| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION in which he believed SAMUEL RADDON Park Record Born May 13 1858 Died January 14 1948 Installed in Hall of Fame at Salt Lake City 1962 Somewhere itpossible there are other newsmen who ve equalled or perhaps even exceeded the longevity of Samuel Raddon But if they exist they re certainly few in number Dad as he was known to most of his readers was publisher or co-publisher of the Park Record forrather amazing 63 years To that can be added parts of two more years spent at the Summit County weekly before he achieved management status Thus as historians have recorded he was continuously associated with the paper for 65 years before retiring and shortly thereafter dying at age 89 The Park Mining Record was founded on February 1880 Its first publisher James Schup bach remained 15 months before departing for Butte Montana in June 1881 He was succeeded by Harry White who within month persuaded Raddon to leave the Salt Lake Tribune and join the Record astypesetter position he held until late 1892 when he returned to the Tribune On November 1884 the Record announced Whitesuccessor to be Buser His first act was to eliminate Mining from the papername leaving it the Park Record as it has operated for the ensuing 78 years An item in the issue which altered the paperflag related Raddon an old typo on the Tribune will arrive in the Park tomorrow evening and for the future will grace the alley in the Record office The adjective old in describing Raddon hardly 598 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
