THE
CANYONVILLE ECHO
South
Umpqua Historical Society
Winter
2016 Volume
12 No. 1
The South Umpqua Historical Society had its
fourth quarterly meeting for 2015 at 2:00 p. m on November 1, at the Mason Lodge
building on Pine street led by Marilyn Chandler, Board member.
The minutes were approved. The Treasurers
report was also approved and accepted.
Thank you, Thank you
I guess you could call this issue our
‘Thanksgiving ‘ issue. Our local Masons of the South Umpqua Masonic Lodge #72
awarded the Historical Society a grant in the amount of $4800. Thank you so
much. This money will be used to reprint two issues of Pioneer Days in the South Umpqua Valley books. Our Masonic Lodge
has been a member of our south county community since 1879 and has endeavored
to serve the local area through charitable actions and donations. Thank you so
much Masons!
More Thank Yous
The South Umpqua Historical Society also
wants to thank the South Umpqua Gateway Cohort 2 members along with the Ford
Institute Leadership Program for our recent gifts. First, the wonderful covered
area north of our Pickett Building. This new ‘lean-to’ will help protect our
horse driven wagons from the weather.
The wagons are very happy as are members of
the society.
And people driving by can see the wagons
and the good work.
The Cohort 2 team consisted of 25 south
county residents who took part in helping to preserve some of our history. And
secondly, we have some new signs, glass for display cases and five mannequins.
And some Cohort 2 members are now SUHS members. Welcome and thank you again.
Another big THANKS goes to Charles and
Delores Pickett for the 2 extensions of our Pickett Building. It is a wonderful
addition to our museum and will be for
our logging and mining displays.
Thanks so much Pickett Family.
Echo
Can you believe this is going to be the
twelfth year we will have the ‘Echo’. My how time flies. I, Marilyn Chandler,
especially want to thank Janice and her helpers at the Cow Creek Headquarters
for copying this newsletter for us all these years. Thank you, ladies.
And finally, thank you members for your
continued support and help to keep this wonderful museum up and running and to
help us remember the Pioneers and Indians of the past for those of us in the
Present and the Future.
Home, Sweet Home
Jim Deaton moved and lived in many places
while he was growing up and he longed for a permanent place to call home. Jim
moved to Oregon and married his sweetheart, Gynn, in 1948 and built a home for
his family in Surprise Valley. He finally had that home. Now after 87 years,
with 67 of those years in his sweet home of Oregon, Jim has left us for his
next home. But before going, Jim worked in sawmills, in the woods with his dad
and he drove the Canyonville school bus in the mornings and afternoons and then
drove a lumber truck at night. Jim had two service stations and then decided to
work for Oregon’s Department of Transportation. He worked for ODOT for 21
years. Jim’s hobby was undoubtedly mowing with his John Deere. Jim had many
things to keep him busy, including his five children, ten grandchildren and
seven great grandchildren.
Thanks Jim, for your love of Oregon and
South County.
The
South Umpqua Historical Society’s next membership meeting will be
SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 7, at 1:00 p.m. in CANYONVILLE
AT
THE PIONEER/INDIAN MUSEUM
No comments:
Post a Comment