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Show - Page UBS COLLECTORS EDITION. November 9. 1988 Vast changes in technology ." , Uintah Basin Standard spans period of growth This historical article on newspapers of the Basin covers a period of 21 years, from 1957 to In 1957 when the first issue of the Uintah Basin Standard waa published, Roosevelts popu- lation was near 2000, Duchesne at near 1000, with the net of the county adding about 8500, bringing the county population to about 6500. During tha past 21 yean out the Basin, and enjoyed technological changes brought about by the computer age. the present, during which time the Uintah Basin Standard chronicled tremendous growth through- - . Harris NewsKing web offset printing press was installed is WEB OFFSET PRINTING continuous in 1975. Roll stands, which feed the paper into the press, can be seen at left Two units the folder at the extreme right. The paper comes with ytarirflri, then two single units occupy the center, from the press ready for delivery, at about 18,000 copies per hour. PRESS-Th- the Standard has reported populations as high as 5000 for Roosevelt; 2800 for Duchesne, and a combined county population of near 14,000. With tha currant economic recession in the Basin, those totals an down at the pres-- 1 ant time, but still reflect a doubling of residents in most communities. But perhaps the greatest changes that hove taken place during this period of time an in the field of technology. And no business has benefitted mare from these advances than haa the newspaper industry. In 1957 the newspaper was bsing producsd much the same as it had bean for 50 yean. The advent of the linotype machine, in flie early pert of this century, had revolutionised printing by allowing type to be set one line at a time in hot metal, rather than handaettingeach individual latter of a word, as had been die case previously. Heads and advertisements, however, wan still produced from hand-s- and art work was cast in hot lead from "mats into which tha Image had been impressed. The change waa a gradual process, taking place through the 60s, 70s and 80s. But in order to complete our historical record, wa need to go back to 1957 whan the Uintah Basin Standard started. As haa been reported in previous stories, the Uintah Basin Standard waa bom January 8,' 1957, created by the merger or the Roosevelt Standard and the Uin- - . i tf Ntlltttl KnnfHH Wmh. wftM hc II tad nS NitiM. thrtiifh am rtnr tah Baiin Record. The two papers had been owned by C. N. Memmott since 1950, and merged for financial reasons. With the creation of the Standard, new features ware added, and news from the entire Basin waa featured. The paper grew in number of pogss, and carried a stronger video in the communities it served. Mr. Memmott continued as editor end publisher, and carried an his goal of including an editorial and editors column each week, giving the paper a personal . , et or ninim. tiimm ahk many asm wha rtrh war u Or pnhSmllct of Mr Htoadti Um m In apartOr Jth ta MMl kw hr rmlritaalra J, nS haa aafaM, a td wa hrieg thrlr ta thr atoriaa. warW. aad raaa aa AM Sa i 1 a tower OH. II, JMI HI pan aa Americas Hometown Press ff Itatha rt la ally, to tha nawapapara today? Editor and publisher tha Hfr. I mm I mm MIDOE MEMMOTT wito af tha adltar, with aa my aula raaponM billy at tha g manager AM ENTKMEO tha ncanpapar buM-tp want la various eapacltlaa, 11 yaara ago, I work Rooaavalt w ahra flnl coming la aSo alBea writing aoelaty naan, proof loading and Mill I am writing tome of tha aoelaty mm ud act aa riraiWIiaa manager. POE THE PANT TWO TEAM