August 14, 1944, The Sun-Democrat, Paducah, Kentucky
C.M. GIVENS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS; CIRCULATION CHIEF
Charles Muir Givens, 65, circulation manager of The Sun-Democrat for 29 years, died early this morning at his home, 204 North Twenty-third street.
Mr. Givens had been in ill health for several years and in recent months his condition became critical.
He was one of the oldest employees of The Sun-Democrat in point of service, having been employed as a carrier boy as a lad before the turn of the century. He joined the circulation staff of The Evening Sun in 1911, and was made city circulation manager in 1915. He continued in that capacity when The Evening Sun and The News-Democrat were consolidated in 1929 and became The Sun Democrat.
Mr. Givens was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, but relocated to Paducah early in life. He was employed by Rhodes-Burford Company prior to joining The Evening Sun staff. He was a devout member of the First Baptist Church of Paducah.
Charles Muir was the son of Samuel Gip Givens (1856-1930) and Sarah Jane “Sallie” Alvey Givens (1857-1935). Mr. Givens was proceeded in death by one sister, Lottie Givens and a brother, Carroll Gip Givens.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian Phoebe Logue Givens, a daughter, Maxwell Givens Locke (Louis) of Oklahoma City, OK, a son, Charles Muir Givens, Jr. (Virginia) of Paducah, granddaughter, Virginia Marie Givens of Paducah. Also, one sister-in-law, Cora Potter Givens, of Paducah.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Roth funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence until time for the funeral.
The pallbearers will be: active-Flint Sellars, R. R. Watwood, Gracial Jewell, George Burnett, Eddie Newman and Arlis Meahl; honorary—Joe Roth, Robert Brown, Edwin Mammen, R. L. Montgomery, Louis L. Locke, Sr. and Givens LaMmond.
Muir Givens was a Builder of Men
Editorial written by Edwin J Paxton after the death of Charles Muir Givens, Sr.
In the death of Muir Givens, we on this newspaper feel that each of us has suffered a real personal loss, for Muir was a man who knew how to both make and hold friends. His interests were wide, his cordiality equally so. Youngsters and the old folk were particularly the objects of his interest and he could not show either of them too much consideration.
His labors as City Circulation Manager of this publication took him all over the city every week, and his acquaintance was a wide one: men and women of all creeds: men and women and children of all races knew and deeply respected him. In his work with the carrier boys he was at his best. He knew how to train the lads, and many a man in a prominent position in business and professional life today is indebted to Muir Givens for the things he taught them.
In his thirty-three years work in the circulation department, we here on the paper think he trained over 3,500 boys, and it is a safe assertion that he knew intimately all of them. And many of them he followed in their later years with the same sympathetic interest he did when they worked for him.
He used to tell each of them the same thing: that a carrier route was as important as any position on the paper: that it mattered not how much money, how much time, how much energy and thoughts were put into a paper, how costly the machinery was that issued it, it was a complete loss unless the carrier boys saw that the paper was properly delivered. As a reader, you can appreciate the truth of that as much as we who are responsible for the publication. And he used to tell his boys, too, if they “made good as a carrier, they would make good in any position, if they applied to their work what it took to make a good carrier.” Muir Givens may not have ever realized it, but he was indeed a builder of men.
Muir has passed on to his reward, but he shall ever live in the memories and hearts of us here. His later years were years intense physical suffering, but he met it, as he did with everything, with bravery and good cheer. May his soul rest in peace, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
C.M. GIVENS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS; CIRCULATION CHIEF
Charles Muir Givens, 65, circulation manager of The Sun-Democrat for 29 years, died early this morning at his home, 204 North Twenty-third street.
Mr. Givens had been in ill health for several years and in recent months his condition became critical.
He was one of the oldest employees of The Sun-Democrat in point of service, having been employed as a carrier boy as a lad before the turn of the century. He joined the circulation staff of The Evening Sun in 1911, and was made city circulation manager in 1915. He continued in that capacity when The Evening Sun and The News-Democrat were consolidated in 1929 and became The Sun Democrat.
Mr. Givens was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, but relocated to Paducah early in life. He was employed by Rhodes-Burford Company prior to joining The Evening Sun staff. He was a devout member of the First Baptist Church of Paducah.
