COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 •
Cottage Grove celebrates its ‘Rosies’
the surrounding areas and all of
them recipients of Barto’s quilts
— each with colors chosen for
individual Rosies and roses in-
corporated throughout.
She started making quilts for
quilts of valor, a program aimed
at providing quilts for veterans.
But when Barto’s relative asked
her to make a quilt for another
relative, she realized there was a
need for the Rosie community.
“Aft er giving one to my family
member and seeing how much
it meant to her and giving her
COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL that honor that yes, I remem-
Yvonne Fasold and Opal Nelson attend a rose planting
ber what they went through and
ceremony earlier this year to celebrate Rosie the Riveters.
how they stepped up and helped
worked outside of the home
Fasold, a Rosebud herself, to win the war. If the women
and not necessarily driving riv- has worked with area Rosies to didn’t do what they did when
ets. Women fi lled positions on help raise awareness of their el- the men were gone, we wouldn’t
farms and factories taking posi- igibility for the national Rosie have won that war,” Barto said.
Now, as she readies for her last
tions as welders, drivers, para- the Riveters Association. She’s
chute packers, railroad workers, also worked to bring the Rosies quilt presentation, Barto fi nds
ammunition inspectors, typists stories to the next generation, herself nostalgic. Of the course
for war bonds and plane spot- manning lectures and presenta- of the year, she had hoped oth-
ters. Not every Rosie was a riv- tion at schools across the state, ers around the state would join
eter.
oft en accompanied by a handful her eff orts, unable to complete
Th at was the case for Arlene of Rosies, mainly from Cottage quilts for Rosies in other areas
and Rosebuds a little closer to
Williams, a Cottage Grove resi- Grove.
dent who received a quilt from
Doris Graham worked typ- home.
“I had a woman who was a
Barto for her role as a Gandy ing war bonds. Bettie Jean Fur-
Dancer — a slang term for in- ness Layman was a driver in Rosebud ask me if I could make
dividuals who worked on the the south and once drove Sam- her a quilt and she said she
railroad. Barto found Williams mie Davis Jr., who couldn’t stay would pay for it but I had to de-
through the monthly Rosie overnight in the town he was cline because no Rosie has ever
meeting and with the help of performing in. Opal Nelson still had to pay anything. Just hugs.
Yvonne Fasold.
marches in the Bohemia Mining I’m hoping someone else will
Days Parade. Alice Heiney was jump up and help,” she said. “I
an ammunition inspector. She would love to have other peo-
just celebrated her 100th birth- ple step up because it’s just an
amazing gift to be able to do
day this year
All from Cottage Grove and this for these ladies.”
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
When Jan Barto attended
the twice-a-month meeting of
local Rosie the Riveters and
their Rosebuds (aka children),
she asked if any of the wom-
an would be interested in re-
ceiving a handmade quilt as
a thank you for their service
during WWII. One hand went
up.
Th at was August of last year.
Since then, she has complet-
ed 17 quilts and is readying
to give away her last creation
having managed to reach every
known Rosie in Lane County.
“Th e other ladies thought it
was a good idea aft er I made
the fi rst one,” she said, recalling
the slow avalanche of requests
aft er the fi rst quilt was deliv-
ered in a short, but sweet cer-
emony.
“I usually just ask them to
stand if they can and if they
can’t too they just open the
quilt and there’s a tag with the
Rosie the Riveter, you know
with her bicep up saying ‘We
can Do It’ and under that it says
that the quilt was for their ser-
vice. Th e presentation is very
simple,” she said.
Between 1940 and 1945,
one in four American women
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ne morning at 6 a.m. I opened the door to let him into the
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Fred in the eyes!
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the open door, into the living room and rubbed his face on our
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Fred shares his smelly skunk experience over a cup of
coff ee.
dish washing soap (which we didn't have.) So, Clark drove to a
24-hour store. We will never be without these products again.
We mixed the ingredients, and without getting Fred wet with
water, we applied it full strength as per the directions keeping
it away from his eyes.
We were all traumatized. Th e fi rst application removed most
of the smell, so we applied it twice more and then bathed him
in Nature’s Miracle Skunk Odor remover. We also used the
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As Fred was recovering, curled up in his bed and covered in
a towel, his best friend, Archie our cat, came up to him. Archie
lovingly washed Fred’s ear letting him know that all is well and
that he is loved even though he had a “date” with a skunk.
Fred was not himself for days. He would cautiously look
outside and not want to go out. Was he humiliated, scared or
feeling vulnerable aft er his experience of being attacked by a
cute cat-like creature?
Also, like Lisa, my friend Lynda had a similar experience...
A
s my elderly poodle, Silky, and I walked in our yard, a
skunk surprised us, turned and sprayed Silky in her eyes. I
knew just what not to do: let her in the house until I was ready!
My sister’s dog had recently “met” a skunk and ran under her
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I picked Silky up with a towel, put her in the tub, and poured
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“Th e skunk odor took fi ve days to leave our home,” said
Lisa. “We placed open boxes of baking soda and white vinegar
in shallow bowls around the house to neutralize the horrible
smell.”
Lynda added, “I placed cut onions in bowls of water to ab-
sorb the odor from the air in my home.”
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