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The Oak Cliff Tribune

Weekly newspaper in Dallas, Texas, United States (1903-2009)

Weekly newspaper in Dallas, Texas, United States (1903-2009)

The Oak Cliff Tribune was a Dallas, Texas, weekly newspaper that focused on the Oak Cliff community. It ran from 1903 until February 5, 2009, when Mark Housewright, its publisher, shut it down.

Owners

  • Guggenheim
  • Buck Walker Brown (1878–1953), purchased the OCT from Guggenheim in 1923
  • A group of investors headed by Robert Lunsford (1901–1952) and Moultrie Hale Cornelius, Jr. (1917–1965) purchased the OCT from Buck Walker Browne and DeForrest Kline (1889–1966) in September 1946
  • Mark Housewright (born 1948), publisher of the Tribune from September 1997 to February 2009 (11 years, 6 months)

The Tribune Printing Company Inc. : The Tribune Printing Company Inc. was incorporated September 13, 1946, in Texas. In December of 1953, Sam Hanna Acheson (1900–1972), who had been a share holder, president, and publisher, sold his shares to others, triggering a realignment in management. As of December 19, 1953, the shareholders and officers included: :# Raymond Garber Zauber (1917–2001), president & co-publisher :# John N. Patton, Jr. (1921–1989), vice-president & co-publisher :# Moultrie Hale Cornelius, Jr. (1917–1965), vice president :# Ruth McCombs, vice president :# Shelby S. Cox, secretary & attorney :# Susan Eleanor Lunsford (née Fullilove; 1903–1973), treasurer (widow of former share holder, Robert Lunsford) :# Mrs. Ray Zauber, assistant secretary :# Mrs. John Patton, assistant secretary

: As of January 13, 1956, the following officers were added: :# H. Cal Kincaid, vice president & director :# Manuel Conrad DeBusk (born 1914), director (Dallas attorney)

References

References

  1. ''State Press – Change,'' [[Dallas Morning News]], August 14, 1923
  2. ''Oak Cliff Paper Changes Owners'', [[Dallas Morning News]], September 15, 1946
  3. ''Weekly Paper Shifts Control'', [[Dallas Morning News]], December 19, 1953
  4. ''Tribune Elects Vice-President'', [[Dallas Morning News]], January 13, 1956
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