| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME Hotel Utah convention of Utah Press Association It would for the first time involve the T-Ieditor with his journalistic peers an affiliation he then maintained for the next half-century He became the associationpresident in 1932-33 and in 1961 was honored with its highest individual accolade the Master Editor and Publisher Award Its implications for him probably went unnoticed in 1962 when Bish served with four newspaper contemporaries on the formation committee of the Utah Newspaper Hall of Fame Today he becomes the first of those five Beehive State journalistic notables to be given this ultimate recognition The Times-Independent suffered but didndie during the Great Depression Taylor though often found it necessary to trade advertising space and subscriptions for lifenecessities during the bleak 30 No one can be certain the story was originally his but in print he recounted the dayfarmer pro posed swap of his products forT-I subscription suggested he give meload of cobs for it said Bish The farmer responded Shucks Mr Taylor ifI hadload of cobswouldnneed your paper In 1953 Charles Steen struck the fabled MiVida uranium deposit which made himmillionaire several times over -and Moabboom was on The population catapulted from1950 level of200 to over000 in 1954 Hurriedly new trailer parks subdivisions roads and bridges were built City planning literally went out the window as the town converted fromquiet agricultural economy tomushroom ing industrial one When Bish returned home in 1959 he foundbustling community nearly five times larger than the one heleft Somehow it seemed unjust that hewaged40year campaign for industrial growth but wasnthere to see his dreams come true During the first few years of his retirement he was somewhat active in the publication of the paper But failing health caused him to give up that role in the early 1960 when he was nearing 70 years of age His name appeared on the 633 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
