Porterville Recorder

History

On May 21, 1908, Percy F. Adelsbach published the first edition of the Porterville Recorder. Robert Angus Mack was the paper's first editor and John C. Sieb worked as its printer At that time, Adelsbach aso owned the Kingsburg Recorder. He sold the paper that August to a group of local businessmen. Most of the stock was sold by Rev. Madison Slaughter to manager Leslie McAuliff and editor John T. Goolrick in 1909.

McAuliff bought out Goolrick in 1910. In 1920, McAuliff and W.B. Knapp sold their interests in the paper to John Ralph Bell. H.W. Lambdin retained his interests in the business. Bell died a year later. His widow Olive A. Bell then owned and operated the paper for the next two years.

The Recorder was then bought by William H. Hornibrook in 1923, C.L. Day in 1924, and Homer W. Wood in 1927. Wood previously owned the Morning Democrat in Salinas followed by The Petaluma Daily Courier. He was also known as the "father of Pacific Coast Rotary" and helped organized the world's second Rotary club in San Francisco.

Graham M. Dean bought the paper from Wood in 1960. Dean previously owned the Reno Gazette and Ashland Daily Tidings. He operated the Recorder until he sold it in 1974 to Freedom Communications and died later that year. In 2013, the company sold the paper to Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers.

References

References

1. (May 21, 1908). "The Recorder's New Plant Ranks With The Very Best". Porterville Recorder.
2. (August 10, 1908). "Porterville Paper Changes Hands". Tulare Advance-Register.
3. (January 2, 1909). "Porterville Recorder Under New Control". Porterville Recorder.
4. (January 6, 1910). "Two Appreciated Articles". Porterville Recorder.
5. (December 13, 1910). "Goolrick Sells Stock In Paper {{!}} McAuliff Acquires Partner's Interest In Recorder". Porterville Recorder.
6. (January 5, 1920). "Porterville Reporter Sold". Fresno Herald.
7. (April 22, 1921). "Recorder Man Passes Away After Illness of Two Months". Porterville Recorder.
8. (February 7, 1923). "New Owner Now In Charge of Daily Recorder". Porterville Recorder.
9. (August 25, 1924). "Buys The Recorder". The Hanford Sentinel.
10. (December 31, 1927). "Comment On Sale of The Recorder". Porterville Recorder.
11. (December 28, 1927). "Porterville Paper Sold". Imperial Valley Press.
12. (December 28, 1927). "Porterville Recorder Sold To H.W. Wood of Ptaluma". Visalia Daily Times.
13. (July 20, 1976). "Homer Wood, 96, Lawyer, Owned California Papers". The New York Times.
14. Berry, Ken. "Homer W. Wood".
15. (September 20, 1960). "Ownership of Recorder Incorporates". Porterville Recorder.
16. (April 2, 1974). "Newspaper sale revealed". Tulare Advance-Register.
17. (November 21, 1974). "Former Reno Newspapers Publisher Dies at Age 70". Nevada State Journal.
18. (May 2, 2013). "In Brief {{!}} Porterville Recorder sold to private owner". The Fresno Bee.