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12 The News-Review, Roteburg, Or. Sat., Oct. 21, 1950
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Church, Hotel
Of Early Day
Still Stand
Pioneer Era Prominenct
In Education Built By
, Methodist Workers
By GEORGE CASTILLO
About eight miles north of Rose
burg, on Highway 99, squats a
drowsy iillle community unimpres
aively named Wilbur. Travelera
seldom take 1 lerond look while
speeding through, because its size
hardly gives them time. Anyway,
I second glance has little more to
offer than the first.
However, the humdrum little set
tlement s'ined attention Sept. 23
of this year with the event of the
wedding of Shirley May Lee and
David Allen Chrisiie. A wedding
doesn't seem unusual, but in this
case, it was the first such event
in the Melhoriht Eqiscopal church
of Wilbur for 38 years. The last
ceremony took place on Feb. 11,
1914 when Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Wells, presently of Roseburg, were
married. Even more amazing is the
fact that only three weddings can
be accounted for in the 75-year
history of the church.
Further investigation of the his
tory revealed this little one-room
church as a sturdy monument to
a Methodist stronghold a com
munity with one of the richest his
tories in the turbulent annals of
the state. In fact, by 1867. the little
town had gained such importance
that Rev. Robert A. Booth was sent
as Methodist pastor. By this time
Booth made his mark as a cour
ageous circuit rider and a atatue
commemorating his work now
stands on the capitol lawn in
Salem.
First School Crude
The history of Wilbur unfolds
100 yean ago. In 1850 Elijah Bun
ton settled on a claim there and the
site became known as Bunton'i
Gap. In 1851, one of Oregon's first
public schools was inaugurated un
der a temporary shed made by
ktning long planks against a pole
that rested on pins driven into oak
trees. Also, the first Sunday school
was organized by B. J. Gruvbe
and Calvin Reed.
In that same year Fleming Hill
built a itaga station, which shortly
after became a hotel, known as
the Wilbur house. The two-story
frame atruclure still stands as sol
idly as ever after 99 years. It can
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CHURCH OF FEW WEDDINGS The Wilbur Methodist Episcopal church resounded with its
first wedding vows in 36 years last month as Shirley May Lea and David Allen Christie were
married. The approximately 75-year-old, one-room building was orginally owned by the Pres
byterians, but was transferred to the Methodists in 1901.
be seen as the first house on the
right side of the road coming from
.Sutherlin.
House Attains Fame
The Wilbur huse was operated
judiciously by Hill and his wile
ing in from miles around To attend
the academy. Mrs. Mary McKay,
still living in Wilbur, notes that
she rode by horseback from Elk
ton to go to school there.
Among the impressive names ap-
Delinda. "Aunt Lindy," as she was pea nil? on Ihe first rolls are Judge
cauca, gained sucn lame a cook i ueorge W. -llddle of Douglas
mil me nuour nouse oecame uie county; Elizabeth Knott, later Mrs
DRESSMAKING
ALTERATIONS
Zoo Newman
2J Cobb St. Phone 387 11
only" place to stay in southern
Oregon. All the circuit riders made
it a point to stop there and a star
boarder was General Joe Hooker
when he was engineering t h e
Scoltsburg military road to Fort
Lane in Jackson county. The hotel
was located at the'juncture of the
road from the "United Slates to
Umpqus county, and the old mil
itary road at a time when Scolls
burg was bigger than Portland.
In 1863, a stately circuit rider
rode into town. He was Rev. James
Wilbur, for whom the community
was later named, and who was t
se. the stage for Wilbur's greatest-
claim to historic glory, the Umpqua
academy.
Father Wilbur Takes Over
Father Wilbur hsd begun to
make history in Portland before
coming to the Umpqua country.
Through his effort the first school
and first church were built there,
so it was only natural that under
his guidance the then greatest ed
ucational center between Salem
I and Sacramento came into exis
tence. He established his residence
! in the first Methodist J'arsonac
i in southern Oregon,
j The "feeder school" for Willa
I metle university at Salem came
I into existence in 1854 and was char
tered in 18.U. Students begsn pour
Robert Lat'd of Portland and Sarah
Watson, later Mrs. S. Hamilton,
mother of the late Judge J. W.
Hamilton.
Another name connected with the
school was that of Matthew P.
Deady, one of the first trustees.
