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UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION received. Higgins greeted Rollo in print with this introduction: "We are under obligations to Alex Rollo, a member in good standing in the typographical union, who came to our assistance this week and slung up a few galleys of type. Alex is a first class compositor and could hold a set in any office." The Record proceeded through a succession of ownerships, though. Charles S. Wilkinson and Dan E. Matheson were co-publishers in 1896-97, then Wilkinson assumed the reins in partnership with his brother, J. T., Jr. In 1908 Rollo became the lessee manager, but when that didn't meet his ownership aspirations, he began the Cedar City Observer in 1912. A. D. McGuire replaced him at the Record, but Wilkinson again became publisher of the Record in 1913 and on April 1, 1915 acquired the Observer. Rollo then unveiled the Parowan Times on October 27, 1915 and continued to publish it until February 18, 1921, when he returned to the Record as its editor-manager. The Times was turned over to W. Warner Mitchell, first as a lessee, then as the owner. It would be less than a year - until January 27, 1922 -before Rollo acquired ownership of the Record, which he would publish for the remainder of his life and pass into the hands of two succeeding generations of his family. His son, Morgan, was the next publisher and grandson Klien followed. He and his wife, the former Catherine Stephens of Cedar City, were married on November 30, 1892 and became parents of three sons and two daughters. All the boys followed their father into printing and the corporate name under which he operated the Record was, for many years, Rollo and Sons. Instrumental in establishment of the Cedar City Carnegie Library, he was a charter member of the Cedar City Elks Lodge, a member of the Rotary Club of Cedar City and an honorary member of the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce. Prominent in the Cedar City Dramatic Club, he was a talented thespian and performed in numerous plays throughout southern Utah. He was justice of the Peace of the Cedar City and 620 |
