Thesis (M.A.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Communications.

To write a descriptive history of the Davis County Clipper and its editors was the purpose of this study.The first person involved with the newspaper was Lamoni Call who had been printing a small brochure to advertise his business. He asked John Stahle, Sr. to join him in printing some news along with the advertisments.Regular publication began early in 1891 under the name of the The Little Clipper. Dissolution of the partnership came in 1894. Mr. Stahle maintained the editorial side of the newspaper his entire life. His son John Stahle, Jr. lived and loved the printing business. For 35 years John, Sr. and Jr. operated the newspaper as editor and printer.John Stahle, Jr.'s son Dean was highly interested in newspaper work and graduated from the University of Utah in journalism, thereby following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather.The Clipper continues today with John Stahle, Jr. as Business Manager, and Dean Stahle, his son, as Editor. The future of the Clipper is optimistic; with strong tradition and almost eighty years of newspaper integrity, the Clipper will continue to move forward.

The need for a technician training program in Ornamental Horticulture was studied in Davis, Salt Lake and Utah counties utilizing interviews and mailed survey instruments. The greatest job increase during the next five years is anticipated for nursery workers, landscape helpers and greenhouse workers. The smallest anticipated increase is for florists, floor foreman and nursery technicians. Skills requiring the highest degree of competency for workers in ornamental horticulture, according to employers, are retail salesmanship, plant identification and disease and insect control. Courses receiving the highest rating in an ornamental horticulture technician curriculum, as given by owners and managers and by educators, were botany, ornamental deciduous woody plants, soils and fertilizers, gardening techniques, and plant propagation. Courses receiving the lowest rating were three months or more on-the-job training, professional ethics and law, and economic entomology.