Let's pencil this in .....

Mahaffey on campus and off (posted originally 1/8/2012)

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Linfield, the late Roy Dean "Hap" Mahaffey, who served on the college faculty for many years, is memorialized through the Mahaffey speech tournament, Mahaffey residence hall, and the Mahaffey scholarship, awarded annually to students demonstrating outstanding talent and interest in forensic or theatre activity.

Collegiate speakers from across the Northwest compete in the tournament.

When opened in 1994, Mahaffey Hall was called "South Hall." Following approval of the Linfield Trustees, it was renamed for Mahaffey. A naming/rededication ceremony was held during Homecoming 2003. The largest residence hall on Linfield's campus. Mahaffey also houses the college's Office of Residence Life.

This brings us to two other building in McMinnville. Neither on campus, they have, so to speak, a Mahaffey name written all over them.

 Specifically it's the name of Hap's wife, Marian Mahaffey. She was associated for many years with Lon Dee Flowers (also known as Flowers by Lon Dee) on South Baker Street. Initially, she was an employee, working as a designer and bookkeeper. Later, she became its co-owner.

If you don't know where to look, you can't find Lon Dee. It's been out of business since, apparently/approximately 2006. But, you can find it at the 100 block of South Baker as the Hopscotch toys, candy and games store.

Take a look at the photos with this story. One of them, from Jan. 2012, shows a concrete-block constructed building fronting a wood-built home. Both are Hopscotch. Two other photos show a sign on the street corner. One of them, from 2007, shows how the Flowers by Lon Dee sign looked in 2007 and in prior years. The other shows the Hopscotch sign as it looked in Jan. 2012.

1924--
Carol Doubrava of Sheridan, Ore., wrote The Oregon Grower journal published by the Salem-based Oregon Growers' Cooperative Assn. Her letter is published in the Feb. 1924 (Volumes 3-5, Page 163 issue with the headlines, "Fog-Filled Valley Gives Oregon Charm. Grower Moved to Verse at View from Farm Home."

She describes her "Paradise Farm" home in Sheridan "on a hill far above the Yamhill river..." She provides a verse entitled, "An Oregon Fog." Another 1919 issue of the same journal identifies the farm as "Paradise Orchard Farms."

It's assumed that Carol and her husband grew flowers on their farm since she operated a flower shop in Sheridan, Ore., about 14 miles from McMinnville. In those days florists typically grew many of the flowers they sold in their shop. And, they quite often has a greenhouse or greenhouses to assure proper climate and humidity for flowers. They might grow flowers outside, but growing inside a greenhouse was common.

The timeline for Lon Dee Flowers (also known as Flowers by Lon Dee) in McMinnville might be something like this:1932 or 1936 --"Flowers by Lon Dee" opens, owned by Mr. Alonzo Alfred "Lon" Doubrava and Mrs. Carol Doubrava. This based on info in editions of Salisbury's McMinnville-Newberg and Yamhill County (Oregon) directories in the McMinnville Public Library. Carol's obit (on microfilm) in the Nov. 13, 1963, McMinnville News-Register (N-R) says, "She had operated a flower shop in Sheridan for 10 years and Lon Dee Flowers in McMinnville from 1932 to 1961." Lou's obit says he "had lived in McMinnville since 1936." So, there's a descripancy in when the Doubravas moved from Sheridan to McMinnville. Was it 1932 or was it 1936?

1941 --
Marian Mahaffey begins working at Lon Dee, says her obit. Over the years, her duties included designer and bookkeeper, says Salisbury's McMinnville-Newberg and Yamhill County (Oregon) directories in the McMinnville Public Library.

1952 --
"Lon" Doubrava dies in May 1952. Thus, Carol apparently becomes sole proprietor of Lon Dee.

1959 ---1959 city directory lists Carol and R.D. (that's Roy D. "Hap" Mahaffey, husband of Marian) Mahaffey as Lon Dee co-owners. So, apparently at some point after Lon's death and 1959, Carol becomes Lon Dee's co-owner with the Mahaffeys.

