Author Archives: GHHP

Stanley Marugg

Posted on October 30, 2015 by GHHP

The old Marugg hay barn, off of south Oleson Road, was the local hang-out for Garden Home kids in the 1930s and 1940s.  Hay bales could be pulled around and stacked into all sorts of forts and tunnels.  Joanne Day … Continue reading →

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Lynn McMullin Abstom and Charleen McMullin Oberst (sisters)

Posted on October 9, 2015 by GHHP

We were playmates with Ross Fogelquist, Richard Olson, Beth Olson and Deanna Roshak. I must have been 8 or 10 years old in the early 1950s. We kids built the town of “Joseph” in the Olson back yard. It was … Continue reading →

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Yvonne Brod 

Posted on October 9, 2015 by GHHP

I was a PE teacher at Montclair Elementary School from 1975 to 1999.   In 1982 when Garden Home School closed, I remember there was a lot of pressure on the families who had to move their kids to Montclair and Raleigh … Continue reading →

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Fall 2015 News

Posted on September 13, 2015 by GHHP

Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In the People and Places pages, you’ll find over a hundred stories and several hundred photos of vintage Garden Home and residents attending our events. We are saddened to report Mildred Steven’s death. … Continue reading →

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Jan Fredrickson

Posted on September 11, 2015 by GHHP

“Wormwood Manor” is located at 6995 SW 78th and has always intrigued us: large property, an official name, a logo interpreted throughout the property and an air of a country estate. Jan Fredrickson was born and brought home to this … Continue reading →

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