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STATE CONCLAVES SINCE 1894 Weekly Reflex, elected president, marking the first time a father-and-son combination had headed USPA. William P. Epperson had been the association's leader in 1922-23. A considerable portion of the program was devoted to planning a joint convention in Cheyenne with Wyoming Press Association when the National Editorial Association convened there in July. It was the nearest a national conclave had ever been to Utah. Thirty-seventh annual meeting. Saturday, Sunday, January 25-16, 1930, Hotel Newhouse. Abraham B. (Abe) Gibson, Nephi Times-News, elected president. Apprehension about the nation's economy following the "Black Friday" stock market crash of October, 1929, was voiced by both delegates and speakers, although an air of cautious optimism prevailed. Unemployment was increasing as pessimistic potential buyers held onto their money, publishers agreed. Thirty-eighth annual meeting. Saturday, Sunday, January 24-25, 1931, Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City. Howard A. Jarvis, Magna Times and Garfield Leader, was elected president. Among topics discussed on a program which drew principally upon association members was the experimental formation of a "division" organization within USPA. The "eastern division" had convened in Moab, May 22-24, with William T. Igleheart, Price News-Advocate, elected chairman, it was reported. Officers urged other areas to conduct similar meetings and to report back at the following year's convention. Thirty-ninth annual meeting. Saturday, Sunday, January 16-17, 1932, Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City. Loren L. (Bish) Taylor, Moab Times-Independent, elected president. Efforts were renewed to establish a competition for excellence in makeup and typography among USPA member papers. In a change of procedure, outgoing president Howard Jarvis of Magna was elected Secretary-Treasurer, a position he would 335 |
