Author Archives: GHHP

Summer 2013 News

Posted on July 14, 2013 by GHHP

Improving the website: Take a look! Mike Dardis, Joe Dardis band, former Girl Scout Camp PTA minutes from 1930s, meetings opened with song Developing 2014 vintage Garden Home calendar: Historic events History of Westgard Ave., now 87th. An elephant walking? … Continue reading →

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Mike Dardis and the Joe Dardis Band

Posted on June 17, 2013 by GHHP

We moved to Garden Home in 1951 when I was in the sixth grade. We were living in Portland in the Grant High School area at the time and weren’t planning on moving. At that time my mother, Catherine Dardis, … Continue reading →

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Memorabilia

Posted on April 14, 2013 by GHHP

Thanks to Polly Herman for her contribution of a Garden Home labeled sweatshirt. Should we sell something like this? Also thanks to Don Dunbar for a Garden Home classroom pennant and a lovely candle stick made from wood from the “original … Continue reading →

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Bette Waldele Sturtevant

Posted on March 23, 2013 by GHHP

Bette shared these memories with us on her 92nd birthday, October 20, 2012, when she attended the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Garden Home Elementary School. Interviewed by Patsy VandeVenter and Katherine McDonald. I lived in Garden Home while … Continue reading →

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Fogelbo, home of Ross Fogelquist

Posted on March 21, 2013 by GHHP

This lovely home at 8740 SW Oleson Road is nestled on a couple acres of mature trees, shrubs and flowers. It is called Fogelbo (bird nest) which is derived from the family name of Fogelquist. Henry Steiner built the home … Continue reading →

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Spring 2013 News

Posted on March 14, 2013 by GHHP

Historic Garden Home Neighborhoods Calendar: 2013 This keepsake calendar is filled with vintage Garden Home photos and memoirs. You’ll also find out how a number of streets got their names. Find the neighborhoods you played in. This keepsake calendar, our … Continue reading →

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Erich and Burnace Porshman / Bryse-Harvey and Nahstoll CENTURY Home

Posted on January 22, 2013 by GHHP

The Erich and Burnace Porshman* home on SW Stewart Street is an example of a 1914 carefully handcrafted home that grew from a one-room house into an interesting home filled with art and unique features. The original Porshman mailbox is … Continue reading →

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Donald J. Frame obituary

Posted on January 22, 2013 by GHHP

Donald J. Frame, December 28, 1926 – December 30, 2012 Don Frame has been one of our active Garden Home History Project members, always available to answer questions about old Garden Home. He died on December 30, 2012. Don had a great memory … Continue reading →

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Jan 18, 2013 Email

Posted on January 18, 2013 by GHHP

2013 Historic Calendar: The 2013 Historic Garden Home Neighborhoods calendar sold well. It is a real keepsake and is filled with vintage photos and memoirs. We also find out why many of the streets in G.H. were named. The calendars … Continue reading →

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Darrell MacKay

Posted on December 22, 2012 by GHHP

My father, Rod MacKay, was a custodian at Garden Home School. When the Throckmorton store was starting to burn someone called our house and asked if Dad could get the fire hoses from the school and try to put the … Continue reading →

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