| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER Century Printing Company in Provo HALL OF FAME Operation of this firm has been continued to the present time by Arthur Graham and Marian Jarvis son and daughter of John Graham Jr Another son of John Graham Sr Arthur Graham was for many years associated in ownership and employed by Arrow Press printing plant in Salt Lake City NEPHI CHUNN HICKS Provo Post Born February 1883 Died February 1961 Installed in Hall of Fame at Salt Lake City 1971 He was far afield from newspapering before his brother Deseret News employee persuaded him to join in the purchase ofonce-successful Provo daily Nephi Hicks would then spend the following 23 years in an ownership or management capacity with four Utah County newspapers And though at the beginning untrained for the work he proved to bequick-learner and left his mark on each of those publications In 1907 Heber the older brother heard the Provo Daily Enquirer was for sale very cheap He understood the family of the late John Graham had endeavored to run it following his death March 18 1906 but had been generally unsuccessful The paper had reached its heights during the 1890s but had gradually slipped downward after the turn of the century Nephi was persuaded to leave his job as an invoice clerk in the offices of Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution and join Heber in acquiring the Provo paper Enlisting the financial backing of several politically-motivated city residents they were able to make the purchase and took over on March 1907 Little did we know at that time of the trials and tribula 549 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
