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Bu etin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 15B
Museum supporters dine with the departed
Le Coq, fiddle music by Garrett Hagwood, a square dance by the Footloose dance team
and a silent auction. ::
Museum director Scott Lawson said he was pleased with the response. He noted that as
budget cuts continue the museum is more and more dependent on fundraising to meet ex-
penses, including part of the assistant museum director's salary and benefits. : :i:i
For more information on museum programs or memberships, call 283-6320 or visit
plumasmuseum.org.
Vintage vehicles from the Quincy Model A Car Club help evoke an earlier era. Museum director
Scott Lawson confessed to coveting the red Ford pickup.
Retired bank president Bill
Elliott (seated, second from
left) listens as former Indian
Valley bank president Cecilia
"Chaney" Hogan Chamberlain
(Kim Carroll) describes her
career in finance. She was the
first woman to serve as
president of the California
Bankers Association and was
honored in 1954 as California's
only "lady" banker. An ardent
supporter'of local 4-H clubs,
she proved instrumental in
establishing Greenville High
School. Chaney also led
efforts to create the Feather
River Scenic Byway. All told,
she spent 30 years in banking.
One visitor asked how her
bank fared in the Great
Depression. "We were the
only independent bank to
survive the Great Depression,"
she answered with pride in
.her voice.
Above left, a father (David Roberts) pours out his grief over the
senseless murder of his son, James William Betterton, in
November 1894. The younger Betterton was partying with a
group of young men, when six sticks of powder, or dynamite,
went off under his seat. "It blew my boy apart," anguished
Betterton senior. "The back of his head was split open from ear
to ear." Although another young man was tried for the crime,
he was acquitted. "1 believe to this day," said the elder Betterton,
"that he did it." Left, real life couple Earl Thompson and Edie
O'Connor depict Fenton Berkeley Whiting and Martha Jane
Mastin Whiting. Fenton was a dog-sled express mail operator
and county clerk who took the first census of Plumas County.
Martha, or "MaLty," recounted her trip through the Panama
Canal to California. As a pioneer settler in Plumas, she went on
to become a major source for Fariss and Smith's quintessential
"History of Plumas, Lassen and Sierra Counties." Above,
Known as "the man with no bad habits," John Alder Boyle
(Alan Levine) was shot down on Quincy's main street in 1913
by Plumas National newspaper editor F.G. Hail, "a gentlemarl I
(Boyle) did not get along with." After "accidentally" bumping
Boyle in front of the Capitol Saloon, Hail walked on, then
turned around and went for his gun. The two men wrestled,
Hail shot himself in the foot (a common mistake of newspaper
editors) and then shot Boyle. "1 was dead before I hit the
street," said Boyle. Despite pleading self-defense, Hail was
convicted of first-degree murder.
Photos by Delaine Fragnoli
[ 53rd Annual
TAYLORSVILLE
FALL FESTIVAL
!. n " 4!0n ' I Sat., Oct. 1st. llam to 3pm
e It_ V || Ria:i I' Taylorsville Grange Hall on Main St.
I Many handcrafted items, homemade cakes, T
Il pies, candies and.preserves.
p " ent Rentals ,,e Quilt Raffletobeat3pm Luncheon atnoon
• Tables. Chairs. Chair Covers Jl',ll ,, Thh: people in the communities of Indian Valley -
ii *Linens. China. Chargers. Flatware I t eir families and friends who have so lovingly'
• Food Service • Glassware • Tents I I=qP participated throughout the 53 years, are ,
.... ° Canopies. Dance Floor • Staging :/ Ia inviting you to come once again to support our '
i: .Wedding Items° Bar Equipment i IJ beautiful little historic Taylorsville Church.
55 Delleker Dr., Portola 530-832-5455a [_ IFor moreinfo, call Jane l"rombly at 284-6257
Former schoolteacher Terry Gallagher breathes new life into
former schoolteacher Mary Phelps Dunn. In her almost 93 years
on earth, Dunn taught all over the county, served as a principal
in Quincy schools and played a pivotal role in the development
of the Plumas County Museum. Museum trustee Jerry Thomas,
a former vice principal at Quincy High School, had Dunn as a
teacher in elementary school. He remembers her as "firm but
fair," although as a student he wondered "if a third-grader
should be graded so harshly."
TOWN HALL THEATRE
Presents
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Thurs., Sept. 29 - 7pm • Fri., Sept. 30 - 8pm
for Girls Night Out
Rated R • 118 min.
Director John Badham's musical ushered in the
disco craze with the character of 19-year-old
Tony Manero (John Travolta). By day, Tony's a
paint store clerk, but at night he's a polyester-
clad stallion who rules a Brooklyn nightspot
with his partner, Stephanie (Karen Lynn
Gorney). Although the plot addresses socioe-
conomic themes, it's the Bee Gees soundrack
and Travolta's strutting, Oscar-nominated
moves that have made the film iconic.
OUR IDIOT BROTHER
Sat., Oct. 1 - Mon., Oct. 3
Rated R • 90 rain. ° Comedy
Every family has one: the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the
curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda
and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned, an
erstwhile organic farmer whose willingness to
rely on the honesty of mankind is a less-
than-optimum strategy or a tidy, trouble-free
existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in
common sense, but he is their brother and so,
after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off
the farm, his sisters once again come to his
rescue. As Liz, Emily and Natalie each take a
turn at housing Ned, their brother's unfailing
commitment to honesty creates more than a tow
messes in theii" comfortable routines.
I
HALL
tHErtre
We have it all for you this Fall :.. The Town Hall Theatre movie line-up
brings you independent films, adult comedy, disco dancing, thrills,
crime and deadly viruses. Help keep your town home movie theatre
thriving by enjoying a goad show often!
Shows 7pm nightly
4pm matinee on Sundays
Adults .................. 7.00
Students &
Seniors ................. '6.00
Children ................ '5.00
283-1141 • 469 Main St., Quincy, CA
Visit us at www.quincytownhall.com