Petersen, Marian

2007.1.140

Lawson, Brenda

La Grande, OR

This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Celebrating Scottish descent, nursing, Beta Sigma Phi, working in the Education & Training Office for the VA, numerous local businesses, and cleaning trains with the Ladies Railroad Washers Crew during World War II.

The first two interviews took place on September 21st and 22nd, 2004.

Burns, Bobbie
Burns, Robert
Carr, Bill
Gilstrap, Dr.
Kamp, Jim
Lindsey, Dick
McFarland, Mr.
McKenzie, Mr.
Neil, Mrs.
Patrick, Sister
Petersen, Howard Morris
Petersen, Marian Nancy
Richardson, Dr.
Sicobich, Mary
Stewart, Jennie
Stewart, John
Thornburg, Nan
Torrance, Ethel
Walker, George
Walker, Pearl
Weimer, Alfred
Weimer, Faye Walker
Westenskow, Pearl
White, Bernice
Wilkins, Mr.
Young
Zupan, Mary

Automobiles
Baseball
Basketball
Bicycles & tricycles
Camping
Canning & preserving
Chickens
Clubs
Dances
Drugstores
Fire
Fishing
Gas stations
Great Depression
Hiking
Homes
Hotels
Houses
Hunting
Ice skating
Music
Native Americans
Nursing
Offices
Railroad accidents
Railroads
Restaurants
Roller skating
Roundhouses
Schoolchildren
Schools
Skiing
Sleighs
Snow
Sororities
Stores & shops
Swimming
Swimming pools
Theater
Track
Trains
Veterans
Volleyball
Walking
Windmills
World War II

Ann Johnson's
Baker, OR
Beta Sigma Phi
Blue Mt. Grange
Boiler maker
Bonfires
Box socials
Burns Night Supper
Catherine Creek
Chamber pitcher
Chamber pot
Chevy
China Mary's
Chinatown
Chinese
Cinderella's Shop
Clerical
Cove Swimming Pool
Crystal Plunge
Day Ridge
Deal's Canyon
Deer
Devil's Fly
Dick Lindsey Band
Ducks
Dutch Bakery
Dutch Mill
Eagles Lodge
Education & Training Office
Elk
Elks Club
Falk's
Flu epidemic
Granada Theatre
Grande Ronde Hospital
Grande Ronde River
Greenwood School
Grouse
Haggis
Hammond's Associated Service
Home Health Hospice
Imbler, OR
Inlow Hall
Island City, OR
J.C. Penney's
Japanese
John Day, OR
Jolly Beggar Burns
La Grande Hotel
La Grande, OR
Ladies Crew
Libery Theatre
Medical Springs
Minuet
Montgomery Ward
Moon Drugstore
Morgan Lake
Mt. Emily Mill
Mt. Glen
N.K. West Ranch
National Guard
Orella's Garden
Payless Drug
Pendleton, OR
Pheasants
Pollywogs
Radio Music Supply Store
Railroad washers
Riveria School
Riverside Park
Rooster Peak
Sacajawea Hotel
Scotland
Scottish
Sears
South Methodist Church
St. Joseph Hospital
State Theatre
Sumpter Valley
Telocaset
Tools
Top Shop
Touring cars
Train wreck
Train wrecks
Union Pacific Railroad
Waffle iron
Wallowa
Western Wood Products
Wright's Drug
Zimmerman's
Zuber Hall