| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION say in relating the incident Back from the service he accepted the call of his church to servethree andhalf-year mission on the islands of Hawaii and Maui where he acquiredtranslatorskill in the native language and put on paper historical facts previously perpetuated only by chants verbally passed from father to son Education uppermost in his mind Ross returned to enroll as25-year-old freshman at Snow College in Ephraim then an LDS Church-supported two year school Among other studies he was now able to pursue even more diligently his long-time interests the writings of Shakespeare and the life of Napoleon He would throughout his life be recognized as an authority on the French Emperor He leftlasting mark at Snow College by launching naming and editingcampus newspaper The Snowdrift which in its 60th volume continues today He was as well 1924 president of the Student Body Atdance she recalls was on February 1924 he met Armada Hannah Bailey recent Snow College graduate whose home was in Ephraim she was nowfourth grade teacher in the local elementary school On August 13 1924 they were married Later in that year it became generally known that Curtus Mickelsen publisher of the communitynewspaper was searching forbuyer To the surprise of no one Roscoe Cox was first in line though his financial wherewithal was minimal Still he negotiatedsatisfactory payment schedule and together with his bride and partner produced his first issue on Friday January 23 1925 -that being the prevailing weekly press-day in those times In it the publisher editorially enumerated his objectivesseries of goals which would be unchanged throughout his newspapering career Suppression of lawlessness Close relationships between Ephraim and surrounding communities Proper maintenance of Snow College Continued support of Eph raimelementary and high schools Cleanup of unsightly places in town Replacement of old shaggy crooked soft 468 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
