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= PAGE FOUR. i —' fwd! f ~ i , i i » THE PU L1sH1ms·.AUx1L
` Eihiei  ]Huhl.i¤hv1·¤’ i Amciliztrg s ’ i i `   s i
n      ‘~  ·. M   n   ESTABLISHED 1865 * ~    ¤= ¤ — i EDIT()Ri of   i[hi€ iWEE K i
g Editor: ZELMO SCOTT WATSON, 210 S. Desplaines Street, Chicag0;_I11.   i ` _ » ’ . 1 ~ U n 4 ,- 2 ··
PUBLISHED WEEKLYBY WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION   _.__,. _ .r.,_..     r.S,   ‘    .   · ., M     ` f h *   * `
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informal S‘¤Y1€» first PBYSGH Singular.    
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For‘25 of his 45 years Evans has _=     ~‘t‘·    {Zi} S·t  
been close by,` or in; newspaper T     =i¢.€ ‘=:;=5§i¥
work- He worked on the Fr¤¤kf¤rt n=   -eSiS ; ‘-S=°    ,1‘?2¤i;·;‘i%¤£EYE?-jZ·? ¤.»  ifiicé’T2¥§E?:=%?i? s
(KY-> high 'S¤h¤¤1 P¤b1i¤=¤ti<>¤ wd ¥   ’.S   ·-`.t #$1.1-T%=-i;€z;%.:1 ·i‘‘  
on the staff of the Frankfort (Ky.) T   —.’.t`: &  
$'¤¤'¤¤”J¤¤f¤¤1- He was ¤ i¢h¤f‘¤¤r   ‘.-‘   *t“   StS'S i  
member ¤f the U¤iV<>‘fSi’¢Y ¤f Km-   i.-.S  
‘¤¤¢kv’S i¤¤1‘¤¤1iSm d¤D¤ftm=’=¤t’   St‘ %,>‘?~1i¥?€%a `t=i *.3 ·..-.  
fwmed by E¤<>¢h Gf€h¤¤- Durmg   it-  
World War I he was trained at Hat- 
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S<>h0<>1 Mid graduated with a S€¢¤¤d “   S-*``    
lieutenanvs rating. e J   t‘’   :·‘~i   »t.`=S~:  
He Spent 10 months with the Army i -i  .
<>f 0c¤¤1>¤‘¤i¤¤ in Germamn return- ¥ 
ing t0 the University ¤f K€¤'¤¤¢ky in i 
September, ’19, and was graduated  ·.’. rzi·i?i*i»é_.;§-1-iiii
in June, 21, with a B. A. degree in  ii;iQ¢,@i¥2;??—if`*?· »*·i  
journalism, Besides traveling for » · ‘ * ~ ~ A _ · U;
the Umiversitycf Kentucky organiz- Back in ’31itr0ub1e was brewing in Bell county, Ky., with Pineville,
ing alumni clubs, Evans also was the county seat, asifocal point. - `T ` ·. .
with the Associated‘P1·ess at Frank- ` There was trouble in; those southeastern Kentucky-mountains where
fort and Louisville, Ky. Before gd- coal is sti]1 king. And Herndon J. Evans, publisher of the Pineville Sun,
ing to Pineville in November, 1923, and Courier, was right in the middle of the figkhting. Those were the days
Evans was state editor of the Louis- when Vinvestigating c0mmittees"~—s0 ca11ed—'cI`&cended. on Bell county
ville Courier-J0u1·na1.` like harpies. Turmoil was the keynote. ‘Pub1icity‘seekers,`some well mean·
Among his many outstanding and ing, ca·1me‘_t0 Be11— county to do their part. All 0f which~was prominently
- notable activities and achievements, X read innewspapers throughout the nation. .— ~.     - 4
. 1é?m§§;€$gngnFt£?S Haihta tgtalzgeizlgif Bnt Publisher Evans was "qn"° to H0b}nies‘?` `$ure! Plenty of thexn.