1961 --Based on Carol ("1961") and Marian's ("early 1960s") obits, this is the year Marian (with her husband Roy D. "Hap" Mahaffey, probably as a silent partner) bought out Carol and became owners of Lon Dee. Marian's obit (on microfilm) in the Nov. 20, 1991, N-R says, "Mrs. Mahaffey began working at Lon Dee flower shop in 1941. She purchased the shop in the early 1960s. She sold the business in 1984."

Mrs. Mahaffey frequently employed Linfield students to work at Lon Dee, in the shop and delivering flowers in the shop's truck. One Linfield graduate said working for Lon Dee was a pleasure. Mrs. Mahaffey was a "gem of a person," said the grad. She and "I had a number of discussions at the ... shop, mostly (responding to) her questions (such as) why ... the delivery truck (was) ... seen cruising down SW Broadway in Portland, or why the truck got stuck in the mud up on Peavine. I have great memories about delivering flowers in that truck."

Early 1960s --

Ray Albright of Dayton, Ore., joins Marian as a Lon Dee co-owner in the "early 1960s," according to his N-R obit. In the late 1970s (and perhaps during other times) the Dayton Times weekly newspaper of Dayton, Ore., included ads for Lon Dee Flowers in its "Who's Who in Our Shopping Area" section. It's assumed Ray placed and paid for these ads. See photo.

1984 --In this year Marian sold Lon Dee, according to her obit. Or, perhaps Marian and Ray Albight sold Lon Dee? To whom did she or they sell it? It might have been sold to the O'Farrells (see below) or perhaps to another person or persons, who later sold it to the O'Farrells.
Some time on/after Sept 2005 maybe during 2006? --It's a guess that Ray O'Farrell (perhaps without Frankie) puts Lon Dee up for sale and there were no buyers, so the firm went out of business. For sure, Lon Dee was still operating in early September of 2005. An article in Sept 17, 2005, N-R quotes "Ray O'Farrell, owner of Lon Dee Flowers and Candy in McMinnville."

An online search at the state of Oregon Secretary of State Corporation Division "Business Registry Database" lists dates from Dec. 9, 1997 to Nov. 10, 2007 for Lon Dee Flowers. The registrants are listed as Raymond O'Farrell and Frankie O'Farrell and the place of business is listed as 103 S Baker/109 S Baker. Summary history includes:

New filing 12-09-1997
Straight renewal 11-12-1999
Renewal payment 11-15-2001
Renewal of registration 11-21-2003
Renewal payment 11-01-2005
Failure to renew 12-10-2007

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McMinnville, Ore. Telephone Register
May 8, 1952

LON DOUBRAVA RITES WESNESDAY
McMinnville florist-grower A. A. ("Lon") Doubrava, 72, passed away in McMinnville, Sunday, May 4. Funeral services were held at Macy's chapel Wednesday, May 7 at 3 p.m., with burial following in Evergreen Memorial Park.

Active in the community, he was a member of McMinnville lodge No.1283 BPOE, Masonic Lodge No. 119 of North Bend, Nebraska, completing his 50th year of membership. He had lived in McMinnville since 1936.

He was born July 26, 1879 at North Bend, Nebraska, and was married to Carol (Sherman) Doubrava 51 years ago. Survivors include: his wife, Carol; son brother, Harry Doubrava, Beverly Hills, California; one sister, Mrs. Ethel McClaren, Boise, Idaho; and two grandchildren, Judith Ann and Carol Louise Nelsonof St. Helens, Oregon. A daughter, Mrs. Harriet Nelson is decreased.

McMinnville, Ore., News-Register
Nov. 13, 1963

CAROL DOUBRAVA

Carol Doubrava, 83, died Nov. 9, 1963, in a McMinnville hospital. Her funeral was to be held at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the chapel of Macy and Sons with internment at Evergreen Memorial Park.

Mrs. Doubrava was born Feb. 23, 1880, at Columbus, Neb., the daughter of Eugene and Harriet Sheffler Sherman. At Schuyler, Neb., she married Alonzo Doubrava April 28, 1901. She had operated a flower shop in Sheridan for 10 years and Lon Dee Flowers in McMinnville from 1932 to 1961. She had been a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Business and Professional Women’s Club for many years.

She is survived by two granddaughters, Carol Louise and Judith Anne Nelson, both of Portland.
McMinnville, Ore., News-Register

With slight rewriting by Wildcatville.
Aug. 14, 1985

ROY D. "HAP" MAHAFFEY

Services for Prof. Roy D. "Hap" Mahaffey of McMinnville will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Macy & Sons Funeral Directors. Private family committal will follow. The Rev. James Hughes will officiate.

Prof. Mahaffey died Aug. 11, 1985, in McMinnville Community Hospital. He was 80.

His "Hap" nickname represented his happy demeanor.

Born Nov. 30, 1904, in Pontiac, Ill., he was the son of Grandville and Maude Cullom Mahaffey. His family moved to Colorado in 1911 and to Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1916.

He, at age 23, and Marian Karn, at age 19, were married Nov. 12, 1927, in Vancouver, Wash. He was graduated from Linfield College in 1928, earned his master's degree from the University of Southern California and received an honorary doctorate from Linfield in 1960. He was named Linfield Alumnus of the Year in 1978.

Prof. Mahaffey taught for 56 years. He began his career in 1926, teaching Spanish at Gaston High School while still majoring in Spanish at Linfield. He began teaching speech and drama in 1932. He was a professor at Linfield for 43 years.

At Linfield he organized and supervised two of the oldest invitational forensic tournaments in the United States. Friends said the Lincoln-Douglas style of one-on-one debating can be accredited to Prof. Mahaffey.

After retiring -- at the behest of Linfield President Gordon Bjork -- from Linfield in 1970, he taught at Portland State University for two years and at the University of Montana for two years. After recovering from a 1974 stroke, he taught at Chemeketa Community College and in Yamhill County high schools until 1983.

Prof. Mahaffey belonged to Phi Kappa Delta National Forensics Fraternity, an organization in which he held numerous offices, including that of president. He also belonged to various local community organizations. He was a 35 year member and past president, secretary and district lieutenant governor of the McMinnville Kiwanis Club.

For 30 years he was director and performer in Vesper Players, a religious drama group of all denominations on the West Coast.

Survivors include his wife, Marian Mahaffey of McMinnville; two daughters, Carol Morton and Lauramary Powell of Portland; a son, Theodore Mahaffey of Riverside, Calif.; a sister, Helen Beasley of Eureka, Calif.; and a brother, Eugene Mahaffey of Anaheim, Calif.

McMinnville, Ore., News-Register Nov. 20, 1991

MARIAN R. MAHAFFEY

Memorial services for Marina Ruth Karn Mahaffey of McMinnville will be held 1 p.m. Saturday in the Fireside Room at McMinnville First Baptist Church. The Rev. Bernard Turner of the church will officiate. Interment was private.

Mrs. Mahaffey died Nov. 17, 1991, in Providence Medical Center, Portland. She was 83.

She was born Aug. 26, 1908, in Chariton," Iowa, the daughter of John C. and Minnie Larrington Karn. She moved to Spokane, Wash., as a young girl and grew up and went to school there. After graduating from North Central High School in Spokane, she moved to McMinnville and attended Linfield College, graduating in 1929.

She (age 19) and Roy "Hap" Mahaffey (age 23) were married Nov. 12, 1927, in Vancouver, Wash. He died at age 80 in McMinnville on Aug. 11, 1985.

Mrs. Mahaffey began working at Lon Dee flower shop in 1941. She purchased the shop in the early 1960s. She sold the business in 1984.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church and sand in the church choir since 1925. She also was a member of the Symphonic Choir of Portland, Alpha Psi Omega, Mu Phi Epsilon and Zeta Chi. She enjoyed singing.

Survivors includer her son, Theodore Mahaffey of Riverside, Calif.; two daughters, Carol Morton and Lauramary Powell, both of Portland; a brother, Robert Karn of Seattle; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Marian Mahaffey Music Scholarship at Linfield College, in care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, 135 N. Evans St., McMinnville, Ore.. 97128-4682.

