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Class of 1937 Celebrated Graduation Despite Hospitilization
Class of 1937 Celebrated Graduation Despite Hospitilization

Community Memories, History Experiences

Class of 1937 Celebrated Graduation Despite Hospitilization

Heritage Center2020-06-04T12:25:57-07:00June 20th, 2020|Categories: Community Memories, History Experiences|Tags: 1937, Carrie Thomas, Daisy Rains, Depression, graduation, Jero Kodama, Leona Fast, Martha Fast, Mary Yamahiro, Mary Yokota, Minidoka, Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital, tuberculosis, Works Progress Administration|

In 1937, graduation was held for 11 students at the Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital in Salem, Oregon.

Fischer Flour Mill

Heritage Center2024-04-10T19:34:11-07:00October 14th, 2016|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, People|Tags: Alaska, Belcrest Memorial Park, California, Corvallis, Crown FLour, Depression, Europe, Fischer Flouring Mill, flour bags, Henry Fischer, Japan, Keizer, L.H. Fischer, long johns, Louis Henry Fischer, National Register of Historic Places, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Omaha, Oregon Milling Company, Oregon Quilt Project, Osaki, Pan-American Exposition, Philipines, Phyllis Huffman, Portland Business College, Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, provenance, Quiltopia, Red and White, Rolland Huffman, Silver Creek, Silverton, Silverton Commercial Historic District, Silverton Country Historical Society, Silverton Public Library, South America, Southern Pacific depot, Trans-Mississippi Fair, Willamette Cherry Grower, wool shirts, World War I|

A simple quilt pieced from the wool shirts and long johns in a housewife’s scrap bag. The backing made from re-purposed flour bags with [...]

If Walls Could Talk – Pearson Family Story

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:08:33-08:00September 14th, 2016|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: Alice Kivett, apples, berries, Cecil Pearson, cherries, civics textbook, David Pearson, Depression, Donald Raoul Coon, Dr. Henry J. Minthorn, Eber Pearson, Elton Coon, Ena Pearson, Ernest Pearson, Eugene, forestry, Friends Church, George Fox University, Gerald Pearson, Grocery store, Harry Pearson, home improvement project, Hope Chapel, Hope Chapel Sunday School, Hurl Pearson, Italian prunes, Ladd & Bush Quarterly, Methodist hymnal, Mildred Coon, Mission Street, Modern Algebra - Second Course, Murl Pearson, Oregon Land Company, Oregon State College, organ, Our Government - Oregon, Pacific College, pears, piano, Quaker, Ruth Pearson, Salem High School, Sarah Pearson, schoolbooks, Shurl Pearson, Tillamook Burn, Valley Motor Company|

It began with a simple home improvement project adding insulation to a bedroom closet wall to improve energy efficiency in an old 1920s farmhouse. [...]

Depression

June 2020

Class of 1937 Celebrated Graduation Despite Hospitilization

Class of 1937 Celebrated Graduation Despite Hospitilization

October 2016

Fischer Flour Mill

Fischer Flour Mill

September 2016

If Walls Could Talk – Pearson Family Story

If Walls Could Talk – Pearson Family Story