| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Utahmost capable journalists and are the credentials he brings for admittance to the Newspaper Hall of Fame DENNIS WOOD Nephi Times-News Born January 1871 Died November 1934 Installed in Hall of Fame at Salt Lake City 1970 His first experience in newspapering was as co-publisher of the weekly Nephi City News which had been started asrebuttal to editorial policies of the communityother paper the Juab County Times Dennis Wood hadvaried background knew the com munity by virtue of having held several civic offices and apart from his lack of journalistic training was well-qualified to report on Nephi happenings He and Henroid who was an experienced journalist launched the News on May 1916 at the bidding of several leading citizens of the town who thought by startingpaper in competition with the Times all their problems would be solved year later the bankers and other businessmen who were advertising in both publications decided there was no necessity for buying ads in two papers They urged the respective owners to consolidate Abe Gibson was co-pub lisher of the Times with Christensen They agreed to the proposal and on April 1917 Gibson became manager and Wood editor of the Times-News Theyscarcely started to collaborate on the new publication before Gibson departed for overseas army Left withstaff which includedprinter who set type by hand Wood struggled becomelarger paper than either of duty in World War and two young ladies to produce what had its predecessors The 654 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
