| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME ORSA BERNICE CHERRY Salina Sun Born December1873 Died February 27 1969 Installed in Hall of Fame at St George 1995 Orsa Cherry entered weekly journalism asresult of marriage and then for more than four decades was involved in Utah community newspapers Involved directly aspartner with her husband in four papers and for 21 years after his death as publisher of two of them And involved indirectly while mother and housewife but stillbehind-the-scenes consultant in the publications In the eyes of contemporaries she was the proverbial power behind the throne and prime factor in the success en joyed by her Utah Newspaper Hall of Fame husband Howard Cherry Sr When in 1923 he handed her the reins of the Salina Sun she proved her ability by succeeding where three predecessors had failed Seventy-two years later it and the neighboring Gunnison Valley News which came under her publishing direction from 1941 until 1962 are still serving their respective communities Born December 1873 in Chagrin Falls Ohio she was the only daughter among six children of Lucas Henry and Cassandra Kent Hurd After completing studies at Hiram Ohio College she taught home economics and in 1894 was married to William Bolton His death in 1907 resulted inchange of direction in her life -she went west and became associated in California with Redlands University There she met her husband-to-be then editor of the daily paper in San Bernardino veteran newsman hehoned his skills on dailies in Kansas City Salt Lake City San Francisco and Los Angeles and on Idaho and Nevada weeklies He moved from San Bernadino to Globe Arizona and 451 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
