| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION ness the results of any election he observed Truly his idea was far ahead of its time In 1939 he wasdelegate to the convention of National Editorial Association now National Newspaper Association held in Alaska His narrative of that journey won for himtop prize which elicited his tongue-in-cheek comment Itgoing to betough job to find in Spanish Forkhat big enough for the Press editor from now on In 1940 he was elected USPApresident and in 1947 was againtraveler with the national association this time to Mexico City When his eldest son Max became state press president in 1957 it marked the first timefather and son had headed the group Both Elisha and Ezra had sons interested in newspaper ing so in 1942 they agreed to buy-or-sell proposal and asresult Ezra purchased the newspaper Onlyfew weeks later on February 20th Elisha bought the Payson Chronicle His son Reed joined him in the new venture but in 1943 sold his interest to Max Mostly the result of high school athletic competition Spanish Fork and Payson -only seven miles apart -were somewhat bitter rivals For that reason Warner would later recall It was withgreat deal of trepidation that we made the move He continued We need have had no concern about our treatment from Payson people however they seemed to receive us wholeheartedly In the Chronicle Warner changed the title of his column to Browsing Around in the Scrapbook Like its Spanish Fork predecessor it carried the explanatory line In which we havequiet chat with our readers In his editorial bow he explained one of the first people to whom he was introduced in his new town had said donsee what you want to come to Payson for Everything here is dead All we need is someone to come along and bury us Elisha wrote We feltlittle bit down in the mouth after that But he went on to say another townsman then told him Well we re glad to have you come to Payson Ita good town We ve hadlot of hard luck in the past but it looks much better ahead In concluding 648 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
