When Lora Evelyn Loy was born on 23 February 1911, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, her father, Orville Alonzo Loy, was 35 and her mother, Oce Ola Smith, was 23. She married John Eugene Harritt on 14 June 1928, in Gem, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Stanfield, Umatilla, Oregon, United States in 1951 and Eagle, British Indian Ocean Territory in 1969. She died on 14 May 1994, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Star Cemetery, Star, Ada, Idaho, United States.
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Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Women were granted the right to vote in Oregon on November 5, 1912, with 52% of male voters in favor.
The city of Chicago was presented with another chance to host a World's Fair. It was offered to the city to commemorate the 100 years of its existence. Many people didn't like the idea of them having another Worlds Fair because the nation, as a whole, was coming out of the Great Depression.
German, Dutch, and French: from a shortened form of the medieval personal name Eloy, from Latin Eligius (see Eligio ), a Christian saint's name.
German: habitational name from Loy in Oldenburg.
Italian (Sardinia): variant of Loi .
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