Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Fleshman, George
Record ID:
2007.1.79
Interviewer:
Smith, Eugene
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Being named the Chamber of Commerce's Man of the Year for 1969, as well as other awards and honors, training as an aviation navigator, local stores and shops, Montgomery Ward management, working for the Social Security Administration, and involvement with several organizations, like the Special Olympics and the United Way.

The first interview took place on November 14, 2002
Audio:
People:
Ainsworth, Don
Allen, Dr.
Bates
Bolts, Jim
Bowman, Reba
Broshotti
Brownton, Gerda
Campbell, Alexander
Carper, George Washington
Chaplin, Daniel
Clark, David
Easley, Carlos
Fisher, Brian
Fleshman, Dorothy
Fleshman, Dwight
Fleshman, George Leslie
Fleshman, Jimmy
Harris, Dr. Lynn
Hicks
Hool, Jimmy
Ingall, Dr. Joe
Ingall, Margaret
Kail, Mary B.
Kaiser, Al
Knight, Debbie
Mammon, Jenny
Martin, Ezra
Masten, Jim
McKenzie, Glen
McKenzit, Jean
Meeker, Ezra
Miller, Janice
Millering, Avery
Millering, Darny
Nightingale, George
Perry, Elmer
Phy, Dr.
Sayer, Burt
Sinner, Johnny
Wilkenson, John
Wilkenson, Windy Bill
Willett
Young, Beatrice
Zabel, Amanda
Subjects:
Animals
Awards
Backpacking
Baskeball
Bicycles & tricycles
Business
Chickens
Churches
Clubs
Computers
Cows
Dairy farming
Draft
Drugstores
Farmers
Fishing
Football
Games
Gardening
Great Depression
Hiking
Homesteading
Mountains
Native Americans
Newspapers
Officers
Organizations
Parks
Photography
Pioneers
Plaques
Plays
Professors
Radio
Ranch
Ranches
Sawmills
Schools
Skiing
Stores & shops
Teaching
Theatre
World War I
World War II
Search Terms:
2nd Lt.
7th grade
Alkali
Anthony Lakes
Aviation cadet
Bible
Bicentennial
Blue Mt. Grange
Bohnenkamp castle
Bohnenkamp's
Camas fields
Campbellites
Carnegie Library
Chamber of Commerce
Christian Church
Civil Conservation Corps
Commercial Club
Cove Swimming Pool
Craig Mt.
Cross country skiing
Deer
Dion Quintuplets
Disability claims
Eagle Scouts
Eastern Oregon College
Elgin
Elk
Employment Division
Enterprise
EOC
Farmer's Insurance
Flinch
Flu epidemic
Franklin Roosevelt
GIs
Glass Drugs
Gone With the Wind
Graham's Drugstore
Granada Theatre
Grande Ronde Symphony
Greenwood School
High School graduate
Historic Registry
Historical Society
Honor Society
Hot Lake
Interfaith
JC Penney's
KLBM
La Grande
La Grande Depot
Ladd Marsh
Liberty School
Liberty Theatre
Lions
Lions Broom Sale
Lynn Wright's
Mack Jewelry
Man of the Year
Management
McKenzie Theater
Medicare
Model T Ford
Montgomery Ward
Moon Drugstore
Morgan Lake
Mountaineers
Mt. Emily Mill
Navigator
Oregon Trail
Payless
Pearl Harbor
Perry Mill
Promise, OR
Red Cross Drugstore
Rotary Club
Sacajawea Hotel
Safeway
Sammyville
Social Security Administration
Special Olympics
Speech
SSA
SSI
Stage crew
Star Theatre
State of Oregon
Student Affairs
Sunday School
Supplemental Security Income
Table Mt.
The Observer
Tin—type photograph
Tropidara
U.S. National Bank
Union
Union County
Union Pacific Railroad
United Good Neighbors
United Way
Valley of Peace
Veteran's Affairs
Wallowa River
Woolworths
World Literature
Youth for Christ
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George Fleshman, 2002 - 2George Fleshman, 2002 - 2
George Fleshman, 2002 - 3George Fleshman, 2002 - 3
George at the ranch, 1928George at the ranch, 1928
George in 7th grade, 1937George in 7th grade, 1937
George Fleshman HS grad, 1942George Fleshman HS grad, 1942
George Fleshman with backpackGeorge Fleshman with backpack
Lions Broom SaleLions Broom Sale
Man of the Year, 1969Man of the Year, 1969