Deady became justice of the peace
in Umpqua county, then in turn
became chairman of the State Con
stitutional convention, regent of
Leland Stanford Jr. university, first
president of the board of regents
of the University of Oregon and
federal judge of the district.
Joseph l.ane and La Fayette Gro
ver add still further the names of
governors to the list of men con
nected with the academy.
The academy was discontinued
in 1900 after public schools had
taken over the reins, but these 46
years were marked for posterity.
than ten feet to a girl.
Even with therj somewhat rigid
strictures, the student roll ex
panded rapidly. Some of the names
that appear stanr high in the suc
cessful history of the state. The
Dillons, the Casebecrs, Watsons,
Grubbes, Stearns, Kuykendalls,
Millers, Pinkstons, Reeds, Chap
mans, Slocums, Tiptons, Wades,
Fitzhughs. Mires. Hills, Clinkin
beards, Oteys, and Akins.
The record ends on Oct. 30, 1900,
when the last premises and build
ing were sold to the public scnool
for $400. The present school was I
built on the site of the last academy
building.
With (his background it seems
evident that Wilbur was a deeply
religious community and old timers
still talk of an incident that attests
to that fact.
In 18H6, Matt Short decided to
start a saloon in the thriving little
community. Of course it shook the
town to it's roots: so, as is usually
the case, the ladies took it upon
themselves to act and they did.
The townswomen gathered and
descended en masse on the one
and only Wilbur saloon. Working in
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WILBUR HOUSE This 99-year-old structure, located at Wilbur, in 1851 and lodged such eminent guests as General Joa Hooker
was once a stagecoach hotel stop on the old Military road and and circuit rider Robert Booth.
the road from tha United State to Umpqua county It was built '
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out moxt of it's history, the aead
emy had a very strict code of rules.
An example of which follows:
"This institution, being open for
both itexes we will define their
relative positions; they are to have
no intercourse in school hours or
recitations. Under no circum
stances are they to join in plays
either about the school or else
where, unless at home and mem
bers of the same family. In short.
their intercourse, u any, shall be
confmed to polite, respectful con
versation, such as would be en
tirely becoming if it were in the
presence of their parents or other
revered personages." 1
To bolster this regulation, there
were separate school entrances for
each sex a id a high board fence
to separate playgrounds for each.
Furthermore, young men were
never allowed to approach closer
entire day holding a prolonged
prayer meeting. To say the least.
Matt .Short's business didn't show
signs of prospering and died a dis
gruntled death. Duration of oper
ation one day.
Air Force Reserve
Enlistment Open
To Yets Of War 2
Elkton
By MRS. PHYLLIS A.
SMITH
Winston
HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE,
CALIFORNIA All veterans of
World War II, regardless of branch
of service, are eligible for en
listment in the air force reserve
in the grade held at time of
discharge. Qualified non-veterans,
with skills in fields where critical
Air Force needs exist except those
classified l-A under selective ser
vice, are also eligible to enlist
in the tSAF reserve under this
program. j
The air force, endeavoring to j
maintain th. ilrpnnlh nf tl.
A naugnter, carol jean, was Dorn reserve forces as well as ex
lo Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Thomas panding the active air force, has
on .Sunday, Oct. 15. The baby r0cently instituted a concentrated
weighed seven pounds, ten ounces ! dnve throughout the United Slates
and is the Thomas first child. ; t0 ,CCOmplish this purpose.
Sympathy is extended to the fam- (enlistment j (he reserve at
ily of the late Joseph Hudson, who tm, llme doe, , necessarily
died Monday at his home. He will; metn immpdlate c,u t0 active
be missed by his many friends. ! nillv but it does assure an in
Good progress u being made on , dividual that in case of a general
the bridge across Klk Creek at the i n,hiliraiinn h. will he called to
Lester Riley ranch.
The Cook-Ternl mill is nearing
completion on the tieorge Binaer
place, and will soon be in operation.
SLABW00D
in 12-16 and 24 in. Ien-iths
OLD GROWTH FIR
DOUBLE LOADS
WESTERN BATTERY
SEPARATOR
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duty at the grade .held in the
reserve.
Former
(women's
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eligible to enlist
be signed up
members of the WAF's
air force and WAC's
army corps) are in-
tis program and are
They may also
i their former
By MRS. GEORGE BACHER
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Glen Jr.,
owners of Glen's Grocery, have
returned from an extended vaca
tion with Mrs. Glen's brother-in-law
and sister. Mr. and Mrs. E.
