| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL FAME OF Iron County Precincts for more than 15 years His many years as publisher of two Utah weeklies his editorial efforts on behalf of the progress of both communities and the journalistic skills he developed then utilized more than justify Alex Rolloinclusion among Utahjournalistic notables and his admittance to the Newspaper Hall of Fame JOHN STAHLE Davis County Clipper Born February 10 1865 Died August 23 1954 Installed in Hall of Fame at Salt Lake City 1966 John Stahle did not intend to beprinter He had some carpentry in his background and in reality he wanted to be an architect He was born February whocome 10 1865 to Swiss immigrants to Bountiful in 1862 and lived indugout carved from the side of Bountiful Creek He learned to work long hard hours on his fatherfarm giving him valuable training for the rigors of the newspaper life in which he would engage When he left for Switzerland as an LDS missionary in 1885 newspapers meant virtually nothing to him While there however he lived for three months with his motherbrother who hadhillside farm above Lake Zurich When his uncle needed extra help he merely advertised in the local newspaper Very convenient thought John But he was unaware of how that knowledge would change his life In 1891 short time after he returned home and while he was attending the University of Deseret now the University of Utah studying architecture John went towater meeting in Bountiful There he met Lamoni Call who operated the local mercantile store Call also ownedsmall press on which he had for several months printedbrochure-type publication the basic purpose of which was to advertise his store Call highly prizedminiaturized ship model he owned It wasreplica of the famous Clippers which sailed from American ports to destinations throughout the globe He had 621 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
