The News-Review from Roseburg, Oregon • Page 5

Society LOTUS KNIGHT PORTER and NINA JOAN DAVIS Centennial Party Takes Place At Parrot Home 11 MISS ROSA B. PARROTT, above, descends the beautiful stairway of her home to greet guests calling at the party given Saturday evening to celebrate the centennial of her family coming to Roseburg. Miss Parrott ware a floor-length gown of white crepe trimmed with gold sequins. Her accessories were gold. Miss was the tenth child of Moses and Tennessee Parrott, who came to Roseburg by wagon train in 1852.

(Picture by Paul Jenkins). MRS. J. L. CAUTHORN greets Harry O.

Pargeter at the Parrott centennial party Saturday evening. Next to Mrs. Cauthorn is Mrs. Delwin Jewett of Roseburg and Richard Jewett of Menlo Park, Calif. Mrs.

Cauthorn is the former Beulah Jewett of this city, who before her marriage, was society editor of the News-Review. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). STEPHEN FAMILY REUNION HELD AT CLARK HOME The Stephen Family reunion with a potluck supper was enjoyed at the R. R. Clarke home Sunday afternoon and evening, June 30.

Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Mort Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gregson and daughters, Linda and Janet, all of Prineville; Mr.

and Mrs. Iola Stephens, Mrs. Edith Bond and Mrs. Margaret Shelton, Roseburg: Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Culver Sutherlin; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bovingdon, Oakland; Mr. and Mrs. King Carlile, Calapooia; Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence Thompson, Umpqua, and the host and hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. Rush Clarke and Miss Martha Clarke.

The afternoon and evening were spent in visiting. The Prineville visitors spent the weekend at the Clarke home and returned to their home Monday. MISS ELEANORE 'MICELLI ENTERTAINS AT HOME Miss Eleanore Micelli entertained a group of her friends at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Micelli, on Melrose Road, July 9.

The party was held in the outdoor garden living room. Refreshments of pizza pies from an old Italian recipe, and cake. were served to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fredricks, Mr.

and Mrs. Bob Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dunagan, Mr. and Mrs.

Bob McCarl. Mr. and Mrs. Don O'Neil and George Goerig. MISS CAROLYN BURR HOSTESS TO PICNIC Miss Carolyn Burr was hostess July 4 to a lovely picnic supper at 5:30 p.m., under the trees at her home on South Kane St.

The red, white and blue decorations were made evident in the decorations and the menus. Those picnic were Mrs. Jessie Hercher, Mrs. Myrtle Burr, R. R.

Clark. Forrest Williams, Mrs. H. A. Canaday and the hostess, Miss Burr.

To celebrate the centennial year of the arrival wagon train in Roseburg of William Howard, his daughter, Tennessee, and the latter's husband, Moses Parrott, a charming party was held Saturday evening at the Parrott home on South Jackson Street. The home is now owned by the only living daughter of Moses and Tennessee Parrott, Miss Rosa B. Parrott, who was the tenth child in the family. Acting as hosts and hostesses for the affair with Miss Parrott were: Mr. and Mrs.

Delwin Jewitt, Mrs. M. Hazel Dixon, Miss Helen Casey, Mr. and Mrs. J.

L. Cauthorn, Mr. and Mrs. John Young, Miss Naomi Scott, Mrs. W.

R. Kinsel and Mr. and Mrs. Worth Davis. Mr.

Jewett, Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Cauthorn and Casey are the nephew and nieces of Miss Parrott and Mrs. Worth Davis is a grand-niece. Mr.

and Mrs. Cauthorn came up from their home in San Francisco for the occasion. Mrs. Cauthorn is the former Beulah of this city. Elaborate arrangements of roses, hydrangeas, carnations and other summer blossoms were used throughout the spacious rooms, while the two serving tables were covered with lace cloths and centered with fan-shaped arrangements of red, white and blue blosflanked by three candelabra holding white and blue candles.

The beautiful floral arrangements were made by Mrs. Paul Jenkins and her daughter, Mrs. Clark Leedy of San Francisco, who was the former Meredith Anne Jenkins of this city. Serving the ladies were Mrs. W.

H. Richardson and Mrs. Douglas Waite. from eight to nine o'clock: Mrs. Irvin Brunn and Mrs.

J. F. Dillard, from nine to ten o'clock, and Mrs. Arthur Clarke and Mrs. Velle Broadway, from ten to eleven o'clock.

Serving frothe men were Joseph Murphy eight to nine o'clock; Ernest Butler, from nine to ten o'clock, and L. W. Josse, from ten to eleven o'clock. In charge of the guest book from eight to nine o'clock were Mrs. Paul Jenkins and Mrs.

Frederick J. Porter: from nine to ten o'clock were Miss Isabel Curry and Mrs. H. H. Stapelton, and from ten to eleven o'clock were Mrs.

John H. Robinson and Mrs. Edgar Lewis. Caterer for the occasion was Mrs. Elsa Hunter.

