Sheridan Sun

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The Sun
The Sun newspaper offices Sheridan Oregon.JPG
Former offices of the Sheridan Sun at 136 E. Main Street
Type Weekly newspaper
Founded1890
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication2014
Headquarters Sheridan, Oregon, United States
OCLC number 42972899

The Sun was the newspaper for Sheridan, Oregon, United States. The paper was published weekly on Wednesdays. The Sun served the West Yamhill Valley communities of Sheridan, Willamina, and Grand Ronde in Yamhill and Polk counties. [1]

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History

The early history of the Sheridan Sun is uncertain; while most sources date the newspaper's founding to 1890, some early records suggest that the Sun was founded around 1881-82. [2] [3] By 1892, the newspaper was published weekly by H. G. Guild, [4] who was known as a "versatile and witty editor." He retired in 1897 and sold the Sheridan Sun to Chris Yates and B. F. McLaughlin. [5] In August, 1898, McLaughlin's wife Ida Finley McLaughlin fell out of a rowboat and drowned in Nestucca Bay. The couple had been married for only four months. [6] [7] In 1900, Yates sold the paper to F. H Barnhart, [8] who died about two months later from a lung hemorrhage. [9] [10] By 1907, the paper was managed by B. F. Young. [11]

In 1908, Oscar D. Hamstreet purchased the Sun after moving from Sheridan, Wyoming, where he had been editor of the Sheridan Enterprise. In 1913, a fire destroyed most of downtown Sheridan, including the offices and equipment of the Sun; Hamstreet managed to save his list of subscribers and he traveled approximately 50 miles to Portland to print the newspaper. He returned to Sheridan with copies of the Sun on horseback and delivered them to readers without missing a week. [12] In 1929, Hamstreet sold the paper to Steen M. Johnson. [13] In 1937, the Sun was purchased by Paul Launer and Miss Adelaide V. Lake, a former reporter at The Oregonian. [14] [15] In late 1938, the Sun was sold to C. F. Brown, [16] former owner of Twin City News. [17] Perry W. Willoughby became the next owner, sometime during the early 1940s. In 1945, Willoughby sold the newspaper to Dean Holmes, who published the Sun for the next 17 years. [18]

Holmes ran the Sun until 1963, when it was purchased by Ted M. Brammer, publisher of the Nyssa Gate City Journal, and William L. Bladine, publisher of the McMinnville News-Register . [19] The Bladine family later became sole owner of the newspaper and in 1969, Phil Bladine sold the Sun to Douglas K. Parker. [20] [21] Eagle Newspapers acquired the paper from Parker in 1978 [22] [23] and sold it in 1981. [24] The new owner was George Robertson. At the time, the Sun had a circulation of 2,500 readers. [25] In April 2008, the Sun was purchased by Clinton Vining, the newspaper's last owner; the final edition of the Sheridan Sun was published on June 25, 2014. At that time, the newspaper had around 700 subscribers and a total circulation of about 1,000 readers. [26]

References

  1. ↑ The Sun Archives. SmallTownPapers. Retrieved on March 18, 2008. Archived January 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ The Sun. Archived 2003-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved on April 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ Edward Gardner Jones, ed. (1894). The Oregonian's handbook of the Pacific Northwest. Oregonian Publishing Company. p.  258. sheridan oregon.
  4. ↑ "A Very "Deer" Story". The Capital Journal. September 3, 1892. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Misfits". Albany Democrat. June 11, 1897. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "Sheridan, Aug. 16". The Capital Journal. August 16, 1898. p. 1.
  7. ↑ "In Watery Depths | Two Sad Tragedies On the Oregon Coast". Weekly Oregon Statesman. August 19, 1898. p. 2.
  8. ↑ "Notice". The Hood River Glacier. March 30, 1900. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Well Known Editor Dead". The Eugene Guard. May 15, 1900. p. 4.
  10. ↑ "F. H. Barnhart Passes Away Suddenly | Hemorrhage of the Lungs Caused the Death of a Former Osborne Citizen Last Week". Osborne County News. Osborne, Kansas. May 24, 1900. p. 4.
  11. ↑ "Notice". Polk County Observer. Monmouth, Oregon. January 11, 1907. p. 4.
  12. ↑ Gaston, Joseph (1912). The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. Vol. 3. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 47–48.
  13. ↑ "Sun at Sheridan Sold". The Oregonian. August 9, 1929. p. 16.
  14. ↑ "Publishing Field Claims Reporter | Adelaide V. Lake, Partner Buy Sheridan Sun". The Sunday Oregonian. January 3, 1937. p. 15.
  15. ↑ "Miss Lake, Launer Buy Sheridan Sun". The Oregon Daily Journal. January 1, 1937. p. 4.
  16. ↑ "Sheridan Sun Sold". Medford Mail Tribune. Associated Press. December 20, 1938. p. 8.
  17. ↑ "Sheridan Paper Changes Owners | Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Brown, Stanwood, Wash., Buyers". The Oregonian. December 20, 1938. p. 4.
  18. ↑ "Dean Holmes Family Moves". The Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon. July 3, 1965. p. 3.
  19. ↑ "Sheridan Paper Changes Hands". The Oregon Daily Journal. November 19, 1963. p. 11.
  20. ↑ "Sun at Sheridan Changes Hands". The Oregon Statesman. May 2, 1969. p. 25.
  21. ↑ "Paper Sold At Sheridan". The Capital Journal. May 2, 1969. p. 2.
  22. ↑ Guggenheim, Alan (February 18, 1979). "Sheridan Sun equipment sold | Printing's past goes to auction". Statesman Journal. p. 1.
  23. ↑ Easterling, Jerry (1980-01-20). "The Eagle is soaring: Newspaper chain undergoes rapid growth in past decade". Statesman Journal. p. 66. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  24. ↑ Edstrom, Judy (August 15, 2012). "Eagle's 76 Years – our history – first installment". Eagle Newspapers Inc. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  25. ↑ Easterling, Jerry (February 7, 1982). "Sheridan publisher finds grassroots journalism humbling". Statesman Journal. p. 50.
  26. ↑ Amelia, Templeton (June 28, 2014). "The Sun Newspaper In Sheridan Closes After More Than 100 Years". Oregon Public Broadcasting . Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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