Thanks to all of you for your interest ,your stories ,and your contributions.

Visit GardenHomeHistory.com for over 150 stories and 1000 photos.

You’re invited! July 30, Sunday afternoon, 1 to 3 PM. Please

join us to celebrate our community and to remember the 35th

anniversary of Garden Home School closing. We’ll be in the

Garden Home Recreation Center playground rear covered area.

Lots of room for kids to run and play. Ice cream cones, historic

displays, meet and greet your neighbors, share your unique

history!

Thanks to:

GARDEN HOME HISTORY PROJECT Co-chairs:

Elaine Shreve 503-246-5879

Virginia Vanture 503-245-1511

Web Master: Stan Houseman

Treasurer: Patsy VandeVenter

Printing: Bob Day

Database and mailings: Marie Pacella

Logo graphics: Teri Bertell

Gazette Editor: Elaine Shreve

Signage: Elaine Shreve, Virginia Vanture,Bob Day, Bob Bothman

Internet Research: Bob Cram, Chris Gilson

Advisors: John Pacella, Louise Jones, Mildred Stevens, Nathalie Darcy

Garden Home History Gazette

July 2017 Website: GardenHomeHistory.com

Email: gardenhomehistory@gmail.com Editor: Elaine Shreve (503) 246-5879

All meetings are at the Garden Home

Recreation Center. Free. All welcome.

Monday, July 11, 6:30 PM: Board meeting

Sunday, July 30, 1:00-3:00 PM:

Community Ice Cream Social.

Remembering the closing of Garden Home

School 35 years ago. Free.

Monday, September 11, 6:30 PM: Thirty-

minute slide presentation on geographic

mapping of Garden Home by decade,

followed by Board meeting at 7:00 PM.

Monday, October 9, 6:30 PM: Thirty-

minute presentation, followed by Board

meeting at 7:00 PM.

Sunday, November 12, 1:00-3:00 PM:

Veterans Celebration. Honor attending

veterans, Color Guard presentation.

Saturday, December 3: Holiday Bazaar at

Garden Home Recreation Center.

In Memoriam

Oscar H. Olson 1921-2017

John Casper Kehrli III 1945-2017

Gladys Ernilie Burgess Storrs 1924-2017

New stories on GardenHomeHIstory.com:

New stories on GardenHomeHistory.com include:

History of the Alpenrose Dairy.

The story of Theophilus E. Hills who served in the Civil War, lived in 2-story blue house south of

Garden Home-Oleson intersection.

Wonderful historic photos of the Aaron Frank farm, including horses, barn, and layout.

Crescent Grove Cemetery Tour

We enjoyed our May 21 tour of early Garden Home pioneer graves at the Crescent Grove Cemetery. A

beautiful day, four guides reviewed the histories of over two dozen of our brave pioneers, most of whom

came out on the Oregon trail. Thanks to all our volunteers and tour attendees!

Alpenrose Dairy 1950s TE Hills and others Aaron Frank barn and indoor riding arena

Judy and Dan Donovan in costume Tour guide Mark Kajatani

Tour guide Susan Houseman Tour guide Janice Logan

We Welcome New Businesses in Garden Home:

Garden Home Market: We’re getting used to the new name for Lamb’s Thriftway, purchased in 2016 by the

Bales consortium. Sometimes called Lamb’s Garden Home Market. Same store layout, new and improved,

big wine section. Garden Home Growlers at the entry and the liquor store, US Post Office, Wells Fargo

bank, florist continue. Mike Babbitt is the manager. Colin Lamb continues to own the store building and

the mini-mall.

Local Leaf: The Local Leaf store is located on the second floor of the Dugout bar and restaurant, in the

historic Garden Home Feed and Seed store of the 1950s. This building is notable in old photographs

because the second floor did not have a roof for many years and was open to the weather. Local Leaf

features a museum of vintage marijuana memorabilia items and colorful posters. Owners Matt Ford and

Matt Bailey welcome visitors.

Nerds on Call: In home or at business computer repair, free estimates. Formerly located on Barbur

Boulevard, now at east end of Lamb’s mall. All types of repair, advice, home visits, customer training,

online support, and technical support. 1-800-919-NERD. CallNerds.com

Coopers Dog Training and Behavior Modification: on the west end of Lamb’s mall at 7374 SW Oleson Road (in

former Used Books space.) All types of classes and private appointments.

Buy2: at the intersection with the Shell service station, formerly Plaid Pantry. Food, snacks, drinks, Metro

PCS cell phone service.

Bulldog Deli: Opening soon in the former Baskin Robbins space in the Lamb’s mall.

Library Annex: at the north end of the Lamb’s mall along Oleson Road. The Garden Home Library and

other community groups host a number of programs there. Most activities publicized on

GardenHome.NextDoor.com or on the library website. Contact the Garden Home Library for more

information. 503-245-9932.

Facebook: Ginny Mapes has created a facebook group about Garden Home History. She edited the student project, Garden Home – the way it was which was published in 1980 by the Beaverton School District. Ms. Mapes was the librarian at Garden Home School and then moved on to Greenway School where she and Jill MacWilliam authored another book, Traces of the Past, about the history of that area and included more stories on Garden Home. Both of these books are available for in-library use at the Garden Home Community Library and they both can be checked out through any Washington County Library (with your library card). facebook.com/Garden-Home-the-way-it-was-881298175303220

Garden Home History Project 7240 SW 82nd Ave. Portland, OR 97223

Gathering the stories of our Garden Home families

The Garden Home History Project is a tax-exempt small non-profit under IRS 501(c)(3). Our officers this

year are Chair Janice Logan, Vice-chair Elaine Shreve, Secretary Patsy VandeVenter, Treasurer Marie

Pacella, photographer Stan Houseman, webmaster Tom Shreve, History Bulletin Board by Louise Cook

Jones and Susan Houseman. Hospitality by Carole Vranizan, street signs by Susan Houseman, research

and interviews by Elaine Shreve and others. Many others continue to contribute and advise us. Thanks to

all.

Garden Home History Project

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Your donations support the activities and research of the Garden Home History Project. Thank You!

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