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Mr$. Everett Shafer, mother of three -and accomplished
gardener, has been a 4-H club leader in Prospect for six
'years. Mrs. Shafer attended school in Prospect as a girl,
and after her marriage returned there to live.-
MEDFORD, OREGON,. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1955
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. One. of Prospect's best known women is Mrs. Frances. Pearson, who was born in the com
munity , and taught 28 years in' the town's schools. Now retired, Mrs. Pearson instructs classes
in religious education for Catholic children not enrolled in parochial, schools, this being effected
through released time in public schools, and the Confraternity of Christine Doctrine.
Another busy Prospect woman is Mrs. James H. Grieve.
She is treasurer of Prospect Community club, is a member -of
Prospect Lady Lions and Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd and assists her husband,! Prospect's postmaster.
Mrs. O. E. Stone (at left), president of St." M-srtha's guild of Episcopal Church
Good Shepherd, and Mrs. Leo Hoagare pictured here with a sample of the material
guild womi hope to make into a hand-hooked aisle runner for. the church. Mrs.
also works in Prospect Parent-Teacher-association and Prospect Lady Lions.
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Prospect
Civic Leaders
By Olive Starcher
, . Prospect, one of the oldest settle
ments in Jackson county, numbers
among its residents many public-spirited
women. Today .The Mail Tribune
presents a representative group of
these women who work in the church
es, civic - organizations and service
clubs of that town. ' . f
The town of Prospect, while yet
unincorporated, has . a population, of
some 2,000 persons in the town itself
and the near-by area. Lumber is the
principal industry,-but the tourist trade
is important since Prospect . is on the
highway to Crater lake, one of Ore
gon's main tourist attractions.
(Brainerd photos)
above are Mrs. Darwin Bevens (at left), secretary, and Mrs. .George Hubbard president.
The hand-made quilt, they hold is one of the auxiliary's main projects this fall; the pieced
top was made by Mrs. Heston Grieves, and Mrs.Ted: Bevens. i$.doing-th quilting. . The '
auxiliary was organized five years ago. . -.. . ; '
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Mrs. Veda (David) Neville, seventh-grade teacher in Prospect
school, has also been one' of the "most active members of Prospect
Health unit for many years. TheNevilles' have four children,, includ
ing two sons, in "service. - ''.'. r
Mrs. Robert Greene, wife -of the Episcopal minister says she has made
hundreds of her. clever Christmas tree ornaments for church bazaars. Her
collection began with the two heirloom ornaments she holds and. which
survived the San. Francisco tarthquake and fire buried. irvth conservatory
of her grandfather's hem. ; . ;
Mrs. William Gaines has been musician for Nazarene Chapel in
the Pines for 18 years plays for weddirigs, helps with" PTA, meetings,
gives music lessons and aid's' the classes in. rejigious instruction -on
released school time.
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