| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME T-N as early as 1931 afforded an opportunity for the staff of the Clarion Juab High Schoolpublication to produce one issue of their communityweekly selling its advertising and editing its news many years successful experiment it was continued for The papercolumns often stressed the need for civic organizations and its co-publishers also worked for them behind the scenes Wood helped lay the groundwork forcoalition of business and professional men Gibson was enthusiastic about bringing the then-new American Legion to his community and succeeded in chartering Nephi Post No the first such group of veterans in Utah At the time of his death he had the distinction of being one of the Beehive Statesenior active members in the Legion in terms of years in the organization His interest in things military also prompted him to work with dedication toward establishment of the National Guard unit in Nephi Upon its creation he served asLieutenant and later was honored for his role in activating the reserve organization Abe was also in the front ranks whenKiwanis Club was established in Nephi served as one of its early presidents and later becamemember of its sister-club in Pleasant Grove For his half-century of activity in the civic group he was accorded its Distinguished Service Award He was as well an organizer of the Ute Stampede three day rodeo and community celebration begun in the mid-30s and still taking place more thanhalf-century later Both the T-Npartners were active in Utah Press Association Wood serving as president in 1924 and Gibson in 1930 B however was involved far longer and took part in more noteworthy achievements of the publishing group He attend edconvention for the first time in 1925 and thereafter missed onlyhandful of the annual gatherings By the late 40s his knowledge of UPA was so well-recognized that he was voted its official Historian Responding to1969 interview concerning the associationhistory Abe commented Itan organization for the education and benefit of new members coming in as well as for 527 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
