Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 21, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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SOCIETY
Volume 22
Norman Oklahoma June 21 1930
Number 40
Poet Laureate Named
By Oklahoma Editors
Copies of History
Mailed to Editors
Leather-Bound Volume Contains Six
Sections on Pioneers Members
and Officers
Copies of the new history of the
Oklahoma Press association were mail-
ed Tuesday from the central office at
Norman to all members of the asso-
ciation according to Harry B Rut-
ledge field manager Three hundred
copies of the book which is leather-
bound were printed
The history traces the development
Thoburn state historian and compiled
and supervised by John W Sharp It
is dedicated to the “men and women
who have labored for 25 years to the
end that Oklahoma may be foremost
in every endeavor”
Book Includes Six Sections
The six sections of the book are de-
voted to pioneers in Oklahoma jour-
nalism officers of the association
members of the association the his-
tory a list of member papers and col-
laborators Full page pictures and biographical
sketches of Edgar S Bronson John
N Shepler Tams Bixby John Golobie
and Roy E Stafford leaders in the
development of Oklahoma newspapers
are included in the pioneer section and
cuts of practically all present members
are carried in the membership section
Each Convention Described
The history traces the development
of the association from the first meet-
ing of territorial editors in 1888 down
to the 1930 midwinter meeting A full
account of each convention is given
Included in the volume are articles
by Omer K Benedict first president
of the press association and U S Rus-
sell president in 1910 on their memo-
ries of state newspaper development
Pawhuska Daily News
Is Begun by Prentice
The first issue of the Pawhuska
Daily News a new morning paper pub-
lished hy Charles E Prentice appeared
June 15 Prentice is publisher of the
Osage County News Pawhuska week-
ly The new publication is the only
morning paper in Pawhuska It carries
Associated Press reports
' Prentice will not depend on circula-
tion schemes in order to build up pat-
ronage he announced
School Editor Writes Book
Hugh Cunningham co-editor last
year of the Tulsa School Life high
school paper and a member of the
Tulsa World staff is the author of a
history of the Cherokee Indians which
will be published in book form The
volume written in a high school Eng-
lish class has been called an addition
to Oklahoma history by Eli Foster
high school principal
George Riley Hall Henryetta
Free-Lance who was named poet
laureate of the Oklahoma Press
association
MOTION FILED TO DISMISS
LIBEL SUIT AGAINST HOTEL
A motion to dismiss action against
the Huckins Hotel company of Okla-
homa City as party to a $250000 libel
suit filed by Jack Walton former
governor against Plain Talk magazine
and others was filed by attorneys for
the hotel in federal court June 11
Walton filed suit against the magazine
and several Oklahoma City hotels fol-
lowing publication of Walter Liggett’s
article in the magazine stating that
Walton sold pardons
JULY 1 IS DEADLINE
FOR STATE CONTESTS
The deadline for entries in the
Oklahoma newspaper contests
has been advanced to July 1
Harry B Rutledge Norman
field manager of the Oklahoma
Press association has announced
In order to facilitate judging
all papers to be entered must be
in Rutledge’s office by that time
Papers which have entered one
or more divisions of the contest
are the Marlow Review Cush-
ing Citizen Marietta Herald
Wewoka Times-Democrat Fred-
erick Press Ada Evening News
Rocky Herald El Reno Ameri-
can Sallisaw Democrat-Ameri-can
Bristow Daily Record Cim-
arron News Boise City and
Duncan Eagle
OUWffl Exhibit
Century-Old Press
Relic of 1817 Owned by Panhandle
Herald Guymon Lent to Schbol
By G E Miller
Aa century-old press one of the few
original Franklin presses still in exist-
ence will be placed on exhibition in the
University of Oklahoma school of jour-
nalism at Norman by Giles E Miller
editor of the Panhandle Herald Guy-
mon The press has been in the Her-
ald shop for more than 40 years
During the Woodward convention of
the Oklahoma Press association June
6 and 7 the old press was on display
in the auditorium where the sessions
were held and was of unusual interest
to editors who attended
Press Built in 1817
The history of this press covers more
than a century It was built of walnut
timber and iron in 1817 and was used
in Pittsburgh Pa in publication work
until 1838 when it was taken to Ohio
About 1857 the press was moved to
the Shawnee Baptist mission near To-
peka Kan where a Baptist mission-
ary named Meeker used it in printing
what is said to be the first paper ever
published in Kansas The paper did
not please the pro-slavery readers of
the community and the press was
thrown into the Kaw river where it
remained during the Civil war
Missing Parts Restored
Later the old press was used in print-
ing pioneer papers in southwestern
Kansas finally coming into the pos-
session of R B Quinn founder of the
Guymon Herald when it was published
at Old Hardesty It was moved to
Guymon When the Herald was moved
there and was stored in a shed Last
year the -missing parts were restored
and the press was put on display at
the Kansas state museum for several
weeks
New President Active
In Civic Enterprises
N A “Nick” Nichols new president
of the Oklahoma Press association is
also vice president of the National Edi-
torial association for Oklahoma and
was secretary of the state association
for the last six years He is chairman
of the county republican central com-
mittee president of the Reno Horse
club a member of El Reno’s zoning
commission and a director of the cham-
ber of commerce
Nichols has been in the newspaper
business in Oklahoma since 1902 when
he came to Thomas from Trenton Mo
and entered a partnership with Edgar
S Bronson They published the
Thomas Daily Tribune until 1914
when they bought the El Reno Ameri-
can He is now business manager and
part owner of the American
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Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 21, 1930, newspaper, June 21, 1930; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1824618/m1/1/?q=%22new-sou%22: accessed May 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.