A large number of friends called between eight and eleven o'clock to enjoy the charming affair. Outof-town residents coming for the affair were: Mr. and Mrs. J. L.

Cauthorn, Mrs. Clark Leedy and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baum all of San Francisco; Richard Jewett. a grand-nephew of Miss Parrott and the son of Ted Jewett, Menlo Park, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Allen, Mrs. Thomas H. Ness, Everett E. Harpham and his daughter, Mrs.

Emmy Lou Manning, all of Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hutchison of Kellogg: Mrs. Nathan Fullerton, Mrs.

J. C. Olson, Mrs. L. J.

Howard, Mrs. Krumm and Mrs. Adelin Fields' of Portland; Mrs. Annie Applegate Kruse and Mrs. Golden N.

Kruse of Yoncalla; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. WinT.

Beecher and and Mrs. ston, Brig. Gen. and. Mrs.

Curtis G. J. Bacher of Winston. G. J.

Bacher of Winston. Mr. and Mrs. James Lorigan of Fresno, Mrs. Kenneth Winston, Dr.

and Kenneth Oakley, Myrtle Creek; W. A. Davis, Sutherlin; Billie Ward and Miriam Davis of Vertical Acres: Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Masters of Happy Valley; Mrs.

E. E. son and Mr. and Mrs. "Charles Kash, Dillard.

Mrs. Florence Wharton Wickland of Honolulu (who is here for the summer visiting her parents, JOSEPH L. CAUTHORN, above, publisher of the San Francisco News, spent the holiday weekend in Roseburg, having come to act as one of the hosts at the large party at Parrott Saturday evening. His wife, the former Beulah Jewett of Roseburg, is a niece of Miss Parrott. (Picture by Paul Jenkins).

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Wharton); Dr. wand Mrs.

J. Myers Chicago, are houseguests of their son, Jack Myers, and family; Miss Sally, Clarke of Oakland, Jane Clarke Seattle (here visiting their mother, Mrs. Arthur Clarke), and Mrs. Maurice Spatz of Medford, houseguest of Mr. and Mrs.

John H. Robinson at Glide. The Parrott family was among the first white families to settle in Roseburg. The first was the Aaron Rose family. The Parrotts' daughter, Josephine, was the first white child to be born in Roseburg.

The palatial Parrott home in South Roseburg was built between 70 and 80 years ago. The original Parrott home, surrounded by a rail fence, was directly behind the present residence and at first consisted of just two rooms with two doors and stoops, but with the advent of each child in the family, another room, another door and another stoop were added and with the birth of Miss Rosa the house had grown to ten rooms. Miss Parrott's maternal grandfather, William Howard, was captain of the caravan, which contained several hundred wagons crossing the plains from St. Louis, to Oregon. The family was originally from Savannah, Missouri.

William Howard had with him, his wife and five children, Phoebe, Tennessee, Elizabeth, Jack Louisa. Mrs. Howard and Phoebe died en route west and were buried on the plains. In this same wagon train Moses Parrott, then a young man of 14. Mr.

Howard was oldest person to be buried in the Roseburg Masonic Cemetery. No -trouble with the Indians was reported by the wagon train during the entire cross-country trek, which took six months, however, loss of life and possessions took place when the party tried to cross the Snake River, which is still considered one of the most treacherous rivers in the west. Upon coming to Roseburg, the newcomers were treated so fine by Aaron Rose, that they decided to remain here and file donation land claims. Moses Parrott married TennesHoward and by their marriage were entitled to file for the 640 acres allowed married couples. The land extended south from the present home Moses Parrott had the first shoe-making store in Douglas County, which was in a building next to the present Star Theatre.

Ten children were born to Moses and Tennessee and who included: Josephine, Bill, Dulcina (Mrs. N. T. Jewett), Charles, E. L.

(Gene), Sarah (Mrs. B. Casey), Elizabeth, Abigail, Jack and Rosa B. Only the latter is living. With the exception of Sarah, who was married young, all of the girls in the family became school teachers earned enviable records in their, chosen profession.

Bill, Charles and Gene operated a shoe store (now Len Mitchell's Men's Store on N. Jackson Street). Dulcina and N. T. Jewett became the parents of Mrs.

M. Hazel Dixon, the late Mrs. 'W. D. (Vivian) Bell, Eugene Jewett of Fresno, (Ted) Jewett of Menlo Park, Delwin Jew- THE SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY of Mr.

and Mrs. O. M. Berrie, above, was celebrated Wednesday evening, July 2, when members of two of Mrs. Berrie's clubs and their husbands called at their attractive home on East Douglas Street to celebrate the occa- sion.

(Picture by Paul Jenkins). A silver gift was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Berrie, from: Mr. L.

McClintock, Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Wade, Mr.

and Mrs. Ivan Pickens, Mr. and Mrs. S. G.

Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wharton, Dr.

and Mrs. H. C. Church, Mr. and Mrs.

