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Avis' parents were:
Francis 'Frank' LeRoy Holcomb, b. May 21, 1863 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Aug. 22, 1939 in San Bernardino County, CA. &
Leila 'Lulu' Elizabeth Covington, b. Dec. 19, 1865 in Mississippi and d. Sep. 10, 1951 in San Bernardino County, CA.
Frank & Leila 'Lulu' Holcomb were the parents of 8 children:
1. Flora Evelyn Holcomb, b. sometime after 1883 and d. before sometime before 1900.
(*Mentioned with her siblings in the '3rd generation' in a San Bernardino Daily Sun article, (S.B., CA.), P. 19, Col. 4-6, Tue., Nov. 15, 1938.)
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Avis' parents were:
Francis 'Frank' LeRoy Holcomb, b. May 21, 1863 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Aug. 22, 1939 in San Bernardino County, CA. &
Leila 'Lulu' Elizabeth Covington, b. Dec. 19, 1865 in Mississippi and d. Sep. 10, 1951 in San Bernardino County, CA.
Frank & Leila 'Lulu' Holcomb were the parents of 8 children:
1. Flora Evelyn Holcomb, b. sometime after 1883 and d. before sometime before 1900.
(*Mentioned with her siblings in the '3rd generation' in a San Bernardino Daily Sun article, (S.B., CA.), P. 19, Col. 4-6, Tue., Nov. 15, 1938.)
2. Avis Esther Holcomb, b. Mar. 9, 1886 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County and d. in Aug. 1976. Avis marr. James Francis Graham.
3. Minnie Mabel Holcomb, b. Sep. 27, 1889 in CA. and d. Apr. 15, 1969 in San Bernardino County, CA. Mabel marr. John James Miller.
4. Frances Lillian Holcomb, b. May 10, 1892 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Sep. 20, 1967 in San Bernardino County, CA. Frances marr. Allen R. Baird.
5. Hazel Bernadino Holcomb, b. Feb. 1894 in CA. and d. Jan. 16, 1938 in San Bernardino County, CA.
6. Sommers Covington Holcomb, b. Oct. 20, 1895 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Feb. 6, 1971 in Trinidad, Humboldt County, CA.
7. Howard Lee Holcomb, b. Feb. 5, 1898 in CA. and d. Jun. 7, 1971 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Howard marr. Frances Crawford.
8. Scott Holcomb, b. Mar. 16, 1900/01 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Sep. 25, 1969 at Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County, CA. Scott marr. Ruth Thayer.
In the 1900 U. S. census, 14 yr. old Avis Holcomb, attending school, b. Mar. 1886 in CA., was living at 1279 Base Line in San Bernardino Ward 5, San Bernardino, CA. with her
37 yr. old father, Fran (Frank/Francis) Holcomb, a farmer, b. May 1863 in Mississippi
34 yr. old mother, Leila E Holcomb, b. Dec. 1865 in CA.
8 yr. old sister, Frances L Holcomb, attending school, b. May 1892 in CA.
10 yr. old sister, Minnie M Holcomb, attending school, b. Sep. 1889 in CA.
6 yr. old sister, Hazel B Holcomb, b. Feb. 1894 in CA.
4 yr. old brother, Somers Holcomb, b. Oct. 1895 in CA.
2 yr. old brother, Howard L Holcomb, b. Feb. 1898 in CA.
3 mth. old brother, Scott Holcomb, b. Feb. 1900 in CA.
Frank & Leila had been marr. for 16 yrs. Leila was the mother of 8 children, 7 of them still alive by this census. (*Flora had died before 1900.)
Frank's father was b. in NC. and his mother in TN.
Leila's parents were both b. in IA.
In the 1910 U. S. census, 23 yr. old Aires (Avis) R. Holcomb, a public school teacher, b. in CA., was living at 1194 Base Line St. in San Bernardino Ward 5, San Bernardino, CA. with her
46 yr. old father, Francis L Holcomb, a sell-employed rancher on a ranch he owned free and clear, b. in CA.
44 yr. old mother, Leila Holcomb, b. in Mississippi
20 yr. old sister, Mabel Holcomb, a public school teacher, b. in CA.
17 yr. old sister, Frances Holcomb, b. in CA.
14 yr. old brother, Somers Holcomb, attending school, b. in CA.
12 yr old brother, Howard Holcomb, attending school, b. in CA.
10 yr. old brother, Scott Holcomb, attending school, b. in CA.
18 yr. old boarder, Roy Soules, attending school - no occupation, b. in MI.
