Four Generations in the "Media"

I am the fourth generation of U.S. Rutherfords in my line, involved in news, books, print and other media.

"Rutherford News" was founded in Scottdale by my great-grandfather, then run by my grandfather Thomas H. Rutherford as a newsstand, newspaper distributing office, stationer, and bookstore. He was succeeded by my uncle.

Here's a news story from 1910 about how the Rutherfords celebrated New Years:

ANNUAL NEWSBOYS
DINNER GIVEN

T.H. Rutherford of Scottdale
Entertains All His
Paper Carriers

It Was the Eighth Affair

Sumptuous Spread at DeHaven's
Restaurant Last Night Enjoyed by
Thirty-Five of the Boys and a
"Flash-Light Picture Made.

Scottdale, Jan 5 (1910) – The eighth annual newsboys' dinner which Thomas H. Rutherford, the newsdealer and stationer, tendered to his faithful force of coming men of Scottdale who deliver the newspapers every day was another triumphal success. It occurred last evening and about 35 boys sat down to a feed that pleased them immensely and gave them a good time that they appreciated greatly, as anyone might know who saw them at the table. They were from the big boys down to the little tads who aren't much bigger than the papers they carry, particularly when the papers are the Sunday monsters.

The banquet, for it had many a more pretentious one faded for its lavishness, took place at Dennis DeHaven's restaurant on Broadway, where a number of the dinners have been given in the last several years. From fried oysters to pie, cake, and ice cream and fruit, with a lot of other things sandwiched in during the evening, the cuisine of the house shone with great brilliancy, and the appetites of the guests were satiated by the time they accomplished the eating of the dinner. Besides Thomas H. Ruutherford, there were present Stephen R. Rutherford, who has charge of all the newspapers, and George H. Shupe of The Independent and A. L. Porter of The Courier.

After the dinner was over, J.A. Chadderton and James Tarr of the Ping Pong Gallery in the Reid block brought their flashlight machine in a "caught" a picture of the dining party.