J. P. Motschenbacher, Mr. and Mrs. H.

H. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. L. J.

Fullerton, Mr. and ett of Roseburg and Mrs. J. L. (Beulah Jewett) Cauthorn of San Francisco.

Mrs. Dixon has one daughter, Mrs. Worth Davis (Betty Jane Dixon) who has four children: Dee Ann, Dixon, Dana and Rosa Daurice, all of Roseburg. Mrs. Bell the mother of Col.

Maynard "Bell of Washington, D. and Col. Raymond Bell of Cheyenne, Wyo. The latter has one daughter, Judy. Sarah (Mrs.

B. Casey) had three children, Miss Helen Casey of Roseburg and the late Von and Clifford Casey. All of the Parrott sons were also interested in extensive cattle raising and E. L. (Gene) Parrott was sheriff of Douglas County for 20 years and was a charter member of Roseburg Elks Lodge.

While he was sheriff, his brother, Charles, served as his deputy. Jack Howard, one of the sons of William Howard, was the father of Mrs. W. R. Kinsel of Wilbur, who was one of the hostesses for the party.

Mrs. Kinsel has one son, Fred Kinsel, who has two daughters and resides in Texas. The Parrott home, as well as its surrounding gardens, is one of the show places in the county. Most of the landscaping has been TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY since the Parrott family came to Roseburg, the largest party to be given in Roseburg was enjoyed Saturday evening at the beautiful Parrott home on South Cobb Street. In the above picture left to right are: Mrs.

Worth Davis, Mrs. M. Hazel Mrs. Adrian Fisher, Mr. and Mrs.

Kenneth Quine, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Bridges, O.

Pargeter, Mrs. Fred Schwartz and her sister, Mrs. Martha Platz of LaCrosse, Mr. and Mrs. George McGill of LaCrosse and Mrs.

Georgine Clark of Grants Pass. done since Miss Parrott retired from teaching and returned to the home to reside. Miss Parrott became a teacher while in her teens and besides teaching in Oregon, she taught in a number of fashionable universities, colleges and schools She was the Roseburg Business and Professional Women's Club's president and she was the first advisor for the Roseburg High School newspaper, "'The Orange The party Saturday evening at the Parrott home was one of highlights of Roseburg's centennial year. MISS INA LAMON HONORED AT BRIDAL SHOWER FETE Miss Ina Lamon, who formerly lived on the Reston Road, was honored at a bridal shower given by Miller's Store in Roseburg where she employed. The shower was held at the home of Jackie Evans Roseburg.

Miss Lamon is the bride of Don Moore of Garden Valley who is in the Navy and stationed at the Naval Base at Santa Rosa, Calif. She is leaving Monday morning for California and will be married at the home of her grandmother in Nampa, Calif. Hydrangeas formed the tive decorations for the occasion. Lovely refreshments were enjoyed. Contract bridge was in play during the social hours with Mrs.

tock winning high score and Mrs. Turner winning the second high score. MR. AND MRS. ENTERTAIN ON "FOURTH Mr.

and Mrs. Charles L. Hughes of Green entertained at their ranch on the South Umpqua River with a Fourth of July picnic. The 1:30 potluck dinner was served buffet style from the table set near the river. Those enjoying the day with Mr.

and Mrs. Hughes were: Mr. and Mrs. Elgin J. Bailey and son, Bruce, Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Davis, Bailey and daughter, Barbara, Miss Marlo Burt, Dr. and Mrs. Don Jane and Linda Kay; Mr. and Mrs.

Don Auer and son, Bryan, and nephew, David Boise; Mrs. Margaret Burt, Mrs. Douglas Rice and daughters, Della, Donna and Linda and Carol; Miss Irene Hedgepath, Mr. and Mrs. William Burg and daughters Judy, Linda and son, Terry, Mr.

and Mrs. Alton Rice and son, Robert. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. F.

M. Pulliam of Portland; Bob Bailey of Corvallis; Mrs. Billie Cardwell and son, Robert, of Bellflower, Mrs. Mae Moore of Myrtle Creek. Visiting, swimming, volley ball and horse shoe pitching were joyed.

BRIDE- ELECT Mr. and Mrs. John Moore, 1855 Myrtle Avenue, Roseburg, announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara, to Gordon Gibbs, son of Dr. and Mrs. Donald R.

Gibbs, of this city. The bride-elect is employed at the Senior High School and the bridegroom-elect is with the State Highway department. University of Oregon in the 1951 from Roseburg High the wedding. (Picture by Jay Lab). He will be a sophomore at fall.

Both were graduated in School. No date has been set for Golden of Fredrickson's Photo Dixon, Miss Rosa B. Parrott (who makes her home in the original Parrott residence). Delwin Jewett, Miss Helen Casey, all of Roseburg, and Mrs. J.

L. (Beulah Jewett) Cauthorn of San Francisco. (Picture by Paul Jenkins)..