Author Archives: GHHP

Dorothy Johnson: Garden Home Recollections

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

[Editor: Dorothy passed away in 2022. Read her obituary.] Arrival in Oregon: Pioneers looking for new land and new opportunities describes my family’s arrival in Garden Home in 1941. My father, Gust, mother Jean, sister Shirley and I left Superior, Wisconsin … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Tate family

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

Shirley Dickson remembers the Tate family who lived next door on Shirley Lane. A couple of things about Toad Tate. As you probably know, that was the nickname for Lyle Jr,. It was something about how he liked to swim. … Continue reading →

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Lyle “Toad” Tate

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

The following story about Lyle Tate is reprinted from the Nov. 11, 1997 Oregonian newspaper. The author Norm Maves, Jr. and the Oregonian newspaper has given permission for this reprinting. Lyle Tate lived at 7560 SW Shirley Lane, near the intersection, … Continue reading →

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Schools in Garden Home Area

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

Garden Home:  Children living in the Garden Home area went to either McKay or Raleigh until Garden Home District 92 organized to provide a school program in 1911.  It didn’t have its own school building at first; classes were held in a large … Continue reading →

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West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (WHUUF) sits among tall fir trees at 8470 Southwest Oleson Road, home to a liberal religious congregation,welcoming everyone, no matter their beliefs. The sign by our driveway beckons to the community, like the spring daffodils … Continue reading →

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Schanen-Zolling House on SW Oleson Road

Posted on November 21, 2012 by GHHP

This stately historic Dutch Colonial home at 6750 SW Oleson Road has been listed on the National Historic Register. The home has been owned by Dr. Frank and Anjali Rosenbloom since 1999. The 1.6 acre property is filled with beautiful rhododendrons and … Continue reading →

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Oct 20, 2012 Centennial Celebration of Garden Home School opening

Posted on November 1, 2012 by GHHP

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. … Continue reading →

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Clark Martin

Posted on October 22, 2012 by GHHP

Having read Colin Lamb’s entry I thought I would add a little. I was at Garden Home for all of elementary (1950-1958) and lived at 7280 SW 77th through high school. My father, Plez Martin taught at Garden Home for 2-3 years while … Continue reading →

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Dickson Family

Posted on October 22, 2012 by GHHP

Shirley Dickson The Ken Dickson family lived in the older two-story blue house on Oleson Road at Shirley Lane. Mr. T.E. Hills lived in this house, now 7730 SW Oleson Road, back in the early 1900s. His obituary says he … Continue reading →

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Sally Peyton Ford

Posted on September 21, 2012 by GHHP

Ralph O. Peyton family, Sally Peyton Ford, September 2012 You may have turned into Peyton Road and then Griffin Drive when going north on Oleson Road, across from Arranmore, and wondered how these roads got named. Two brothers, Ralph Oscar Peyton and … Continue reading →

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