| Show YOUNG PAPERS THAT ACTUALLY ARE OLD told us he has forgotten He thought the Church had them and theD Church Librarian wishes they had BRIGHAM CITY The Box Elder News-Journal was established in July 1938 with the merger of two longtime publications The eldest was the Box Elder County News started in April 1894 by Hunter and his wife Edith After four years the paper was acquired by Charles Pasco and Hyrum Standing who dropped County from the name In 1900 Pascointerest was sold to Solomon Wixom and in 1904 Standingshares were bought bygroup of stockholders headed by Norman Lee After Victor Madsen gained the position on April 15 1909 and retained it for 13 years Wixom eventually became managing editor in 1922 The newer of the two papers the Box Elder Journal was begun January 15 1909 by Jones and Mangum year later Royal Jeppson became the proprietor and on June 27 1919 Will Holmes whocut his newspaper teeth in Idaho took over publishing duties The Journal too had stockholders who like those of the News approved the merger proposal on June 13 1938 When Wixom and Holmes both Hall of Fame publishers joined their efforts the former was made business manager the latter the editor John Ed Ryan eventually became the majority stockholder and became publisher of the News-Journal when both Wixom and Holmes elected to retire Technically Ryan was sometime newsman sandwiching his journalistic pursuits into an assortment of local business affiliations most of them probably more profitable than the News-Journal Fayetteville West Virginia native he came to Box Elder County in 1911 as23-year old court reporter and before his death in 1969 became the owner ofhotel two theatres an appliance dealership drug store andbowling alley and founded the Creditors Rating Bureau Ryan was at the helm when on February 1942 it ceased to bedaily and becamesemi-weekly Restrictions of 81 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
