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UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Statesman. Warrum's successor was Augustus Gordon, whose name would be indelibly linked with editorial leadership of Cache Valley for 36 years until his death on November 10, 1929. His elaborate prose, together with the forward-thinking management of England and Earl, was largely responsible for the Journal's dominant position in that three-decade span. Another longtime occupant of the editor's chair was Ray Nelson (1938-1968), who in the late 1960s had the assignment of leading the editorial staff from typewriters to computers. His popular column, "Thoughts and Things/' informed and amused Cache Valley readers for some three decades. He was followed by John Shields, editor until 1970; Cliff Cheney to June, 1979; Malin Foster until September, 1983; Mike Simmons through August, 1990; Pat McCutcheon until November, 1994 and subsequently, Charles McCollum. Upon the retirement of Gunnar Rasmuson in 1949, Robert W. Martin became publisher of the Herald-Journal, remaining until 1955. He was succeeded by Phillip E. Swift and assuming management duties after Swift was Byron (By) Jensen, publisher until June, 1964. Of his unusual nickname, staff members of that era recall, "He'd chop your head off if you called him Byron!" Subsequent publishers, in order, have been J. Frampton (Fram) Collins, June, 1964 to January, 1976; Wayne Paul, who followed Collins and remained until August, 1993 and Bruce K. Smith, whose lengthy prior newspaper career had been in Idaho and Montana. From editor to editor, the Herald-Journal has shifted between heavy emphasis on local coverage or focussing more on state, national and international news. Nelson, for example, had a network of 19 country correspondents who were supervised by his longtime assistant, Edith Morgan. The paper's changes of concentration have periodically resulted in fewer stringers from time to time and then to resumption of the more localized approach. Regardless of that, the Herald-Journal has always given 166 |
