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Show TQMFUULbKY. Last week we plumb forgot to put a story in the paper fjf about wife Virginia's departure for a visit with her folks in Miami, Fla. . Missing news that is right under their noses seems to be an occupational disease wih rural editors. A couple of ffce weeks ago Jim Crawford confessed m his Garfield County News column that he had overlooked an important Panguitch Taycee shindig, even though tickets for the affair were N printed in his shop and, if we remember Jim s apologetic anic account correctly, he was a member of the committee which : W planned the affair. p?' Jim was lucky. He was able to publish the story, aJ. beit a week late, and redeem himself. f, A similar thing happened to us once when we were ne ' editing a weekly paper in Logan, but by the time we got around to printing the forgotten story everybddy in town knew of our ommission. The miss was doubly galling be- tj cause we were attempting to compete with a daily paper in Logan, and to print an exclusive story in our weekly was a tor favorite though seldom realized dream. Anyway, here's how we muffed our big chance. fjt We had 'been appointed publicity director for a 9rouP I 0f the 1 who were organizing an Elks lodge in Logan. Came time to plan the installation ceremonies. There were to be visiting dignitaries from Utah and the inter-mountain inter-mountain west. Officers of the lodge were to be installed. And following the initiation ceremonies, the lodge was to , present a beautiful flag and pole to the city of Logan. 'rt Our shop was given the job of printing the program and, believe it or not, we kicked all the above information around 'peri for a couple of weeks without even considering it news. We were intent on putting out a handsome program. It was a beaut two colors of ink on fine book paper, elks heads all sc over the thing and every name and title spelled correctly. nt,JI We finished the programs Thursday about noon. Our paper was to appear on Friday. The Installation was to be jso Sunday. However, Thursday about 1 p. m., a gentleman we have since decided he was a lousy spy sent by the opposi- d tion appeared and said he understood our shop had done af. a nice job on the Elks club program. Could he perhaps see one? Could he see one! We' insisted that he take one for. his very own. A little flattery and we always react that way. That night, of course, the daily covered its front page with the story; taken, all -too apparently, from the program printed in our shop! |