*** km 2/72 8 Question Box ***
Is
each
publisher
encouraged
to
have
his
own
personal
subscription
for
"The
Watchtower"
and
"Awake!"?Many of our brothers are now getting their "Watchtower" and "Awake!" magazines at the Kingdom Hall. We encourage this arrangement. It saves the Society a tremendous amount of work and it saves you money.
We will try to get new subscriptions from people who do not regularly attend meetings at the congregationpeople with whom we conduct Bible studies or on whom we make back-calls, friends, relatives and people we meet in the house-to-house work. They should be encouraged to obtain subscriptions for the magazines. But after they are publishers and are attending meetings regularly, they might be encouraged to get their magazines from the magazine counter.
For some this will mean quite an adjustment. And there will be a need for us to get into the good habit of going to the magazine counter each week to pick up the latest copies of "The Watchtower" or "Awake!" for our personal use and for distribution in the field. Dont neglect it and then find later that members of your family missed out on an issue and the supply at the Kingdom Hall is gone. Rather, begin now to make it a regular part of your activity at the Kingdom Hall to stop at the magazine counter each week for your latest copies of "The Watchtower" and "Awake!"
Individuals wanting the magazines sent directly to their homes should not be discouraged from subscribing. People may have good reasons for wanting to have the magazines sent by mail to their homes. But, as mentioned above, it will mean less work for the Society and it will save you money if you obtain your individual copies of the magazines at the Kingdom Hall.
*** km 4/73 1 Branch Letter ***
Dear Kingdom Publishers:
Watchtower Farm has been the scene of a lot of excitement lately. The Society has completed one new factory there and another one, huge building, is well under way.
Since February 2 the first factory there at the farm has been producing literature for your use in the field. On that day, just a few weeks ago, the first magazines rolled off the printing presses in that new factory. And now this delighted the large family that serves on your behalf there at Watchtower Farm! Now two presses are running, and there are more to come. Three more large rotary presses have already arrived from Germany, and soon these will be erected, ready for production. Our brothers there are willing and eager to supply all the magazines that you can possibly use in proclaiming the good news.
With the new printing facilities, our capacity for producing magazines and handling subscriptions has been greatly increased. So we are now able to invite all of you publishers in the continental United States to have personal subscriptions for The
Watchtower and Awake! again.
We want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for responding so well to the recommendation in Kingdom
Ministry to obtain personal copies of the magazines at the Kingdom Hall when that seemed advisable. While some may prefer to continue doing that, doubtless many of you will again want to have both The
Watchtower and Awake! sent directly to your homes. If you and other members of your family would like to have personal subscriptions, we will be pleased to provide that service for you now.
As for magazines sent to or from other lands, due to the high postal rates it is requested that publishers continue to get personal copies from the congregations supply, if that is what has been done up till now.
*** km 10/73 7 Are You a Subscriber? ***
There is no need to hold back from entering personal subscriptions, feeling that these would be more work for the Society. In the past it was suggested that the brothers pick up personal copies at the Kingdom Hall rather than subscribe. Your cooperating during this period was a great help and was very much appreciated. But we want all to know that now we will be very glad to mail the magazines directly to your homes. Encouraging others to subscribe is more convincing when we ourselves are subscribers. Of course, this applies to
The
Watchtower also.
