| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 15th It was edited by Josiah Gibbs future Hall of Fame honoree who stayed in the new location only four months before moving on to edit the Provo Dispatch At that time on October 26 1895 his Nephi paper became the property of Orme and Pulver who on August 29 1896 consolidated it with the Nephi Republic The merged paper lasted until late in 1898 then expired In the meantime 1896 had witnessed the beginning and end of the Nephi Times under the guidance of Henry Adams And 1899 saw an equally-brief appearance of the Juab County Republican shortly before the Nephi Record was launched at the outset of the new century by Pyles Several newsmen were involved with it during nine years of operation among them the well-travelled Ewing Cook Henroid Carroll and Swen Freed The Record was absorbed into the Juab County Times when it commenced publication on October 15 1909 Conceived by Jacob Coleman the Times finally broughtmeasure of stability to Nephi journalism Coleman sold half of it to Christensen in 1912 andyear later Abe Gibson bought the other half His family would still be publishing its descendant newspaper eighty years later Dennis Wood and Henroid were co-publishers of the Nephi City News which was launched May 1916 On April 1917 it was merged with the Times to create todayNephi Times-News Wood and Gibson were co-publishers until March 15 1928 when Gibson became the sole owner On April 10 1942 he moved to the Pleasant Grove Review leaving the Nephi property to his younger brother Roy Gibson After Roydeath June 19 1978 publishing duties were taken over by his sons Allan and Vance Gibson Several years later Vance left the organization and Allan became the sole owner Wood and both Abe and Roy Gibson are in the Utah Newspaper Hall of Fame OREM-GENEVA While there are no microfilmed files it is established that 98 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