Francis' father was b. in IN. and his mother in IA.
Francis and Leila had been marr. for 26 yrs.
Leila was the mother of 8 children, only 6 alive by this census.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 5, Col. 3
Sun., Jul. 10, 1910
Item from: Personal
Miss Avis Holcomb has gone to San Diego to take special work in the summer normal school. She will resume her studies at the Los Angeles normal in the fall.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 7, Col. 3
Thu., Sep. 4, 1913
Item from: Social Happenings
Long Ocean Voyage Is Delightful
The Misses Avis and Mabel Holcomb, the Misses Alice and Margaret Fox and Miss Beatrice Seely arrived at home in San Bernardino Tuesday night from an extended visit in the north, the party having made the trip from Seattle in the same boat, the President, last Friday.
Miss Seely has spent the past five weeks visiting at her old home, in Victoria, British Columbia, being the guest there of Mr. and Mrs. Mallery, senior and many friends. While there she witnessed the beautiful water carnival with all the yacht racing, brilliant night illuminations and water sports. She was joined in Victoria by her sister, living in Seattle, and they also visited in Vancouver.
The Misses Holcomb and the Misses Fox went north together by steamer several weeks ago, and have had a royal vacation. The Misses Fox, who formerly lived in Vancouver, visited many friends there and in Seattle, and enjoyed trips to many places of interest about the Sound.
Miss Avis and Miss Mabel Holcomb after landing in the north, visited in Seattle and went to Brinnin on the Hood canal (west of Seattle), beneath the Olympic mountains, a very beautiful place where they spent two delightful weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Milo E. Davis, formerly of San Bernardino, and Fred Davis, who is now a government employee in the fish hatcheries at Brinnon.
Returning to Seattle, they visited lake Washington, and went south to Portland, Oregon, where they visited a friend of U. S. C. days. After sightseeing in this beautiful city, and taking the trip up the Columbia, they visited cousins at Orenco, where the largest nursery in the world is situated. Here they unexpectedly met an old san Bernardino acquaintance in the person of Lawson Auld, better known to high school friends of those days as “Polly” Auld. “Polly” is a benedict (a newly married man who was a long-time bachelor), has been in the north for four years, having a charming helpmate and both are happy in their ranch home, where the Misses Holcomb were entertained.
After two weeks at Hillsboro, they returned to Portland, and then to Seattle, spending several days at the Bremerton with friends before sailing home.
Through friends of Miss Seely’s, officers on the President, the party of young ladies had many privileges and pleasures. All escaped mal-de-mer, as the voyage south was very smooth and every minute of the voyage was enjoyed.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 5, Col. 2-3
Wed., May 26, 1915
Excerpt from: Teacher’s Vacation Plans
THEY SOON TO SCATTER
Many Places Attract Them
F STREET BUILDING
Miss Avis Holcomb will spend the greater part of the summer in motor trips about the country with her mother, sister and brother. They will go to the beach for several weeks, to San Diego and in all probability to San Francisco by this enjoyable means of travel.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 6, Col. 3
Wed., Jan. 31, 1917
Item from: Social Happenings
Literary Circle Honors Burns
The Bard of Scotia’s hills, whose birthday is celebrated in January, was honored yesterday in the program of the Tuesday Afternoon Literary circle, entertained at the home of Mrs. Holbert Burns at 551 Twenty-first street.
Miss Avis Holcomb who arranged the program gave a sketch of the life of Robert Burns, and several of the beautiful poems set to music, were sung by Mrs. Orland Potter, the gems being “Comin’ Thro’ The Rye,” “Flow Gently, Sweet Afton,” and “Auld Lang Syne.”
Refreshments were served as the program was discussed, the members seated about a pretty table decorated in brass baskets filled with the blooms of the laurestina.
This club, one of the youngest study clubs of the city of which a number of young matrons are members, is pursuing a very interesting program outline.
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 6, Col. 3
Thu., Sep. 13, 1917
Outing at Catalina Island -
Miss Avis Holcomb will return today from a two weeks’ vacation spent at Catalina island with Miss Mabel Peck, a teacher in the high school at Imperial, and Miss Lena Miller of Riverside.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 8, Col. 3
Sun., Mar. 23, 1919
Engagement Miss Ava Holcomb Announced at Beautiful Event
Proximity of March field is to be held responsible for another military maneuver in which General Cupid wins the honors, one which is of special interest in San Bernardino, as another of this city’s daughters will be carried away by the victorious soldier to a distant home.
