Salty Old Editor: An Adventure in Ink

by Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder

Overview

Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder and her husband, Melvin, owned the Dumas Clarion newspaper, an influential voice in the life and politics of the Arkansas Delta, and Schexnayder later served for 14 years in the Arkansas House of Representatives. She was a pioneer in helping to open the professions of politics and journalism to women. Salty Old Editor is the story of how Schexnayder overcame the many challenges she faced with abundant humor and grace—and with ink on her fingers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781935106364
Publisher:	Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Publication date:	06/01/2012
Pages:	291
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University, where she also studied in graduate school. The first woman appointed to the Arkansas Board of Pardons and Parole, Schexnayder has been president of every professional journalism organization in which she was a member, including the National Federation of Press Women and the National Newspaper Association. She lives in Dumas, Arkansas.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 Delta Childhood 15

2 Tillar: Safe Haven 25

3 Stability for Our Time 39

4 Writing Becomes a Calling 45

5 Expanding My Vistas 55

6 Just a Girl 67

7 Wedding Bells 75

8 A Return to McGehee 81

9 We Were Recruited 87

10 Full Ownership 99

11 Numerous Ups and Downs 105

12 They Were Family 117

13 Our World Expands 125

14 Politics: No in '64 135

15 Year of Transition 145

Selected Photographs 151

16 Sorrow and Continuing Battles 165

17 True Bear Tale and Other Adventures 177

18 Peaks and Valleys 191

19 New Opportunities 205

20 Donning an Added Hat 221

21 Hot Water 231

22 Not in Our Backyard 241

23 Into the Nineties 251

24 A New Honor 259

25 Inaugural Time 267

26 Overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom 279

27 Golden is Our Celebrations 287

28 A 30-Dash to Our Career 295

Epilogue 301

Acknowledgements 305