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PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. CommonThreadsNorth is a collaborative effort be- tween the California Agri- cultural Leadership Foun- dation, CA Foundation for Ag in Classroom, CSU- Chico, CA Women for Ag- riculture, Farm Bureaus, Center for Land-Based Learning, Resource Con- servation Districts, and UC Davis. The program was de- signed to recognize North- ern California's extraordi- nary women who have deep roots in agriculture and who have chosen to make a difference in their commu- nities through their contri- bution of time, talent and treasure. The 11th Annual Com- mon Threads North recep- tion and dinner was held at the Butte Creek Coun- try Club in Chico, honor- ing Linda Borror, Gerber; Kelly Mora, Capay; Diane Avrit, Biggs; and Nicole Van Vleck, Sutter County. Past recipients of the Common Threads North award present at the din- ner included Joan Hem- sted, 2016; Shelley Macdon- ald, 2014 and Jean Barton, 2010. Mistress of Ceremonies was Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture. Ross saluted the four women for being leaders in agricul- ture and their community. "It is what makes rural Cal- ifornia great." She also thanked the men for being strong fa- thers to their daughters as they grew up, and the hus- bands for supporting them. "Women can do anything. Women who are role mod- els create opportunity for others to follow in their footsteps. The men who rec- ognize how important their wife, spouse is as their busi- ness partner. They are the one to co-sign the $2 mil- lion note at the bank. They can do both sides of the street. They are the moth- ers, and the business part- ners." ••• Time for some old mem- ories. I found this article in the April 16, 1948 Red Bluff Daily News. My grandfa- ther's mug has his name in gold, with white lilies painted on it. Array of Old Personalized Shaving Mugs in Tremont are History Laden, by Sally Tehama. Amid the modern, newly-redecorated Trem- ont hotel, one corner of the establishment stands as a memorial to the good old days, and is a colorful link with the past. The or- nate, gold-bedecked shav- ing mugs on display in the Tremont barber shop pres- ent a more colorful cross section of the history of Te- hama county than any re- cord book. Tom Evans, who has run the shop for 23 years knew personally each one of all but three of the 36 own- ers of the mugs. Two of those three have no names on them, and the third be- longed to JE Mandansa. As- sociated with Evans in the shop is his son, Earl Evans. Fred Ellenwood was the last man to use any of the mugs, which date back to 1860. Ellenwood died in De- cember, 1946. The oldest mug is the one which be- longed to A. L. Conard, for- mer owner of the Tremont hotel who died several years ago at the age of 82. All the mugs have been stored in the Tremont barber shop which has been functioning for some 60 years. Wouldn'tshaveselves The men, who owned and used the mugs were among the builders of the county, the lumbermen, cat- tlemen, sheepmen and city fathers who laid a founda- tion for the present thriv- ing town of Red Bluff. Cast- ing an eye over the names on the mugs, it is easy to recreate the lesurely, more ruggedly individualistic era when successful men, com- plete with handle-bar mus- taches and luxuriant bears, wouldn't dream of shaving themselves. "No one uses mugs any more," Evans said, adding that most young men of to- day shave themselves. Among the most interest- ing of the mugs is the one belonging to Earl McKen- zie, well-known stockman, with its husky white-faced steer on the front. There is also a quaint mug which belonged to Will Lages (deceased) old time drayman. Lages' mug has a dray drawn by a team of horses painted on it. Local men still living in the county, whose mugs may be seen on the shelves include R. H. Boding, dep- uty county clerk, whose mug carries on it the em- blem of the Knights of Py- thias, Castle Lodge 62. J. F. Nunes, Dr. F. L. Doane ( his is a very handsome mug in royal blue), Terry "Frog" Joy, whose mug is decorated with a proces- sion of frogs on bicycles, Joe Jelly (spelled "Jelley" on the mug), Water Stoll (this is decorated with a sassy bluebird), Grant Wilcox and Lewis Godbolt. For the Round-Up The mug belonging to John G. Miller stood there since 1907 with only the inscription "The Morn- ing News" painted on it. Mrs. Miller has the mug at home now. Mugs be- longing to men who have since moved away from the county bear the names of Rue D. Fish, D. S. Kipp, the Rev. H. A. Cresser, for- mer Episcopalian minis- ter, Dr. J. A. Owen (the son of "Old Doc Owen"), and Gran Woolman, who for- merly had a clothing store on the corner where the Red & White Grocery store now stands. Woolman, in- cidentally, has made reser- vations at the Tremont ho- tel for the Roundup week- end. Men who have since died, and whose mugs re- main on the shelves include Charles Hughes (his is or- namented with a sailboat), H. Clay Hughes, Henry P. Stice, Roy Godbolt, W. H. Fisher, who was a promi- nent grocery store owner years ago, Claus Trede, fa- ther of the Trede brothers of Red Bluff, Tom Walton, Otto C. Combs, Dr. F. H. Bly, J. F. Ward (decorated with cat-tails and bachelor but- tons), John Finnell, Joe Ca- sale, C. Willard, C. D. Price, Hank Kauffman, who was a former Tehama county su- pervisor, Ancil Brown, for- mer lumberman, and B. A. Bell. One of the mugs with- out a name is ornamented with a jovial monk drawing a stein of beer from a bar- rel. Most of the mugs still have their owners' brushes standing in them. The names, painted in gold-leaf in almost every case, are in Old English letters, and the mugs are of a fine grade of china. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON Local women honored at Common Threads banquet The Resource Conserva- tionDistrictandtheTehama County Farm Bureau invite the public to a workshop to help understand the State Water Resources Control Board's SB 88 requirements formeasuringandreporting on stock ponds and surface water diversions. Theworkshopwillbeheld 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednes- day, May 24 at the Tehama County Farm Bureau, 275 Sale Lane in Red Bluff, with lunch provided. Guest speakers will be Kirk Wilbur with the Cali- fornia Cattlemen's Associa- tionwhowilldiscussthereg- ulatory requirements of the law, and Shawn Pike with Rights to Water Engineer- ing who will present ways to conduct the measurements and reporting. Of interest to many land- owners will be information on what has to be measured, how that can be done eco- nomically, what needs to be filed and how to get an ex- emption to the strict SB 88 law and Water Board regu- lations. Space is limited, RSVP by calling 737-5180. For further information, visit http://www.tehama- countyrcd.org or write to Lindsey Affonso at lindsey@ tehamacountyrcd.org. CONSERVATION Measuring and reporting water diversions CONTRIBUTED Common Threads — North honoring women in agriculture recognized Linda Borror, Tehama County; Diane Avrit, Butte County; Nicole Van Vleck, Sutter County; and Kelly Mora, Tehama County at a dinner and awards ceremony. SaleEveryFriday Friday, May 5th Tehama County Cattlemen's Special ThankyouTehamaCounty! 3917N.MainSt,Cottonwood,CA 530-347-3793 Shasta Livestock Auction Yard 527-9841 • 195 S. 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