| Show UPA Publisher then NATIONAL PARTICIPATION the associationmonthly magazine com mented Mr Poole reported that his wife received praise from local residents as well as letters from people in other states complimenting her for the vividness of her articles Her stories were written through the eyes of an ordinary tourist but were so descriptive that one reader said he felt that he had already toured the state after reading them Not surprisingly Dan Valentine frequently capitalized on his name in his daily Nothing Serious column by awarding Valentine to someone or some group On Sunday after the conventionclose he wrote Makingbig convention come off smoothly iswork of art andthinkcollective Valentine belongs to Utah members of the press who hosted the recently completed annual convention of the National Editorial Association Comments from conventioning editors have been wonderful and several hundred American editors will return to their home communities withglowing memory of the state of Utah public relations at its best andValentine to all concerned Utahparticipation in the national association was at its peak duringtwo-decade period of time in the 1960s and 1970s Not only were all of the stateless-than-daily papers members of NEA NNA but expenses of the president and vice president were paid to attend its Fall and or Summer conventions 383 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
