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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., August 26, 1971, page 4

MR. & MRS. ROY CHUBB
Memories From Ox Carts And Carriages To Moon Walks
(Text & Photos by Terry Chubb and Nina Tuttle)

From ox cart and carriage to "getting a kick out of” watching men drive a land rover around on the moon encloses the many experiences in the life of Roy Chubb, a resident of White Salmon who will celebrate his 9Oth birthday on August 27.
Born to Emma Francis and R. Henry Chubb in 1881 at Perrysburg, Ohio, Roy came from a family of nine children. His father worked the street car line in Perrysburg and later operated an ice business.
In June of 1900 Roy, at the age of 19, and his brother, Will, started on their journey by rail and by foot, working as they came, out to see the wild West. To help finance their travel, they worked for $2 a day and board, hours from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Kansas. In Colorado they stopped and worked for awhile at the XYZ Cattle Ranch. In one place, Will even won $2 running a foot race.
Back in those days, Roy claimed to be a great bicyclist, but today he probably won't enter in the bike race at the Huckleberry Festival.
Roy and Will arrived in Hood River, Oregon in August of 1900, where they worked in a planer Mill west of Hood River on the Columbia River. On October 21st they ferried across the Columbia to the north bank where they climbed the steps up to White Salmon.
The young men came out West at the urgings of two of their friends, one of whom was Mr. Frisby, a school teacher at Trout Lake for several years.
Roy worked on the White Salmon River for three years (1908-1911) in a logging camp, Camp 5, where the present Drifters Motorcycle track is located. A crew of 15 to 20 men followed the log drives down the river to the planer mill on the Columbia. The travel down the river varied from walking alongside the river to catching a ride on the logs or taking a dip now and then. An item of interest was that a few of the men could not even swim, including their boss, Frank Pierce, but they still made the journey.
Roy moved to the Willamette Valley in 1913 where he drove logging team for nearly a decade.
During the Depression he moved back to Trout Lake, where he helped his mother on the homestead after his father died. Roy helped to build the first telephone line to Trout Lake. He related the story of the first message across the wire. It seems that after the hellos were said, one man preceded to speak in German, The woman at the other end of the line was astonished and said, “You can even hear German on this thing!"
Roy married Emma May McAnulty at Klamath Falls on February 25, 1915. May was born in Dayton, Washington, 1890 and was raised at Pullman. She came from Enterprise, Oregon to this area in 1919.
When asked about their first meeting, May said, "Roy, wanted to find a fight, so he went to a dance at my sister's on Snowden. He found a fight --me-- and we've been fighting ever since!" They have been married 26 years.
Before May married Roy, she did quite a bit of painting during 1939 and 1940. She had some lovely scenery pictures to show for her work.
May stated, "We both have been healthy all our lives, able to do our work, and make ends meet," She will be 81 in October.
As far as hobbies go, May still does some sewing. Roy's lifelong hobby has been logging. In fact, he continued to work until July 12, l970, when he suffered a stroke. Now Roy does yard work and drives to Trout Lake every day to help his son, Herb, on the ranch.
Roy had seven children, of whom four remain. He also has eleven grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. When asked about the recent moon expedition, Roy felt that the money could have been better spent for recreation and to feed the hungry people in the United States.
In closing, Roy stated, "I've lived in the most progressive, farthest-reaching generation that has ever been."

The article included a portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Roy Chubb, and a photograph of the Camp 5 Logging Camp taken in 1910.