Happy Camp Chamber Of Commerce

Dear Mad'm Days - Celebrating the Book & Honoring the Life and Writing of Stella Walthall Patterson

 

The book, Dear Mad'm, by Stella Walthall Patterson, has been loved by readers for more then fifty years.  When it was published in 1956, it became a popular book club selection throughout the USA and internationally!

Years later, people in Happy Camp, California and areas nearby in the Klamath River Valley still love the book, Dear Mad’m! It is one of the most popular books in town! It tells the story of a remarkable woman who decided, on her 80th birthday, to move to a remote mining claim south of Happy Camp on the Klamath River. 

The 5th Annual Dear Mad’m Day celebration in Happy Camp, California takes place October 2015 if we have enough interest and reservations. Events will start Friday evening with readings of Writings on the Life Along the Klamath, will highlight the luncheon on Saturday, and will continue through Sunday. A Writing Contest for young people was held for the first time last year and more writer's stories will be shared.

Friday evening – Grange Hall, Happy Camp, CA  7 pm - 9 pm

1:30 to 3 Speakers and Presentations

Saturday 11am – Luncheon symposium & speakers, presentations, book signings with the luncheon at noon

Saturday 3 pm to 5:30 pm  (optional) field trip.                         (dinner on own)

7 pm to 9 pm  Evening Campfire Program on the banks of the Klamath River

Sunday – Dear Mad'm Pancake breakfast (Sourdough or Buttermilk pancakes and fixins)

Alternate Walking history tour of Happy Camp and graveyard and trip to the Dear Mad'm Cabin site on the Mining Claim for those who want to see where it all happened.

Cost of all to be determined as further events are presented.  RSVP appreciated by email info@happycampchamber.org

For more information, or if you have stories, photos or items to share call Judy Bushy at Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce at 530-493-2900, or send us an email at info@HappyCampChamber.org See blog at www.friendsofdearmadm.com

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Dr. Gloria Duffy's article about the first Dear Mad'm Day picnic in 2011, published in Commonwealth magazine, Oct./Nov. 2011.

To order a copy of  "Dear Mad'm" or  "Dear Mad'm - Who Was She?"   Please send $20 to the Happy Camp Chamber at P.O. Box 1188, Happy Camp, CA 96039-1188.  We will ship you a copy right away.  Yes, this book is available anywhere - but order from the Happy Camp Chamber and we will make a personal inscription following your instructions.  And as a added bonus available no where else,  we will include a map to Stella's grave site in Northern California.  All proceeds from the sale of this book go to support our Chamber - rent on our tourism office next to the post office, utilities, etc.  Thank you for your support!