In 2010, the Fenton History Center received a donation from Russ Cusimano of his Jamestown Sun newspaper bag. He used the bag to deliver the morning newspaper in 1958-1959 in the Curtis Street area.
The Jamestown Sun began publishing a morning newspaper in April 1949. At that time, The Post-Journal was an afternoon newspaper. The Sun’s offices and plant were located at 200 W. 4th Street, on the corner of Fourth and Washington, just steps away from The Post-Journal plant at 311 Washington Street. On the Sun’s first day of publication, the paper reported a “hearty response” to the first edition, with “a large crowd gathered at the Washington Street side of the plant at 4 a.m. to witness the birth of the first morning newspaper in Chautauqua County in nearly eight years.”
The paper also thanked the school districts in the circulation area “in excusing numerous carrier boys for being tardy while they completed delivery of the paper on their routes.”
The Sun was owned by Unitypo, Inc., a subsidiary of the International Typographical Union. On Dec. 31, 1959, it was reported that the Sun publisher Edward J. Byrne and Mr. and Mrs. Constantino Poulos of Colorado Springs, had purchased the majority interest in the paper. Mr. Poulos was managing editor of the Colorado Springs Free Press. The Sun continued publication until June 30, 1962, when it closed, its owners citing rising costs and financial losses.
