i Record-Courier
THURSDAY, MARCH 10,2016
The March Family of the Month
lunch will be Wednesday, March
30.
Unclaimed Prizes from Chili March families are:
Lance Marks
Feed
Sawyer Blatchford
The Chili feed which raised
Korra Randall
$11,361.32 still has some un­
Your Tushy will feel Cushy in our New Seats!
Jacob Hick
claimed prizes to be picked up.
Gauge Bloomer
1809 1st St., Baker City • 523-2522
This includes a $100 advertising
Daniel & Jesse Maldonado
www.eltrym.com
gift certificate donated by the
Josh Polkowske
Record-Courier won by Rick
Advance tickets now
Calder Daniels
Michel. Others include: Pioneer
available at our website
Nadia, Savanah & Ava Ritch ’
Woman Cookbook - Elkhorn
Prices: Adults $9
Shae & Ulrich Warner
Lanes; Remote Control Helicopter
Tightwad Tues. $6
Caleb,
Wesley & Kiley Kerns.
- Melanie Trindle (your "oldest
Matinee/Youth/Senior $7
child" Ed will like this!); stocking PTCO Corner
The PTCO would like to thank all
hat - Dan Chopin; pink Catepillar
March 11-17
hat - Amy Claire; Barmer Bank hat those who participate in the chili
- Lisa Osbourne; OWFCU Polo' feed fundraiser this year. The Chili
Shirt - Sara Rudolph; and Lube Feed raffle ticket top sellers were
Depot Carwash - Shannon Brady. recognized at the monthly assem­
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All winners should go to the school bly.
Woman discovers the horrifying truth
Pre-K: Lucas Kolilis
to receive your prizes.
about the outside world while living in an
K-Kate Hill
underground shelter.
Read Across America/Book Fair
1- Payton Peppers
FRI&SAT
(4:10)7:10 9:35
Last week students enjoyed special
SUNDAY
(4:10) 7:10
2- Lance Kerns
Read Across America events and
MON-THURS
7:10
3- Madison Schisler
their annual Book Fair was held. It
4- Katelyn Barker
was
successful,
raising
$2,615.60
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5- Isaac Daffer
with $1,307.80 going to Haines El­
Disney Animation. Fugitive con artist fox
6- Sophie Daffer (Top Seller in
and a rookie bunny cop work together to
ementary for teachers, Hawk Store
uncover a conspiracy.
the School as well!)
and the school library.
FRI & SAT
(4:00) 7:00 9:30
In the class competition: 1st and
Play
it
Forward
SUNDAY
(4:00) 7:00
Spring is coming! The YMCA 6th grade class sales were so close
MON-THURS 7:00
would love to have that sports that they both received an ice
equipment your family no longer cream party. Baker High School
needs.
The Y will accept new or Honor Students came to celebrate
r
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral,
gently used equipment such as the occasion and hang out with the
Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassi­
footballs, soccer balls, cleats, and kids at a special recess.
nate all the attending world leaders.
Teachers continue to use parent
baseball mitts. Families may drop
FRI & SAT
(4:20) 7:20 9:40
items off at our Play it Forward support in the classroom. Whether
SUNDAY
(4:20) 7:20
MON-THURS
7:20
barrel just inside the school's front you can give your time or talents
entrance. Donations can also be left please take the opportunity to be a
|
( ) = Bargain Matinee
part of the school.
at our local YMCA.
Spring Break
March Family of the
March 21-25 is Spring Break this
Month Lunch
year.
Pinochle
North Powder/Haines Pinochle
Club met at Maijory Peck's for
lunch before cards.
High Score was Sandy Wood,
second was was Maijory Peck.
Low was Janet Lawyer. Pinochle
prizes went to Carol Prebstol and
Eleanor Blankenship.
The substitute was June Bauck.
Mutual Improvement Club
The Haines Mutual Improvement
Club met on Wednesday at the
Methodist Church Fellowship
Hall.
We Dig...Working For You!
Council
Let us... grade your roads, dig your trenches, excavate
Haines City Council gathered
your landscape, prepare your job Sites, level land, pour
Tuesday for their regular meeting
to work on their planning docu­
concrete, lay rock...with the right equipment for the job.
ment and negotiate the sewer farm
Grader • Excavator • Backhoe • Skidsteer
lease. Kevin Bell, the City's insur­
Dozer • Dump Truck » Mixer
anceagent ¿also provided them an
update
on
their
insurance for their budget
Residential
proceedings. A training video was
& Commercial
ccb #90220
watched and they discussed a
“Our commitment
volunteer policy to help manage
to you is concrete”
risk management.
BRIDE
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HISTORIC THEATER
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CLOVERFIELD
LANE
ZOOTOPIA
LONDON HAS
FALLEN
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YOU’RE INVITED
Baker City Young Life’s
Annual Dessert & Auction
Friday March 11,2016
6 p.m: Si lent Auction Opens
7p/n: Program Begins
Baker High School Commons
Baker City Young Life • P.O. Box 635 • Baker City, OR 97814
541-523-0661 or 541-519-5524 • sandefur@q.com
Everyone Deserves a Loving Home,
Even our Furry Friends
Best Friends of Baker, Inc., a nonprofit group of volunteers, rescues and finds homes for
as many Baker County pets as possible. You can help by becoming a member of Best
Friends. All money earned is directly used to rescue homeless pets and find them a forever
home.
During the month of March, Zephyr’s Bakery and Deli at 1917
Main Street is offering a FREE hot beverage to those who join or
renew a membership in Best Friends. Warm your body with a free
drink and your heart with a membership to Best Friends at
Zephyr’s during March!
