Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-06-11
CALEDONIAN'S -
NEW MANA,A
Boston Newspaper Man Acquires
Sizeable Interest in The
Local Paper

because OIL lne constantly lncIcttS
ing demands of magazine and bool
work upon his time, the present pub
Usher of The Evening Caledonian
disposcs this week Of the major in
terest in the publication or the cor
poration owning it, to Herbert A
Smith, 4 practical ncwspapcrman Of
Boston. Mr.. Smith will move hi!
family to St. Johnsbury during The
coming fortnight and enter upon his
new duties Monday, July 2.
The present publisher had beer
back from the Far East for short
time only when it became evident that
It was going to be impossible for him
to attend properly to his magazine
and book work and find the time tc
attend to the multitudinous details OF
a daily newspaper also. For sew
eral weeks he endeavored to find a
competent manager to run the prop
erty for him. Failing in this, he ac-
copied Mr.. Smiths offer to purchase
his holdings in the paper
| Mr.. Smith is practical ncwspap-
erman who has held several respon-
sible positions in the New England
publishing field, receiving most of his
training on the Worcester Telegram
and aftclward on The Boston Herald.
His purchase of this interest in the
local paper was due to his desire to
get out of city journalism and back to
smaller town. He is about 35 years
old, is married, and has one small
child.
After July 9, Mr.. Pelley's con-
ncction with the paper will be largely
in an advisory capacity. He will be
an officer in the publishing company,
and contribute to the editorial page.
The entire business management,
however, will be assumed by Mr..
Smith, that Mr.. Pelley may give his
whole time to magazine and book
work. The arrangement is a happy
one, as it assures the time and at
tention of a manager to his paper
eight hours a day for every day in
the year, with corresponding benefit
to the property and it's promotion,
something which MI. Pelley could not
give, and yet does not disassociate the
latter entirely from the newspaper.
Mr.. Pelley cut his trip short around
the world last year because of the
difficulties which the home paper
was encountering in his absence,
breaking his contract with the syn
dicate which sent him on the trip, to
return. His New York people are
expecting him to return the last of
the present year, and finish his work.
But by the time he goes away again
he expects that the new purchaser
will have the business we'll in hand
and better arrangements made all
around than were effected in the
short time which the present publish
er had at his disposal before going
away last year. After the publica-
tion of his novel "The Greater Glory"
in September, Mr.. Pelley expects to
leave around the first of Octohe~ for
Europe, the Holy Land, northern
Africa, Persia and India. He will go
alone this time, Mrs. Pelley and fam
lily remaining here at the home on
South Main street and looking after
her husbands interests during his abb
sence.
No radical changes are to be made
in The Caledonian with Mr.. Smiths
management. He will simply give the
property his undivided tinu anl at
tention and endeavor to build it up
into one of the most profitable dalies
in the state. His training has been
largely in the business end of a news
paper and with the start Il 1i:h The
Caledonian has had since the first
of the year, he will doubtless accom-
plish this purpose. Practically the
same staff will be retained as at pres
ent and the financial standing of the
publishing company greatly strength
ened by Mr.. Smiths purchase.