It haa baan my aaalga-nIn addition to a law other odd W aeHelt admriiMiig. W tha ofTtee. Thto haa baan an appraelatad anparianea. moat anjoyable part haa baan Uw opportunity IM tha awoww hMtrr aequauitrd with tha nwrrhanta in thw and dSotnaiah Bnata. tinea It W my apeetfie duty to contact M than every waak, I would Ilka to any that I ham (Caatiaard aa Cabana, s aad ) MMCE OIIM FAMILY w INI. I ham triad la i -- Mfh, Now to own nw nraml Df THIS NATIONAL at lffl, wa torlto paper Waak ' to you Up patir a Profile of W JIQBNSMni Job ta harder. OEimra ootb u wutathl Thta ta mat awant te u apamtor hen at the Staadard, Thnradhyn I nm tot fMd-In- g machtaa aqr part to hriplag to gat tha Btoadul tote your haata. at M A hi1 LON ANDERTON MY WORE WITH TKR UINTAH L . vary httareatlng aad eathfytag work. I .mutely nothing about the printing taiMnou whan I started WMhing ham a yur ago. I find that all tha work ham ta dona with UU1 aad bau a . u CHARLES M. MOORE Linotype Operator and Machinist ng). (la to to ha da- Mg ta to make n fata awn eal tahta efltaa grin kb I ef the two great Heidi tawta Jurt about army, Mi laaal mgaalannim Uw au chattering Lhwtpyu Mar WHILE THE BIO ewe but htaiaaif, the parte to mall team ptahllriwr report ta aad child to mip aaa, hto town and la tha community u men driru OF COURNE, THl'ENDAY ta ear Mg dayl On Uda day my main duty ta to help gM tha paper ready Bar Uw watt. A LITTLE OVER A YEAE AOO, I much ham from Hebar with my parent Mr. aad Mm. Joa MeOaffh Whlia them I attamtad tha Narih High Elimutaiy aad Wauteh am ehool Thl than, to my aaaond n yur at IMaa. I ardor and am rolled hi Uw Vocational Mduaaltah toady, la tha field at Office Ctarieal work. I aka ahjay work tag ta Uw aehaM of Am htr Uw hour each dap; aad I am a member at Uw Olrtg Cham paper alafr I WOULD LIME TO TAEE THIS u u pmarntad to me. MY NAME IN BOY BBOOBBKM Staaa Jatalng Uw taaff af tha Uintah Baaln Standard a -- PrtntaFa Dartt-abo- ul a yaar and a half ago, I have teamed galto a tow things about how a otwmapar to atada each waak. My Jobs ara away ouch a buying tha drop Mean aad empty-ta- g tha waatabaakat bracking dawn nawapnpar paga hand malting maul ovary gnturdw. mUIng hand-ar- t rtautag the apamhnnda on the twa Llnatypa martrtna ale. In other ward i da little Jaba Uw tart af Uw gang, getat u i and my apecifir Job Bl'MIN ANOKRTilh 'he I minting anil muling nf Ihe ruta (maul rare the of prmaea, keeping them In .i, take ling nindilbia. Wa have many repalm and do which I In other wont I'm the ."il building irmind the rtnp. and when a Job ncevta to ha I cure II. nf ly to taka I H to imiBN IN MOXBOh la the southern part nf tha re I t.in,,. yilh my parula to Uintah Basin a young-- ' hi I!, 7 uul ham apml my life hem. I married Erma , in in' AUt Lake Templt Jmw 11. lfM, and wo ara perm) , i atgM ehlhtran. My oreupatlan la farming, f after a few bad drouth yaar I daatdH to work far Uw U lb an dtandard Arr a Itvtag. II taku a good Jab to Maher Hava- - fhraw aad keep eight children. ifaattoaad rduaa f aad ft I ,li ,1 1M5W u Uvn 0 I am A BOFHdMOME AT UNION High School, ud au af Mr Crytaal Eraderiek. My Dad dtad whm I wu a vary email hoy. ud I aa trytag to help ary mother by earning eiy own money, l am alaa halpliw a hmthar whs ta a mtataon am Uw u u tor the LDi ChurU la Oaranny. MY MOSEY M ABCHEBY, aad I Uw to hunt aad ftah. , to anJoy batag a "printer's daril vary -inaeh, and - I tape toy an thta jIlka to tanra 1 J. RULON ANDERTON Rteisetpper and Compoaitor type-settin- Utah u RClipilOflR. RUTH ANN McGUFFIN .Society Reporter and Bookkeeper IM far POI btfUra haw much work want Into Uw ud - ma day 1 01 toper day, I help wrap the papera tor nailing and etau np the dthrla nf publication day. The Standard wu one of the leaden of weekly paper in the state to change to afreet. The process allowed great latitude in production, offering the opportunity for more art work and innovative features. It did require a large investment in new equipment, and retraining of staff, but the reeulte wore gratifying Within a period, most ofthe weekly papers hod changed to tha new method of production. For approximately one aftar the change to offset, yaar layout end camera work wu completed in tha plant in Rooaavalt, then tha negatives were taken to Murray for tha press run on a continuous-fee- d web preso. In 1957 tha Standard installed a Harris iheet-fo- d 10-ye- ar new kind af ar hlada af flghta an Hta WhMa Mw Mg toaOnr ta Time waa, hack In tha haem (Igktiag and buggy day urban countiy ruined u v at ham. My Job with Uw paper ta tar flam batag heriag ar iU. I write aritataa far Uw aaetaty page aad Uw 'Owfar Chatte- r- eoHima for VaWa High RehaaL aaaw tha mih-beakkeeping aad warn with Mr Mommatt au KENT C. MEMMOTT I'lpuinun and Student Operator aU I AM RUTH ANN MeOUFTIN I anjap wnrirhw Mr Uw Uintah BaMa Rtaadard vary much. I had never - llw bnaata too, aad my I AM HF.NT MKMMOTT Jobs ta the ahiip am running tha big Mwhlr paper praa the Omaha redder ud operating Uw llaotlypa, part-tlmh an I he Linotype InM aummar and II rut my I da part at Uw work un It whenever I hava lima. ) Ala and snairt with tha Job work. on Raturdayu raging I MTARTKU MV WiHtH AN a naanpaparmuta when I waa aix year. nM by aweeplng Uw walk ta fault at our uhnp al a wage of SUM a waak. I then graduated to Adding the papera that we aahl out aach week ud aaaw up to llie tune of IS cent, an hour which to aw wu vary good pay al the time. I CAME TO THE BAKIN with my parent, hr September. 1UM. and ham bau hem aver alnca going to aehoal end mining ta work every night Air 10 year I am- now a senior at Union High SrhoM and ham attended tha r irit Klrmmtnry and Hnwavrlt Junior High r Cub, me. A and I) Ifiiaflaurd Frees work had previously bom accomplished on a printing directly from the metal typo to the paper. With the change, the paper was produced by pasting news stories end ade on layout sheets, shooting a negative of this entire page on a camera, exposing tha negative onto a metal plate, .then printing from the plate first to a compression blanket, then from tha blanket to tha paper (thua came the name, offret printi- tognlfe- - avar tha wha mrrtcw taalp id Hometown tha Jobs of the toeLhaautgatawap) KENT MEMMOTT NEXT YEAS I PLAN TO aamB at tha Bifgham Yanag UnivarMty aad taka up pmdantM warfc. After that I hope to pleto my ariiaalhig at Jha tiatrenlty af Eeathem worn my wap through nnlliga with the (MHftonta. V 1 ham homed Cam tha gnat buMaau at tha laUag electronic 24-in- ta Mg Ink daaaht ham to got oat 4 A Pubfisher-Edito- r ta ) strike-o-i ila, UMweta u . typewriter. composing nm tha people which It wrote, m cm Ashbys continued the strong editorial and editor's column feature of the paper. Mr. ' Ashby hod written a weekly personal column for nine year, and it continued in the .Standard for 13 years. Another mqjortedinologi- cal change come about just over a year later, Nov. 3, 1966, whan the method of producing tha paper changed from hot type to "cold Prior to tha change, all type hod been set by Linotype machine, which formed the letters in molten lead, line by lino. With the change, type woe eet on Juo--ti hMaMaSd Itanwd to knew and to arm. At thla flaw I would She to to them far thalr flat auppect aad tlitar TEE THDVS I ENJOY MOST k ton with Ma pubUe I Juat ptato Mwaapto technological typewriter, which was activated by punch tape" produced on a MmOB r first change under the new management come immediately. The Ashbys brought with them a new engraving machine, that mode it possible, for the first time, for pictures to be engraved locally, eliminating the two or three doya delay required to send pictures to Salt Lake. With this addition, it was possible for a picture to be token right up to press time, and till ba included in fha current edition of the paper. writer", a Saa NEWS AFEHDH1,' page IS .jjwd r aad After 15 yean pf Roosevelt, Memmotta announced in the but issue of May, 1965, that they would bo leaving the Standard, Mr. Memmott having accepted an appointment with foe Utah Department af transportation. Tha new owner, Clarin and Morgans Ashby, come to Roosevelt from Castle Dale, Utah, where ho hod published the Emery County Progress for nine typo. I MV NAME IS OBLANDO OMLIE HACHEUB and my official capacity with the Inman Baaln Standard ta that of Shop Foreman. I eoordbnte my affbrta la ihe hick chop "with thorn of my bona and ndllor, Cliff Mammntf, to got your nawapapar into your haaw every weak. 1 STAKTED Ol'T IN THU bntaiwao aa a --MataFa In Hal par aaaw II yaam ago, and ham teat a pane talod with the printing ud publishing of n country weakly ' all this time, excepting Air tear yaara during World War II, whan I aermd with tha U. B. Army. IN NEWMPAFEE YEBNACULAB I am known aa Country Prime- r- that la. one whs hu a work-I of hack af the ing knowledge naariy every phase shop.pinch-h- it at the Linotype, operate tha pnaaa mnha up I i Ha .Yam what yuan to la aaa ta wry toy: nmnttog tha aawn. That ta Ekptato ta aa tto amto Job, That ta why pea y you had to oat off hW mr aanoriptlaa ar bay aa tha aaanMaad Ton j ta an gM tha atom aad your ta totaraatod to why tt W fanpoaMWa to (at on-- page torn paa all tha aaan. It ta tha right to Sadth mar Kra ExpWla nawapapar to wig af Aunt Sun SSth Mrihtoy party right gaaa t AdvcrUiiug and Circulation Manager u to aw- - - Bell 1 i woMUra af the uappaaad to NEWSPAPfRING MIDGE MEMMOTT 'n pta P u MEMMOTT and I urn my wagoc I AM CHAEUE MOOER wn tha poMttaa DMah Bum Standard by holding that I am tha chief mum .Thta OpmtarMachtalsL. adyta opemtor ud do all narrmcry mechanical work l torn warhlnca to keep them In nimlng condition. I RTARTKU IN THR HUNTING taUnma In Long-m- i. Oolo.. under the auptnlaion of my lather. Otw Itoora. ta a cull a printer at Lmlrillr. Colo. At n vary early I ta bneme a "prlnter'a devil," amid papera and worked racy up the ladder In the hark Miop until I became a .wtipe Operator. I hnm barn aaaortated with the printing rh naM of my life with the axceition of HI years whim van with the Mountain Malm Telephone and Telegraph -an elect n, tan at Climax, Colo.; and Way; S year, leer In tha Inlarwr dccuraline huameu An A LINOTYPE (IIKKATHH, I have hern employed wtau tamps In Cklifurain, Oregnn. Wyuniing. New Colomdu and at the prenrnl lime in l.'lnh. I ham 1 fimt deal of experience with all lypea of type aetting luwn ' Including both the Linotype nualvla anil Hit I Cabana,. .1 and ) la the era before the people. YOUB COMMUNITY M JEM NATIONAL Naira-papto Waak af MSI, wafd to Ml you that an make bettor gaud the Aaiartaaa wap at ta our toot St. with to That, mpepara kaap paoa Oml mf mu da aaalrSa wimmmlWad, aad that an Wltp. Wa ball am to Uw hart-tog- a at freedom, handed dawn may ha worth mom to aar a hp aar fbmfkthar Wa britam to honest dap work tar ty'aw man haaw tha truth and by today la aaa Septa