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78 GUIDE TO YELLOW SPR INGS | 2021– 2022 In 1905, Wike sold the newspaper to J. N. Wolford, who expanded the name of the paper to the Yellow Springs News. For Wolford, of Xenia, it was his first newspa - per job, and one that would last nearly 40 years. When the deal was completed, Wike left town “so hurriedly that Mr. Wolford had to start just about from scratch,” the News reported in an Aug. 1941 story on Wolford. Ellis also left the paper in 1905 to become the Village postmaster. He later ran the Village utilities, and is the namesake for Ellis Pond. Wolford’s ownership of the News was interrupted in 1922, when Antioch College, then run by Arthur Morgan, purchased the paper. During this period, Antioch students edited the paper and oversaw circulation and advertising as part of the college’s co-op program, which Morgan started when he took over at Antioch. Wolford continued to work for the News as the plant manager. During Antioch’s owner - ship, the News acquired its first type-setting machine, a linotype. As Howard reported in the News’ centennial edition: “Up to that time all composition had been by hand: each letter, even in the news column, a separate unit of type.” But, according to Ernest Morgan, Arthur’s son, Antioch’s experiment did not go smoothly. “The student editors, though capable and energetic, were inexperienced and didn’t know the com- munity,” he wrote. “The cost of printing the paper was too high and [the News] ran a steady deficit.” In 1927, Wolford reacquired the newspaper from the Antioch Press, taking over again as editor and publisher and establishing a new shop for the operation in the brick cottage next to his home at Walnut and Short streets. It later moved to a building on the southernmost end of Xenia Avenue that was torn down to make way for a Standard Oil service station — now Nipper’s Corner — and then the build- ing that still stands just south. The paper was “staunchly Republican under Wolford’s aegis, for the editor served as a member of the GOP county committee for several years,” the News reported in an article on the former news - paperman in 1956. Wolford was later inducted in the Ohio Newspaper Hall of Fame. ‘A new day’ for the News After 35 years, Wolford was ready to retire, and he sold the News to Landrum Bolling, Arthur Morgan’s son-in-law. “Bolling, an experienced journalist, quickly set about expanding editorial scope and content,” Ernest Morgan wrote. “Alas, he rushed ahead too fast. In six months he was physically and financially exhausted, as had been so many publishers before him.” Bolling turned to his family, selling the News to the Antioch Bookplate Com - pany, which Ernest Morgan founded. Morgan and his wife, Elizabeth, became the publish- ers as of Feb. 1, 1942. An announcement of the change listed Elizabeth as editor and Ernest as business manager. She was the paper’s first female editor, a position she held for around six months. After the war, the Mor - gans were able to hire new staff members, including Kieth Howard, who as editor transformed the News into an award-winning newspaper that championed civil rights and civil liberties, and covered the community in a thorough, professional manner. “Changes began to happen fast,” Morgan wrote of How- ard’s hiring. “Community issues and problems came to the fore. Rocks were thrown through our windows. A new day had Editor emeritus Kieth Howard at his desk ca. 1950. Howard transformed the News into an award-winning newspaper that championed civil liberties. | PHOTO COURTESY OF ANT IOCHIANA, ANT IOCH COLLEGE Continued from page 75 IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Police Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911 Police Non-Emergency & Utility Emergency . .937-767-7206 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937-767-3402 ext . 0 Clerk of Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-9126 Utility Billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937-767-7202 ext . 221 Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-8649 Water & Wastewater Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-7208 Parks & Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-7209 Gaunt Park Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-9172 Mayor’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-3400 Village Mediation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-605-8754 Public Access TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-7803 Village Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-1279 Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-1702 Zoning & Code Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-1702 Bryan Center Room Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . .937-767-7209 TO REgISTER TO vOTE, cAll Greene County Board of Elections, 937-562-7470 We urge you to vote The village of Yellow SpringS WelcomesYou POPULATION: 3,610