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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1959)
Medford Tribune ,f J pJ I ft- L':vf I " S & logged out in pioneer-type clothing and wearing whiskers,' Lynn Valentine (at left) and Rolland Smith presented a colorful appearance at the Oregon Centennial dinner given January 17 by the Applegate Valley Centennial committee. The men were pictured just after Mr. Smith had heaped his r'-e at the well-laden buffet table. ' "J - - j : Women in the kitchen preparing for the Centennial dinner given at the Upper Applegate Grange hall January 17 didn't let their work keep them from having fun. Pictured here (left to right) are Mrs. Robert Sorber, Mrs. Rolland Smith and Mrs. Lance Offenbacher, the latter. two wearing authentic pioneer dresses. Food served at fhe dinner included homemade bread and cornbread. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1959 i Applegate Celebrates Boyd Gibson, whose flaming red beard was the envy of most of the men at the Applegate valley Centennial dinner, last Saturday night, is pictured here pouring coffee for the honored guests. Holding the cup is Robert Sorber, Star Ranger stationA chairman of the Applegate Valley Centennial committee which planned the colorful event. Val Haskins (seated), 88-year-old resident of the Applegate, and one of the honored guests, was the oldest native son attending the dinner. Mrs. Haskins is seated at her husband's right, and also pictured is Mrs. J. W. Bates, 32 Newtown street, Medford, a niece of Mr. Haskins. Mr. Haskins, K l i Attending the Applegate valley Centennial dinner last Saturday were (left to right) H. J.. Arnold, Butte Falls; Gayle Offenbacher, her grandfather, Ray Offenbacher, Mrs. Edward Henderson and Wiley (Bud) Turnbough, Thompson creek. Mrs. Henderson's gown, an Offen bacher heirloom, first belonged to Kathryn Offenbacher who, with her husband, Valentine, came to Oregon in 1879. Four members of the Applegate Valley Centennial committee posed in the kitchen of the Upper Applegate Grange hall following Saturday's dinner. Harlan Cantrall sampled a home-made pickle while the women committee members (left to right), Mrs. Edna Sawyer, Mrs. Chester Kubli and Mrs. William Ziegler, looked on. Th dinner was the first such Centennial event given in Jackson county. jj Llx 1 1 Honored guests at the Centennial dinner given in the Applegate valley January 17 were members of early-day Jackson county families, particularly Applegate valley families. Pictured as they posed on the stage of Upper Applegate Grange hall are (seated, left to right) Mrs. Bert Clute, Mr. Clute, Mrs. Mattie Buck, Valoris Haskins, Wallace Haskins, Medford, and Floyd McKee. Pictured (standing, left to right) are Ernest McKee, Jim Winningham, Earl Bostwick, Leonard McKee, Mrs. Luella McKee Dunnington, Mrs. Floyd McKee, Mrs. J. W. Bates, Medford, Ray Offenbacher, Rolland Smith and Mrs. Smith. During the dinner Robert Sorber, committee chairman, introduced the honored guests and other long-time residents of the county. The Applegate valley Centennial committee was assisted by other groups and schools of the district in giving the dinner. .a IPX & t.V m Seven-year-old Anne Pearson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pearson, Route 2, Box 50, Jacksonville, wore an old-fashioned full-skirted dress for the Centennial dinner. Young and old alike enjoyed the dinner and dance which followed.