Charles Muir was the son of Samuel Gip Givens (1856-1930) and Sarah Jane “Sallie” Alvey Givens (1857-1935). Mr. Givens was proceeded in death by one sister, Lottie Givens and a brother, Carroll Gip Givens.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian Phoebe Logue Givens, a daughter, Maxwell Givens Locke (Louis) of Oklahoma City, OK, a son, Charles Muir Givens, Jr. (Virginia) of Paducah, granddaughter, Virginia Marie Givens of Paducah. Also, one sister-in-law, Cora Potter Givens, of Paducah.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Roth funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence until time for the funeral.
The pallbearers will be: active-Flint Sellars, R. R. Watwood, Gracial Jewell, George Burnett, Eddie Newman and Arlis Meahl; honorary—Joe Roth, Robert Brown, Edwin Mammen, R. L. Montgomery, Louis L. Locke, Sr. and Givens LaMmond.
Muir Givens was a Builder of Men
Editorial written by Edwin J Paxton after the death of Charles Muir Givens, Sr.
In the death of Muir Givens, we on this newspaper feel that each of us has suffered a real personal loss, for Muir was a man who knew how to both make and hold friends. His interests were wide, his cordiality equally so. Youngsters and the old folk were particularly the objects of his interest and he could not show either of them too much consideration.
His labors as City Circulation Manager of this publication took him all over the city every week, and his acquaintance was a wide one: men and women of all creeds: men and women and children of all races knew and deeply respected him. In his work with the carrier boys he was at his best. He knew how to train the lads, and many a man in a prominent position in business and professional life today is indebted to Muir Givens for the things he taught them.
In his thirty-three years work in the circulation department, we here on the paper think he trained over 3,500 boys, and it is a safe assertion that he knew intimately all of them. And many of them he followed in their later years with the same sympathetic interest he did when they worked for him.
He used to tell each of them the same thing: that a carrier route was as important as any position on the paper: that it mattered not how much money, how much time, how much energy and thoughts were put into a paper, how costly the machinery was that issued it, it was a complete loss unless the carrier boys saw that the paper was properly delivered. As a reader, you can appreciate the truth of that as much as we who are responsible for the publication. And he used to tell his boys, too, if they “made good as a carrier, they would make good in any position, if they applied to their work what it took to make a good carrier.” Muir Givens may not have ever realized it, but he was indeed a builder of men.
Muir has passed on to his reward, but he shall ever live in the memories and hearts of us here. His later years were years intense physical suffering, but he met it, as he did with everything, with bravery and good cheer. May his soul rest in peace, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
August 14, 1944, The Sun-Democrat, Paducah, Kentucky
C.M. GIVENS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS; CIRCULATION CHIEF
Charles Muir Givens, 65, circulation manager of The Sun-Democrat for 29 years, died early this morning at his home, 204 North Twenty-third street.
Mr. Givens had been in ill health for several years and in recent months his condition became critical.
He was one of the oldest employees of The Sun-Democrat in point of service, having been employed as a carrier boy as a lad before the turn of the century. He joined the circulation staff of The Evening Sun in 1911, and was made city circulation manager in 1915. He continued in that capacity when The Evening Sun and The News-Democrat were consolidated in 1929 and became The Sun Democrat.
Mr. Givens was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, but relocated to Paducah early in life. He was employed by Rhodes-Burford Company prior to joining The Evening Sun staff. He was a devout member of the First Baptist Church of Paducah.
Charles Muir was the son of Samuel Gip Givens (1856-1930) and Sarah Jane “Sallie” Alvey Givens (1857-1935). Mr. Givens was proceeded in death by one sister, Lottie Givens and a brother, Carroll Gip Givens.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian Phoebe Logue Givens, a daughter, Maxwell Givens Locke (Louis) of Oklahoma City, OK, a son, Charles Muir Givens, Jr. (Virginia) of Paducah, granddaughter, Virginia Marie Givens of Paducah. Also, one sister-in-law, Cora Potter Givens, of Paducah.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Roth funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence until time for the funeral.
The pallbearers will be: active-Flint Sellars, R. R. Watwood, Gracial Jewell, George Burnett, Eddie Newman and Arlis Meahl; honorary—Joe Roth, Robert Brown, Edwin Mammen, R. L. Montgomery, Louis L. Locke, Sr. and Givens LaMmond.
Muir Givens was a Builder of Men
Editorial written by Edwin J Paxton after the death of Charles Muir Givens, Sr.
In the death of Muir Givens, we on this newspaper feel that each of us has suffered a real personal loss, for Muir was a man who knew how to both make and hold friends. His interests were wide, his cordiality equally so. Youngsters and the old folk were particularly the objects of his interest and he could not show either of them too much consideration.
