1960: Female boxing Exhibitions at the First Joint Fellowship of Rebekahs and IOOF

On November 5, 1960, in a special Event there was the First District Goodfellowship Night, at the IOOF Hall, in Laytonville,  that was staged jointly by the Rebekah and Odd Fellow Lodges of Districts 60 and 68.  The event was reported to have been a huge success with approximately 150 members and friends who had been in attendance.

There were several different acts at the event, but what was amazing and that there was some females who participated in some exhibition female boxing bouts.  The women from the Long Valley Rebekah Lodge, the women who staged a women’s boxing match was:  Mrs. Lawrence Randall, Mrs. Forest Martin, Mrs. C. BAker, Mrs. W. Kendrick and Mrs. Walter Nordin; Mrs. Harrison Crites and Mrs. Lloyd Huges.