In 1914 there two Thanksgiving Balls locally, I thought I would provide back-to-back articles. After all, during holiday weekends readership is down.

Those not familiar to the Native Daughters of the Golden West, is a fraternal organization dedicated to preserve the history of California and related goals. There is still local chapter of Native Daughters, the Nataqua Parlor.,which had its origins at Standish. The Artemisia Parlor of Susanville was short-lived and absorbed by Nataqua.

There was an organizational problem with this particular event.. The fliers had the wrong date. So a word of mouth campaign ensued. One has to remember this was in 1914, when few people even had a telephone. The attendance was slightly less than anticipated, but a good time was had by all.

The event took place at the Orpheum, on the 800 block of Main Street, Susanville. At midnight, the dancers sauntered down the street to the St. Francis Hotel for midnight chicken supper. Afterwards,they returned to the Orpheum to dance the light fantastic to the wee hours of the morning.

Tim