Best Friends of Baker has been rescuing domestic pets in’Baker County since 1986 with
100% volunteer staff. 100% of donations benefit local pets with no paid help.
Best Friends of Baker, Inc
541-519-7387
www.bestfriendsofbaker.org
bestfriends ofbaker@yahoo.com
Find us on www.pe1finder.com
A no-kill 501 (c)(3) rescue organization providing spay/neuter
and vaccination before placing pets in loving homes.
Photo by Nena Rollins Perkins, 1908
Nena's brother, Percy and friend Fred Holman comparing feet
After marrying on Nov. 18, 1908 in Rye Valley, Nena and Loring
Perkins made their life together on a farm outside of Haines on Muddf
Creek. Having grown up isolated, it took the young woman a long
while to get used to "having people so close" with all of the neighbors.
The couple had their first baby, a girl named Margaret, on Sept. 22,
1909. Margaret's Grandma Jennie adored her granddaughter and this
love is captured in five beautiful postcards written to the little girl
when she was two. The postcards originated in Germany and four are
beautiful paintings of babies with (Efferent expressions. The fifth,
dated July 26,1911, is one of a colorful farm scene of chickens.
Jennie writes to her grand­
daughter from Rye Valley,
"Precious Margaret.... your
mama's good letter came yes­
terday and what she told us
about you makes us want to see
you so much—and we hope to
before long. Percy, Ruth and I
are coming before school
opens. Your grandpa's thumb is
very sore yet but I think it will
soon be better. Lovingly,
Grandma Rollins."
Margaret's mother took beau­
tiful photographs of their little
daughter. One taken when the
toddler fell asleep with a doll in
a
rocking
chair,
is
especially precious. In the
photo, the baby is wearing
leather button shoes. The pre­
cocious baby lost one of her
shoes which was recovered nearly seven decades later during a
remodel of the farm house when a wall was taken out. The tiny red
and black shoe made it back to the family and is a treasured keepsake
along with the postcards and letters written more than a century ago .
by the chubby toddler's grandma. Margaret was followed by a sister,
Leafr bom in 1914, brothers Dwiglit in 1916, George in 1918 and
another sister, Neva in 19^8.,
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The siblings would never know Margaret except through the photos
taken by their mother.
Unspeakable tragedy struck the family when at age 5, little Margaret
Perkins died, very unexpectedly. The story passed down is that the
child died "after eating too many bananas," which suggests some "
digestive disorder or perhaps a ruptured appendix. Her Grandma ;
Jennie's Bible states she died at 8:15 a.m. on Oct. 6,1914 when she
was 5 years and 15 days old. Her death no-doubt broke her family's
heart, especially her adoring grandmother, Jennie's. The little girl is
buried in the Haines cemetery near her parents and brother and her '
grave is faithfully decorated each Memorial Day with bright flowers ;
and small children's toys.
Jennie Bennett Rollins ;
and her husband George r
moved from the ranch in '
Rye Valley to Union.
She passed away on *
Aug. 8, 1923 at the age ■>
of 62 years, 10 months -
and 7 days. Her hus- "
band, George, died four
months later, exactly to ■
the day, on Dec. 8,1923
at age 63, perhaps of a <
broken heart.
Nena and her husband
Loring ranched in
Muddy Creek. She was
Photo by Nena Rollins Perkins, 1908 one of the founding
Ruth
Rollins,
Dora
Bement,
Jennie members of the Rock
Bennet Rollins, unknown, Mrs. Bement and Creek-Muddy .Creek
Ethel Perkins
Mutual Improvement
Club which celebrated
their 100th year in February 2016. When her son Dwight was married,
the couple moved to Haines while the newlyweds were on their
honeymoon, giving the ranch as a wedding gift. They resided in
Haines on the comer of Third and Amy Street until their death. Nena
and Loring's letters have been transcribed and preserved by the East­
ern Oregon Museum in Haines and her camera and photographs are
exhibited there. Other family portraits which graced Jennie and
George's home also hang in the museum. Like her mother Jennie,
Nena showered her children and grandchildren with love. Beautiful .
cards with heartfelt messages written to her grandchildren have been
lovingly kept. Memories of her gingerbread cookies at Christmas
remain.
All this.... because of a single newspaper ad written by a young man
in Rye Valley looking to start his life, and the woman with enough I
courage and faith to answer.
Editor's note: I've chosen to write about Jennie and Nena, not
because they are members of this family, but because their stories are
beautiful and depict so well the life many women of their time experi­
encedin Baker County. I understand the love Jennie's pen poured out
to her granddaughter in the postcards I recently discovered In 1911,
Jenny was 51, a year older than I. On the day I found these postcards, ■
I had just finished writing on an Easter card to my own granddaughter, -
Gloria, who is almost 2.1 am grateful to Viola Green Perkins, Nena,
her mother Jennie, and others who have so carefully preserved this
history. I will be sharing the story of two other women, Perlina Hack- ~
leman Smith-Estes and Eva
Smith in future pieces and
will share the letters and
photographs between Nena
and Loring. Their history is
rich and living in a time
when many women were
known only as "Mrs. or
wife of so and so," these
women's own stories are
especially worthy o f being
told Many of the photo­
graphs taken by Nena are
part of a leather bound
album she made as a
special gift given to her
Photo by Nena Rollins Perkins, 1908
father, George in 1908.
Jennie Bennett Rollins and George Rollins
-GDP