| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME Orsa could now demonstrate her skills onsuccessful publica tion even though still dividing her time between homemaking and journalism Interestingly Mrs Cherryfirst training not her second was put to practical use shortly after the family moved to Gunnison She was asked to headcommittee which prepared huge banquet for returning World War One veterans and their families from throughout the area Her homemaking skills were prominently in evidence Though too young to remember the actual banquet her son Howard Jr smilingly recalls She was and was known as an excellent cook but she hated washing dishes In 1922 Charles Richardson having struggled for more thanyear to make the Salina Sunpaying venture decided to put it on the market It wasnatural for the Gunnison publishers who made the purchase And soon it provided the opportunity for Orsa to guide her own newspaper She became an early-day commuter driving her ModelFord each morning across 14 miles of gravel road in order to guide the Sunprogress -and returning by the same route in the evening The parlance gravel may have beenmisnomer for the road base often becamequagmire asresult of summer rain or winter snow And the comforts of todayautomobiles in no way resemble the rough ride ofModel not to mention its hand-cranked starter hand-operated windshield wipers primi tive manifold heater and not infrequent flat tires But that didnfaze the determined Mrs Cherry and for five years until her husband agreed to change their residence to Salina she made the daily drive Thereafter Mr Cherry was the commut ing motorist The newspaper history of Salina pre-dates that of Gunnison The Central Utah Press began there November 18 1891 with Wallace as publisher Five years later it became the property of Arthur Howard humorous columnist who left his mark on Utah journalism He presided at the funeral of the Press but on July 19 1901 started the first Salina Sun First because it was not the forerunner of todaypublication In touting its virtues Howard quipped Read only by wide 453 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
