| Show THE BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST division which has been maintained for the ensuing 39 years The trophy established by Dean Culmsee became permanent fixture for Community Service and Utah State University sponsored that contest for decades The school did however decide to have judging performed in the same manner as that of other categories by journalists from other states Questar Corporation has succeeded USU in recent years as the awardsponsor Its plaque was named for LaVaun Cox onetime Manti Messenger publisher and past president who became the director of the corporationpublic relations division At the beginning of the General Excellence competition brothers Karl and Clyde Pannier of Intermountain Stamp Company created heavy oval-shaped bronze plaques to be given papers which won General Excellence honors That tradition too con tinued for many years -until in fact the Panniers disposed of their firm Subsequently Mountain Fuel Supply has become the donor ofGeneral Excellence plaque named for its longtime public relations representative Kirby Kirkman Forlengthy period of time the Heinsohn Company provided attractive and rather expensive silver pieces for win ners of Excellence in Typography And brothers Howard and Harold KIREY KIRKMAR 78 GGerber co-owners of Twin Typographers contributed to the contest the annual printing of dozens of parchment certificates which went to first second and third-place winners in each category Before computerization and cold typography simplified that process such certificate preparation wastedious letterpress procedure 389 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
