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History of The<\/em> Westmorland Courier<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Westmorland Community Association (WCA) was formed in April 1941 and published its first newsletter, entitled The Dope<\/em>, in June of that year. The newsletter was intended to publicize information about the Association as well as details for that year\u2019s 4th<\/sup> of July Picnic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s in a name?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In the 1940s, \u201cthe dope\u201d this was American slang for inside (confidential) information, news, gossip, or details. If you wanted to know what was going on, you\u2019d say, \u201cWhat\u2019s the dope?\u201d In the newspaper business it meant inside story or scoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katherine Jacobs was the first Editor of The Dope<\/em>. She was the wife of Herbert Jacobs, the first President of WCA, who was a reporter for the Capital Times. Since \u201cthe dope\u201d was a common newspaper term it\u2019s not too farfetched to imagine that the Jacobs\u2019 suggested the newsletter title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newspaper name was changed from the The Dope<\/em> to The Courier<\/em> in January 1943. The name changed again in February 1943 to The Westmorland Courier<\/em>, as it is called today. The Westmorland Courier<\/em> neighborhood newspaper was issued monthly from January 1943 through 1951, when it condensed to five issues per year. Beginning in 1991, the newspaper began being published six times per year which has continued until the present issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the know<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For three quarters of a century, The Westmorland Courier<\/em> has provided coverage of local, community, and city-wide issues. Local topics covered by the newspaper have included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n