His labors as City Circulation Manager of this publication took him all over the city every week, and his acquaintance was a wide one: men and women of all creeds: men and women and children of all races knew and deeply respected him. In his work with the carrier boys he was at his best. He knew how to train the lads, and many a man in a prominent position in business and professional life today is indebted to Muir Givens for the things he taught them.
In his thirty-three years work in the circulation department, we here on the paper think he trained over 3,500 boys, and it is a safe assertion that he knew intimately all of them. And many of them he followed in their later years with the same sympathetic interest he did when they worked for him.
He used to tell each of them the same thing: that a carrier route was as important as any position on the paper: that it mattered not how much money, how much time, how much energy and thoughts were put into a paper, how costly the machinery was that issued it, it was a complete loss unless the carrier boys saw that the paper was properly delivered. As a reader, you can appreciate the truth of that as much as we who are responsible for the publication. And he used to tell his boys, too, if they “made good as a carrier, they would make good in any position, if they applied to their work what it took to make a good carrier.” Muir Givens may not have ever realized it, but he was indeed a builder of men.
Muir has passed on to his reward, but he shall ever live in the memories and hearts of us here. His later years were years intense physical suffering, but he met it, as he did with everything, with bravery and good cheer. May his soul rest in peace, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
C.M. GIVENS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS; CIRCULATION CHIEF
Charles Muir Givens, 65, circulation manager of The Sun-Democrat for 29 years, died early this morning at his home, 204 North Twenty-third street.
Mr. Givens had been in ill health for several years and in recent months his condition became critical.
He was one of the oldest employees of The Sun-Democrat in point of service, having been employed as a carrier boy as a lad before the turn of the century. He joined the circulation staff of The Evening Sun in 1911, and was made city circulation manager in 1915. He continued in that capacity when The Evening Sun and The News-Democrat were consolidated in 1929 and became The Sun Democrat.
Mr. Givens was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, but relocated to Paducah early in life. He was employed by Rhodes-Burford Company prior to joining The Evening Sun staff. He was a devout member of the First Baptist Church of Paducah.
Charles Muir was the son of Samuel Gip Givens (1856-1930) and Sarah Jane “Sallie” Alvey Givens (1857-1935). Mr. Givens was proceeded in death by one sister, Lottie Givens and a brother, Carroll Gip Givens.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian Phoebe Logue Givens, a daughter, Maxwell Givens Locke (Louis) of Oklahoma City, OK, a son, Charles Muir Givens, Jr. (Virginia) of Paducah, granddaughter, Virginia Marie Givens of Paducah. Also, one sister-in-law, Cora Potter Givens, of Paducah.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Roth funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence until time for the funeral.
The pallbearers will be: active-Flint Sellars, R. R. Watwood, Gracial Jewell, George Burnett, Eddie Newman and Arlis Meahl; honorary—Joe Roth, Robert Brown, Edwin Mammen, R. L. Montgomery, Louis L. Locke, Sr. and Givens LaMmond.
Muir Givens was a Builder of Men
Editorial written by Edwin J Paxton after the death of Charles Muir Givens, Sr.
In the death of Muir Givens, we on this newspaper feel that each of us has suffered a real personal loss, for Muir was a man who knew how to both make and hold friends. His interests were wide, his cordiality equally so. Youngsters and the old folk were particularly the objects of his interest and he could not show either of them too much consideration.
His labors as City Circulation Manager of this publication took him all over the city every week, and his acquaintance was a wide one: men and women of all creeds: men and women and children of all races knew and deeply respected him. In his work with the carrier boys he was at his best. He knew how to train the lads, and many a man in a prominent position in business and professional life today is indebted to Muir Givens for the things he taught them.
In his thirty-three years work in the circulation department, we here on the paper think he trained over 3,500 boys, and it is a safe assertion that he knew intimately all of them. And many of them he followed in their later years with the same sympathetic interest he did when they worked for him.
He used to tell each of them the same thing: that a carrier route was as important as any position on the paper: that it mattered not how much money, how much time, how much energy and thoughts were put into a paper, how costly the machinery was that issued it, it was a complete loss unless the carrier boys saw that the paper was properly delivered. As a reader, you can appreciate the truth of that as much as we who are responsible for the publication. And he used to tell his boys, too, if they “made good as a carrier, they would make good in any position, if they applied to their work what it took to make a good carrier.” Muir Givens may not have ever realized it, but he was indeed a builder of men.
Muir has passed on to his reward, but he shall ever live in the memories and hearts of us here. His later years were years intense physical suffering, but he met it, as he did with everything, with bravery and good cheer. May his soul rest in peace, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
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