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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.

Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder attended Arkansas AM College (now the University of Arkansas at Monticello) and the University of Chicago and later 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 also served as the first woman president of the Dumas Chamber of Commerce. She has been president of every professional journalism organization of which she was a member, including the Arkansas Press Women, the Little Rock professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Federation of Press Women, the Arkansas Press Association, and the national Newspaper Association. While she no longer owns a newspaper, Schexnayder, now in her 80s, continues to write and remains active in civic life.

Introduction	p. 9
Delta Childhood	p. 15
Tillar: Safe Haven	p. 25
Stability for Our Time	p. 39
Writing Becomes a Calling	p. 45
Expanding My Vistas	p. 55
Just a Girl	p. 67
Wedding Bells	p. 75
A Return to McGehee	p. 81
We Were Recruited	p. 87
Full Ownership	p. 99
Numerous Ups and Downs	p. 105
They Were Family	p. 117
Our World Expands	p. 125
Politics: No in '64	p. 135
Year of Transition	p. 145
Selected Photographs	p. 151
Sorrow and Continuing Battles	p. 165
True Bear Tale and Other Adventures	p. 177
Peaks and Valleys	p. 191
New Opportunities	p. 205
Donning an Added Hat	p. 221
Hot Water	p. 231
Not in Our Backyard	p. 241
Into the Nineties	p. 251
A New Honor	p. 259
Inaugural Time	p. 267
Overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom	p. 279
Golden is Our Celebrations	p. 287
A 30-Dash to Our Career	p. 295
Epilogue	p. 301
Acknowledgements	p. 305
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Salty Old Editor

Salty Old Editor

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