He crusaded for better rural Schools tlge mvestxgators wiio, accogdmg to There s .hun1§mg,· iish11ig,‘g01f,_ tennis
V in the mountains and, as a result of h1m,_·"adm1tted their _be1ief 1Il Com- —-all of yvh1chjhe~·tr1es- a little of 
Such c1.uSadmg__it· -iS 1€a1.n€d___h& mumsm angi its teachings, and mos? each {hiring tlge year. n ‘ _ ,
lost much busmesshom local p0mi_ of them said they were members Typncal ofjhunjthe publisher who
cal factions during the past 17 y€aI.S_ of the ipew-ty. B1it—and th1s shows practises gud-1ns1s’gs that the spc-
Al1this`aCtiV‘ity did not prevent him the spirit of Publisher Evans down cessfnl editor must; {cake- an active
from Winning distinguished awards thaough the years to the present day psrt m every ywcrthyvhile commu-
; for the Sum \ IT Bill €0urit5E:»sh0wed_ Echelgountry §1_1ty1tentJE:rp;·li1se,i1_who Eaeheves dtliazt
A P»¤z¤—w¤¤¤¤g Paper. ag? EZJFSB c§§§f€3§“i2§ay i3 $12% §§3¤§im ‘L¤d»`2uS?$g·t¥§$`sc2E¤sil§‘
· In 1928 it‘W°n mst prize fm the awakening to the menace that we im ortance all outside 8iT8iTS·—MY
best from page in the Kentucky recognized and (note) ‘treated’ ali- Evlims has his desk ri iht near the
- Press aSs°°iati°n c°nt°St'·- In 1939 it most a decade ago " ·f.r0nf door so he‘can seg and talk to
Wm mst prize in the Enoch Gmhan Evans admits thait he is essénfial- lever {one who comes in
memorial award for the b°st°dit°` ly a Pineville-Kentucky-Americam {A §na1 interestirf and- convincing
mal' n A recent activity Of Evans was citizen - newspaper- publisher first candid shot of himisto be found 'im
c his attempt t0 mg s¤¤S==¤*¤<*=rS and then em Am€r1ca¤.at-1arg€-é a m-SO-Weu-km,w¤ Occurrence dur-
' <=1<>S€r*¤ the Sun bx Offqrmg a week` universal American. `This outlook ing Bell county’s {rear of tu1‘m0i1»
IY pm? "° the letter Write? Wm md on me is not me seemmg1y mmm 1931; `At that tiryig he was corre-E
; ;$iS;d’]gifW¥1vg€$V;;a§iV?§glgizlogr 11:;; y one. -It is tie typicz§_ d€1Ell·OCI`8tig igoniientltfor `ti1e,_A5s0ciaT;5‘:1<;nPi§;lii;\
¤¤ acute pam i¤ the mk- This E'é`H°cOY$Y§“Of°&hZ“§cO§S§i€§€?»’ {ie in? ‘t%Za£r£°" F.’m$"L1$‘i;4mumsm in
` S¤¤‘f<>r¤m, a democratic Way Of Ex' investigators and those of similar the mountaiii "O sed him to be
pr€sSi°n’ is another Slam on this breed such activity was a fafseeing relieved of hi: ‘ ca? n with th€ AP·
Kentucky €dit°r‘P“buSh€r· 0ne` vs;hich today the natién is mw The· AP did 3 ns; lit him to take
’ ` Besides his th°I`°ugh interest in fully cognizant 0} and hastily act- part in an c Yalocal activi'¤i€S·
i {me Sum M¤B.EV¤¤S has Vlany Omar. ing upon. Said Eiréns: "As an edi- Publislpcgr }é2·" ugh, loyal as »
Interests W Ich keep. mm movmg tor·IJfe1t during the trying times of iever t=’>¤¤his`c·' ,v. felii that the
from dawn t0_ late mght. He has 1,,.,, _,thc_*_,my Jmacc wasp with-»»th€— I .7   _·_*u€S__
? served as president of the K€¤'€¤§kY peopie whon werehtrying to stem;} *mO;;€ qmpow S I   Other j°D’
Press ¤SS0¤1%t1Q¤, ¤¤d_b€€¤ U¤1t€d oufthis un-Americanism . . . it we But after   ujyy: over" `¤° was
States commissioner smce 1935- At adopted unusual and· » scmetimes back-w·th2`iu } Ag msebeen €"°"i
the preseniiirne, Evans is develop- harsh methods to drive these radi- since Jcughf AE ap ·
ing a subdivision that the FHA has cals fronm our midst events since ` *ang€`  
_ pronounced the "m¤st beautiful" of then have easily justiiied our stand ~ »_;;···@*"'"-‘
i its kind-in the state Of K¤¤'¤¤<=ky· He further added these signmcailt I  
‘ = He has taken up photography and words: "I think that we made the # ··
' supplies the Associated Press and Kentucky mountains safe for Axner- A
Q V8.1`i0LlS other Pi€tU!`€·g6·th€I`i¤g ica in that memorable year" ·
agencies spot news pictures. '