Announcement of her engagement to James Francis Graham of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was made by Miss Avis Esther Holcomb yesterday, to a group of her intimate friends, members of the Tuesday Study club, at a party of very beautiful appointments, given at the attractive gray bungalow at 233 Orange street, which Miss Holcomb and her sister, Miss Mabel Holcomb, also a teacher in the schools, have occupied this winter since the family moved from the beautiful home on Base Line to the ranch property in east Highland avenue.
From the bungalow there is a sweeping view of the mountains to the north, and just as the guests began to arrive, the showers ceased, and the sun made a beautiful picture of green lawns. flowers and fruit trees in blossom, and as a happy omen two bluebirds, harbingers of happiness, were discovered fluttering about in a rose hedge opposite.
The interior of the pretty home was blooming in branches of peach blossoms, and stalks of bamboo gave a touch of green. All appointments of the afternoon were carried out in pink, and the hostess wore a becoming pink voile frock with wide satin girdle.
To introduce the topic which the company half anticipated, pink bordered cards with pink cord and pencil attached, were distributed, containing questions for a very clever announcement game, the questions to be answered in words beginning with the initials of the person filling the card. Some amusing answers resulted. A second game on the same entertaining lines followed.
There was an interval of questions and much talking and Mrs. Mussell and Mrs. Marean entertained with piano numbers before the guests were invited to a most charming table in the dining room, a harmonious study in pink.
Pink sweet peas and maidenhair in a unique green vase centered the table, which was covered in a Cluny cloth laid over pink. Very realistic La France roses held pink candies at each place, and the place cards were decorated in Cherokee roses. The decoration of the china in pale green bands with a touch of pink in tiny rosebuds, suited the general scheme perfectly. The place cards and vase and china used were all the work of the bride-elect, who is an accomplished artist, and the bungalow holds many beautiful pieces of her work. Creamed chicken, biscuits, pink and white ice cream and cake were served.
Those who enjoyed the delightful time with Miss Holcomb and were given first news of her engagement were the following young matrons and friends: Mesdames Stanley Mussell, Claude Cohran, R. E. Lee, Parker Marean, J. Robert Phelps, Orland Potter, Cleve Van Slyke, Carl Nielsen, Sommers Holcomb, Howard Holcomb.
Mrs. F. L. Holcomb assisted her daughter in entertaining, also her sisters, Misses Mabel and Frances Holcomb.
Many will lose a loved friend and good pal in Miss Holcomb’s departure from San Bernardino, and the city schools one of the most successful and popular teachers. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Holcomb, well known residents, and is a graduate of the high school, the state normal at Los Angeles, and of the department of drawing and painting in the University of Southern California. In water colors and china painting she is very talented.
Miss Holcomb has taught in the same building, F street, for eight years, and with the exception of one year has had the same grades. She is an exceptionally gifted and attractive young woman, and there will be naught but interested good wishes in this news.
The groom-elect who has since been stationed at March field since last November, expects to be released from service within a few days and a quiet wedding will occur in the near future. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Graham of Council Bluffs, the former being a banker in that city. Four sons in the family are in service in France, and the son who is here, enlisted in Wyoming where he was in the cattle business. He has been in the quartermaster’s department in Camp Funston, Camp Cody and Camp Kearney, being detailed to March field last fall.
The bride-elect and her fiancé discovered early in their acquaintance that both were fond of the open and they have planned an overland honeymoon tour to Idaho where they expect to make their home. They will be in Southern California for some weeks after the wedding, until spring has “come again” in the north, when they will prepare to go “a-gypsying” by machine, following the coast north in a leisurely manner, visiting relatives of the Holcombs in Oregon and Washington, and ending the trip in Idaho.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 6, Col. 2
Fri., Mar. 28, 1919
Bluebirds Carry Good Wishes To Miss Avis Holcomb
Bluebirds in a flock continuing the omen of happiness which marked the engagement party a few days ago, formed a lovely note in the beautiful appointments of the event given in Miss Avis Esther Holcomb’s honor last night by Mrs. Stanley Bussell and Mrs. Carl Nielsen at the latter’s home, 230 Eleventh street.
When Miss Holcomb was asked to answer a telephone call at the Bussell home nearby, she discovered a company of her intimate friends, members of the Tuesday Study club, gathered there. These conspirators were made extremely happy by her surprise, and the air was filled with merry greetings and exclamations.
The hostesses were inspired in the plans and decorative motif for the evening, carrying out the idea of a spring party with happy thought. Wild yellow violets were combined with baby blue eyes, arranged with ferns in many baskets and bowls about the rooms.
