Virginia Smith remembered families that had billeted the guests who attended the early conferences. Virginia was born in 1919. Ralph Fullerton, Donni and Mary Jamieson, and Virginnia shared names of families that billeted participants. Virginia said they were paid $30 or $35 per person a night to lodge guests, and Mary Jamieson said later it was $50 a night. The fee helped supplement the families' incomes.
Families that billeted pariticpants:
Mildred Smith (Mrs. Henry Smith) on Church Street. This was Virginia Smith's family.
Orie Skidmore on Victoria Street
Evelyn Mundel on Water Strret
Howard Wlliot on King Street
Hazel Hollis on Church Street
Anne Gillis
The Jamiesons
Harold Elliot on King Street
The cost was between $30 and $50
AT times guests stayed stayed at local inns:
Blue Heron Inn/Seaman House which became Shillelagh Shelia which became Inn the Elms on Durham Street
Tides Inn – Harlow and Ele???? Hollis
Families that billeted pariticpants:
Mildred Smith (Mrs. Henry Smith) on Church Street. This was Virginia Smith's family.
Orie Skidmore on Victoria Street
Evelyn Mundel on Water Strret
Howard Wlliot on King Street
Hazel Hollis on Church Street
Anne Gillis
The Jamiesons
Harold Elliot on King Street
The cost was between $30 and $50
AT times guests stayed stayed at local inns:
Blue Heron Inn/Seaman House which became Shillelagh Shelia which became Inn the Elms on Durham Street
Tides Inn – Harlow and Ele???? Hollis