| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Statesman Warrumsuccessor 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 Journaldominant position in that three-decade span Another longtime occupant of the editorchair 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 Sim mons through August 1990 Pat McCutcheon until November 1994 and subsequently Charles McCollum Upon the retirement of Gunnar Rasmuson in 1949 Robert Martin became publisher of the Herald-Journal remaining until 1955 He was succeeded by Phillip 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 Hechop your head off if you called him Byron Subsequent publishers in order have been Frampton Fram Collins June 1964 to January 1976 Wayne Paul who followed Collins and remained until August 1993 and Bruce 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 hadnetwork of 19 country correspondents who were supervised by his longtime assistant Edith Morgan The paperchanges 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 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
