I now live in Cottage Grove Oregon and I discovered that there is a connection between the
Potter Sewing Club and Cottage Grove.
My
Grandmother Albertson belonged to the Potter Sewing Club and I posted
about that day before yesterday, December 6th. One of the first
mentions I found in the newspaper was March 1926 when my aunts
assisted the hostess in serving lunch. The hostess that day was Mrs.
Jesse Safley. She is the connection to Cottage Grove. How? Her
husband, Jesse Safley was a brother of Franklin/Frank Safley. By the
1920 census Frank and family were living in Cottage Grove.
I feel
like I have an even closer relationship to the Safley family. One of
Frank's daughters was Isabelle. Isabelle Gates Woolcott recruited me
to work as a hostess at the Cottage Grove Museum over ten years ago
and after her death I continued to work there and am still
volunteering. Isabelle's daughter is a member of the Board for the
Museum, so see her frequently. I find it so fascinating that her
grandaunt was assisted by my aunts back in 1926; so they all could
enjoy that "dainty lunch."
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