Tea towels were hemmed for the bride-elect while the company visited with Miss Holcomb, and informal music was given by Mrs. Parker Marean, Miss Mabel Holcomb and the two hostesses.
The table to which the company was asked was a triumph for the hostesses in the loveliness of the general effect, and daintiness of detail.
Places were marked by little envelopes decorated with bridal nosegays in blue, yellow and pink flowers, and containing verses, apropos to each guest, the reading of which brought much merriment and jollying about the table from guest to guest in turn.
A huge bride’s cake iced in yellow and white, with a candy Cupid in the middle centered the beautiful lace cloth, laid over blue. On the day of the engagement party when Miss Holcomb announced her engagement to James Francis Graham of March field, the appearance of a pair of bluebirds in the pink blossoming peach tree in front of the house, was regarded by her friends as an unmistakable omen of good luck and happiness.
Therefore a flock of bluebirds carried the good wishes last night, favors at the places being bridal bonnets in yellow, with a bluebird adorning each.
In the delicious menu served, the yellow note was carried out in the salad, orange ice and mints. Miss Holcomb was required to cut the cake. Hot rolls were served with the salad.
When the bride was escorted to the place of honor she found in her chair a suspiciously new suitcase, which was afterwards identified as the property of the groom-elect. The contents however were definitely intended for the bride and formed a shower of gifts which included lovely things of all sorts, from embroidered linens to cut glass and silver.
Those who spent the happy evening with Miss Holcomb and enjoyed the delightful hospitality of Mrs. Mussell and Mrs. Nielsen were Mrs. F. L. Holcomb, Miss Mabel Holcomb, Mrs. Holbert Burns of Pomona, Mrs. J. Robert Phelps, Mrs. Orlan Potter, Mrs. Cleve Van Slyke, Mrs. Parker Mareau, Mrs. R. E. Lee, Mrs. Claude Cochrane.
James F. Graham and Avis Holcomb were marr. on March 29, 1919 at her home at 233 Orange St., San Bernardino, S.B., CA..
San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 8, Col. 2
Sun., Mar. 30, 1919
Beautiful Ceremony for Holcomb=Graham Nuptials
While a company of relatives and interested friends looked on with loving interest, the marriage of Miss Avis Esther Holcomb and James Francis Graham was solemnized last evening, the scene being the pretty bungalow at 233 Orange street, where the bride and her sister have made their home during this school year.
As the impressively beautiful words of the marriage service from the Episcopal church were read and the benediction fell on the kneeling couple, the words were echoed in the hearts of all present. Both bride and groom are members of the Presbyterian church and Rev. Alvah Grant Fessenden was chosen to officiate.
When the wedding music was sounded, Mrs. Stanley Bussell presiding at the piano, the bridal couple with their now attendant, little Bernice Holcomb, the bride’s niece, moved to the lovely bank of greenery and flowers against the east wall of the living room, where they met Rev. Fessenden.
Bridalwreath, the decoration ideal for a spring wedding, seemed to have bloomed especially for the bride as it is just budding in most places. Long branches of the white flowers in graceful arrangement stood out from the bank of green. Stalks of white iris were used in profusion, standing up in stately stalks from the solid bank of smilax which reached to the ceiling.
The bride was a picture of loveliness in a white satin and Georgette wedding gown, embroidered in iridescent beads and silk. She wore a veil of net embroidered in silk and folded over the hair in cap fashion, held with natural orange blossoms, which had also bloomed especially for the wedding day. Her flowers were freesias and pale pink sweet peas, the bouquet fringed with lacy maidenhair fern, and tied with embroidered tulle ribbon. White shoes were worn.
There was much happiness and tender association for the bride in the lovely wedding gown as it was made by her mother, Mrs. F. L. Holcomb. The bride wore a pink cameo lavalliere (a pendant centered from a necklace), the gift of the groom, which harmonized in a beautiful way with the costume and the bride’s flowers.
The groom, who has been stationed at March field since last November, and just been released from service, wore his uniform for the ceremony. The little fairy ring-bearer wore a frock of white net, with flounces banded in pink satin ribbon, and a pink sash with big bow, white slippers and stockings, and carried the ring in a dainty white basket tied with pink ribbon.
During the ceremony Mrs. Mussell rendered very beautifully To a Wild Rose, by MacDowell, the bride and groom kneeling on white satin cushions for the benediction.
