Gay, Henry Guernsey (1926-1999) – HistoryLink.org

Henry Gay was a paper proprietor, author, as well as editor best understood for his 32- year job with the Shelton-Mason County Journal, where he acquired local importance for his ridiculing columns. His moms and dads had actually run an once a week paper in Monterey, California, that routinely tested regional authority. Henry followed their lead, particularly after getting the Shelton once a week in 1966. Under his management, the Journal‘s tiny team advertised every little thing from bake sales to felony litigation, while Gay made waves as well as attracted laughs with his intriguing content. The paper’s questionable plan of publishing the names of complaintants in addition to accuseds in sexual offense instances attracted outrage from neighborhood participants as well as various other reporters, yet was all promoted by the state Supreme Court in 1993. Gay’s once a week content satirized political leaders of all red stripes as well as were published …