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41ona they l i e . »hare wooded b i l l s
Their hovering shadows spread
To guard th eir pwaee, to soothe th eir rest
To lu llab y the dead.
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la hearte that bold thea daar.
The "Bothers" of oar tom are s t i l l ;
Their roioes trashed for ay e;
So nobly did these Bothers lir e
Their deeds eh ell newer d ie .
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of the United S tate., there w ere p e ril, that few women o f the p r e s e t generation would
care to brave.
hood ha> »teadily ascended. To day she occ
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! ideal® not fa r removed from the worshipful
T h e w ildom ew .urrounding them w u inhabited by In d ian , and w ild beaata,
pic God® w ere held by the Greek® of an anc
awmUng w ith equal eagerneo and opportunity to w reak n n g e u « upon the pale-
faced mterloper, who .ought to .uppkrnt d w m in their p o .w w .o n o T . w ildernew .
Joaquin M ille r, who one tim e lived at
w o rld -w id e ren o w n , took for th e su b ject o f or
“ T h e H e ro b m o f M otherhood.” “ T h e g rea test battle® I
T h e m women were m aking the fight fo r civilization.
dier male companion, they fought and wrought among the w ild ., to build a home
or » f u tu r e generation. T h e ir « o rifice made powible the o p p o rtu n ity , o f the pre.-
fought by the mother® o f m en,” he «aid, ¿tad amd^y
w ritte n to the Queen of Idolism.
U » «Unger, of « v . g . attack, t h . , w e m ight r e .t in peace, unfear-
fu l o f the w ild war-whoop th a t h a . rent the air on m any n ig h t, beride the calm
H e mother® of Port O rfo rd must not be forgotten. 1
neer wom en offer an example o f fortitude, kindness and j
afford to lose.
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W hen I am looking back across the tim e-worn pages
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Toiling, that a home m ight be hewn from the cedar forest; fighting that the
faces I always see; three gentle faces that alter not, nor a|
liv e , o f another generation m ight be spared from the beast, o f the jungle; suffering
a thom and privation, and danger, for the sake of a future, they knew they could not
evermore the same to me. Those songs they sang to me* t
enjoy; these women erected fo r th e m se lv e s
the best cookies I ever ate. M y stubbed toe and cut fingers they would w rap and
wiped m y tears aw ay. Th ey were kind and gentle always, w ith a good w ord fo r all,
and I can speak for every boy and girl who lived at Port O rfo rd during the ’70’s, that
no better women were ever born than Grandmas W im o r, Knapp and Tichenor.
A book could be w ritten telling about the good deeds accomplished by
Coast.
In the days when these grand old women reigned in the most W estern
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n o sufferer went unattended when one o f Port O rfo rd ’s m oth er, was w ithin call.
Not even the little lamb, gone lame upon the hillside, fo r G randm a Knapp would
hear his pleading cry and hurry to the rescue.
T h e lam e, the halt and the blind knew where to seek relief and the ever-hungry
boy possessed the knowledge o f a store o f goodies that never failed.
w om en in the days when doctors and trained nurses were not known along the Oregon
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A nd so let us hcnor and cherish the memories of Grandm as Knapp, W insor and
Tichenor. It is impossible fo r us to r e n e v
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