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Collection: FND005 - SHSND Foundation - Newspaper Hall of Fame
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 00022
Title: William Francis
Date: 1971
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Summary: William H. Francis (1883-1964) started the Hall of Fame in 1932 when he was president of the North Dakota Newspaper Association. He served on the association's selection committee for 30 years. He worked for six years on newspapers at Drayton, Cavalier, Casselton, Cooperstown and Wimbledon before founding the Ruso Record in 1907. Two years later he went to work for a job printing shop in Fargo. He purchased the McHenry County Journal, at Velva in 1910, and continued publishing the paper, later the Velva Journal, until 1949. In 1932 he was president of the North Dakota Press Association. In 1937 he became secretary of the Publishers Mutual Insurance Company, serving as secretary-manager for about 25 years. In 1971 he became the 16th inductee to the North Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame.
Red ID: FND_I_77462 Image ID: 509281 Image Notes: 10950 00005 00022

Collection: FND005 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - Newspaper Hall of Fame
Date:

Summary: The Hall of Honors features the biographies of recognized leaders in North Dakota's newspaper industry. This resource is sponsored by the North Dakota Newspaper Association and the NDNA Education Foundation.

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