Violet , Gee, I just finished your reminder of real animals to care for and keep track of and what is next ? Thanks for taking me back to warm smells in cold am barns. now about the Dufur High School pictures , may i ask if any Hancock or Creel people were in them, if you know still.. ron At 12:54 AM 03/05/2000 -0700, you wrote: >Chris: > >Ruth Hastings' Wedding! I've first knew Ruth in first grade at Dufur >Public Schools - then, I spent grades 2 - 8 at the 1-room Nansene >School. I have a picture of Grades 1 & 2 at Dufur Public Schools >in 1928-29 school year. and another of the entire Dufur High School >in 1936-37, when we were freshman. (Some of us later transferred >to The Dalles HS.) > >Violet Moore Guy >Formerly of Dufur, OR >03/05/00 > >============================ >Chris Havnar wrote: > >> Another yellowed clipping from the trunk with a handwritten date of >> March 9, 1941 - >> >> Candlelight Ceremony Read at Dufur Sunday - >> Before more than 200 friends and relatives gathered at the Dufur Church of >> Christ Sunday afternoon, Miss Ruth Cecilia Hastings, daughter of Mr. and >> Mrs. Norman Hastings of Boyd, and Jesse Willett, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. >> Willett of The Dalles, were united in marriage by Rev. Earl Downing of >> Dufur. The 2:30 ceremony was read by candlelight at the altar, which was >> banked with pink and white carnations and snapdragons, accented with green >> fern. Palms also were used to decorate the church. >> Preceding the service, Miss Fern Knight, dressed in pink taffeta, and >> Miss Cheri Pratt, who wore a peach lace gown, lighted the candles. >> The bride who was given in marriage by her father, was attired in a >> white slipper satin gown with lace insets and pearl trim made princess >> style. Her fingertip veil was held in place by a coronet of lace and her >> bouquet was of pink rose buds and freesia. She also carried a hairpin >> lace handkerchief, heirloom of her mother's family. >> Attending the bride were her sisters, Miss Elsie Hastings and Mrs. Grant >> Bolton, who wore similar dresses of light blue and rose moire taffeta. >> Miss Bernice McFarlane, as maid of honor, was attired in a pale pink >> georgette gown with shirred bodice and full skirt. Each carried nosegays >> of sweet peas and rosebuds and wore matching doll hats. >> Ronald Willett was best man for his brother, Jesse. Ushers were Wallace >> Hastings, brother of the bride, and Roy Wolfe. Patty Bransetter of The >> Dalles dressed in ruffled pink taffeta acted as flower girl. >> Miss Evelyn Campbell sang "Until", preceding the ceremony, accompanied >> by Dr. John Gilhousen, who also played the wedding marches and incidental >> music. >> Mrs. Norman Hastings, mother of ther bride, wore a black afternoon dress >> with a corsage of pink rosebuds, while Mrs. W.A. Willett, the groom's >> mother, chose a flower print silk ensemble with red rosebuds for her corsage. >> The reception at the church, following the ceremony, was attended by 95 >> guests. The bride's table was tastefully arranged with pink candles and >> snapdragons, while daffodils and pussywillows were used about the rooms. >> The wedding cake was three-tiered and made by Mrs. William Steuber of Boyd. >> The Misses Arlene Noble, Dorothy Whitten, Anna Steuber, Camille Nye, Los >> Terry, Cheri Pratt and Fern Knight served, with the Mesdames William >> Steuber, Andrew Whitten, Claude Terry, Violet Bolton, Frank Huston and Ed >> Tidwell assisting. >> For traveling, Mrs. Willett wore a rose dress, coaqt and hat with black >> accessories and pink rosebuds for her corsage. Following a short wedding >> trip, the young couple will be at home on the George Hastings ranch near Boyd. >> **************** >> Christine >> ********************************** >> The Havnar Family Network >> Family Internet Exchange >> http://havnar.home.mindspring.com/ >> >> ==== ORWASCO Mailing List ==== >> This is a friendly list. Therefore, NO FLAMING or rude behavior in any form >> will be tolerated. Offenders will be cheerfully removed from the list on their >> FIRST offense! Play nice, so we can all have FUN... >> >> ============================== >> Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >> Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > >==== ORWASCO Mailing List ==== >Work hard and have lots of FUN. That's what genealogy is all about! >Let's help eachother... > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >