Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting of the Washington County History Societies Roundtable, and following reception honoring Ginny Mapes on May 18, 2018 at the Garden Home Recreation Center.

Dirk Knudsen, Stan Houseman, Judy Goldman, Elaine Shreve, Ginny Mapes, Ron Mapes, ___ Herrschaft – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

An interested audience – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Angie MacKay Fredrickson and Elaine Shreve – Ginny Mapes reception May 18, 2018

CeCe Otto speaking with Ginny Mapes – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Dirk Knudsen and Lynn Herrschaft – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Don Dunbar, Bob Cram and Kevin Mapes – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Drew Pinniger reading book by Ginny Mapes – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Elaine Shreve introducing Ginny Mapes – Ginny Mapes reception May 18, 2018

Elaine Shreve speaking (left in purple) – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Elaine Shreve speaking with Angie MacKay Fredrickson – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Este Mapes speaking with Sharon Cram, Bob Cram and Steve Bauer – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Flowers and snacks – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Flowers from Elaine’s garden – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Garden Home School Principal Don Dunbar and Ron Mapes – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Garden Home School prinicipal Don Dunbar speaking with Nicole Shreve – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Ginny and Ron Mapes – Ginny Mapes reception May 18, 2018

Ginny Mapes and some of her books – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Ginny Mapes speaking – Ginny Mapes reception May 18, 2018

Ginny Mapes speaking with Elaine Shreve and Dirk Knudsen – Ginny Mapes reception May 18, 2018

Ginny Mapes speaking with Patty Bonney – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Ginny Mapes, Patty Bonney and Don Dunbar – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Harry Pinniger, Bob Cram and John Pacella – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018 at Garden Home Recreation Center

History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018 held before reception for Ginny Mapes

Liza Schade speaking (in black) – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Liza Schade, Drew Pinniger and Dr. McMorine – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Nicole Shreve – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Nicole Shreve and Patsy VandeVenter – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

Nicole Shreve smirks while Elaine Shreve speaks with Sharon and Bob Cram, Jan Fredrickson seated – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

People viewing tri-fold displays – Ginny Mapes reception May 18, 2018

Viewing slideshow – History Society Roundtable May 18, 2018

poster – May 18, 2018 Reception honoring Ginny Mapes

[Editor: Virginia “Ginny” Mapes authored the first book on the history of Garden Home, Garden Home – the way it was, in 1980. She has gone on to write more books about the history of Garden Home, Beaverton, and Helvetia. Ginny was also the librarian at Garden Home School for many years, fondly remember by thousands of former Garden Home students. Below is a brief memoir shared with us by Ginny.

We are proud to host a reception honoring Ginny at 11:00 AM on Friday, May 18, 2018 at the Garden Home Recreation Center. Free. All are invited.]

Ginny Mapes, 2012 at GHHP celebration of school centennial

I was employed by Beaverton School District as an educator and media specialist for thirty years. As a librarian I loved to take a group of students each year, usually very capable 5th and 6th graders, and create a special program for them. The class met everyday for an hour and was designed to challenge students who might have been bored reading the basal readers in their language art class. Over the years it was filmmaking, puppetry, or Shakespheare plays. In 1979, the students were interested in Backyard History. They started talking with their grandparents and learned some very interesting facts. For instance, there were 62 trains a day going through Garden Home in the 1920s. The stories grew as the students went into high gear researching an interviewing. That is how the book started. We had the help of many volunteers who were willing to go the extra mile with the students and the project. Robert L. Benson, professional historian and cartographer showed students how to create maps. Field trips were planned to Gerry Frank’s Estate and Ross Fogelquist’s home. And so it began . . .  . . . and now it has grown into the Garden Home History Project.

When we published the first book it sold out and we published a second time. More and more people came to us with their stories and that brought about Traces of the Past in 1984.

Here is the listing of books:

• Mapes, Ginny.  The Tualatins. Hillsboro: Helvetia Community Association 2017.
• Mapes, Ginny. The Cheesemakers of Helvetia. Hillsboro: Helvetia Community Association. 2017.
• Mapes, Virginia. Chakeipi: “The Place of the Beaver.” The History of Beaverton Oregon 1893-1993. Tigard: Community Newspapers, Inc. 1993.
• Mac William, Jill and Virginia Mapes. Traces of the Past: Beaverton, Fanno Creek, Garden Home, McKay, Progress, Whitford.Beaverton: Beaverton School District Print Shop, 1984.
• Mapes, Virginia. Garden Home ~ The Way It Was. Beaverton: Beaverton School District Print Shop, 1980 and 1982.

Book cover: Garden Home – the way it was. By Ginny Mapes, 1980.