| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION To develop more business the Springville Independent was purchased in August 1922 from Don Johnson together with its facilities The Gaisfords changed its name to the Springville Beacon but after one yearoperation the venture proved unprofitable and the paper was sold to the Provo Herald and the equipment disposed of to the Western Newspa per Union At this second crucial point Lorenzo Gaisford offered to sell the American Fork Citizen and the Pleasant Grove Review together with the plant at American Fork The offer was accepted and the Gaisford family on November 24 1923 embarked ondual publication venture And incidentally long period of monthly payments to the lending institution the Bank of American Fork Juggling the machinery of the plant at Lehi and the major one at American Fork the Gaisfords continued their newspa per-printing careers through the next eleven years Arthur Gaisford was still at the helm and then just starting to look forward to retirement Lorenzo Gaisford and his family had moved to Los Angeles after the sale of his interests where he became the owner of apartment houses Arthur continued to live in Lehi with Earl Gaisford as his Linotype operator while Frank Victor and Ted moved to American Fork where the major operation was conducted Sufferingsevere cold Arthur had gone home from work and to bed when on January 22 1936 he sufferedfatal cerebral hemorrhage He and his wife Elizabeth had livedfull and complete life making friends wherever they resided They raisedfamily of five boys and five girls and for many years madehome for Robert Beverley who had lostleg inrailroad accident while employed on the old Saltair Railroad Through his entire life Arthur Gaisford took an active part in civic and church affairs He wasmember of the Lehi Lions Club Surviving at the time of this presentation are four sons and five daughters George Gaisford and Mrs Garnet Rich of Salt Lake City Mrs Milton Densley Midvale Mrs Hilton 518 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
