Complex sentence: Weir retired from publishing November 1,1949, and sold the "Republican" to J. Clifton Toney, who operated the newspaper until 1960 when it was sold to the McNaughton family.
Split into simpler sentences: Weir retired from publishing November 1,1949, and sold the "Republican" to J. Clifton Toney. Toney operated the newspaper until 1960, when it was sold to the McNaughton family.