State and local leaders vowed Tuesday to help the more than 40 employees who will lose their jobs when Canterbury Press closes at the end of the week. The business, which opened in 1950, has laid off 42 people, a state Department of Labor spokeswoman said Tuesday. A handful of employees will continue working until the end of the week. A team from the state will meet with the laid off employees at 9 a.m. today at the business on Mill Street to assist them in finding jobs and applying for unemployment ABOUT ROME’S CANTERBURY PRESS * The Rome company will close at the end of the week, leaving its more than 40 workers unemployed. * Roll C. Goodsell founded Canterbury Press in 1950 in Canterbury Hill near Rome, according to information from the company’s Web site. To accommodate growth, the company moved into the downtown Rome area in 1952 and then to its current site on Mill Street in 1960. * Canterbury in 1975 was one of the first companies in the country to create an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. * The company was a sheet-fed printer that manufactured a variety of periodicals and commercial products, including design, copy writing and periodical ad sales, among other services. insurance, labor department spokeswoman Chris Perham said. When contacted early Tuesday, Canterbury Press President Dennis Schonewetter said, “We are still open and that’s all I’ve got to say.” The call then was disconnected. Sheet-fed printer Canterb ...
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