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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Ben Reddick was the publisher of several small California newspapers and a former Orange County supervisor. He was largely credited with coining the term "Okies" for a story he did on the immigration of Dust Bowl refugees into California in the 1930s. Reddick was named an "Honorary Okie" by the Oklahoma governor in 1968. He was a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors in the 1950s, served on the state Water Quality Control Board, and worked for several newspapers, including the Los Angeles Examiner. He bought his first newspaper, the Newport Balboa Press, in 1944, which he developed into the Newport Harbor News Press. Reddick later published the San Fernando Valley Times and the Paso Robles Daily Press, which he owned until 1996. He died in 1997. Photograph caption dated May 14, 1964 reads "Valley Times publisher Ben Reddick, right, presents awards to winners of the Junior Medical Press Conference and Competition in conjunction with National Hospital Week. From left, winners are Barry Wanger, Granada Hills High, $50 bond; Annette Connors, Alemany High, $25 bond, and Mary O'Donnell, Providence High, $15 gift certificate. Also present were Wil Von Der Ahe, who is a member of the Holy Cross Hospital guild board, and Sister Olivia Marie."
Reddick, Ben Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times (Firm),--Employees Publishers and publishing High school students Nuns Award winners Men Women Teenagers Awards San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
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