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. The paper was published weekly on Wednesdays. ''The Sun'' served the West Yamhill Valley communities of Sheridan, Willamina, and Grand Ronde in Yamhill and

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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.The Sun.
Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved on April 20, 2014. By 1892, the newspaper was published weekly by H. G. Guild, 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. 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. In 1900, Yates sold the paper to F. H Barnhart, who died about two months later from a lung hemorrhage. By 1907, the paper was managed by B. F. Young. In 1908, Oscar D. Hamstreet purchased the ''Sun'' after moving from Sheridan,

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, 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

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to temporarily print the newspaper. He returned to Sheridan with copies of the ''Sun'' on horseback and delivered them to readers without missing a week. In 1929, Hamstreet sold the paper to Steen M. Johnson. In 1937, the ''Sun'' was purchased by Paul Launer and Miss Adelaide V. Lake, a former reporter at ''The Oregonian''. In late 1938, the ''Sun'' was sold to C. F. Brown, former owner of ''Twin City News''. 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. Holmes owned 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''. The Bladine family later became sole owner of the newspaper and in 1969, Phil Bladine sold the ''Sun'' to Douglas K. Parker. Eagle Newspapers acquired the paper from Parker in 1978 and sold it in 1981. The new owner was George Robertson. At the time, the ''Sun'' had a circulation of 2,500 readers. 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.

References

External links

The Sun Archives

Picture of newspaper office after 1913 fire
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