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Show During the '60's, to keep pace with technical developments in the newspaper field, the Sentinel changed from letterpress to offset method of printing, and late in 1977 the publishers installed a three-unit off William Cooper Jr. became postmaster June 2, 1891. post office moved with the appointment on September 19, 1895 of William B. Bennett to his home on Next the corner of Main and Center. Bennett had homesteaded land here that extended one half mile east, the northeast set press, housed in a new addition to the Sentinel building at W. Center and Holden Sts., which had been the the one charter member of the Midvale Kiwanis and was block north of the intersection. Elizabeth W. Lind on the D & RG Mail received at the Free and depot was put on a pushcart to be . delivered to the .post office. Oakey Oberg was the fist to push the handcart. Zachariah Brown then took the con Arch Masons and the York Rites. pick up the mail with the handcart. Sometimes father, Silas, took the responsibility. During World War I mail was important to everyone and people gathered at the post office after every train dropped off tract to He became ill and decided to sell the paper. His last published September 30, boundary twelve rods south of Wasatch (8000 South) and to the door it was sent on the next train. Accepted Mason, a member of the Billings, Montana Lodge 113, Utah Chapter No. 1 Royal issue was to Midvale in 1909. stopped at the depot and left or picked up bulk mail or parcel post. Through trains dropped bags of first class mail near the depot. To send mail on the through trains, the small package of first class mail was thrown baseball style in to the open door of the baggage car. If it did not reach journalistic training at the University of Montana. He had published newspapers in Bingham, Portola, California and Pocatello, Idaho. The Utah State Press Association elected him president in 1946. was a name says that mail was brought to Midvale trains four times a day. Some trains G. S. Northcutt in 1937. Howard Barrows received his He from West Jordan Post Office to Midvale Post the Jordan River on the west. He was made postmaster January 12, 1914 and served until March 31, 1923. At that time the post office was on the east side of Main Street, Godfrey elected to the first board of directors and later, elected president of the club. appointment January 20, the postmaster when Federal postal finally gave permission to officially change OSL railroad and the State road. The south Howard C. Barrows, born in Cleveland, 1894, married Nugent in Ogden. They bought the Ute Sentinel from was a name was Iva He postmater for five was appointed Rolson When Niels Lind was appointed postmaster, city boun daries were: north to 6400 south (Murray), east to the presidents of Utah Press Association. was was Office, June 16, 1906. Goff was one of the organizers of the Bingham Junction Commercial Club which pressed for incorporation of the little city and a final change of now J. Parr He was authorities however, the front page has gone to six wider columns. Both J. Parr Godfrey and James Landers have serv ed as half mile west and back to the Clifford I. Goff received the 1905 and columns to become narrower, until nine occupy about' the same width page as columns did in the old days. For ease of reading, seven one corner. years until Leverin John December 20, 1900. news columns north, Main and Center provide specific parts of the valley. Format changes are still being made and probably will continue to change as times dictate. The paper has grown from an original eight pages to an average of about 20 pages a week, and circulation has gone over the 30,OOO-mark. Over the years, the tendency has been for half mile one needed space. The present publishers have also added weekly editions of The Sen tinel East and the Sentinel West to provide service to erected in 1964 to his 1954. Midvale Sentinel mail. MIDVALE POST OFFICE The area forty-eight the National Cooper When Niels Lind called the West Jordan Precinct contained square miles in 1852. According to records in was "The Frederick A. postmaster in officially appointed was appointed December 7, post office with his store in his home West Jordan (Midvale). He 1864 and had the west of the Jordan River. Later he built the two building (present Rosse apartments) story east of the river for his store, the post office and the family residence. He was postmaster until February 2, 1882 when Ben- given the appointment. Cutler lived Cooper and had a store and now the post office in his horne also. He was the son of Harmon Cutler who had a large homestead. jamin L. across was bought postmaster, Elizabeth says, the boxes and rented them to people. Most had combinations so people could get their mail, even when the window was closed and mail was being sorted. "In early days the post office was a one man operaton. If the postmaster hired help he paid for it from his own check. Families of the early postmasters helped their fathers." Joseph B. Wright was postmaster from April 1, 1923 to May 15, 1928. During his term the individual mail box Archives, Washington, D.C., the first postmaster Cutler was were increased to take care of the expanding needs of the community. Local residents from the Balkan States, Greece, Italy and Spain received and sent many letters to their families and appreciated the facilities the street from 186 |
