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Show NEWS-JOURNAL- PARENT S WAS Founders Son 01 One Of The Three Original This Year Of Peach Days Serving As Manager Madsen, fo-- ft, months The son of one of the oiigi- tne peach ci P was three to I1 Jeh stage decided of s so they nut ns and foundei ai'tant, latei festival. The mark-hol43 eais a this 5trau betry year Das, a position tantamount to sum,Sj tf the strawberry to multi- general superuser of tne t1 at ftival gave fiesh impetus a peima- ; j u 1 to establish and tude if as nd , PlMCh Day at first, gu to make up the toiy-eco.mnual iliseivance of Utahs piu- - a niCans of recreation for the neer haivest festival. uuing people tf Box y Em ly m September, 1904, the le A Bnaham City f,r-Peach Day was staged. The t po:ts of Peach Days' founding: committee In the spring tf lu4 Stoke ubo Oleen N. Stohl and m-- on a piogram similar to W. C. Iloisley ter ycais, except that there were his counst'Itiis, and Lucius A. Snow, chose S. no concessions and no parade. Norman Lee, Victor E. Mad sen Fruit displays were on the stake h c lawn. and J. Fiank Bowring amusement committee to act in Smce expanding its operation uiiuus U1ti! the giowth of the town to the conjunction with e paid jwaid amusement committees in provide for a new plans for lec.ea- - etaiy. the Box Elder Chamber of turn and amusement. 0f Commerce, now sponsor 1904 to get together the has Peach staged this While discussing Days, quesvise some new plans fs: tion, the idea of a Pea-- h Day celebration without a paid tion and amusement occurred to thcHioiip. agei, the secretary serving came up with Peach Dr the time for hat vesting ly m this capacity. - FOUNDED BEFORE CENTURY TURN lifetime Brigham City and man heie, then r turned from army cepted an appointment retary of the and this Peach-ia strong contender', title of busiest man nr, he carries thiough m the Chamber p'esidents-o- f directors, coordinate, forts of numerous e, having chaige of arr. for various features d Days, and bungs the Trends neatly together biggest and best Peac Brigham City and B county ever have knov. Madsen tlic Chair tary and pt. manager is the s:n i E. Madsen, one of the i", . committee which ds Chambe--merc- s News And Journal Both Had Colorful Histories, Workers BOX ELDER News-Journ- ew-nt- al Brigham City, Utah PEACH The Brigham Bugler, the first in newspaper to be published Brigham City, made its appearance here on June 14, 1890, with the late Mansfield L. Snow, a son of the late President Lorenzo Snow of the L. D. S. chuich, as managing editor and publisher. A shoit time later, Snow became sole owner of the paper, which by gained favorable comment other newspapers of the state for the great amount of local news and advertising found in its y columns. The Bugler was received by both citizens and business men and given hearty support. In the spnng of 189!), The Bugler ceased publication and Snow moved his plant to Ogden, which was set up theie under the management of the foreman, S. C. Wixom, where Snow published the Weber County Times. The Box Elder County News made its first appearance in Brigham City in April, 1894, with J. R. Hunter as publisher and was editor. In 1898, Hunter succeeded by Hyrum Standing, as editor, and Charles Pascoe, as business manager, who dropfrom ped the name county the News, the paper afterwards appearing under the caption of the Box Elder News. Wixcm, upon returning from Ogden in June, 1890, acquired Pascoes interests in the News, and in 1904, Standing sold his interests in the paper to S. Norman Lee, who assumed the position of managWixom being in ing editor, charge of the mechanical department. Victor E. Madsen of Brigham City, upon returning from a mission to Europe in 1909, was employed as managing editor of the News, a position he held until his death, in June, 1922. He was also a stockholder in the firm. Wixom was then appointed managing editor of the paper, a position he held until the News was merged with the Box Elder Journal in July, 1938. The Box Elder News, through and fair frugal management treatment to all, was one of the successful country newspapers of the state through all the years. Th paper paid annual dividends to its stockholders, always having a first-clas- s rating, and its zealous and fearless efforts for the upbuilding and progress of Brigham City and Box Elder county were generally recognizgrati-tuousl- DAYS EDITION Wednesday, September 4, 1946 Upon Clay bough's lt'lease the fiom navy, in which he solved during Woild War II, he became business manager in October, 1945, and Long continued as editor. per. Jews Doomed to Hang in The British g vcinment Palestine has doomed 18 young Jewish men to death and tour young Jewish women to life for a bomb raid on Haifa railway shops The 22 were found guilty sevei al weeks ago. 18 m-- a- full-tim- was-.- large-Howev- -- AT THE- - HOLLYWOOD ed. The Box Elder Journal was established by B. H. Jones and J. E. Mangum in January, 1909. Later, J. F. Erdmann acquired an interest in the paper and Royal M. Jeppson was managing editor. Will R. Holmes editor and manager of the Journal in 1919, and continued in this position until the merger with the News in 1938. In the coalition of the two Brigham newspapers, S. C. Wixom became business manager and Will R. Holmes editor. The late William C. Call was also prominently assotiated in the publishing and business interests of the merged newspapers. Following the merger of the two newspapers, the News-Joir-noperated as a daily, with full leased United Press wire 'service, until early in 1942. J. E. Ryan had acquired the majority cf the stock in the paper, and Bavtd H. Mann served as man aging editor. Early in 1942 it was deter-n- r be-ca- al .cd that semi-weekl- y opera-t..- n was more feasible than daily, and the paper was pub-- 1 lished on Tuesday and Friday afternoons each week. Ia 1942 Charles W. Claybaugh and William M. 1' " viUWI I -- AT THE- - PEACH CITY |