of New York
City Ballet Edward Villella as the Cavalier.
Since then, the company has given approx-imately 800 performances in theatres
throughout NJ, with more than 5,000
dancers and children, and more than a mil-
lion viewers. Many in the audience who
saw the production as children now bring
their own children and grandchildren to see
this cherished holiday tradition.
New Jersey Ballet's Nutcracker at
MPAC will feature the NJSO under thebaton of Gary S. Fagin. When the curtain
rises, audiences in Morristown can expect
the eye-popping special effects, brilliant
dancing, glorious costumes, and the magic
and pantomime that have inspired critics.
Mayo Performing Arts Center, a501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents
a wide range of programs that entertain, en-
rich, and educate the diverse population of
the region and enhance the economic vital-ity of Northern New Jersey.
Performances of the Nutcracker will run
through Dec. 26. For more information and
Nutcracker performances, call the box of-
fice 973- 539-8008; or visit
www.mayoarts.org.
The public is invited to the Ninth An-nual Essex County Holiday Lights
Spectacular At Essex County Turtle
Back Zoo in West Orange.
PSE&G, Covanta Energy, Essex County
Parks Foundation and Zoological Society
of NJ are sponsoring the annual familyevent, free for the public to enjoy 50 figures
illuminated by 100,000 lights.
The display that has been running since
Nov. 27, will continue daily from Fri., Dec.
11 to Sun., Jan. 3, 2016, from 5 p.m. to 9
p.m.The Holiday Lights Spectacular will be
closed on December 24 and 25.
“We invite the public to make this Essex
County holiday tradition your family tradi-tion!” said Essex County Executive Joseph
N. DiVincenzo, Jr. “Turtle Back Zoo will
be turned into a winter wonderland, with
extraordinary seasonal lighting exhibits and
costumed characters. Stroll the landscaped
paths of our Zoo and admire the illuminatedimages of everything from toy soldiers to
penguins. We are offering free admission tomake this exciting attraction available to
everyone.
“We also are encouraging our visitors tobring non-perishable food items, non-per-
ishable pet food, new unwrapped toys, and
new and gently used winter coats to help
our families in need,” he noted.
About 50 animal and holiday-themed
figures will light up the winter night in Tur-tle Back Zoo and the surrounding Essex
County South Mountain Recreation Com-
plex. More than 100,000 lights will illumi-nate figures of bears, tigers and elephants,
along with holiday lights designed to looklike wooden soldiers, stars and winter
scenes. Several animal exhibits will be
open, including the Sea Lion Sound, Essex
Farm, Tam-ring Gibbons Reserve, TropicalCurrents Aquarium and the Reptile Build-
ing.
Myrtle the Turtle, the mascot of Turtle
Back Zoo, and several of his winter friends
will be on hand to greet visitors at the Zoo.
“Selfies” with Santa Claus and a mailboxwhere children can send letters to Santa
Clause at the North Pole will be available
each night until Dec. 23.
A schedule of activities is as follows:
An artist will create an amazing ice
sculpture on the amphitheater stage on Sat.,Dec. 12 and 19 and Sun., Dec. 13 and 20.
Check on his progress throughout the night.
The student chorus from Essex County
West Caldwell Campus will perform a hol-iday concert on Tues., Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. in
the Berson Learning Center.
“Storytime with Ms. Claus” is set for
Fri. Dec. 18 to Wed., Dec. 23, at 5:30 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m. in the Berson Learning Cen-
ter. An additional fee of $10 applies. Ticketsmust be purchased online at
www.eventbrite.com.Princess characters will be available for
a meet and greet during the weekend of
Dec. 11-13, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.Admission is free. The Zoo is collecting
non-perishable food items; new, unwrapped
toys; and new or gently used winter coats.
Items will be donated to several organiza-
tions that provide assistance to the needy.
Last year, from Thanksgiving to NewYear’s Day, about 16.6 tons of non-perish-
able food, 7,780 toys and 3,671 winter coats
were collected for the less fortunate.Hot chocolate and other refreshments
will be available for purchase. For more in-formation, call Essex County Turtle Back
Zoo at 973-731-5800 or visit www.essex-
countynj.org.
Zoo Lights Up For the Holidays
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By Cheryl Conway
With a new year comes change,
like a different office for New
View Media Group LLC.
But for Joe Nicastro and Mary Lalamaof Flanders, co-owners with Darwin Oordt
of Cherry Hill, they return to the office
where the company first started a dozen
years ago. Coming home is a wonderful
feeling for them, not only to return to the
original office, but in the literal sense thatit is located where they dwell in Mt. Olive
Township.
On Monday, Nov. 16, New View Media
Group moved from its East Hanover office
to Lakeview Plaza at 1 Old Wolfe Rd, suite
205, in Budd Lake. The company had beenin East Hanover since April when it had
merged with the Marketeer, which had
been headquartered there for 30 years.
What a nice homecoming it has beenfor Nicastro and Lalama.
“The lease was up and being from Mt.
