| Show UPA FUNCTIONS -THEN AND NOW founding members utilized the railroadgenerosity for honeymoon in 1902 man whonot devoted much time to courting he was 37 years of age when he met Cora Rebecca Stayner whoentered the Davis County Clipper offices in Bountiful to place an ad Miss Stayner was 34 at the time As their acquaintance deepened into something more than casual Stahle decided to give her the best present he could think ofrail tour from Salt Lake City to the Pacific Northwest and down the coast from Vancouver to San Diego Utah newspeople had been offered this excursion and plans were being formulated Coraparents wouldnhear of their single daughter going on suchtrip But Stahle solved that by proposing marriage they were wed on June 4th and immediately departed with the touring journalists Mr Stahlememoirs recalled at almost every city we were called upon to speak before civic clubs He labelled Hall of Fame editor Charles Penrose of the Deseret News the main speaker at all times explaining he could get up out of his bed at night and give an excellent talk At the 1906 convention minutes record The members of the Association received an invitation from the Salt Lake Route to maketrip over its line to Los Angeles as the guests of the company next summer The invitation was accepted Association records do not make it clear when such junkets becamething of the past but the 1906 invitation actually cameyear after passage by Congress of the Hall Anti-Pass Law It forbid free rail transportation for newspaper staff members Times were changing in Utah Territory and when the associationfourth annual convention was held on January 25 1896 the membership voted to add State to the official name -making it Utah State Press Association It was acknowledgement of statehood for Utah granted only three weeks earlier on January 4th Reports researcher Wood in his thesis profusion of glowing tributes to the future greatness of the Beehive State and the vital role of newspapers usurped most of the emphasis of that meeting Which was not surprising since most of the territorial newspapers had vigorously 249 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