pap. Wa holism tha truth ara aiade me. of your af tha grantaat l ta a editor Ito hands of tha tha I am fha praad al wap cf Ufa ta aaf Wa bMtora th a At I mm Mai to paodaaa a aampapar that wIB ba to kaaptog wkh kta htapdaw 1 Jala ... I competition. Tha af mute, af burnt aong 1 tad pragma tha far hope correctly, dtp or the trull at kfem SINCE BECOM1KO AN EUTOB July 1, 1MT (thla waa at Htiptr). I ham dona amqrthlay hi tha tramt ofllsa. I Hlia to brat that awry Want 1 ham baan ratponrthit for haa had an editorial, althtr my own oomportttan, or ant an ham horruand Iran aamawham. I ham aWa madt up Uw payaa aach waak for naariy IS and atffl Hfca ta do It. . . . Briefly aummariring, rd yttr aay tha adttaric Job W debit all tha multi tada of addo and anda ha aaat fat aomt-an-a alaa to da Publlridat a- nawapapar W hard wotfe, hut vary anjoyaMa and rawtrdliiff. Printer-Operato- IBGTIOV trtt aw Mp Utah publications, frequently winning top awards in newspaper ' .... ORLANDO RACHELS of Operations and C O If D CUFF MRMMOTT and I'm Hated aa tha aurt- haa aa editor aa PuMtahtr, but vary oftaa eallad variant atlwr namaa aoma that ara not fit to ba printed, Mfunlallj In a National Nmptptr Waak Edition. . . . Ipaalfloally. I adU all oopy that aonrally moat to tha daak of tha adltar, naan atorlaa and tha adltoriala. witta Pgr tha paat naariy 30 jpaara I hava antttan ny awn paraoaal tolmun, I ham triad ta kaap a captioned Caaualljr Oton-vtag.-" chatty amt tnfomgaitm af ttriafa and people In tha ana an jiirl Ntrtd aw awl Sa rraaaara 1 CUFF ftan, wha trad la wrrkl, wihiaiat trmm ihe nrtaaa aaan aaarttleB la Mr has plaa Mm KMm KlaMla) Wttrfcta mm Mn, IIHw (Mrfelih wha mgnrt Mr artMUaa af Da- - Ten la upgradod typesetting with a bettor Linotype machine, and obtained newer and bettor mat canting equipment. He increased the use of pictures in each edition, althoupi it was noewtry to have engravings made in Salt Lake City. Hia paper became leader in The waam i lairrftaar advrrlM la aar tmrr la kriag amaagi't to Ilia aihNr aa what cad arhrm to hay laral raauaadllira. VIM.UMKN (XIIILD WRITTKN aa vailaaa ptoaa at pahlhtalag jrtar haawlawa arwiit.p"r. hat am ham K to Mi r Wha arr artatUy.dtlag Mr arralrr ttrtlta af Mr la IrU Mrlr at. Him. note of interest to newspaper history during this tfawe waa an item in the issue of Dec. 10, 1964 reporting the death of Roy Schonian, former publisher of the Duchesne Record, who died in Salt Lake City. During Mr. Ifanmotts tenure at the Standard, he obtained a larger and better press. yean. They assumed ownership of the Standard os of June 1, 1965. lib Dm Irihwtr Roosevelt. A aide Mqjor technological advances were made in November, 1966, changing to offset printing.1 The Standards 1 961 National Newspaper Week Section. Many Hands Make A Newspaper ha continidentity. This practice 13 some 28 for ued years, yere of which were at Helper, and 15 in ROY BRODERICK Printer' Devil u g; two-po- ga end for three years the press, printed However, os paper on this prase. the paper grew, the email Harris proas was not capable of handling the volume, no gain the paper was printed out, this thus on a web press in American Fork. In 1969 a mqjor change was mods in the format of the paper. Again the Standard was a leader in changing to wider columns of type. Instead of eight columns of type on each page, the new format hod only six, each one wider. Again, moot oftha papers of the state followed suit, offsring greater ease of readership, and a bettor and product. In 1972 still additional changes coma to tha Standard. First, tha paper was moved from Continued on aatpags . |