McMinnville, Ore., News-Register

With slight rewriting by Wildcatville.
April 20, 2000

RAY ALBRIGHT

A funeral for Ray Albright of Dayton will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Dayton Pioneer Evangelical Church, with the Rev. Lonnie Burbank officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville. The chapel of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville, will be open for visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. today and noon to 7 p.m. Friday.

Mr. Albright died April 18, 2000, in his home. He was 85.

He was born May 15, 1914, in Modesto, Calif., the son of Dayton and Zerna Funk Albright. He moved to Dayton when he was 4. In 1935, after high school, he started Alderbrook Gardens in Dayton. The firm is a wholesale grower of outdoor plants. He remained the owner of Alderbrook Nursery for 65 years. He was part owner of Lon Dee Flowers in McMinnville from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.

He and Ann were married Dec. 4, 1967. He was a charter member of the Oregon Flower Growers Association and of the Oregon Entomological Society. He also belonged to the Oregon Historical Society.

Mr. Albright served on the Dayton School Board for many years. He belonged to the Dayton Pioneer Evangelical Church and the Newberg Rock Hound Club. He enjoyed woodworking, farming, fishing and butterflies. He raised a large garden every year and had traveled extensively to collect butterflies.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Leslie Overgard of Dayton; four sons, Robert Albright of Dayton, Don Albright of Newberg, Chuck Albright of Astoria and Jim Albright of Medford; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.He was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth, in 1993.

Memorial contributions may be made to the church, in care of Macy & Son, 135 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, OR 97128.

Nature Boy

Most distinctive detail of WSU's Holland and Terrell Libraries is a 30-foot high statue on Holland's west side, near the original main entrance. Designed by Seattle artist Dudley Pratt, the statue is officially named "The Reader." It was carved in Bedford, Indiana, the source of the limestone used on this and several other WSU campus buildings, especially Todd Hall and Smith Gym. The statue (photos taken 2 January 2009) has long been known informally as "Nature Boy," recognized by popular music fans as a famous song recorded by Nat King Cole in 1948. -- http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/Holland/masc/masctour/wsu_buildings/exhibit2.htm

Dusty (Whitman County), Washington

Snow on wheat field January 28, 2008, Dusty

Dusty on July 13, 2002

Photos (l-r) black & white: Performing 24 July 2004 at the Lyle-McGregor wedding in Hooper (Whitman County), Wash. Color: Entertain on Main Stage in Reaney Park during 2008 National Lentil Festival, Pullman (Whitman County), Wash.

Perhaps Dusty's most famous resident is singer/songwriter Wylie Gustafson. He has toured nationally and internationally with his band, Wylie & The Wild West, which is known for its blend of Western swing, classic country, cowboy, rockabilly, folk—and yodeling. He is the cowboy behind the famous Yahoo trademark yodel: "YA-HOO-OOO!" Born in Montana, Gustafson and his wife, Kimberly live on a 600-acre spread, Cross Three Ranch, in Dusty. The ranch was homesteaded in 1905 by her family. The ranch produces top quality ranch geldings, solid cutting horses, rope horses, and top of the line horse training. They also raise cattle on the ranch.

Pespi-"Taste that beats the others cold; Pepsi pours it on"

http://www.annephillips.com/APPlayer/player.asp?playlistid=7

http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/pepsi67.html

1967 commercial for Pepsi Cola

Taste that beats the others cold

Pepsi pours it on

Pepsi's got that special taste created for the cold

The cold turns on that Pepsi drive

Makes Pepsi-Cola come alive

Taste that beats the others cold

Pepsi pours it on

Taste that beats the others cold

Pepsi pours it on

Ohh, any time a thirst takes holdPepsi pours it on

Woah...

