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To Hold Coffee
Native Daughter Recalls Early Jackson County Days
Gold Hill Gold H:ll PTA "Rues were rav downfall,"
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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
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; Mrs. James M. Cantrall, 84, Jacksonville, who has lived
almost her entire life in Jackson county, is recovering from a
, broken hip suffered when she fell on one of her own handmade
- hooked rugs. Mrs. Cantrall, pictured during her stay at Sacred
' Heart hospital, was born Winifred Stanley, daughter of Mary
, Louise Ross and William Jasper Stanley. Her father was the first
I superintendent of schools in Jackson county and her maternal
j grandfather. Col. John England Ross, fought in the Indian wars
! in southern Oregon as a young man. Ross lane is named for the
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I is already talking about the
lemon pies she will bake and
the rugs she will make when
the broken bone is healed.
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. Winifred's moth
er had gone to school at the pio
neer Jacksonville Catholic acad
emy, but by the time Winifred
was ready for school, a public
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Col. John England Ross,
early day settler and soldier
in the Indian wars in Jackson
county, came to Oregon in
1847, married Elizabeth Hop
wood and became the father
of 10 children.. One of his
granddaughters is 84-year-old
Mrs. James M. Cantrall, who
still makes her home in Jack
sonville. system had been established.
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.
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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.
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per, 18 green olives, salad
greens, parsley and paprika.
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pears. Arrange two pear halves
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center of each pear. Cut green
pepper into thin rings. Place
several slices on each plate with
green olives. Sprinkle cottage
cheese with paprika. Garnish
with parsley and serve with fa
vorite dressing. Serves six.
Chapter CG, PEO, will meet
Wednesday, October 16, at 1
p.m. at the home of Mrs. Eddie
Simmons, 2210 Capitol avenue,
with Mrs. R. E. Mencke assist
ing. The program on "Knowl
edge" will be given by Mrs. R.
J. House.
Portland Agent
To Speak in City
G. F. Jacobson, Northwest
Underwriters, Portland, will be
guest speaker at a joint meet
ing of the Insurance Women of
Jackson county and the Rogue
Valley Association of Insurance
Women of Grants Pass, Tues
day, October 15, at 6:30 p.m. The
dinner meeing will be held at
Henry's Broiler, Medford.
Mr. Jacobson, who owns and
operates the Northwest Under
writers, representing Lloyd's of
London at Portland, recently
returned from a trip aboard. In
cluded in the trip was an annual
visit to London.
The speaker will fly to Rose
burg Monday where he will ad
dress a group of insurance wo
men before arriving in Medford
the following day.
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Little, and Mrs. L. J. Schade.
All wives of Elks members are
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