| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION independent and eventually became part ofcombined county paper the Progress-Leader That publication was purchased by Kimble Larsen in May 1965 and was sold by him to Sun Advocate Publishers Inc of Price on February 1975 HELPER The Helper Journal which had its start January 1932 wascontinuation of the Helper Times bearer of1911 birthdate Lee founded the Times and it hadshaky existence under several publishers George Grow was one in the early 1920s He gave way on August 20 1924 to Grace Cooper who had then been publisher Advocate foryear following Cooper On February 28 1927 Times and on April 19 1928 of the neighboring Price Newsthe death of her husband Conner took charge of the he entered intopartnership with William Bill MacKnight of Price William Igleheart who had followed Mrs Cooper as the News-Advocatepublisher assumed the editorial reins of the Times on June 1930 The Great Depression then claimed the paper and it was sold at sheriffsale on December 10 1931 to Howard Jarvis He was at that time publisher of the Bingham Bulletin and the Magna Times It wasbrief investment on his part for on December 31st he sold to Watt Brandon and his son DeLos of Sheridan Wyoming They renamed the paper the Helper Journal and retained it until January 12 1934 when George Baker was the purchaser Seven months later on October 1934 partnership of William MacKnight and Leland Burress became the owners Both MacKnight and Burress would leave marks on Utah and Idaho journalism Burress published the Bingham Bulletin and later the Leader of Gooding Idaho MacKnight owned the Citizen in Preston Idaho and then the North Side News in Jerome The partners sold the Helper Journal on July 1937 to MacKnightbrother Hal and Val Cowles his co-publisher at the Price Sun-Advocate Clifton Clif Memmot was named editor-manager by Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