Pepsi's got that special taste created for the cold

The cold turns on that Pepsi drive; makes Pepsi-Cola come alive

Taste that beats the others cold

Pepsi pours it on

Yeah,

Pepsi pours it on

Taste that beats the others cold

Pepsi pours it on

Pullman's Burgerville torn down (bites the dust) Nov 10, 2008

Coming "soon" to this location, a new "Welcome to Pullman" sign. See this story posted here at Pullman :: Cup of Palouse.


From: Pullman Chamber of Commerce
Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Subject: We did it!!!
To: Pullman Chamber of Commerce

Thank you to all of you who donated to the demolition of the old Daily Grind/Burgerville (Thanks Tim for the history lesson ) We did it! We are one step closer to a beautiful new entry that will properly tell visitors what a wonderful town Pullman is! It is expected to be demolished next week!

Tammy Lewis
Executive Director
Pullman Chamber of Commerce
509-334-3565
www.pullmanchamber.comOn Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Pullman Chamber of Commerce
wrote:

Hello all, we apologize for sending yet another email, but we have a very exciting opportunity before us.

Community Action Center has agreed to donate to the City of Pullman the land along Davis Way (old Daily Grind) for our use to install a "Welcome to Pullman" sign and landscaping. Motley and Motley have now agreed to Demolish the old buildings for the reduced price of $2,000. (Asbestos and lead Inspections are complete). Mayor Johnson has just agreed to donate the first $500 to the project, therefore we need $1,500 more. They would like to get it done immediately if we can get the money together. The money could go through CAC and therefore would be tax deductible. They have asked the Chamber to put the word out to see if we can get the donations necessary
to complete this exciting project. Please contact us as soon as possible if you would be willing to donate to this cause.

Tammy Lewis
Executive Director
Pullman Chamber of Commerce
509-334-3565
www.pullmanchamber.com

Apple Cup 2008: WSU wins in 2 OTs

WSU defeats UW --16-13 in double overtime -- in Pac-10 football game played Nov. 22, 2008, at WSU's Martin Stadium in Pullman. Nico Grasu's 37-yard field wins it.

Cougar Pride Monument installation

=Amazing train depot house in Winlock=

Originally posted 11/18/2008





Formerly of Pullman, Ken & Sally Vogel are now living in Winlock (Lewis County), Washington, with their famous (looks like a train depot) house on Front Street. No it never was a train depot. Yes, it was designed to look like a train depot. Ken designed it. The Vogels hired a draftsman to draw up the final plans and -- as contractors -- they hired and supervised subcontractors who built it. The house is only a few meters from the train tracks used by Union Pacific freight trains and Amtrak's Coast Starlight and Cascades passenger trains*. Larger still photos and video from Nov. 2008. Smaller still photo from Oct. 1, 2010.

If you see a green rectangle below and it does not have a video "play" button, you won't be able to see the video. If that's the case, copy the URL for this posting and look at this blog posting via another means, such as a computer.

*Amtrak Cascades is operated by Amtrak in partnership with Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.


Nothing to do with this story, but here’s lyrics for a commercial from a long while back:

Welcome aboard our happy train,
the Vista-Dome North Coast Limited
You'll feel like a king in a castle on wheels
In all kinds of weather, it's smooth as a feather
It’s really terrific, Northern Pacific:
Vista-Dome North Coast Limited









........................

It’s true, a Mountie of the R.C.M.P. (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) visited the depot in summer of 2016.

30 seconds, Linfield tops PLU in football

2008 - Linfield beats PLU stills, video

45-0 on Saturday 15 November 2008 in Puyallup, Wash.

New Dorm: First coed dorm on campus

Linfield's first coed dorm, New Dorm, fall 1970.

What is now Frerichs Hall II (a dorm) used to be called New Dorm.

It got that name since the dorm was new (it opened in 1968) and didn't have a name. It's Frerichs Hall II here at Wildcatville because there was another (the original) Frerichs Hall (a campus building) until it burned down in December 1969.

The original Frerichs was probably one of the buildings on campus which were or remodeled from a building purchased from the federal government. The building originally stood at Camp Adair, a military installation near Corvallis. Buying old military buildings and turning them into campus buildings was an inexpensive way for Linfield to deal with the influx of G.I. students and their families after Word War II.