Olive and a councilman I wanted to bring
my business to my hometown,” says
Nicastro. “From a personal view it is c lose
to home for me and Mary and our employ-
ees that come in on a daily basis. I am veryhappy to be back in Mt Olive close to
home.”
While the current location is just tem-
porary, Nicastro’s plan to purchase a dif-
ferent building in town eventually.
“We are in the process of purchasing abuilding and needed a temporary place,”
says Nicastro. “The address we are at now
is the same address that we moved to when
we started the papers in 2004. We had
started the Mt. Olive Weekly back then
and found that location. It was availableonce again.”
Nicastro’s plan is “we are looking at a
small building along Route 46 that we feel
would be a perfect home and give greatexposure to the business.”
For New View Media Group, 2015 has
Newspaper Company Goes Full Circle, Doubles In Size, Returns Homebeen a tremendous year of growth.
With a current circulation of about
159,000 homes from as far west as Hack-
ettstown to as far east as Cedar Grove,
New View Media Group has grown fromeight monthly papers this time last yearand plans to hold steady with 15 papers
moving into 2016.
On April 1, they had formed a partner-
ship with Oordt, owner of the Marketeer,
a free shopper type supplement. Theychanged their name from MJ (My Jersey)
Media to New View Media with “The idea
that we have a new view on media,” says
Nicastro.
All community news, from schools to
government, people, organizations, placesof worship, libraries, non-profit organiza-
tions, volunteer services, children’s
groups, scouts, fundraisers and more are
featured in the free monthly papers. The
company’s philosophy is to showcase allthe good, positive news that surrounds its
readers.
New View Media Group’s publications,
moving forward, include Mt. Olive News,
Hackettstown News, Roxbury News, Ran-
dolph News, Black River News, Morris-
town News, Mendham News, Madison
News, Chatham News, Livingston News,
Hanover News, Caldwell News,Verona/Cedar Grove News,Millburn/Short Hills News and East
Hanover/Florham Park News.
As far as continued growth, Nicastro
says “We are in the middle of reevaluating
the papers to see where and when other ex-pansions would make sense.”
Offering free publications to all resi-
dences and businesses, the company de-
pends on paid advertising. Contact
Nicastro at 800-691-7549 or
[email protected] View Media Group also invites
the community to help share any positive
news with its neighbors by sending all
story ideas and press releases to
[email protected] can also be viewed online
at www.mypaperonline.com. For more in-
formation and publication deadlines, visit
www.newviewmediagroup.com.
The Mayo Performing Arts Center
will be hosting its annual holiday
food drive through Dec. 26, with all
donations going toward the Community
Soup Kitchen in Morristown.Patrons attending events are encour-
aged to donate non-perishable food items
and personal care items at shows. Dona-
tions may also be dropped off at the box
office during regular business hours, 10a.m. - 6 p.m., Mon.-Sat. Items of need in-
clude cans of soup, chili, stew; low sugarcereal; individual packets of nuts or trail
mix; canned chicken and tuna; toiletries
such as shampoo, razors, deodorant, soap,toothbrushes, toothpaste; warm hats,
gloves and scarves, thermal undergar-
ments and white tube socks.
"MPAC is proud to work with Commu-
nity Soup Kitchen to help provide neces-
sary food and supplies to those individualsin need," said Allison Larena, president
and CEO of MPAC. "We encourage our
patrons to help us in this effort to make the
holiday season a joyous time for every-
one."
The Community Soup Kitchen andOutreach Center (CSK) provides nutri-
tious meals in a warm, safe and caring en-
vironment, free of charge, no questions
asked, to anyone who comes seeking nour-
ishment. As part of its hospitality, CSKalso encourages and assists its guests in
accessing community resources, servicesand educational programs. In 2012 CSK
served more than 54,000 meals; that is an
average of 100 to 350 men, women andchildren each day. They also provided
more than 60 tons of food for its guests to
take home.
For more information about the Com-
munity Soup Kitchen, go to www.cskmor-
ristown.org.
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The sixth Annual Christmas Market isplanned to take place in the Commu-
nity Room in the rear of Assumption
Church in Morristown on Sat., Dec. 12, 2
p.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sun., Dec. 13, 7 a.m. to
3 p.m.This event provides visitors with an op-
portunity to shop in a relaxed environment,
to benefit Africa Surgery, a Morristown-based charity that brings doctors and patients
together in Sierra Leone, for healing and
hope. Now that the Ebola outbreak is hope-
fully subsiding, Africa Surgery’s traditional
programs are back to full capacity.The Market offers a wide variety of ven-
dors, some new this year, most of which
Christmas Market To Benefit Africa Surgery have hand-crafted items as well as home-made goodies. All vendors contribute 50 per-
cent to 100 percent of their profit to Africa
Products for sale to include: Christmas orna-
ments, Christmas cards, Christmas gift tags,
fine art photography, watercolors, hand-knithats and scarves, gifts, fashion accessories
and jewelry, author signed books, note cards,
artistic bookmarks, wood crafts, home-made
cookies and sweets, choice gifts, and more.Don’t miss this opportunity to shop for a
great cause!
Free parking available behind the church.
