Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Winslow, Fred
Record ID:
2007.1.170
Interviewer:
Turner, John
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Transcriptionist:
Cotton, Danny
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: An extensive list of former La Grande businesses, especially grocery stores, working for Modern Laundry, driving taxi, vandalism, the Camera Club, 1964 flooding, and a TB misdiagnosis that made Fred ineligible for the draft.

The first interview took place on March 6, 2003.
Audio:
People:
Batley, Merlin
Batley, Mervin
Bennett, Bud
Bennett, George
Bingner, Jerry
Burger, Mrs.
Caldwell, Don
Chandler, Jeff
Clark, Bob
Crim, Henry
Crosby, Bing
Dettrick, Gene
Fellows, Nick
Fiddler, Lonny
Flannery, Ken
Gannon, Ken
Geddis
Gettings, Ed
Gilstrap, Dr.
Hartsog, Dick
Heggy, Ked
Hendrickson, Bud
Hendrickson, Jerry
Higgy, Ted
Hill, Fred
Huff, Eddy
Hull, Mrs.
Kirkwood, Beverly Strong
Knight, Brownie
McCarthy, Harry
McClure, Bud
McClure, C.H.
McIntire, George
McKenney, Miss
McManus, Clair
O'Neal, Whitey
Pallette, Gene
Ralson, Dr.
Ray, Raymond
Rivers, Bill
Roe, Keith
Rogers
Roll, Keith
Rosenbaum
Scalla, Mrs.
Sharp
Snodgrass, Lot
Stange, August
Terry, Bill
Thomas, Paul
Tiss, George
Torrance
Trice, Bob
Trice, George
Trice, Lucky
Turn, Max
Walters, Mable
Winslow, Fred Eugene
Young, B.
Zion, Sam
Subjects:
African Americans
Automobiles
Bakeries
Barbershops
Draft
Dry cleaners
Eggs
Floods
Grocery stores
Hotels
Houses
Laundries (Commercial establishments)
Logs
Photography
Produce
Rationing, Consumer
Restaurants
Sawmills
Schools
Snow
Stores & shops
Swimming
Taxi drivers
Theater
Travel
Vandalism
World War II
Search Terms:
"Painted Wagon"
"Pillars in the Sky"
Andrew's Grocery
Art Center
Baker La Grande Grocery
Baker, OR
Bert's Laundry
Bohnenkamp's
Boise Cascade
Buck Wear's Market
Buckley's
Burger Gang
Burger's Grocery
Camera Club
Campus
Central School
Chevrolet
China Mary's
Coast to Coast
Cove Pool
Cove, OR
Craig's Cleaners
Cyrstal Plunge
D & V Doughnut Shop
Divine's Grocery
Dorian Hall
Eastern Oregon Review
Eastern Oregon University
Eldridge Packing Co.
Elgin, OR
EOU
Falk's
First National Bank
Foley Hotel
Fountain Wholesale
GI Bill
Globe Furniture
Granada Theater
Grande Ronde River
Greenwood Grocery
Greenwood School
H & H Grocery
Halloween
Handlans Grocery
Harrison Building
Heart valve problem
High Banks
Highway Grocery
Hub City Lockers
Hunt Hall
Imbler, OR
In and Out
Inlow Hall
Interior Grocery
Island City, OR
J.C. Penney's
J.C.'s
J.D.'s
Joel's Grocery
Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Keith O'Brien's
Ken's Yard Service
La Grande Hotel
La Grande, OR
Labor unions
Liberty Theater
Little Pig Drive—In
Log yard
Malheur County
McWilliam's Bakery
Modern Laundry
Montgomery Ward
Monument Works
New Way Cleaners
North Powder, OR
Odorless Cleaners
Palmer's
Particle Board Plant
Payless Drug Store
Pendleton Round—up
Pendleton, OR
Perry, OR
Piggly Wiggly
Pine Cone
Plane spotters
Pumping gas
Riveria School
Rivers Hotel
Riverside Park
Sacajawea Hotel
Safeway
Senden's Grocery
Simmons Grocery
Smith Cannery
South Dakota
Space Plumbing
Standard Laundry
State Theater
Study hall
TB scare
Tiss's Music
Trotter's
Union County
Union, OR
Van Patten Lumber Co.
Western Auto
Willow Grocery
Winter's Bakery
Zimmerman's
Zion's Men Store
Zuber Hall
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