What was the last or one of the last G.I. buildings on campus was Laurel Hall (it was near a laurel hedge), which paralleled Lever

Street. Some of Laurel -- nicknamed "The Waldorf" by some of its last residents -- was probably on an edge of the footprint of Durham Hall, home of Ted Wilson Gym and Hal Smith weight room. So, if you are facing the back of Memorial Stadium (looking at the front of Memorial Hall), Laurel/The Waldorf was on the left. What?! Memorial is now an all-women's dorm! It used to be all men. Laurel/The Waldorf was torn down...maybe in the summer of 1968 or so.

Anyway, in the spring of 1970, the college announced that "New Dorm," which had all men residents would become coed. All/many/some New Dorm protested. But, the protest went unheeded.

Historical note: When the coed New Dorm opened in fall 1970, it was the first coed dorm on campus.

Unknown at this writing os who took this “commemorative” photo seen above. It's a quality black and white photo, well lit. Maybe it was Reid Blackburn? Anyway, each coed New Dorm resident got a copy of the photo. Wonder how many of the first coed New Dorm alumni still have their photo

What you see here is a a photo of a hand-made button (the paper on the button covers up Blitz beer advertising "Blitz Me" slogan) and a page from the 1970 Oak Leaves which reproduces an ad which ran in the April 30, 1972, issue of Linews, the college's student newspaper.

Bonfire of the Homecoming

On the top, part of a page from the 1970 Linfield yearbook. Note the "red hot"
Homecoming bonfire photo. Immediately above, a photo which appears in the 1970
Parkrose, Ore., High School (also known as Parkrose High School of Portland, Ore.) yearbook. It's the same photo.


Next time you thumb through the 1970 Linfield Oak Leaves and 1970 Parkrose, Ore., High School Equus Ferox student yearbooks, compare the Homecoming bonfire photos. It’s the same photo. What gives? True confession: In the spring/summer of 1970, as the Linfield yearbook was being prepared for publication, concern was expressed by the yearbook publisher in Salem, Ore., about various parts of the Linfield yearbook. A just graduated from Linfield Oak Leaves staff member lived in Salem and became the 1970 Linfield yearbook’s de facto pre-press coordinator. Looking at each page of the book, the coordinator noticed the photo of Linfield’s Homecoming bonfire was washed out/over exposed. It didn’t look good. Expressing concern, a publisher’s employee showed the coordinator a well exposed Homecoming bonfire photo which was to appear in the Parkrose yearbook, which it also published. Presto change-o. At direction of the coordinator, the Parkrose photo replaced the Linfield photo. That’s the story. Don’t tell anyone!

It’s for real, a Linfield Wildcat tow truck

As a Linfield Wildcat, let's hope you never have a traffic accident. But, if you do let's hope you are not injured and that your accident happens in the Portland metro area where Newhouse & Hutchins Towing of Portland provides its services. Your vehicle will be proud to be tended by its Linfield Wildcat tow truck, a BMW no less.

The father-in-law of Neil Fendall, Linfield assistant football coach, is Mr. Newhouse. (Hmmm… maybe it’s Mr. Hutchins?) He salutes his son-and-law by having one of the tow trucks featuring Linfieldania.

Football game in Wisconsin makes Linfield Purple Flag famous

Chuck Humble waves the Linfield Purple Flag flag from bleachers behind the Linfield Wildcat team bench at Goerke Field in Stevens Point, Wisc. In the Sept. 18, 2004 football game, Linfield beat the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, 46-35. Wildcatville photo.

What a game to debut the Linfield Purple Flag.

During the summer of 2004, Linfield alum Chuck Humble commissioned a purple flag sporting a large white "L" and measuring 6-feet x 4-feet.

"I had seen other colleges with signature flags that the fans brought to the games and I thought there should be one at the Linfield games," said Humble in 2008. "I figured it would add something to the excitement and the fun of attending the games and provide a rallying point for our fans."

