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Apr 9, 2011 Crescent Grove Cemetery Tour

Posted on April 19, 2011 by GHHP

The tour will take about one hour. Wear good walking shoes. You’ll hear stories about Margaret Scherner, one of the early Postmistresses. Also the Nichols who developed the first store in the early 1900s and the sad story of their … Continue reading →

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Angie MacKay Fredrickson

Posted on March 22, 2011 by GHHP

March 2011 My mother and father bought an acre and a third on 82nd Avenue, off of Taylors Ferry Road. We had a route number for an address— Rt 6 Box 936 to be exact. My father cleared the land … Continue reading →

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Clark Stephens

Posted on November 22, 2010 by GHHP

[Editor: Clark passed on September 1, 2019, see also the obituary for Clark Stephens.] My parents Noble and Bessie (Elizabeth) Stephens moved to Garden Home in 1928. They both were going to business school in Portland. They and friends would go camping … Continue reading →

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Vlasta Becvar Barber

Posted on November 22, 2010 by GHHP

[Editor: Vlasta Nora Barber, age 95, of Tigard, Oregon passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Vlasta was born December 7, 1926 in Maplewood, Oregon.] Garden Home Grade School September 1934 – May 1939 [Editor’s note: Vlasta wrote the following … Continue reading →

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History of Garden Home Community Library

Posted on November 21, 2010 by GHHP

(March, 2003 These notes were taken from review of historical material and old minutes by Elaine Shreve & Polly Herman. 2010 updated information by Elaine Shreve follows.) Briefly: The Garden Home Elementary School, Beaverton School District, closed in 1982 and the … Continue reading →

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