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STATE CONCLAVES SINCE 1894 "You can learn a lot from 'em, too. Some are public relations folks who have a message for us from some particular organization. It's worth listening because nobody should know better than those of us in the newspaper industry that you can't grasp the whole picture without hearing both sides of the question. Then there are public relations people who represent businesses that don't really have something to sell or a particular message to convey to us - utilities, for example. They only want to see that we have a smooth-working relationship and understand what the situation looks like from their point of view. Some other Associate Members are in sales - and they're the ones who tell us what's new in our own industry. If you give it some thought, we hear about most of the new innovations from sales people, not from one-another. "So there's a lot to be said for the part Associate Members play in Utah Press Association," he concluded, "and we should be - and are - mighty happy to have 'em." Before the turn of the new century -- in 1899 -- USPA took its annual convention from the Knutsford Hotel to the Kenyon, located on the southeast corner of Main and 2nd South streets. Over future years that was the site of several other business firms and on it the new One Utah Center building has now been built. Subsequently, annual meetings have taken place at the D. F. Walker Building, the Salt Lake Press Club, the Commercial Club, the Franklin Club, the Chamber of Commerce Building, Hotel Utah, Hotel Newhouse, the Ramada Inn, Tri-Arc Travelodge, Little America, Hilton Hotel, Marriott Hotel and Holiday Inn in Salt Lake City; the Booster Club in Logan; Provo's Excelsior Hotel; The Hilton Inn, Four Seasons and Holiday Inn in St. George. It was not until 1897 that the association scheduled its first summer convention, although groups of publishers had informally gathered at such area spa's as Saltair prior to that time. The August 14, 1897 gathering was at Castilla Springs in Thistle Canyon above Spanish Fork. Even though the Castilla excursion (the Salt Lake Tribune 319 |
