Show PRESS GROUPS GROUP'S SECRETARY DIES E I IN S. S L HOSPITAL t. t George Merle Taylor Succumbs To Heart Ailment F George Merle Taylor 53 1338 Thornton avenue former executive the tive secretary of the Utah State Press association and prominent in tn Utah Rotary club activities died of ft a a. heart ailment Saturday at 8 I a t a. m m. in a a. Salt Lake hospital Mr Taylor was named secretary secre- secre tAry Ury of ot the state stale press group com corn comprising 60 weekly Utah newspapers newspapers newspapers pers last September He retired from that post recently He was born in Provo October 17 1888 a son of ot George S S. S and andr andI r I Christine Taylor He attended Provo elementary and high schools and was graduated from the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan Logan Logan Lo Lo- Lo- Lo gan in 1914 majoring in tn chem chem- Married Harried In Temple I He married Edith American Fork in tn June 1914 at atthe atthe atthe the Salt Lake L D S temple From 1909 to 1912 he served a mission for tor the L D S church in Germany For a number of years he was a prominent business man in Provo connected with the wholesale paper paper paper pa pa- per distribution From 1924 to 1933 he served as president and general Jeneral manager of ot the Columbia Bo Bond d a and d Mortgage co company ny Mr Taylor was one Of or the early active members of the Provo Rotary Rotary Rotary Ro Ro- tary tary club and served as its president president dent in 1924 In 1933 he moved irto Tto Salt Lake City where he assumed as- as turned the position of office manager manager man man- ager ger of the enforcement division of or of the Utah state liquor control commission cd b by Family j In addition to his widow he is survived by three sons George Hal Taylor Salt Lake City Richard H H. H Taylor Washington D. D C. C and John Merle Taylor Salt Lake City a a a daughter Mrs Christine Maxfield Max- Max I field eld Seattle Wash and five sisters sis sis- t rs Mrs Hazel Perry San Fran Fran- Franke Fransco cisco ke Mrs Alfred Caine Ames Iowa Miss Miriam Taylor and andUrs I Mrs Irs Urs Wayne Malin Salt Lake City i and ind Mrs Fran T. T San I Mateo Matco Ca Cal Funeral services have been set tentatively fo for Tu Tuesday Tuesday- at at- at atthe the Arrange ments Yale L D S ward chapel Arrangements Arrange Arrange- ments will be made by the Warren Warren Warren War War- ren Anderson mortuary American lork Fork Career Closes r. r I I h hY hf Y f y yr r l 7 G I Ii I I GEORGE MERLE TAYLOR I Active as Rotarian |