F. Tulley, in Denver, Colo.
Traveling east by automobile,
they toured the states or Idaho and
Utah on their way to Colorado and
on their return trip they visited
in A'ybming. While in Denver they
spent several days at the Tulleys'
summer cottage at Evergreen and
later at their ranch in Estes Park.
They reported beautiful weather
on their journey.
Mrs. John Wilson of Roseburg,
formerly of Winston, is vacation
ing in Winston. Upon her return
to Roseburg, Mrs. Wilson plans to
leave for California and spend the
winter months with relatives in
San Francisco and Alhambra.
Many interior innovations are
underway on Hunter's Cabins,
which were recently purchases by
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Flagler,
who came to Winston from Idaho
Falls, Idaho. The office has been
entirely redecorated in pastel
tones and a similar motif will be
carried out in the eight housing
units on the property, the new
owners have indicated. All the
units are to be modernized and
seme are to be equipped for light
housekeeping, they said. Iheir plan
includes construction of additional
cabins early next spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wilson
have received a letter from their
son, Travis, who enlisted in the
navy several months ago. The
letter was mailed from aboard the
troop carrier, the General M. M.
Patrick, which is en route to
Japan. He was enjoying his first
voyage, he said, and at that time
had not been sea-sick.
In response to many requests,
a box has been placed at the
Myrtlewood Treasure house and
Malt shop for the purpose of col
lecting news items to further the
community column. Anyone wish
ing to contribute is welcomed to
do so. Collections will be made
regularly.
W. C. Stonebraker, Winston
resident and principal of the Green
school, was in Salem on Tuesday
to attend the elementary school I
principals' conference. I
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Heath and
daughters, Sharon and Vicky have
moved from this community to
Bremerton, Wash.
After a successful hunting trip
in the Lake View area, Ed Thiele
and Bob Kleist of Winston, and
George Trumbo of Oakland, have
returned to their homes. They bag
ged two large bucks.
Pheasant sesson opened with a
"bang" on Saturday. Hunters and
their dogs lined up early in the
morning hours, awaiting the 12
noon gong when the season would
be officially open. Birds which had
been living unmolested on the
fat of the land around- Winston
unmolested, rambled unafraid
near the hunters. However, after
the first few shots they migrated
to safer territory (destination un
known), and the hunting proved
surprisingly unsuccessful,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bingham
have moved to Roseburg.
The Community Chest drive
which got underway Monday, Oc
toberD, and will continue for two
weeks has been completed in
Winston. Sincere appreciation is
extended to Fullerton Beverage,
Benetta Theatre, Coos Junction
Cafe, Getman Service Station, Ho
ward's Hardware, True's Grocery,
Winston Motel, Edwards' Auto
Court, Myrtlewood Treasura
House. Markham's Toy Shop,
Winston Cafe. Winston Electric,
Wilson s Market, Baker's Trailer
Court and Flagler's Cabins for
making the drive a successful
affair in this community.
INVESTORS MUTUAL
Dtvktwd Notice No. 40
1h loord of DirKton f lw(oc
Mufvot hot dodorod a ojwoflorty
dttvidond of Twonry-MvtM conti ptr
tthoro porafel on Siptibf 29,
1950 to ihofhotdT. on record ot
Of Soorembar 16, 1930.
N. K. IrtrfrW, PrMtM
CARL BEACH
Zone Mgr.
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rank which assures them ot main
taining their reserve grade in
case of mobilization.
Veterans enlisting for duty in
an air force reserve training center
or a corollary unit will be eligible
for 4 days pay by devoting I
days of hard work each month.
Abo, each two days of training
Rives the reservist points toward
retirement and promotion. Many
air reservists increase their earn
ing capacity m civilian life by
learning new trades through at
. tendance at service schools.
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SOMETHING HAS BEEN ADDED!
ROSEBURG SCHOOLS
l4a 1950
172? Student 3100 Students
. . . and the children or already been who will Increase
that number much mora . . . and migration to Roseburg. will
uroJy acM still mora . , . to . . . look eead ...
Vett for Greater State Financial AW!
VOTE 306 X YES
Rosoburq Section, Doticjlas County Committee for Basic
School Fund Increase; Warren Ewing, chairman.
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