A shower of good wishes and congratulations enveloped the bride and groom immediately. Dainty refreshment trays were passed, a pink and white note marking the details. Pink and white ice cream was served, with a great variety of cake, and the bride’s cake was cut with quite a ceremony. It was iced in white and a Kewpie gaily arrayed in a pink satin sash topped the cake.
A company of 48 people, including the bride’s family and members of the Tuesday Study Club, and out-of-town guests were present. Among the latter were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall of Upland, Colorado friends of the groom, Miss Mabel Peck of Whittier, and Rev. and Mrs. James Robertson of Downey.
As the bride and groom prepared to leave the house, a shower of rice and confetti fell over them, and everything else as well, a “snow storm” raging for some minutes. The bride tossed her bouquet into the “snow”and it was caught by her sister, Miss Mabel Holcomb. They were taken away in the Hall’s machine and were pursued by several cars of attentive friends. After much doubling and speeding about, the bride and groom found their own machine and sped away to Los Angeles, but not before some of the pursuers had overtaken them and tendered last words.
The bride’s going away costume was a taupe tunic dress of satin and georgette, the bottom of the tunic tucked and fringed. A touch of Pekin blue finished the loose cuff sleeves and neck. A hat of satin and straw, in the shades of taupe and blue with trimming of small satin buds in color completed the smart and becoming costume.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham have gone to Los Angeles and the coast for a few days. They will remain here until the middle of May when they will leave for a motor trip along the coast, with Boise City, Idaho, as their destination.
Beside the near and intimate ones who were present at the wedding last evening, there are many, very many interested friends, who wish for the bride and her bridegroom the happiest of journeys in the new life to which they have turned.
Many beautiful gifts were bestowed on the bride, including those at a shower given by the Study club. On Friday she was given a beautiful tribute by the pupils of the second grade at the F street building where she taught for the last day. The little tots brought a shower of beautiful flowers in the morning, and in the afternoon the mothers appeared with a shower of lovely gifts, handkerchiefs and china, and ice cream and cake. The bride has always been a very popular teacher, and her pupils are devoted to her.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 7, Col. 3
Sun., May 18, 1919
Mr. and Mrs. James Frrancis Graham Leave on Motor Journey-
Mr. and Mrs. James Francis Graham (Avis Holcomb) are planning to leave Wednesday on their long motor trip to Idaho where they expect to make their home. They will go by way of Salt Lake where they will visit relatives of Mrs. Graham, and from there to Idaho.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 8, Col. 3
Mon., Sep. 22, 1919
Grahams Return From Long Motor Tour
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Graham (Avis Holcomb) have returned from the seventeen weeks motor and camping trip which took them through Nevada, Utah, Idaho and northern California. They had many interesting experiences and visits with relatives and friends, but are glad to be back in Southern California and San Bernardino again.
Mrs. Graham was before her marriage a well known teacher in the schools, and the groom a March Field man. Their wedding occurred in the late spring and the long motor trip was a honeymoon journey.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 7, Col. 1
Fri., Oct. 31, 1919
The Grahams at Home in El Segundo
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Graham (Avis Holcomb) are not settled in their own home at El Segundo, where the former is employed by the Standard Oil Company. Mr. and Mrs. Graham were up over last week-end to take down some of the effects they had stored here during their absence in the north last summer. Mrs. F. L. Holcomb and Scott Holcomb drove back with them for a short visit.
In the 1920 U. S. census, 32 yr. old Avis H. Graham, b. in CA., was living at 112 Penn St. in El Segundo, Los Angeles, CA. with her
29 yr. old husband, James F Graham, a laborer in an oil refinery, b. in IA.
Avis' father was b. in CA. and her mother in MS.
James' parents were both b. in IA.
James & Avis Graham's daughter was:
Avis Esther Graham, b. Nov. 22, 1928 in San Bernardino county, CA. Avis marr. Harry E. Kenyon.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 15, Col. 5
Wed., May 20, 1925
Excerpt from: BOARD ELECTS 11 TEACHERS AT MEETING HERE
Question of Employing Married Women Is Undecided
Grade Teachers Resign
Other accepted resignations included Avis H. Graham of Lincoln School (and three others).
The board took under consideration the question of adopting a set policy for employing married teachers. The majority of board members last night seemed to think each case should be decided on its merits.
A section of the rules submitted for a set policy, and on which no action was taken, read, “The Board of Education will follow the policy of not employing married women who are in possession of healthy, able-bodies husbands or small children as teachers except for teaching positions in the Mexican schools with the definite understanding they will not be transferred to the American schools. Women teachers who are already in the service of the San Bernardino schools who become married while under contract are expect to resign their work as teachers. Those who do not tender their resignations as requested will be transferred to the Mexican schools at the option of the superintendent and reported to the board of education."
