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Show SBR EHif Iff Ite iliiis3 Recently some 40 members of the South Davis Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers and their wives enjoyed an informative infor-mative and entertaining evening at their monthly dinner meeting. HISTORICAL talk was given by Dean Stahle, editor of the Davis County Clipper, who had been invited by the local chapter to present the history, of the Davis County Clipper, which originates back in 1891. Music for the evening was given by Don Becker, soloist for the Tabernacle choir, accompanied ac-companied by his daughter, DeVauna. DEAN STAHLE, grandson of John Stahle, rolled back the pages of time on the Clipper to its founding in 1891, giving his listeners a remarkably clear picture of the difficult struggle through which the paper had passed. By specific examples he illustrated the great determination, deter-mination, the persistance and the continuing sacrifice of his grandfather in the life and the progress of the Clipper. THE DAVIS County Clipper, he told his audience, grew out of the Little Clipper which had been started by Lamoni Cull. John Stahle joined with Mr. Call in 1892, when they started the Davis County Clipper. Right after that Mr. Stahle took over the Clipper, while Mr. Call ran the job printing. They dissolved dis-solved the partnership in 1894. Mr. Stahle related the many changes that have continuously con-tinuously improved the Clipper down through the years, and of the family's efforts ef-forts to be among the first to bring innovations to the newspaper business. HE TOLD how his grandfather grand-father began with a steam driven press, then he introduced in-troduced the first gasoline engine brought into U tah to power his press, how the linotype was early introduced into the shop, then the introduction in-troduction of speed presses and on down to today's ultra speed electronic computer-controlled computer-controlled type setting. With this continual improvement came increased subscriptions until today the Clipper has the largest number of subscribers of any weekly paper in Utah. MR. STAHLE praised his own father for his devotion and contribution to the long continuity of the paper. He said his father had recently "retired" from linotype operator work, which he had done for over 60 years. I( was evident from Mr. Stahle's talk the third and fourth generations genera-tions of the John Stahle's family are determined to carry on all the traditions of the widely circulated and widely read Davis County Clipper. The evening's program included the Bicentennial table ta-ble decorations under William H. and Norma Holbrook. William L. and Cleo Page, and Clifford and Leah Goodfellow. CHAPTER President Ted Arbon was in charge of the meeting. Members introduced in-troduced were Lawrence Moss, Merrill Rushforth, Major William F. Weilder. S. Stanley Humphrey, Welden Jensen, Earl L. Lunt, and J. Ben Thomas. |