The Georgia Bulletin was cited by judges at the annual Catholic Press Association convention for the “best front page” among the Catholic newspapers competing. Bulletin editor Father James Maciejewski was present in Minneapolis to accept the award from association president Father Louis Miller, C.SS.R., editor of the Liguorian magazine.

In evaluating the entries, the judges said: “The Georgia Bulletin, Atlanta, Georgia, wins first prize. In the opinion of the judges it knows precisely how to use that dab of color, always in the unusually drawn nameplate and often in the rest of the page, to add a kind of decorator’s touch where it’s most needed. All the other ingredients for an effective front page are there too – the clean type and white space, etc.”

The nameplate or masthead to which the judges referred was designed especially for the Bulletin by a friend of Father Maciejewski, Mrs. Jean Unsworth of Chicago. Mrs. Unsworth was a doctoral candidate in art education at the University of Georgia in Athens while Father Maciejewski was assistant pastor of St. Joseph’s Church there.

Reflecting upon the award, Father Maciejewski congratulated his associates, Michael Motes and Marie Mulvenna, whom he said were principally responsible for the layout of the front page, and John Markwalter, who supervises the composition of three regional Catholic newspapers at the Chalker printing plant in Waynesboro.

Father Maciejewski said: “This award is especially gratifying because we were in competition with some real heavyweights – good solid Catholic newspapers with larger circulation, larger budget, and larger staff. I hope the people of the archdiocese can see that they are getting maximum mileage out of the financial and moral support they have given the paper.”

Father Maciejewski added: “The help of the archbishop and the priests of the archdiocese has been most important as we’ve worked to bring a fresh approach to the Georgia Bulletin over the past year and a half. We appreciate their support.”

Seventy-eight newspapers were represented in the annual competition.