| Show YOUNG PAPERS THAT ACTUALLY ARE OLD Three years later on April 1984 Kevin Ashby co-pub lisher with his brother Craig of the Uintah Basin Standard at Roosevelt bought the Sun and the News In 1993 Ashby relinquished the reins of both papers to Post Publishing Company headed by Todd Newton In November 1994 upon the collapse of Newtongroup Ashby regained the paper and withinshort time sold it to Jim and Lori Olsen who had been the resident publishers Howard and Orsa Cherry are the only husband-and-wife publishers in the Newspaper Hall of Fame SPANISH FORK The ubiquitous James Jakeman presented Spanish Fork its first newspaper the Index in 1891 and operated it until November 26 1892 Much of its existence was in compe tition with the Spanish Fork Sun and time proved the town wasnbig enough for two weeklies The Sun staffed by able journalists Kenner formerly of the Wasatch Wave and Andrew Jensen of the Provo Dispatch began May 19 1892 Kenner quickly surrendered his interests to Jensen and on September 16 1892 Jensen sold the publication to Scott and Jesse Holt With Scott eventually the sole owner the Sun operated until May 1893 -then set The community which had enjoyed two newspapers now had none The Herald under Fred Smith appeared in January 1895 and disappeared November 2nd of the same year leaving no known files TodaySpanish Fork Press was launched January 23 1902 by Andrew Jensen backdecade after having sold the Sun He sufferedstroke in December 1909 and encouragedyoung printerdevil Elisha Warner to buy the paper The transaction took place March 10 1910 Four years later Ezra Warner joined his brother and they and their descendants retained the Press until August 1962 when Henderson became the publisher Called throughout his newspaper career only as C he was known by very few as John Calvin 108 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