In the 1930 U. S. census, 44 yr. old Avis E Graham, a school teacher, b. in CA., was living at 103 Base Line in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
39 yr. old husband, James F Graham, a general machinist, b. in IA.
1 yr. old daughter, Avis E Graham, b. in CA.
James was 28 yrs. old and Avis was 33 when they married.
Avis' parents were b. in CA.
James' parents were b. in OH.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 11, Col. 4
Wed., Dec. 14, 1932
Woman Slightly Hurt In Motor Accident
Mrs. Avis Graham, 1164 Base Line avenue, suffered cuts and bruises but was not otherwise seriously injured last night in a collision between her car and one driven by George W. Fryer, 249 East Fifth street.
The crash occurred at Base Line and Waterman avenues. Both cars were badly damaged. Mrs. Graham was taken to the county hospital in a Mark B. Shaw ambulance, where physicians said she received lacerations of the scalp and other cuts and bruises.
In the Apr. 10, 1940 U. S. census, 54 yr. old Avis E. Graham, no occupation listed, b. in CA., was living at 1087 Arrowhead St. in a home which rented for $15 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
49 yr. old husband, James Graham, no occupation listed, b. in IA.
11 yr. old daughter, Avis E Graham, b. in CA.
Everyone in the family lived in the same place in 1935.
54 yr. old Avis was a college graduate. James had completed two years of high school. 11 yr. old Avis had gone as far as 6th grade.
The San Bernardino Sun-Telegram (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 52, Col. 4
Sun., Mar. 14, 1954
Excerpts from: Special Day Motif Seen in Decorations
A St. Patrick’s Day motif was carried out at the March 3 meeting of the Valley Women’s club, held in the United Commercial Traveler’s Clubhouse at 1 p.m.
Prior to the serving of tea before the fireplace in the lounge, the Lord’s Prayer was recited by the members.
Final plans were made for the club’s travel day-April 7. At that time the members will go by chartered bus to the Huntington Library in Pasadena.
Mrs. Avis Graham was greeted as a new member.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 44, Col. 7
Sun., Sep. 26, 1954
‘Battle of Bulge’ Fought by Group Of Club Members
There is an unusual club in San Bernardino, whose members are fighting the “Battle of the Bulge,” and are serious enough to delight in publicity. All are striving to lose weight, but admit they are “not doing so well” at times.
One of the times occurred recently when Mrs. Avis Graham welcomed the group to her home, 220 Eighth St., and served a “slimming cake” with coffee. However, two prizes were awarded for the first 10-pound loss in avoirdupois.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 15, Col. 1
Thu., Mar. 24, 1955
Excerpt from: Birthdays of Two Members of Club Observed at Meet
Birthdays of Jackie Somers and Doris Sable were celebrated at the business and social meeting of the Battle of the Bulge Club, held at the home of Mrs. Vesta Bartol, 880 Lugo Ave., San Bernardino.
Mrs. Avis Graham read excerpts from letters received from her daughter who is in Japan. Articles regarding diet were also read during the meeting.
The usual “weighing in” which is a feature of the calories counters at their meetings, was following by a serving of tea and coffee.
The Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 22
Sat., Apr. 2, 1960
Person to Person
Mrs. Avis H. Graham, 220 8th St., San Bernardino, is home from a nine-months trip that took her to Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois. She visited T. Sgt. and Mrs. H. L. Kenyon and family. She flew both ways and took the helicopter to San Bernardino from Los Angeles International Airport.
The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT.), P. 20, last column
Tue., Aug. 31, 1976
Avis H. Graham
ROY - Mrs. Avis Holcomb Graham, 90, of 2258 W. 4975 S., died this morning at St. Benedict’s Hospital of natural causes.
Mrs. Graham was born March 9, 1886, in San Bernardino, Calif., a daughter of Frank L. and Leila Covington Holcomb.
On March 29, 1919, she was married to James F. Graham in San Bernardino. He died Feb. 22, 1956.
She taught school for 30 years in California before retiring. She lived in San Bernardino until 1965 when she moved to Roy.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and the National Retired Teachers Association California Branch.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Harry (Avis) Kenyon, Roy; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The body will be shipped by Lindquist and Sons Mortuary to the Stephens and Bobbitt Mortuary in San Bernardino for funeral services. |
