The Record (Waterloo Region)
Local, Tuesday, December 8, 1998, p. B3
'Bush' helped Record through vast change
For dozens of Record employees over dozens of years, he was known simply as Bush, a man with a resonating voice who loved his work.
Frank Buschlen spent almost 50 years in the newspaper's production department until his retirement 20 years ago. He died Saturday at 84.
The funeral was to be held today at Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in New Hamburg.
"He was truly dedicated to the Record," said former publisher Sandy Baird. "He was a genial fellow who cared a great deal for his job. . . . He saw the paper through some great changes and adapted to them well."
Buschlen retired in June 1978 as production superintendent.
In 1929, he was a 15-year-old working in the Record mailroom when a proofreader failed to show up for work one Saturday. Buschlen got a break. A frantic supervisor collared him to scan for errors in the day's paper, liked his work and offered him a part-time job at 15 cents an hour.
Buschlen eventually became a printer's apprentice, then rose through the production ranks.
In 1938, he married Margaret Burns of Kitchener. Margaret died in January 1994.
At the time of his retirement, Buschlen was one of a handful of employees who could say they had worked in all three Record buildings in Kitchener -- one on King Street West, another at Duke and Queen streets and, finally, the current office on Fairway Road.
He had also witnessed a period of remarkable change in the publishing industry.
When he started, newspaper production was a messier, hands-on, hot-lead process. When he left, the buzzword in production was "photo-composition," by which type is recorded on light-sensitive paper.
A cottage buff who enjoyed fishing and hunting around Parry Sound, Buschlen never got a chance to fully enjoy his retirement. He suffered a disabling stroke in October 1978.
Buschlen is survived by three daughters and seven grandchildren.
26 Jan 1914 - 5 Dec 1998
thanks to: © 1998 The Record - Kitchener-Waterloo.
Local, Tuesday, December 8, 1998, p. B3
'Bush' helped Record through vast change
For dozens of Record employees over dozens of years, he was known simply as Bush, a man with a resonating voice who loved his work.
Frank Buschlen spent almost 50 years in the newspaper's production department until his retirement 20 years ago. He died Saturday at 84.
The funeral was to be held today at Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in New Hamburg.
"He was truly dedicated to the Record," said former publisher Sandy Baird. "He was a genial fellow who cared a great deal for his job. . . . He saw the paper through some great changes and adapted to them well."
Buschlen retired in June 1978 as production superintendent.
In 1929, he was a 15-year-old working in the Record mailroom when a proofreader failed to show up for work one Saturday. Buschlen got a break. A frantic supervisor collared him to scan for errors in the day's paper, liked his work and offered him a part-time job at 15 cents an hour.
Buschlen eventually became a printer's apprentice, then rose through the production ranks.
In 1938, he married Margaret Burns of Kitchener. Margaret died in January 1994.
At the time of his retirement, Buschlen was one of a handful of employees who could say they had worked in all three Record buildings in Kitchener -- one on King Street West, another at Duke and Queen streets and, finally, the current office on Fairway Road.
He had also witnessed a period of remarkable change in the publishing industry.
When he started, newspaper production was a messier, hands-on, hot-lead process. When he left, the buzzword in production was "photo-composition," by which type is recorded on light-sensitive paper.
A cottage buff who enjoyed fishing and hunting around Parry Sound, Buschlen never got a chance to fully enjoy his retirement. He suffered a disabling stroke in October 1978.
Buschlen is survived by three daughters and seven grandchildren.
26 Jan 1914 - 5 Dec 1998
thanks to: © 1998 The Record - Kitchener-Waterloo.