| Show It Seems Quite Appropriate that this book be prefaced withpersonal explanation Putting it together was notsought-after assignment As one of the senior members of Utah Press Association the author possessedfour-decade memory of its activities As retiree he was perceived to be someone with enough time to devote to the project and one who wouldndemand financial reimbursement for his efforts In other words researcher willing to perform what is popularly known as labor of love And that it isgift to an organization that has meant great deal to both Bette and me and consequently justified the two-plus years of research it required Had it not been for the late Miles Turnbull the book still wouldnhave been written -at least by this scribe The urging of successive association presidents Larry Stahle and Adrien Taylor had been rejected The long-anticipated freedom of retirement wasfar stronger lure Then Miles still inter ested in Utahnewspapers though helong since gone on to greater journalistic challenges than those the San Juan Record offered added his persuasive urging The person who coined the adage about selling ice boxes to Eskimos had Miles and his ilk in mind So thathow it came to pass that an old warhorse gave upgreat deal of golf and travel to knit togethervolume aptly described in Abraham LincolnGettysburg Address -that part in which he said The world will little note nor long remember Jim Cornwell Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
