Newspaper owner decided to walk out at 74 rather than risk being ‘carried out’
James Cavett Bierbower and his wife Margarett appear in a 1962 photo taken at the wedding of their son, John, at the old Catholic Church in Aurora. Just a few months later the Bierbowers would close the Giltner Gazette newspaper he had run for more than 50 years. (Photo courtesy of Mary Bierbower of Aurora at whose wedding the photo was taken.)
Editor’s note: In cooperation with the Plainsman Museum and in recognition of the museum’s 50th anniversary and the nation’s 250 birthday this year, the News-Register introduces the first of a series of articles about the men and women who helped make the county what it is today, and also to remember those who went on to earn national recognition. We’re calling it Hamilton County Legends & Lum…
