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10A | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Rosies from A1 Willamalane Adult Activ- ity Center in Springfield. The Rosies also share their stories with schools and community groups throughout the area. Dr. Yvonne Fasold is a past national president of ARRA whose mother was a welder during the war. “What really comes across when these wom- en talk is there’s no sense of ‘poor me,’” Fasold said. “No sense of negativity. It’s always so positive.” The women are happy to talk about their contri- bution to the war effort — but stop short of taking too much credit. “It’s just what we did,” said Dolly Marshall, 89. “And when it was done, I don’t think we gave it an- other thought because we were involved with our lives and children.” Marshall made her war- time contribution on the East Coast as a volunteer in the Civil Air Patrol in New Jersey. “We had uniforms and we went to Fort Dix and we danced with soldiers and we learned to march,” she said. As a cadet, she became a member of the Army’s Aircraft Warning Service to keep watch for enemy planes entering American airspace. Marshall was trained to identify the sil- houettes of planes from her station in a football stadi- um press box. Though she never spot- ted enemy aircraft, evi- dence of the war washed up on the shoreline. “The beaches were just covered with globs of oil from all the sunken ships,” said Marshall. “You had to dunk your feet in kerosene because the beaches were just covered in it.” After the war, Marshall went into pipe construc- tion. Filling roles tradition- ally held by men was at times met with resistance, though these positions were pioneering efforts that forged a path for the next generation of women workers. “When I graduated from high school and was going to college, you could be a nurse or teacher. And that was about it,” said Mar- shall. “I took industrial de- sign … so I was often the only woman in the draft- ing room and faced a lot of sexual harassment over the years. … It was a fight in those days. And it still is.” Graham, 94, was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Virginia. When a representative of the Treasury Department offered her the opportu- nity to be a typist for war Serious speed! Save with Frontier Internet Bundles Bundle and save today Pay one price for two great services: high-speed Internet and a full-featured home phone Simply Broadband Max 19 99 BROADBAND ULTRA + PHONE + SECURE Per Month With Qualifying Phone Service 6 Mbps + Free Wi-Fi Router + 1 Year Price Lock Call today and pay less 67 97 Per Month 12 Mbps + Free Wi-Fi Router + 2 Year Price Lock Protect Your Identity, Devices & Files 855-972-6641 You can’t get BS from a buffalo. ™ *Internet access service and charges not included. 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At 16 years old, the day after her high school grad- uation in 1942, Graham went to D.C. to work at the Treasury building, which overlooked the White House. The work afforded Gra- ham an invitation to the President’s Birthday Ball. Though the president was not in attendance, Graham recalled being greeted at the door by a tall woman. “She took our hands and said, ‘Thank you for com- ing to the President’s Birth- day Ball,” recalled Graham. “It wasn’t until later that I realized that was Eleanor Roosevelt.” ARRA member Opal Nelson, 97, also a Cottage Grove resident, filled the iconic Rosie role as a rivet- er in California. Nelson was a child of the Great Depression, and went job seeking straight out of high school in 1939. At the time, jobs were scarce, so Nelson and a friend journeyed across the States looking for work before landing in Santa Monica. As U.S. aircraft pro- duction increased in the lead up to the war, Nelson found work on an assem- bly line. Despite her lack of training, Nelson was hired as a riveter on the grave- yard shift to help assemble fuselages for Douglas A-20 Havocs, a medium bomb- er/attack aircraft. Besides the need to make a living, Nelson said she was heavily motivat- ed to do her work as she knew that men overseas were counting on a steady stream of supplies. “That was a primary thought in my mind — that I was helping this come to pass,” Nelson said. The women’s legacies were honored over the weekend at a banquet hosted by the Washington Women in Trades Associ- ation, which is also featur- ing Marshall and two other local members in the asso- ciation’s 2020 calendar. Nelson and Graham have already appeared in previous calendars. Following the honors, the five Lane County Ros- ies received a VIP tour of a Boeing facility. Fasold is eager to find more Rosies in the area as the generation ages. “Time is of the essence,” said Fasold. “We lost four members of our chapter this last spring.” More information on the ARRA can be found at ros- ietheriveter.net. The City of Cottage Grove Public Works Department will be conducting its annual Leaf Pickup during the following weeks: November 12 th -15 th • December 2 nd - 6 th • December 16 th -20 th Tips for Leaf Placement in Street Only piles of loose leaves will be picked up Pile leaves on the street surface near the gutter, keeping gutter and catch basins free of leaves so storm water is not obstructed On streets without curbs and gutter, pile the leaves near the street surface away from ditches 6WDFNWKHOHDYHVVRWKDWWKH\GRQ·WEORFNELNHDQGWUDIÀFODQHV /HDYHVVKRXOGEHSLOHGLQURZVVRWKH\GRQRWEORFNWKHÁRZRI ZDWHUDORQJWKHFXUEDQGGRQRWHQFURDFKRQWKHWUDIÀFODQH Do not place leaves in the streets where curbside parking does not exist. 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