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DAILY CHATS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY is an assorted set of photos taken during the year. It tells some of the things we did, like shots around the Bay, Bob Pittam;s impromptu luncheon, Our son Georgie's visit from San Antonio, etc. r

Kay's Garden at 502 Village
Pines Circle, Coos Bay, Oregon
One of the planter boxes on our front porth. Bright red Geraniums, and 3 different colors of Nemesia. Nemesia were grown as border plants around L.J. Simpson's big home at Shore Acres.

George's favorite Flower is
CALLED "NEMESIA"
Beautiful Nemesia blossoms, closeup. They are like small snapdragons and the bloom lasts for a long time. They make beautiful hanging baskets.

Shore Acres was known for the
multi colored NEMESIA Flowers
Famous Nermesia blossoms, close up, One small plant grows into a large cluster and the blossoms last for a long time.

Kay's wedding gown for our
Grandson, Steve, in Texas.
Kay, outside our home with same wedding gown. Note flower boxes in background.

Close up of Kay in our Home.
A close up of Grandma Kay with the formal wedding gown she will wear at our Grandson's Wedding (Steve Gebhardt)in Ft. Worth, Tx on June 4, 2005. This picture taken inside our home at 502 Village Pines Cir. Coos Bay, Or.

Grandma Kay in our home.
Kay modeling her gown she will wear to Steve's weddmg in Dallas, TX June 4, 2,005

Overlooking the Coos Bay Bar.
We are at the Kiwanis salmon feed overlooking the Coos Bay Bar Aug 2,004. Class of 1933 reunion.

New 3 Span Bridge across
Haynes Inlet. cost $2 Million.


The new 3 span bridge across Haynes inlet. This fairy short bridge built in 2004, cost more than the majestic McCullough bridge built in 1936 at a cost less than $2 million.

Mary Banks Granger with Marie
Frey. Marie, died in August 2004
Mary Banks Granger with a friend at Bob Pittam's party on July 22, 2004. There were 40 present.

Lela Anderson & Ruth Shutter
at Bob's Party, St. Catherines.
Leola Anderson and Ruth Shutter. Note the North Bend Alumni directory on the table. A group of40 people, were there to help Bob Pittam have a Grand Party. Bud Baird was great on the piano and we sang a lot of the old North Bend School songs.

Left to right. Maybelle Olson,
Mable Lillebo, Rudy Buselemeier
& Kay Gebhardt.
Bob Pittam party. Maybelle Olson, Mable Lillebo, Rudy Buselemeier, See George taking a flash picture in the mirror background

Betty & Vic Demarest, & Earl Why.
Betty and Vic Demarest with Earl Whyu at Bob Pittam's party June 2,004

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Slide Show. Shore Acre Rose.

This light lavendar champion rose is covered with dew from the Shore Acre rose garden.

Champion Rose, Shore Acres.
World famous roses from Shore Acres rose garden. Delicate pedals of cream and yellow tints.

Two Champion Roses.
Two champion roses in the Shore Acre rose garden.

George & Larry, ready for the
Aerial Flight over NB High School
Larry Casey was the pilot for the aerial picture we needed for the campus of the North Bend High School. The picture turned out fine and it was used in the printing of the new NBHS Alumni directory. .

Big Waves roll in at this Beach.
Shore Acres overlooking the beach. We used to play down on this cove as kids.

North Bend Historical Society
has this same Purple Flower.
Beautiful purple flower taken during a visit to Shore Acres.

Close up of Rhododendron.
Photos from a trip to Shore Acres.

George Jr. and Kay at Shoreacres.
George Gebhardt Jr. and his mom, Kay on the bluff above Shoreacres. George was on a 4 day visit from San Antonio, TX.

Lunch at Beautiful Sunset Bay.
Kay and George Gebhardt Jr. having lunch in the park at Sunset Bay April 2,005

Grandma Kay Poses by Indian Boy
Kay Gebhardt posing by Indian Boy in the lobby of the Mill Casino. Painting by Peggy O'Neal.

George Sr. in Hotel Lobby at the
Indian Mill Casino in North Bend.
George Gebhardt Sr. poses by picture of Indian fisning in Coos Bay. Artist is the famous Peggy O'Neil of Coos Bay

George Jr. Works out on Tread Mill.
George Jr. works out at the Bay Area Athletic Club. He ran 6 miles per hour and burned 350 calories in 40 minutes

Drilling under Coos Bay, OR.
for the Natural Gas Pipeline.
Backhoe uses nylon sling to pull lpipeline around corner, as it is snaked under Coos Bay