| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION that are solicited first Every time therea solicitation of funds for any of the national causes the merchants are hit first and probably hardest Every time you spend your money outside of Nephi you re just pushing Nephieconomy downlittle more Nephi merchants hire Nephi people pay others for services etc Nephi merchants are supporting the schools the city and county through taxation IN NEPHI his caps when you want to buy If LetBUY you canfind it in Nephi the majority of the merchants have outlets where they can obtain it for you then IF all local possibilities are exhausted thata different story Nephinewspaper expressed its viewpoints through editorials for many years before the advent of Roypersonal column REGularly Speaking Once its readership was established however it became the voice of the Times-News and thereafter editorials were rare occurrences When used they generally appeared on page one in support of important community projects or in criticism of matters to which the T-N objected On July 18 1935 Roy was married to Emma Zoe Powell native of Raymond Alberta Canada whose father had moved his family to Nephi in 1925 to acceptposition as City Electrician Their four children are Shirley Birrell Brigham Young University graduate who teaches in Fountain Green and resides in Ephraim Allan and Vance Gibson co-publishers of the Times-News and Daryl Gibson also grad who is production manager of the Daily Universe BYUcampus newspaper and lives in Springville They also madehome for two foster daughters through the Indian Placement Program Lula Largo who earnedBYU degree and Ethelyn Charlie Both now reside in Provo Roy and Zoe were grand parents to 18 Money and jobs remained in short supply through most of the 30s and only the 1939 outbreak of World War II in Europe began to revive Americaeconomy through military manufacturing As 1941 came to an end though the United States too was swept into the conflict Seeing the opportunity offered by construction ofsteel mill at Geneva Abe purchased the 534 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
