BEATTY, Guy, journalist. Born, Marion, N. Y., December 8, 1867; son of Roland Beatty and Eleanor Holmes. Married (1) Bernardine Pratt of Delavan, Ill. Child: Mrs. Charles L. Martin, of Lake Charles. Married (2) Florence Wasey of Lake Charles, La. Child: Mrs. Frank Harmon, of Lake Charles. Started in journalism as a printer in Delavan, Ill., 1882. Entered newspaper business, Lake Charles, 1894. Associated with J. F. Reed in publishing the weekly Lake Charles Press; paper became Lake Charles Daily Press, February 8, 1895. In the fall of 1909 Beatty and Reed negotiated to consolidate with the Lake Charles Daily American, published by J. B. Watkins. New paper became the Lake Charles American Press, January 7, 1910. Beatty then became sole owner of the newspaper. Operated the newspaper as its publisher until his death. Began publishing, 1934, the Rice News, a weekly journal devoted to agriculture. Died, Lake Charles, August 14, 1943. T.S. Source: Lake Charles American Press.
BEATTY, Guy, journalist. Born, Marion, N. Y., December 8, 1867; son of Roland Beatty and Eleanor Holmes. Married (1) Bernardine Pratt of Delavan, Ill. Child: Mrs. Charles L. Martin, of Lake Charles. Married (2) Florence Wasey of Lake Charles, La. Child: Mrs. Frank Harmon, of Lake Charles. Started in journalism as a printer in Delavan, Ill., 1882. Entered newspaper business, Lake Charles, 1894. Associated with J. F. Reed in publishing the weekly Lake Charles Press; paper became Lake Charles Daily Press, February 8, 1895. In the fall of 1909 Beatty and Reed negotiated to consolidate with the Lake Charles Daily American, published by J. B. Watkins. New paper became the Lake Charles American Press, January 7, 1910. Beatty then became sole owner of the newspaper. Operated the newspaper as its publisher until his death. Began publishing, 1934, the Rice News, a weekly journal devoted to agriculture. Died, Lake Charles, August 14, 1943. T.S. Source: Lake Charles American Press.
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