For more information on Africa Surgery,
visit www.AfricaSurgery.org. For furtherinfo on the Christmas Market, contact Sergio
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1908.
The Paper Mill Playhouse is hosting
“A Christmas Story: The Musical.”
A Christmas Story: The Musical willrun eight times a week at the Millburn the-
ater through Jan. 3, 2016.
Ralphie wants only one thing for Christ-
mas: an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action
200-shot Range Model Air Rifle. A Christ-mas Story: The Musical is the hilarious ac-
count of Ralphie’s desperate quest to
ensure that this most perfect of gifts ends
up under his tree this Christmas. Straight
from Broadway‚ this musical captures hol-
iday wonder with such deliciously wickedwit that it is sure to delight children and
grown-ups alike. Bring the whole family‚
again and again. The holiday movie that
the whole world loves comes to musical
life.Performances will be Wed. through Sun.
at various times. Check Paper Mill Play-
house’s website for times and special holi-
day week schedules. Tickets are on sale
now starting at $29; $20 for college stu-dents, and may be purchased by calling
973-376-4343, at the Paper Mill Playhouse
Box Office or online at
www.PaperMill.org. Groups of 10 or more
can receive up to a 40 percent discount ontickets and should call 973-315-1680.
“There is no better way to celebrate the
holidays than a trip to Paper Mill Play-
house to experience this heartwarming and
hilarious musical based on the film thatyou know and love,” commented Paper
Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director
Mark S. Hoebee. “Bring the entire family
and share an experience they will never
forget.”
Paper Mill Playhouse will once again,be a collection point for this year’s Jersey
Cares Coat Drive. Over the years, Jersey
Cares has collected, sorted and distributed
more than 500,000 winter coats to New
Jersey residents. The donated winter coatsbenefit at-risk men, women, children, and
infants in our area. Each year, Paper Mill
Playhouse gladly participates in this wor-
thy cause and will be collecting gently used
winter coats through Jan. 3, 2016, in thelobby at Paper Mill Playhouse.
Pictured, from left, Vincenzo Faruolo, Colton Maurer (Ralphie) and Gabriel Reis.
Photo by Billy Bustamante.
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Virtual business time concepts and entertainment tech-
nology wasn’t born in Hollywood or Silicon Valley
but in a New Jersey laboratory by Thomas Alva Edi-son.
Thomas Edison invented a new technology that could both
record sound and play it back. In 1878 Edison was awarded
U.S. Patent No. 200,521 for the phonograph. In 1897 ThomasEdison was also awarded one of the first movie camera
patents that started the world’s movie industry with a studio
and film production company in West Orange. This was long
before the wonders of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
Today’s most recent technical wizardry in business andpersonal devices has only a few frontrunners- like Apple and
Google whose ads appear on every medium available. Fast
forward to over a century ago and the competition in dynamicand innovative technology was closed to just a few leaders
too.
The “never before” audio technology of the 20th centurywas the phonograph. The pioneering years in recorded sound
had only a few companies competing in this new technology
- Thomas Edison’s Companies, Victor Victrola and Colum-
bia. The digital world did not exist and so sound and video
where stored and transmitted in an analog world. It was thegrooves etched into cylinders or flat discs that stored audio
sound and it was the stylus (needle) that played what was im-
pressed on those grooves.
Sound and video would remain separate formats in the
early 20th century. It would take a while before sound andvideo would be combined on one device. Still, Thomas Edi-
son felt the phonograph was a marvel for both business and
entertainment applications. Hence, the phonograph was first
marketed as breakthrough office equipment technology that
could help in dictating typed correspondence. In the world of office correspondence everything had to be done in real time.
Managers would speak each word of their letter to the secre-
tary who would then write down these thoughts which were
later typed out. Both the manager and secretary stenographer
needed to be present simultaneously for dictating and note
taking.
The creation of the phonograph also created virtual time.Now managers could dictate their thoughts into a recording
device without a secretary present to take notes. Recorded
letters could be listened to when time was available to the
typing secretary. The winning feature was that the informa-tion could be replayed at any selected point multiple times
for clarity before typing. This cut down on mistaken errors
in typed correspondence. Without the invention of auto cor-
rection, typed correspondence had to be “letter perfect” on
the first attempt.
Thomas Edison besides being a great inventor was keen
at marketing his new innovations. He used these inventions
as novel new tools and mediums to further promote his prod-
ucts. The amusing irony of invention was that Edison woulduse his silent movie industry to promote his audio sound in-
dustry. In 1910 he created a silent docudrama film that had
all the elements of today’s infomercials. The film was entitled
“The Stenographer’s Friend or What was Accomplished by
Edison’s Business Phonograph.” The skit showed how theBusiness Phonograph could free up the real time work load
for the office staff. It created a new concept in virtual time
with the recorded dictated letter. The film had a happy ending
where this office technology enabled the office staff to go
home on time with all the recorded business correspondence
ready for the next business day.
This 105 year old message of better business resultsthrough innovative office equipment can be played today.
Download a copy of this early video infomercial on a 21st
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