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In This Week’s Issue: Section A
Denver
New Holland
Ephrata
Do You Know...? Page 5A Berks History Center A Tale From The Past Page 11A
Lititz
Biblical Message ............. 14A Births.................................... 13A Crossword Puzzle......... 12A “Happy Birthday”.......... 13A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”......................6A Things To Do ................... 12A
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Section B
Looking Back....
Student Spotlight Hinkletown Mennonite School Jeremiah Knowles Ephrata Mennonite School Jackson Good
1965
As a 1944 Milton Hershey Co-founders School graduate, John W. Hocking John and Janie Hocking (1963) always had the drive to succeed. After having worked as a linotype operator at various newspapers, he decided, at the age of 27, to open his own one-man print shop in 1953. April 8, 20 20 A decade later, seeing the need April 14, 1965 for a free community newspaper, he started The Shopping News of Lancaster County to publish ads for local businesses, community happenings and events of interest. After months of hard work by John, his wife Janie, family members and friends, the very first issue of The Shopping News hit the streets on Below: The East Main Street building, renovated in 2019, as it stands today. April 14, 1965. The paper began as a 1/2 tab, 24-page booklet mailed biweekly to only 10,000 homes.
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Crews battle the blaze on February 7, 1986
1972 Business thrived over the following years and the company soon outgrew the Hockings’ original building on Orange Street in Ephrata. In 1972, the plant on East Main Street was purchased. The building was originally the East End Planing Mill, but was renovated for use by The Shopping News.
1986 In February 1986, a fire completely destroyed the East Main Street building. About to turn 60 years old, founder John Hocking made the decision to rebuild the plant. The Shopping News missed only one week’s publication and delivery thanks to the dedication of the employees, friends and business associates. For the next eleven months, many of the production aspects of the paper were handled by Lebanon’s Kapp Advertising. Kapp’s founders, Rob and Erma Kapp, provided guidance pivotal to the founding of the Shopping News in 1965. The new East Main Street
Terre Hill
building was finished and occupied by June 1987.
2020 Today, The Shopping News of Lancaster County is a full tab community newspaper employing over 68 people. The paper is delivered weekly to 38,000 local homes and businesses in Northern Lancaster County, as well as parts of Lebanon and Berks Counties. The Shopping News has been recognized by and received awards from both national and regional free paper organizations for ad creativity and paper-wide general excellence. Janie Hocking passed away on November 21, 1993 and John Hocking passed away on January 19, 2014. The business is now owned and operated by their daughter, Julie Hocking. She and her management team of Harold Wenger and Pam Boyer, along with all of the other Shopping News staff, continue to work diligently to deliver a quality community newspaper to your home each week!