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1 4 Gold Hi!! PTA To Hold Coffee Native Daughter Recalls Early Jackson County Days Gold Hill Gold H:ll PTA "Rues were rav downfall," i will sponsor a coffee at the home ; said 84-year-old Mrs. James M. ' of Mrs. Paul Molloy Tuesday, October 15, from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. All interested persons are in vited to attend and luncheon will be served for those who come at noon. Proceeds will go toward the year's project for the school. Cantrall from her bed in Sacred Heart hospital. Mrs. Cantrall. cheerful and good-natured in spite of a serious injury, has made hooked rugs for a hobby for several years. Recently when sne sieppea oui oi neo ana on 10 -one of her own creations, it ! slipped and she fell, breaking a hip. But Mrs. Cantrall comes of hardy pioneer stock, and she mt... .ii . WfJCft, WW. Get greater wear out of wonderful synthetic fabrics. Give them the expert care of our quality dry cleaning and Sta-Nu finishing. 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Mrs. Cantrall's family made history in the days when south ern Oregon had but a few set tlers. Born Winifred May Stan ley, Mrs. Cantrall's parents were Mr., and Mrs.' William J. Stanley and her mother. Mary Louisa Ross, was a member of the fam ily for whom Ross lane in Jack son county was named. Her grandfather was Col. John Eng land Ross, early day settler and soldier in the Indian wars of southern Oregon. Colonel Ross, born in Ohio in 1818, came to Oregon in 1847 and in 1853 mar ried Elisebeth Hopwood. Thomas Hopwood, of Hopwood, Pa., had married Elisebeth Peach and the couple, with their nine sons and daughters, lived in a house lo cated about where Mon Desir inn of Central Point now stands. John Ross and Elisebeth Hop wood were the first white couple to be married in Jacksonville, and the second in the county, Mrs. Cantrall recalls. Elisebeth was to be outfitted in suitable at tire for a bride, but John had nothing but the buckskins which pioneer men often wore. The women of the community were worried over the lack of proper attire, and it is recounted that one woman, whom Mrs. Cantrall recalls only as "Izzy McCullv's mother" somehow found a white shirt for the bridegroom. But John Ross was a large man and the shirt was found to be too small. The resourceful pioneer women soon found an answer. They split the shirt down' the back, put holes down each side of the split and laced it together to a fit. Pioneer Cake A "pioneer" wedding cake was served. The story goes that it was baked with wild duck or goose eggs, and the shortening was rendered from bear meat. The house in which the couple set up housekeeping was a typi cal pioneer structure, built with out nails. The colonel's buckskin suit Is now in the Jacksonville mu seum. Perhaps a certain kettle is to be found there, also. Mrs. Cantrall says that one of the stories told about her grandfa ther concerned the time, in a playful mood, he pulled an iron kettle down on his head. But when the fun was over, and he tried to remove the kettle, he couldn't. Eventually a black smith was found who removed the kettle from the head of the mortified and infuriated colonel. John and Elisebeth's daughter, Mary Louisa Ross, was the first white girKborn in the city of Jacksonville, pioneer records show. Her birthday is given as October 8. 1853- her death as May 31, 1913. Her brothers and sisters were Jane Elisebeth, Aba rilla, Lewis Ganung, Adelaide, George Brown, Thomas Drew, Margaret, Minnie and John Ed gar, the youngest, who was born in 1872. First Superintendent Mary Louisa was married to William Jasper Stanley on De cember 13, 1871. Mr. Stanley was a school teacher, and later he served as the first superin tendent of schools in what is now Jackson county. Their first child was Winifred May, born December 13, 1872, and now Mrs. Cantrall. 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One of her teachers was Hattie Newbury, sister of the late Gus Newbury, who also taught school and later became one of the county's leading attorneys. Winifred was the eldest of a family of six, and her younger brother and sisters were Helen Ross Stanley, George Claude Stanley, Margaret Lee Stanley, Elizabeth Stanley and Lewis Frederick Stanley. Lewis is the only other member of the family still living, and he now makes his home in Birmington, Calif. Moved to Ashland Scarlet fever was a dreaded disease in the early days, and Winifred became one of its vic tims. As a result, she suffered with impaired hearing the re mainder of her life. When she was 17, the family moved to Ashland and later she was mar ried in that town to Ethan Allen Hildreth on April 3, 1898. Mr. Hildreth was in the confection ery business of Thornton and Hildreth. The Hildreths had two sons, Harold S. Hildreth, Menlo Park, Calif., who recently visited his mother, and Ross E., Portland. Later the Hildreths separated, and in 1918 Winifred was mar ried to Mr. Cantrall, who died in 1943. Mrs. Cantrall made her home in Portland for a while, but re turned to Jacksonville to live "because all my friends are here." She found happiness design ing and making the handsome wool hooked rugs, which often are gifts to her friends. She also enjoyed quilting, and has made many coverlets in this fashion. Gardening and cooking occupied much of her time before her ac cident, and she particularly en joyed making such delicacies as lemon pie for her friends who played cards together for recrea tion. So rapidly has this indomita ble woman recovered from the shock of her accident that last week she was permitted to leave the hospital and is being cared for in the home of Mrs. Olive Glassford ,a nurse who lives at South Stage road. Sunday. October 13, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Secretaries Hold Annual Dinner Rogue River chapter, National Secretaries association (Interna tional) held its annual member ship dinner Thursday evening in the Candle room of the Medford hotel. t Guest speaker was Warren Brenner, typing instructor at Medford High school. Mr. Bren ner spoke on the old and new in typing not only in machines but also in the teaching methods now used. He stated that since 1950, abrupt and startling changes in the teaching of typ ing have occurred, with three areas of instruction vital to typ ing stressed. These areas are technique, speed and control. Guests and prospective mem bers attending were Mrs. Rober ta Smets.'Mrs. Janet Baker, Miss Dianne Bowlin, Miss Phyllis Brownlee, Mrs. Marjorie Eaton, Miss Barbara Robbins and Miss Nancy Myrick. The traditional candle and flower ceremony was used in the initiation of Mrs. Alta Bledsoe. Mrs. Virginia Schuster, local chapter president, announced committee chairmen for the 1957-58 term. Committee heads appointed by Mrs. Schuster are finance, Mrs. Kathryn Thomas; membership, Mrs. Gloria Reaves; civic, Mrs. Alta Bledsoe; public ity, Mrs. Darlyne Rudd; bulletin, Mrs. Gwenn Caster; education, Mrs. Jeanne Brown; by-laws, Mrs. Marion Langley; and crap book, Mrs. Gladys Rice. A special meeting of all NSA members to discuss "Boss Night" plans wil be held Monday, Octo ber 14 at 7:30 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Gloria Reaves, 1453 Pop lar drive. Past Matrons Central Point Past Matrons' club of Nevita Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Central Point will resume monthly luncheons with a meeting at the home of Mrs. Leonard Freeman, Wilson road, Central Point, Wednesday, October 16, at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. Leta Kyle will be co-hostess. Fresh Anjou Pears Make Good Salad Fresh Anjou pears make a de licious salad. 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