WALTER REEVE, 80; RETIRED EDITOR, PUBLISHER OF THE SHARON ADVOCATE

The Boston Globe | May 21, 1987 | Copyright

Walter Reeve, retired editor and publisher of the Sharon Advocate, which was believed to be the last five-cent newspaper in the country, died yesterday at home. He was 80.

Mr. Reeve and his wife, Esther, were publishers of the newspaper for the past 39 years. The Advocate, a weekly founded in 1884, was sold to Newpapers of New England Inc. in December, when the Reeves retired.

For the couple, putting out a weekly newspaper was a seven-day-a-week job. Esther Reeve could often be found at the plant at 11 at night, tapping the metal type into the galley pages and supervising operations.

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