| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION almost out ofdesire to help the weekly press succeed He met with such popularity that when he found he could no longer carry out the function because of other duties he was named Secretary Emeritus In 1936 after many years of assisting in the associationprogress -a virtual ambassador-withoutportfolio he was lauded by the grateful organization and in 1937posthumous plaque expressing appreciation was given to his widow Constantly seeking additional newspaper members UPA advertised at Porteurging in1917 issue of The Bulletin then its official publication An organization of progressive publishers of country newspapers in Utah No benefits -the association does not promise the impossible but seeks to help the country newspaper business aswhole Meetings are held twiceyear If you arelive newspaper publisher join in with us It costs but now Porte had recognized early in tiny Hunter North Dakota that job printing was the backbone of small weeklies He studied it so diligently that he becamerecognized expert and his pricing catalogue opened the eyes of many commercial printers who thought they were producingpiece of work atprofit but were quite wrong because theyfailed to consider some key factors During the 1930s USPA had in Hendrik Romeyn another part-time executive secretary His principal occupation was being secretary of the Printing Industry of Utah and of the Business MenAlliance His affiliation with USPA came to an end at the 1941 convention when incontroversial decision he was ousted aftersix-year tenure The 17-16 vote reflects how divided publishers were on the matter For many years between the Porte and Romeyn eras the work ordinarily carried out bysecretary was conducted by publishers themselves Asresult becoming an officer or director involved companion duties requiring considerable time and effort particularly in legislative watch-dogging advertising sales and convention planning Forbrief time in 1941 Merle Taylor was the associationsecretary He proposed to the Board of Directors in April 300 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
