| Show PAPERS THAT CAME -AND MANY THAT WENT Sloane George Kaul and Lorin Kramer also produced the Tooele Times and Kramer would later found papers in Garfield and Magna The brief life of the Reflex ended September 1912 Robert Halladay unveiled the communitysecond paper also labelled the Grantsville Reflex on March 1917 Afterchange of names to the Grantsville News it came to an end on April 1928 Briefly that year the town had the luxury of two papers because John Flinders had introduced the Grantsville Observer on January 7th It became the NewsObserver on January 1924 but like its predecessors met an early death Gary and Janet Fawson began the most recent Grantsville publication the Gazette on October 1983 In succession it had three other couples as its publishers -Richard and Mary Thornton Bud and Jeanne Bracken and Tom and Mary Ruth Hammond -during its near-seven year history before the doors were closed on August 23 1990 GREEN RIVER Green Riverfirst newspaper the Dispatch came on the scene February 12 1907 with Thompson atop the masthead and Miller shown as editor manager Miller eventually accumulated ownership and then on July 1917 closed its doors Helen Spaulding leased the paper from Miller and resumed publication later that month -but on July 29 1920 acknowledged the inevitable and halted publication former Tacoma Washington newsman Gene Davis embarked on what proved to bebrief weekly publication in June 1955 Spurred by the prospect ofuranium boom Davis more recently in the journalistic picture at Monticello believed the area was ready forpaper of its own As it turned out he was wrong In 1958 Clarin Ashby publisher of the Emery County Progress brought Green River its Leader Thoughcommendable publication -twice General Excellence winner in Utah Press Associationcompetition -it was never financially 15 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
