Star Drilling Machine Company opened its Portland, Oregon, plant in 1908 at 550 Clinton Street. Originating in Akron, Ohio, Star Drilling designed and manufactured well drilling rigs using steam and gas engines, and expanded its operations to the Pacific Northwest during the region’s manufacturing boom. The Portland plant was sold in 1953; it subsequently changed its name to Stardrill and relocated to 1727 SE 11th Avenue.

Sources: "Oregon's Great Manufacturing Industries," Oregon Daily Journal, December 31, 1908, second section, page 2; "Star Drilling Owners Sell," Oregon Daily Journal, August 13, 1953, classified section, page 5.

Betty May Hall was born in Portland, Oregon, on July 27, 1918. After graduating from Franklin High School in 1937, she worked as a secretary at the Star Drilling Machine Company, which also employed her uncle Theodore Julius “Arnor” Swanson, a machinist. She became engaged to Stanley Glarum in 1942 and the two married in December of that year. They had a son, Kristoffer S. Glarum, in 1951. Betty and Stanley Glarum lived in Portland until Stanley Glarum retired in 1971, when they moved to Cannon Beach. Betty Glarum lived on the Oregon Coast for the rest of her life. She died in Warrenton in 2013.

Sources: Obituary for Betty Glarum in the Daily Astorian, June 4, 2013; vital records in Ancestry.com; "Weds in Chapel," Oregon Daily Journal, December 31, 1942, society section, page 3; obituary for Arnor Swanson in the Oregon Journal, February 12, 1979, page 2.