Barbara Parrish
Recently, High Prairie Community Council (HPCC) was blessed with a check for $5,000.00. The check was from Marcie Merritt who works for Boeing in the Portland area. Boeing has a matching funds program for employees, so HPCC will receive another $5,000.00 from them.
Marcie gave this money in memory of her mother, Ruby St. Lawrence who passed away on December 5, 2023. She was 100 years old. Ruby was born in Goldendale and raised on High Prairie on the family farm, later part of Parrish Ranches and presently owned by Roger and Cindy Dickenson. The house she grew up in is still standing. Ruby St. Lawrence and Nada McMurrin were the last two graduates of the Hartland School. Ruby loved her growing-up years on High Prairie and had great memories of those years. Her family moved away in 1947.
Ruby was interred at the Mountain View Cemetery in Goldendale in the St. Lawrence family plot.
High Prairie Community Council says “THANK YOU,” Marcie, for your generosity! This money will help HPCC achieve some of their goals for the Community Center.