What fun we had at our Centennial Celebration of the opening of Garden Home School in 1912! Classmates, displays, coffee and donuts, lunch sandwich rolls, transcriber table, slides and photos of school classes, brief program and FUN filled the gymnasium.
A hearty THANK YOU to all who helped at our big event. As one lady told me, “There was so much to see and do that I’m not sure I saw it all.” We had about 100 registrations and sold about 65 calendars. We consider thia great turn-out.
Check out the 75 photos taken by our webmaster Stan Houseman and find your friends and classmates. Please help me with any wrong or missing names. We’re busy following up on the wonderful stories we heard.
Ginny Mapes, Franz Bome, Elaine Shreve
The transcriber table was new this year and contributed about 15 short stories that have been integrated into various other stories on the website.
Elaine and Virginia, Co-Chair: Garden Home History Project, Nov. 2012
Don Dunbar and Arley Boyce
Invitation
Celebrate Garden Home School, 100 years later
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, 10 am to 2 pm
Garden Home Recreation Center, 7475 SW Oleson Road
Vintage photos, slides, displays, friends, food, fun!
Garden Home School of 1912
Front row: ___, Leon Royce, Cecil Carlson, Blunt or Mantha boy, ___, Leona King, Marian Hetlesater, Jimmy Fisher and ___, ___.
Second row: Ambrose Cronin, ___, Helga Carlson, Virginia King, Esther Peterson, May Harper, ___, Jenny Hetlesater, ___, Mary Feldman.
Third row: Olga Carlson, Margaret Scherner, Dora DeHaan, Gladys Harper, ___, De Haan boy, ___, Leo Pallay.
Fourth Row: Leona King, Clara Peterson, Katherine Brand, Henry Ericksen, Tony Feldman, Elmer Ericksen, Adolph Peterson.
Top left: Miss Ivy Peterson, teacher and Clara Fullerton.
We’re celebrating 100 years since Garden Home School was built! When did you or your family attend? Come join us in this celebration. Renew friendships. We want to hear your stories and see your vintage photos.
Saturday, October 20, 2012 10 am until 2 pm, Program at Noon
And a special invitation to our former teachers and principals
Friends
Food
Vintage photos
Displays
2013 Vintage Photo Calendar
See also:
Garden Home History Project 
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