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STATE CONCLAVES SINCE 1894 nold, nationally-known typographical expert, whose topic at the Saturday night banquet was "I Could Write A Book" and who also conducted a "Shirtsleeves Clinic" on typography. Conventioners attended a Tabernacle Choir broadcast and heard a talk by Richard L. Evans on Sunday morning. Ken Chamberlain, District Attorney, 6th Judicial District, discussed legal advertising in community newspapers and former Missouri newsman Arthur R. McQuiddy, district director of public relations for United States Steel, addressed the need for public relations in community newspaper publishing. The first presentation of the Master Editor & Publisher Award was made to A. B. (Abe) Gibson, Pleasant Grove Review. Sixty-eighth annual meeting. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, February 10-11-12, 1961, Hotel Utah. J. M. (Jim) Cornwell, Murray Eagle, was elected president. A diverse group of speakers were headliners, the keynoter Curtis MacDougall, dean of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. His topic was "The Weekly Newspaper's Responsibility in Influencing Public Opinion." Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, adjutant general of the Utah National Guard, addressed "The Threat We Face From Communism." In his talk he discussed that military group's responsibilities in both peacetime and in a national emergency. The upcoming convention of National Editorial Association in Salt Lake City was analyzed by Theodore A. (Ted) Serrill, newly-named Executive Vice President of the national association. A panel discussion on joint printing plants included H. C. McConaughy, discussion leader; Harrison Conover, Jim Cornwell, Clarin Ashby and Joel Dunn. Sixty-ninth annual meeting. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, February 16-17-18, 1962, Hotel Utah. Howard C. McConaughy, Morgan County News, was elected president. Reflecting the interest in the oncoming "offset revolution," the keynote speaker was Staley McBrayer of Arlington, Texas, publisher of 349 |
