News: Dorchester Clarion (14 Jun 1945)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Lehnertz, Merriman

----Source: The Abbotsford Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, WI) 06/13/2012

Originally published in the Abbotsford Tribune, June 14, 1945

Dorchester Paper Sold to South Dakota Publisher

Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Merriman have sold the Dorchester Clarion to Walter P. Lehnertz, of Rapid City, South Dakota.

Mr. Lehnertz, who will take over the paper June 15, has come to Dorchester, while Mrs. Lehnertz and their two sons and daughter plan to move about July 1.

Future plans for Mr. and Mrs. Merriman are as yet indefinite. However, they will continue in the newspaper field.

The family will reside in Dorchester until they find a satisfactory location.