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Volunteers Gather to Clean Up Historic South Beach Cemetery
April 23, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Diane Disse, Museum Educator, 541-265-7509, ochceducator@newportnet.com
Lincoln County Historical Society/Oregon Coast History Center
545 SW Ninth Street, Newport 97365
A group of volunteers including students from the Angell Job Corps forestry
division, gathered at South Beach Cemetery April 16 to begin the work of
cleaning and preserving the historic site.
The cemetery is one of the earliest in the county. The first recorded burial
in the cemetery, which was located on Lemuel and Mary Davis' property, was
their daughter who died the year she would have been four years old and was
buried at the site in 1871. Earlier burials probably included two seamen.
Job Corps forestry supervisor Patrick Donovan "walked the site" and
developed a plan for the restoration. This preliminary work will allow
easier access for other groups to come on the site and begin other work.
"Everything is falling into place, and I can finally see the light at the
end of the tunnel," Nancy Edwards, registrar of the Yaquina Daughters of the
American Revolution chapter, said. The Yaquina DAR is assisting in the
effort to restore the cemetery. Lincoln County and the Lincoln County
Historical Society share major responsibility for the project.
Community members are invited to assist with the South Beach Cemetery
clean-up on Saturday, May 9 from 9 a.m. to noon. The clean-up will be part
of Take Care of Oregon, a community clean-up program in conjunction with the
celebration of Oregon's 150th anniversary of statehood. To sign up, call the
Historical Society at 541-265-7509.
The Lincoln County Historical Society, which administers the Burrows House
and Log Cabin museums, is located at 545 SW Ninth Street in Newport. The
museums are free and open to the public Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The Lincoln County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history of Lincoln
County and the Central Oregon Coast.
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