Henry McClurg Publications
The Montrose Star
& The Star

July 1976 to June 1980

Henry McClurg was a publishing force in Houston for decades, with quite a few different publications over the years The first, Contact, was national, and the rest focused on Houston. The history gets a bit confusing when various entities were sold. "Montrose Star" began 7/16/76 and by issue 65 (10/14/77) was just called "Star," and reduced its size from 11"x17" to 5 1/2"x8 1/2" (it temporarily reduced it size further, for issues #87 to #94 to 'pocket size, 4"x7"). The 10/6/78 edition, #113, was billed "Last Issue," promising the return of "Montrose Star" the next week, back to the 11"x17" format, on 10/12/78 but unfortunately I have not had access to issues #114 through #119. Issue 19 listed Hal Deans as Publisher and "Henry (Parker) McClurg" as Editor. "Henry Parker" was the name he used when publishing Contact. In Issue 50 the masthead states the "Star newspaper chain is owned by Montrose Star."

In my opinion the change to The Star was a huge mistake, as its content was vastly reduced along with its value as a chronicle of news of those times....the mistake lasted almost exactly one year. Back as a real newspaper it continued. In the 11/15/79 issue it was announced that Houston businessman (owner of Byman's, a furniture store ) Bert Hollister was now co-publisher, with McClurg given as Editor and Bill Lubing as Assistant Editor. At the end of 1979 McClurg announced he had sold the paper to Hollister, and the next issue brought some personnel changes, such as Lubing as Editor, and George Barnhart as new journalist. Things were getting rocky though, and after issue #189 Hollister was no longer listed as Publisher; no one was. It appears Lubing was in charge to ride out the remaining issues, with #196 (6/19/80) being its last. (so...no Pride coverage for that year).

"The Montrose Star," under that owner, had failed after six months, and McClurg, having a non-compete agreement was free to start again, with "Montrose Voice," which he did on 10/29/80. Hollister, incidentally, was murdered in 1987.

Thanks to the University of Houston Special LGBT Collections area for the loan of these, they made this page possible.

 

1-071676, PDF
2-072376, PDF

3-073076, PDF
4-080676, PDF

5-081376, PDF
6-082076, PDF

7-082776, PDF
8-090376, PDF

9-091076, PDF
10-091776, PDF

11-092476, PDF
12-101276, PDF

13-100876, PDF
14-101576, PDF

15-102276, PDF
16-102976, PDF

17-110576, PDF
18-111276, PDF

19-111976, PDF
20-112076, PDF

21-120376, PDF
22-121076, PDF

23-121776, PDF
24-122476, PDF

25-123176, PDF
26-010777, PDF

27-011477, PDF
28-012177, PDF

29-012877, PDF
30-020477, PDF

31-021177, PDF
32-021877, PDF

33-022577, PDF
34-030477, PDF

35-031177, PDF
36-031877, PDF


37-032577, PDF
38-040177, PDF
39-040877, PDF

40-041577, PDF
41-042277, PDF



42-042977, PDF
43-050677, PDF

44-051377, PDF
45-052077, PDF

46-052777, PDF
47-060377, PDF


#48 missing
49-061677, PDF
50-062477, PDF

51-070777, PDF

55-080577, PDF

62-092477, PDF

63-100177, PDF

 

missing
#52, #53, #54,
#56 through #61
and #64

Name and format changed to The Star, 10/14/77 - 10/6/78
(there was a gap between issues #51 and #65 so could not scan)
fortunately, the numbering was kept consistent throughout the three series



65-101477 , PDF
66-102177, PDF

67-102877, PDF
68-110477, PDF

69-11117769, PDF

70-111877, PDF
71-120277, PDF

72-120977, PDF
73-121677, PDF

74-122377, PDF
75-123077, PDF

76-010678, PDF
77-011378, PDF



78-012078, PDF
79-012778, PDF


80-020378, PDF
81-021078, PDF

82-021778, PDF
#83 missing
84-030378, PDF


85-031078, PDF
86-031723, PDF


87-032478, PDF
#88 missing
89-040778, PDF
pocket size, 4"x7"


90-041478, PDF
91-042878, PDF
pocket size, 4"x7"

#92 missing
93-051278, PDF
94-052078, PDF
pocket size 4"X7"


95-052778, PDF
96-060278, PDF


97-060978, PDF
98-061678, PDF


99-062478, PDF
100-070178, PDF


101-070878, PDF
102-071578, PDF

103-072278, PDF
104-080478, PDF

105-081178, PDF
106-081878, PDF

107-082678, PDF
# 108 missing
109-090878, PDF

110-091578, PDF
111-092278, PDF

112-092978, PDF

113-100678, PDF

Name and format changed back to Montrose Star, 1978 - 1980


missing
#114 through #119

and
#121 to #125



120-120178, PDF

126-020979, PDF
127-021679, PDF
128-022379, PDF

129-030279, PDF
130-030979, PDF

131-031679, PDF
132-032379, PDF

133-033079, PDF
134-040979, PDF

135-041379, PDF
136-042079, PDF

137-042779, PDF
138-051079, PDF

139-051779, PDF
140-052479, PDF

141-053179, PDF
142-060779, PDF

143-061479, PDF
144-062179, PDF

145-062879, PDF
146-070679, PDF

147-071379, PDF
148-072079, PDF

149-072779, PDF
150-080379, PDF

151-080979, PDF
152-081679, PDF

153-082379, PDF
154-083079, PDF

155-090679, PDF
156-090679, PDF

157-092079, PDF
158-092779, PDF

159-100479, PDF
160-101179, PDF

161-101879, PDF
162-102579, PDF

163-110179, PDF
164-110779, PDF

165-111579, PDF
166-112279, PDF

167-112979, PDF
168-120679, PDF

169-121379, PDF
170-122079, PDF

171-122779, PDF
172-010380, PDF

173-011080, PDF
174-011780, PDF

175-012480, PDF
176-013180, PDF

177-020780, PDF
178-021480, PDF

179-022180, PDF
180-022880, PDF

181-030680, PDF
182-031380, PDF

183-032080, PDF
184-032780, PDF

185-040380, PDF
186-041080, PDF

187-041780, PDF
188-042480, PDF

189-050180, PDF
190-050880, PDF

191-051580, PDF
192-052280, PDF

193-052980, PDF
194-060580, PDF

195-061280, PDF

      Clippings about the change in ownership

196-061980, PDF

LAST ISSUE