| Show STATE CONCLAVES SINCE 1894 You can learnlot from em too Some are public relations folks who havemessage for us from some particular organization Itworth listening because nobody should know better than those of us in the newspaper industry that you can grasp the whole picture without hearing both sides of the question Then there are public relations people who represent businesses that donreally have something to sell orparticular message to convey to us utilities for example They only want to see that we havesmooth-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 whatnew 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 therea 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 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 Marri ott Hotel and Holiday Inn in Salt Lake City the Booster Club in Logan ProvoExcelsior Hotel The Hilton Inn Four Sea sons 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 spaas 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 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
