THE
CANYONVILLE ECHO
South
Umpqua Historical Society
Fall
2016 Volume
12 No. 4
The South Umpqua Historical Society had its
quarterly meeting on August 7, at the Museum in the Pickett building. I heard
it was very hot.It was reported that our general
meeting will be held on November 6 in
Azalea at the Heaven On Earth Restaurant at Quines Creek.The owner, Christine Jackson, said she will
provide meals, from the menu, at a discounted price. This would normally be a
potluck in Glendale, but there isn’t a place to hold the meeting. We will begin
at 1:00.
The electrical wiring is being worked on in
the Pickett building. But, our grant for the solar project from the Pacific
Power Blue Sky was not funded, boo hoo!
We all need to support our museum. Think
about an ‘end of the year’ or maybe a ‘beginning of the year ’donation or a
pledge of so much a month or year. The Cow Creeks just awarded us with $4000 for our 2017
utilities, but we need another $4000 to pay the bill. We really could use the
help.
The Cow Creeks are also helping us with the
funding for our wonderful receptionist, Ruth Ann Shuman. She’s great and we
wouldn’t be open without her. They built for us, from scratch, the Plank House,
which is one of the favorite displays at the museum, especially with the
younger set. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, Cow Creeks. We really appreciate
your help.
Let’s Take a Journey
Our book of
pictures, games and info about Oregon are for sale at $5 with a box of crayons.
So far we have sold about 20.
So, What Else is New!
The new exhibit of old’ switchboards’ is on
the main floor. These original telephone switchboards were used by the City of
Myrtle Creek. Marvin Cornutt was the early operator. The switchboards were
donated by Jim St. Onge. There is also a picture of our member Joan Barnes when
she was a switchboard operator in Portland about 1953, along with some
instructions on how it worked.
Another new item is the ‘Flour Dresser’ in
the Matthews building. It is a mechanical device used in grain mills for
bolting. Bolting is the process of separating the finished flour from bran and
dust after milling , using a centrifugal reel or flour dresser.
IT WAS THE FIFTIETH
The fiftieth Pioneer Days has come and
gone, but it was great. Our princesses looked so good riding on Lonnie Nichols’
old hay wagon. Our royal court for 2016 along with our Pioneer Mother, Sue
Shaffer, was Tracy Briggs, Kathy Ronan Brown, Diana Dailey Denton and Christine
Deaton Morgan. What a great looking court!
We have the Pioneer Days book at the museum
for this year and next year will by The Book’s 50th Year. If any of
you have a good idea for an article, just let us know. This will be a special
edition.
The
South Umpqua Historical Society’s next membership meeting will be SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 6 at 1:00 pm in AZALEA at the HEAVEN ON EARTH RESTAURANT. We will
chose from the menu, it will NOT be a potluck.
Happy
Birthday Old Girl
And
I thought I was getting old!
This newsletter will be mailed on October
28, 2016 which is the 130th birthday of our own Statue of Liberty,
Liberty Enlightening the World. Is that possible? Yes, on October 28, 1886 as
many as one million people went to Lower Manhattan in New York harbor to be
there at the unveiling of the statue, with Pres. Grover Cleveland presiding.
This copper statue was designed by Frederic Bartholdi, a French sculptor and
built by Gustave Eiffel. It was a gift to the United States by the people of
France. Fundraising was difficult, some work had to stop. Publisher Joseph
Pulitzer started a drive for donations and there were more than 120,000
contributions, most giving less than a dollar. The work was completed and it
would have cost $10 million today. Boston and Philadelphia really wanted the
statue and would have paid for the whole thing. She stands 305 feet, had 354
stairs to the crown with 25 windows. She wears a size 879 shoe and has a 35
foot waistline. She functioned as a lighthouse from 1886-1902 and in 1944 the
lights in the crown flashed dot-dot-dot-dash, which is Morse Code for V.
Victory in Europe…..cries with silent lips “Give me your tired, your poor, your
huddled masses yearning to breathe free…
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