Show harrison merrill called by death A shadow of sorrow was cast over the entire re state at the announcement no of the deatle death of harrlson harilson R i merrill at his home in provo saturday afternoon ol 01 of last week mr merrill was well known throughout the state and his home state laphol idaho he had ad as prot fess fessor or of journalism and dl rector director of the extension division of the brigham young yog university during the past several years and wits was former managing editor odthe of the improvement pro era eia congo cause of death wits was glyen glien as complications following an an operation for appendicitis which be underwent august 8 at a provo pr i hospital gitil hewak he was thought to be well on his way to td recovery and was i returned returned to his home tuesday of last week A relapse was suffered thursday however from which he failed to rally mr merrill was bom born november 13 1884 at afe utah a son of orrin J and elizabeth white merrill early pioneers of the cu cub b river section near preston idaho he was a graduate from oneida stake academy at preston preiton and had attended the university of I 1 idaho utah state agricultural cul C college doing graduate work at U S A 0 brigham young university and school of journalism at northwestern university in 1827 1927 during 1930 he tit at tended the Pull tzer sc school bool of journalism lita at columbia university where he recia ed his IM M S degree during his career he be his has done extensive I 1 Y writing fo tor newspapers in the intermountain district and has written several pa poems ems stories and books many 0 of f which have been published ile he was poet larl ate of the utah U tab state sta te press association of which he fie 7 was as an honorary member and acted as judge in the various front page contests for country weekly newspapers he also wrote articles for magazines in utah and oiher intermountain newspapers 5 he took great part in reccea dional onal programs iams and was director of the gos hike bike helas he was continued on last page harrison hamson ame R merrill arill called by death I 1 from page one a staunch supporter and active 1 worker 10 aker in 1 scout circles ir aes and held the post of publicity u b lacity chairman for many in utah national parks council A at the time of his ileath death he be was chairman ot activities for the afie council and a member of the executive hoard board a past post he had held for the past is t 12 years ile he was vas an active worker in thu the western league of writers and was a general chairman of the r recent writers round up held field la in pro i lie ile 1 I 1 a ad d written several wi its i 11 mv of witch which had bad been publish ihrl and tour four recent lyrics that ha have fave been accepted i tor for publication he Is survived by his widow mrs edna johnson merrill and two sons and a daughter harrlson harrison J paul J an and dRuby kuby merrill MerrIU five brothers brother and two sisters 0 preston R imer elmer S and franklin 3 ifer rill land and mrs margaret it seiti smith of blackfoot Black toot I 1 idaho and mrs jessie ia M whitehead of franklin I 1 idaho |