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14 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER
July 2019
Charbonneau
Book Club
months of July and
August. Our choice
for the July 23 meet-
ing is a historical
novel, “The Bean-
By DOROTHY HOCHHALTER
town Girls” by Jane
HOCHHALTER
Healey. It is 1944 and
the United States has
entered into WWII.
Three girls from Boston are look-
ing
for a way to volunteer so they
We have decided to cut our book
decide
to join the Red Cross Clubmo-
reading to one book for each of the
Number of books reduced
to one for July, August
Charbonneau
Men’s Club
By JOHN MCLAIN
Residents can choose from a
variety of golf experiences
In the years around 1786, explorers
from Great Britain, France, Russia
and Spain were exploring and laying
claims to the Northwest territory on
the Pacific Coast. Lewis and Clark
came along later to
make it five countries
claiming governance
over the area and the
natives. In the final
settlement of claims,
MCLAIN
the term Oregon was
finally coined as the
official name of the territory, and
eventual statehood in 1859. Golf was
not on anyone’s mind.
Meanwhile, also in 1786, on the Atlan-
tic coast, golf in America got started at
a Charleston golf course in South Caro-
lina. Here in the Northwest, golf didn’t
Custom Designed
Kitchens & Bathrooms
“We build cabinets the old fashion way!”
Noah Built the Ark without a computer.
bile program. Not too much is known
about this program. The girls were
chosen for their charm and personal-
ities since their job is to bring a little
of “home” to the Allied soldiers in
England and later across the chan-
nel to the war front in France.
Healey’s wonderful characters
come to life with friendship, ro-
mance, sacrifice, danger and cour-
age as they are immersed in the final
stages of WWII in Europe.
come to Oregon for another 100 years; it
started in 1892 at a nine-hole links
course in Gearheart, Ore. It was a long
time before the next course, East More-
land, was started in 1917. Now, we are
fortunate to have many golf courses
throughout Oregon.
For the community of golf in Char-
bonneau, we have many local choices
for good golfing experiences, most with-
in an hour drive from home. But my fa-
vorite is Charbonneau for a good test of
golf without needing to drive a ball 250-
300 yards from the tee box (besides, I
can’t drive that far anyway). Golf at
I loved this book and it seems to
be the perfect read during the month
of July and our celebration of Inde-
pendence Day. Our group is grow-
ing. We have insightful discussions
about both the authors and the con-
tents of each book. Please join us Ju-
ly 23 at the Charbonneau Country
Club from 1-2:30 p.m. REMEMBER
only one book this month. I can be
reached at dotsmyname@comcast.
net.
Charbonneau is fun and a pleasant walk
in a park-like setting on relatively level
ground. Yes, the fairways are narrow,
sand traps and trees are many, and wa-
ter too. But the greens are in great
shape, and the fairways run true. So,
even as we celebrate the year 1776 and
our national independence and new be-
ginnings, we can also celebrate our lo-
cal good fortune for the men and wom-
en who brought golf to Oregon, even
though it took more than 100 years to
get from East Coast to our West Coast
home.
See MEN’S CLUB / Page 16
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