The flag wasn't ready for the season opener on Sept. 11 on Maxwell Field in McMinnville, when Linfield beat Western Oregon University, 58-17.

So, the flag's debut was in Wisconsin on the afternoon of Sept. 18. It was the second game for the 2004 Wildcats, their first season with Brett Elliott as quarterback. The 'Cats would go on that season to win the NCAA DIII national championship. From that game through the rest of the season, the Linfield Purple Flag was there.

"The hardest part was getting the flag to Wisconsin as I not only had to bring the flag, but also the flag pole," Humble recalled. "I couldn't take the pole as airline passenger carry on, so I took it as checked luggage. It was the first of many air trips for the flag and the flag pole."

But, back to Stevens Point. It's a home game for the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Pointers ranked seventh in the DIII poll. UWSP came into the game having not lost a regular season game to a non-conference DIII opponent since 1981. The Wildcats were ranked second in the poll.

The temperature was 80 degrees, it was sunny with a light breeze and the grass on Goerke Field was long. In the parking lot before the game and at halftime, brats are grilled, Wisconsin cheese curds and smoked trout jerky eaten and beverages consumed.

Final score: Linfield 46, UWSP 35. But, it wasn't easy. Led by Elliott, the Wildcats scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to win. He set a Linfield passing records of 480 yards on 38 completions out of 60 attempts.

A look at the game's scoring summary includes –with only points in which Elliott was involved listed -- for Linfield:

• Casey Allen 13-yd pass from Brett Elliot (Allen pass from Elliot)
• Brad McKechnie 16-yd pass from Elliot
• Brandon Hazenberg 11-yd pass from Elliot
• Tyler Kaluza 11-yd pass from Elliot
• Allen 10-yd pass from Elliot
• Thomas Ford 59-yd pass from Elliot

Looking at the now famous photo of the Linfield Purple Flag at Stevens Point, Humble notes the sun shining through it forming a cross. “This was seen by some as a prophetic sign that Linfield would be a team of destiny in 2004,” he said.

See below for game story which appeared in the Sept. 21, 2004, McMinnville News-Register. To see a larger version of each photo below, click on it.

Hey, you... Write a history book about Linfield athletics

There’s no definitive history book about Linfield athletics.

Why don't you write it?

Your sources for information should probably include the three books about Linfield history. Each book includes some information about Linfield athletics.

The books are:

--Bricks Without Straw, an early history of the college published 1938. It was written by Jonas A. Jonasson, then a Linfield history professor.

--Linfield's Hundred Years: A Centennial History of Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. Published in 1956, it was edited by Kenneth L. Holmes, then a Linfield history professor. He was also Linfield’s swim coach. Paul Durham provided the section in the book about athletics.

--Inspired Pragmatism: An Illustrated History of Linfield College. Published in 2007, it was written by Marvin Henberg, Linfield philosophy professor and Barbara Seidman, Linfield English professor and former interim faculty dean. He served (2005-2006) as interim president and academic affairs VP/faculty dean.

Also, take a look at:

• Shooting the Bull and Dodging with Durham sports columns by Paul Durham from the McMinnville News-Register and its predecessor (McMinnville Telephone-Register) newspapers. At the time Durham wrote the columns in the1950s-1960s, he was Linfield athletic director and football coach and, for much of the time, sports editor of the newspaper. Look for uncredited photos taken by Durham, too.
  

• Articles, bits of sports information and photos from the News-Register and Telephone-Register not produced, written or taken by Durham.

• Coverage of Linfield athletics by these daily newspapers: The Oregonian (Portland), now defunct Oregon Journal (Portland), and Salem’s Oregon Statesman (morning) and Capitol Journal (afternoon). The Oregonian is owned by Newhouse and so was the OJ in its final bit of life before it was folded into the “O.” Somewhat similarity, Gannett owned (and owns) the Statesman and the CJ before it merged the newspapers into the Salem Statesman-Journal. Look at issues of the S-J, too. Seek bound volumes or microfilm of these newspapers.

• Sports media guides and printed programs, brochures and other material, including DVDs, produced by Linfield sports information directors. You ought to interview some of some SIDs (sports information directors), too.

