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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