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Buck Sherwood photo courtesy of Lorraine Eckhardt |
Mitchell was one of the first to buy into the Bayocean dream and never let go of it. He would bend anyone's ear about Bayocean - even the children who lived there. One of them, Perry Reeder, recalls "Mr. Mitchell" stopping them each morning on the way to school, or at the bus stop, to preach about his political views and plans to make Bayocean great once again.
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Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell from Tillamook County Pioneer Museum |
Six years later, on October 22, 1959, Mr. Mitchell notified the editor of the Tillamook Headlight Herald of his move to Ward 2 so that he could continue receiving the paper. He complimented Mrs. De Cook for her work with Judge Effenberger to increase Tillamook tourism, adding that if folks had taken his advice about that in the past, "Bayocean would have been a success." I'm sure Mr. Mitchell's fellow residents at the Oregon State Hospital heard about Bayocean every day until July 25, 1965. Only death could kill his dream and stop his preaching on it.

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell were reunited, in a certain sense, when Nellie Reeher purchased a combined headstone on
November 11, 1965, and had it placed at Spaces 1 and 2 of Lot 79 in Block 4 of the Tillamook IOOF Cemetery. Ashes of more than 3000 inmates remain unclaimed at the Oregon State Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell were reunited, in a certain sense, when Nellie Reeher purchased a combined headstone on
November 11, 1965, and had it placed at Spaces 1 and 2 of Lot 79 in Block 4 of the Tillamook IOOF Cemetery. Ashes of more than 3000 inmates remain unclaimed at the Oregon State Hospital.
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