Speaking of interviewing. Think about interviewing some of those who were play-by-play “voices” and color commentators for Linfield football and basketball games on the radio.


Take a look, too, at:

• Linfield Review and Linews student newspapers.
  
• Linfield College Oak Leaves yearbooks.
  
  
• Linfield Magazine (produced by the college’s college relations office) and its predecessor, the Linfield College (Alumni) Bulletin.
  
  
• This blogsite, Wildcatville.That being said, Wildcatville focuses on Linfield football. Thus, be sure to not do so in the definitive Linfield athletics history and be sure to cover both Wildcat women and men’s athletics.
  
  
• And, interview a variety of people who have played a role in Linfield athletics over the years. Those interviewed might include Margaret Lever Dement or another or other of Marguerite and Henry Lever's nine children. (Henry Lever and all those with linked/underlined names below are members of the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame.) Dorothy Helser, widow of Roy Helser; Ann Molek Wilson, widow of Ted Wilson; Terry Durham and Cathy Durham Devine , son and daughter of Paul Durham; Ad and Joan Rutschman and Craig Singletary, Linfield football public address announcer and former Linfield football play-by-play “voice.” Current athletic department leadership and coaches should be interviewed as should those enshrined into the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame.

Some of those mentioned here are former Linfield athletes, be sure to interview them, too.

And, be sure to watch these video interviews:

• Interviews and videos – including Linfield’s Tradition of Excellence video and a 50-The Story Behind Football's Greatest Team Record about the Linfield football team winning season steak -- produced/"videoed" by videographer Mike Rhodes, formerly of MCM/McMinnville Community Media Cable Channel 11. Tim Marsh was the interviewer. It's on file on a DVD in Linfield's Nicholson Library as GV351.3.O7 L5643 2004.
  
  
• A 47 minute video interview of Paul Durham and Roy Helser, conducted in Aug. 1990 by Craig Singletary and on file on a DVD in Linfield’s Nicholson Library. The library catalogue gives the impression there are two interviews, one each with Durham and Helser. In reality, Durham and Helser were interviewed at the same time.
  
  
• Craig Singletary interviews (47 minute DVD videodisk) Paul Durham in Aug. 1990.

GV351.3.O7 L5642 1990

Summary: Durham “guided the Wildcats to six conference titles and two appearances in the NAIA national championship game. His most outstanding season as coach came in 1961 and 1965. In 1961, Durham's Wildcats capped the first unbeaten, untied season in college history with a trip to the ‘Camellia Bowl’ in Sacramento, Calif. Linfield was the first college from the Northwest Conference to participate in the NAIA football playoffs. The Wildcats narrowly lost the national championship game, 12-7 to Pittsburg State of Kansas. Linfield again finished unbeaten and untied in 1965 and beat Sul Ross State 30-27 in the semifinals before losing to St. John's of Minnesota 33-0 in the so-called ‘Champion Bowl’ played in Augusta, Ga. Durham graduated from Linfield in 1936.”

• Craig Singletary interviews (47 minute DVD videodisk) Roy Helser in Aug. 1990.

GV351.3.O7 L564 1990

Summary: Helser was the “Wildcats' head baseball coach for 21 seasons, a span in which Linfield won 14 Northwest Conference championships and one NAIA national title in 1966. He retired from coaching in 1970 with a career record of 316-199-6, then served as the college's athletic director for five years. He also served as men's basketball coach from 1949 to 1961 and was an assistant football coach under Paul Durham for several seasons. Helser's basketball teams won four conference titles during his tenure. Helser graduated from Linfield in 1936 after earning 11 letters in football, basketball and baseball.”

Wrought iron by Wipf

Elias J. "Eli" Wipf was born 1921 in Chasley, N.D. He died Oct. 2001. A longtime resident of Tacoma (University Place), he ran his own business, Wipf Ornamental Iron, until he retired. These photos show an example of his work, probably from the late 1950s.

Photos below have no connection to Wipf or ornamental iron.