Butte Falls bulletin., May 01, 1996, Image 3

Ernest W. Smith House
A Visible Link to Our Past
T h e B ig B u tte H isto rical S o ciety w as
fo u n d ed as a n o n -p ro fit o rg an izatio n o f
in d iv id uals w o rk in g to p reserv e, in terp ret,
an d p ro m o te th e h isto ry o f B u tte F alls.
O v er th e y ears, th e h isto rical so ciety
co n tin u es to p ro v id e a v isib le lin k w ith
p resen t d ay life in th e co m m u n ity .
C u rren tly , m em b ers o f B B H S and
co m m u n ity w o rk ers an d v o lu n teers are in
th e p ro cess o f resto rin g th e fo rm er E rnest
W . S m ith H o u se o n P in e S treet. In
co n ju n ctio n w ith th e S o u th ern O reg o n
H isto rical S o ciety , B B H S w ill b e w o rk in g
o n a sto ry lin e an d acq u isitio n o f
p h o to g rap h s w h ich w ere tak en b y E rnest
W . S m ith d atin g b ack to th e early 1900's.
T h ese p h o to g rap h ic treasu res h av e b een
carefu lly p reserv ed in th e S O H S arch ives
in M ed fo rd . F o r m an y y ears, E rn est w as
th e o n ly p erso n in to w n w ith a cam era.
T h e H isto rical S o ciety w ill b e w o rk in g
clo sely w ith co m m u n ity v o lu n teers in
creatin g th e am b ian ce o f th e S m ith h o m e
k eep in g w ith th e sim p licity an d tim e
p erio d o f th e 1950's. T h e m u seu m w ill
co n v ey a stro n g sen se o f o u r lo cal h isto ry
to v isito rs an d resid en ts alik e. T h e E .W .
S m ith p h o to co llectio n w ill b e a p erm an en t
ex h ib it.
P lan s are u n d erw ay to o p en th e m u seu m
o n th e 4 th o f Ju ly . T h e m u seu m w ill b e
n am ed in h o n o r o f B ill E d m o n d so n , w h o
sp en t a life-tim e as an artist and
w o o d carv er.
M eetin gs are h eld th e last T u esd ay o f each
m o n th at th e B u tte F alls L ib rary . A n y o ne
in terested m ay atten d an y m eeting .
G E T W E L L W IS H E S
Were glad you're feeling better
Dan Shafer!!!
From all your friends
♦
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CAN SAVE YOUR HOME FROM
FIRE
S pring cleaning n o t o n ly in v o lv es clean in g
y o u r h o u se, b u t also th e area o u tsid e
aro u n d y o u r h o u se in p rep aratio n fo r th e
co m in g fire seaso n .
T h is w in ter, th e h eav y sn o w fall an d th e
w in d b ro u g h t d o w n a larg e am o u n t o f
lim bs an d trees. N o w is th e tim e to create
a d efen sib le sp ace aro u n d y o u r p ro p erty .
D efen sib le sp ace is a v eg etatio n b u ffer th at
surrounds y o u r h o m e to red u ce th e ch an ce
o f a w ild fire reach in g it.
C reatin g d efen sib le sp ace req u ires y o u to
red u ce p iles o f d eb ris an d lan d scap e in
zo n es n ear y o u r h o u se. T h e clearan ce o f
flam m ab le v eg etatio n aro u n d b u ild in g s h as
p ro v en to b e o n e o f th e m o st im p o rtan t
facto rs in w ild land su rv iv al. L an d scap in g
sh o u ld b e free o f d ead an d d y in g
v eg etatio n . R em o v e b ran ch es fro m trees
to th e h eig h t o f 15 feet to p rev en t g ro u n d
fire fro m sp readin g to th e to p s o f trees. D o
n o t stack flam m ab le m aterial su ch as
firew o o d n ex t to b u ild in g s.
B e su re to ch eck w ith lo cal law s o n
b u rn in g
d eb ris
an d
co n sid er
th e
altern ativ es to b u rn in g .
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B y T ina H arvey
It ’ s a g reat id ea! T h e R ecy clin g C lu b h as
d ecid ed to h av e an an n u al “ E arth D ay ”
p o ster co n test. B o th th e E lem en tary an d
H ig h
S ch o o l w ere
en co u rag ed
to
p articip ate. T h is activity w ill h elp sp read
th e aw aren ess o f E arth D ay (A p ril 2 2 ).
T h e p o ster criteria req u ired stu d en ts to
ch o o se a reso lu tio n th at can h elp im p rov e
th e en v iro n m en t, alo n g w ith a co lo r
illu stratio n
th at
d em o n strates
th e
reso lu tio n . S ix ty th ree ex cep tio n al p o sters
w ere su b m itted b y g rad es K -2 .
R E C Y C L IN G
O fficers an d ad v iso rs o f th e clu b rev iew ed
all p o sters an d d id th e ju d g in g b y g rad e
lev el.
F irst p lace w ill receiv e a $50
sav in g s b o n d an d seco n d p lace w ill b e
aw ard ed a certificate fro m W A L -M A R T .
S in ce ev ery o n e is a w in n er, rib b o n s w ere
m ad e fo r each o f th e en tries b y th e
R ecy clin g C lu b . P rize w in n ers are o n
lib rary .
d isp lay in th e elem en tary
H o n o rab le m en tio n s w ere o n d isp lay
~ d u rin g E arth W eek at W A L -M A R T .
F ro m K in d erg arten , A y n -M arie H ailick a
to o k first an d C aiti Jam iso n p laced seco n d .
F irst G rad e, K y n d i L n ee S u tfin p laced
first, w ith M iran d a T h o m p so n rig h t b eh in d
in seco n d .
S eco n d G rad e w as C aleb
M ax w ell in first an d R o n n ie L y o n
f o llo w in g
in
second.
C O N G R A T U L A T IO N S !!!!
T h e R ecy clin g C lu b w ish es to th an k th e
D E Q fo r th e d o n atio n o f th e S av ing s
B o n d s an d W A L -M A R T fo r th eir d o n atio n
o f th e g ift certificates.
C o n stru ctio n o f th e R ecy cle D ep o t is
sch edu led fo r m id Ju n e.
W e w ill b e
callin g o n y o u an d y o u r h am m ers to h elp .
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