| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME announced over 300 Juab County men applied Onlycomparative handful were needed At its worst the depression ridden 30s saw one-fourth of Americalabor force without jobs Exploits of Juabprep basketball team were the topic of street-corner conversation and after Royarrival began to appear in columns of the Times-News for he was an athletic enthusiast andcapable sportswriter Previously coverage of high school athletics had been minimal at best Early in 1932 he unveiled his first column Basket Bawl and when the Juab Wasps earnedstate tournament berth he placedpairings chart in the front window and offered game results to those who telephoned to inquire On June 15 1933 Roy became the paperEditor and Manager when his brother leased the Idaho Commonwealth of Idaho Falls Wrote the newly-named Editor Policies of the Times-News will remain the same as before We will appreciate the continued patronage of the people of Nephi and surrounding territory Helpful criticism from any subscriber will be appreci ated by the new editor Though AbeIdaho venture proved short-lived and he returned to Nephi Roy retained his new title while B name remained as Publisher During those depression years Abe often worked outside the newspaper in order to help keep its doors open leaving the publication in charge of his younger brother nationwide motto of the depression years was Buy American Scaled-down to small-town America it had its counterpart in Buy At Home efforts with similar objectives In an editorial the Times-News headed My Pet Peeve Roy wrote Sure all of us occasionally buy something out of town in Salt Lake Provo or throughmail order catalog And some others make habits of it Every time we buy outside Nephi whether it bepair of socks tie suit refrigerator washing machine or an automobile we re just helping to knock the Nephi merchantslittle more Every time someone locally wants to put overproject which requires solicitation of funds the merchants are the ones 533 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
