| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION tinction of being Utahfirst president of National Editorial Association AlbertEpperson known by nearly everyone simply as Al was publisher of the Kays5 vzlle Weekly Reflex 1943-50 the Morgan County News 1946-55 and the Summit County Bee 1954-55 Only two months before his death duringconvention at Banff Alberta Canada he had been elected Vice President of NEA and the following year would have become the organizationhead The Better Newspaper Contest of USPA was still in its infancy at the time of Eppersondeath but his Morgan County News had captured General Excellence laurels in the second year of the competition son of Harry and Agnes Wilson Epperson he was born October 1910 in Buena Vista Colorado Upon graduat ing from high school he came to Kaysville to work at Inland Printing Company managed by his uncle Hall of Fame newsman William Epperson Starting assweep-up boy he became an apprentice printer and subsequently trained in the mechanical advertising and editorial fields Inland produced the Kaysville Weekly Reflex where he was able to sharpen his Jjournalistic skills He would become the paperadvertising manager and later its editor sequence of three deaths within onlydozen years moved him into management of Inland and made him publisher of the Reflex William Epperson was the victim offatal heart attack on December 31 1930 His son Clyde who succeeded him then died while onNew York City business trip September 16 1940 He was followed by Charles Saxton son-in-law ofP who passed away on December 20 1943 All three of his predecessors on the Reflex served as president of Utah State Press Association -William in 1922 Clyde in 1929 and Charles in 1937 After holding all elected offices of 430 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
