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Show STATE EDITORS GATHER FOR WINTER MEETING Keyed to acquaint themselves with coming activities, not only for the Centennial year, but in the light of expected developments extending ex-tending through the years to come, newsnaner nil 111 ishers from thru- out Utah will gather in Salt Lake City on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sun-day, Jan. 10, 11, 12, to attend the 49th annual Winter Convention of the Utah State Press Association. Highlighting the banquet at the Newhouse Hotel Saturday evening,' r i : - .-it ' r ' o 1 i v " DR. A. RAY OLPIN Dr. A. Ray Olpin, president, University Uni-versity of Utah, will give the publishers pub-lishers his version of "What the Future Holds for Utah." A native of Pleasant Grove, Dr. Olpin is well qualfied to treat this subject, sub-ject, having spent 23 years between be-tween his graduation from Brig-jam Brig-jam Young University and his inauguration in-auguration as head of the University Univer-sity of Utah in a wide variety of technical and research activities in Utah, the middle west and in the East. Wm. M. Long, Brigham City, will speak for members on "We Country Publishers." Frank S. Beckwith, Delta, will be master of ceremonies. With Friday evening devoted to a board of directors' meeting, registration reg-istration of members and social ac'.ivities, open sessions of the convention con-vention will start Saturday at 10 a.m. Association President H. C. Barrows, publisher of the Midvale Sentinel, will preside. The fore- noon will be devoted to discussion of association affairs, led by Roy A. Shonian, association manager and Ned Warnock, association attorney. at-torney. At a noon luncheon, with the Carpenter Paper Company as host. "Utah Centennial Plans" will he outlined to the publishers by David R. Trevithick, public relations director, di-rector, Centennial Committee. Dr J. R. Mahoney, director of the Bureau of Research, U. of U. wil: speak on "Research and Data." Election of officers for 1947 wil hiehlieht the business session Sat urday afternoon. In addition to Mr. Barrows, other officers who have served during 1946 include: C. N. Memmot, Helper Journal, vice president; Wm. M. Long, Brigham City, News-Journal, secretary; Albert Al-bert W. Epperson, Kaysville, Reflex; Re-flex; Elisha Warner, Payson, Chronicle; Hal G. MacKnight, of Price Sun-Advocate; A. N. Rytting. Tremontou, Leader; T. L. Cannon, Sugarhouse Bulletin, and Aird G. Merkley, Beaver Press, are directors. direct-ors. Climaxing the sessions will be the announcement by Professor O. W. Smith, BYU School of Journalism, Journal-ism, of the winners of the Association's Associa-tion's 19 4 6 Better Newspapers contest. con-test. Sixteen plaques and certificates certifi-cates will be awarded for eight classifications each in two divisions. |