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THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME tions with Charles W. Claybaugh the publisher and tied for honors in 1954 with the Richfield Reaper The Murray Eagle was a three-time winner with the Cornwells at the helm. In all but two years of the Better Newspaper Contest, the Community Service Award has been a one-class competition -all papers judged together. In 1968 the Board divided this award in the same circulation groups as other divisions. Only mildly successful, the change was discarded the following year, but in 1972 was revived. And again discarded after one trial. "Doubles," in which the same paper won both General Excellence and Community Service in the same year, have been rare, but have occurred. In 1960 the Box Elder News captured Community Service and its sister paper, the Box Elder Journal, won General Excellence. In 1964 the Rocky Mountain Review won both honors. The Murray Eagle was winner of the two awards in 1975 and again in 1981. A unique outcome in 1984 saw the Manti Messenger and the American Fork Citizen tie for Community Service and each win its division for General Excellence, the Messenger in Group I; the Citizen in Group II. American Fork captured both categories in 1988 and the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin accomplished the same feat in 1990. Repeat winners of the Community Service competition have been even more rare. The Beaver County News of Milford, published by N. E. (Red) Wilson, won its division in 1972 and in 1973 nabbed the plaque in one-class judging. The Murray Eagle was the all-class winner in 1980 and 1981. The American Fork Citizen was judged first in one-class competition in both 1987 and 1988. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD WINNERS, 1948-1994 Year Winner Publisher 1948 MT. PLEASANT PYRAMID Thomas Judd 1949 BOX ELDER NEWS-JOURNAL Charles W. Claybaugh 397 |
