June 1, 1972
Lucille Floyd, former resident of Kerby and Holland, was the guest of Harry and Effie Smith for three days. She visited the home of Jim and Margaret Smith of Grants Pass. On her way home to McMinville, she stopped at Gasquet to visit friends, and then took a leisurely drive up the coast. While Lucille was here, many friends enjoyed her pictures of her South Seas Cruise.
Margaret and Osmond Henry had company from Myrtle Creek late Saturday afternoon. Although they came late, they came to work and the men finished roofing on one side of the house, and the young women worked in Margaret’s garden doing work that was too hard for her. Before they left, they enjoyed a picnic supper in the yard under a big laurel tree. The visitors were Fred and Margaret Jones and little daughter Donna, Fred’s son Freddie, Margaret Jones’ brother Bazil, and Fred’s sister Frances. Margaret Jones and Bazil are Margaret Henry’s grandchildren and little Donna is her great-granddaughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Remi De Tal have moved from Pinole, CA to their property on Dick George next to the Herbert Higgins place. The De Tal’s are in the process of getting their big new mobile home ready for occupancy.
Visiting at the John W. Rossiter’s home this weekend, were their daughter Maxeine, her husband Bill Smedley, and four children from Myrtle Creek. Also visiting his parents at the same time were Johnnie A. Rossiter, his wife, and two daughters who live in Sacramento. The Smedley’s and Rossiter’s also visited with their brother Billie, brother Ray and family, and their sister and family, The Harold Becks.
Mrs. Ella Mae Waatta, her father James E. Martin, and nieces Sherri and Becky, and nephew Stephen Gage were at Illinois Park last Sunday. They were not sure how long they would stay in the Valley, because when Phayo and I visited them, their car was broken down over the Memorial Day holiday. They were residents of Cave Junction until their home on Holland Loop Road at Bridgeview burned while they attended the Illinois Valley Mineral Club meeting. They are now living in Oroville, CA.
Ole and Louise Yecny, Hathaway Pines, CA, are visiting their friends, Bob and Nova Cheney, Hummingbird Lane. The Yecnys and Cheneys have been friends for many years. Louise and Nova say they won the 2nd world war because they worked at the defense plant in Sunnyvale. Ole and Louise retired last year from Libby’s Cannery after working there for 42 and 35 years respectively. They are enjoying their first year of retirement, just traveling and fishing. They visited the Cheney’s for four days.
Mrs. Bertha Cadra, her daughter and son-in-law were visitors at the home of Maude Akers, Kerby, on Memorial Day. Bertha is Claude Hays’ sister.
Mayor and Mrs. Arthur Sawyer of Burns called on relatives during the weekend and had dinner with their cousins, the Harry O. Smiths.
George and Opal Martin and Phayo and I attended the dedication of Randall Chapel at the Fir Point Bible Conference and Campgrounds near Glendale, May 29. The former field missionary of the American Sunday School Union, the Reverend Garland Shinn, was also present with his family. They are well known in the Cave Junction area. George Martin gave the prayer of dedication. The chapel was named and dedicated in the memory of Missionary D.D. Randall, because of his great love for children and his concern that children in rural areas should have a Sunday school. During his many years as missionary, (he started 80 Sunday schools, both in the La Grande area and in southwest Oregon.) The last Sunday before his death several years ago, he attended Sunday school and preached at Bridgeview Church.
PIONEER PICNIC
The annual Pioneer Picnic was held at Illinois Valley Park, at the end of Old Stage Road, Sunday, May 28. The dinner was scheduled for 1 p.m. Some had to leave soon after, but many stayed and visited all afternoon. For a number of the friends, the Memorial Day holiday is the only time they and their children and grandchildren get together.
Those present at the picnic this year were; Alva and Agnes (George) Cook of Gold Hill, Loren and Hazel (Wells) George of Klamath Falls, Mrs. George (Ruth) Boyd and children, Randy, Christy, and Gale, Dorena, Mrs. Carol (George) Creswell and children, Megan, Bill, Andy, and Shannon of Klamath Falls, Mr. and Mrs. James N. Wells, Grants Pass, John A. and Dorothy (Wells) Brown of Eureka, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wells, Santa Maria, CA, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Orr of Medford, Jim and Lena (Tycer) Payne, Dick and Verda (Tycer) Nealy of Grants Pass, Phayo and Ruth Pfefferle , Don and Peggy Fulk , son, Jack and daughter Sarah, William J. and Edith Sowell, Clifford and Arlene Sowell, Ashland, June (Sowell) Whitcomb, Phil Sawyer, Hermiston, Sam and Sophia (Seyferth) Bunch, Mrs. Harry (Lucille) Floyd, McMinnville, Mrs. Harry O. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Doty and daughter Laurie of Grants Pass, Mrs. Florence Wockner, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whiteman, and John and Gladys England.
To many people foregoing is just a list of names. Perhaps some are your neighbors, but many are unknown to you, but for a few minutes, let’s go back to the early days of the Illinois Valley, and become acquainted with some of the names. Names of the pioneers when the Valley was thickly wooded, who cleared the land of the tall trees and huge stumps, but not with tractors or Cats, helped each other build log cabins, built schools for their children, and a church, also.