| Show UPA NATIONAL PARTICIPATION Texas Times was elected his successor during the convention Both proved to be rather unique in the association for main taining remarkable attendance records at NEA now NNA functions many years after their presidential terms had ended Mr Taylor in fact was at NNA 1992 convention 43 years later onlyfew months before his death Mr Cookmark is comparable The associationcoveted Amos Award was presented during the Salt Lake convention to Fred Hill of the Hamburg Towa Reporter In addition to Mr MacKnight USPA1949 officers were Andy Rytting Tremonton Leader vice president Norman Fuellenbach Richfield Reaper secretary-treasurer and William Bill Long Box Elder News-Journal past president Mr Epperson wasdirector along with George Crowther Salt Lake Times Thomas Judd Mt Pleasant Pyramid Neff Smart Orem-Geneva Times Charles Claybaugh Box Elder News-Journal Frank Beckwith Millard County Chronicle Howard Cherry Salina Sun and Frank Gaisford American Fork Citizen Several of those publishers would hold official positions when twelve years later Utah again played host to National Editorial Association The conclavedates were Wednesday through Saturday June 21-24 1961 Mr Claybaugh stilldirector and past USPA president Roy Gibson Nephi Times-News were co-chairmen No special train brought conventioneers to the Beehive State althoughpercentage did travel by rail More flew in from various parts of the country for airline travel had pro gressed greatly during the intervening years The remarkable 1949 cooperation of Utah organizations and business firms was if anything exceeded in 61 The conclave headquartered at Hotel Utah was in the opinion of veteran delegates one of the organizationbest Salt Lake City was chosen as the convention site afterpresentation made in 1957 by Mr Claybaugh who was then serving as 377 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
