Author Archive: Ronald Garrison
1964 PHS Graduation and Sports Banquet
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In the 1930’s, many local boys and men found employment at a duck farm located in Portage in the Garyton area off of Duck Farm Road, now known today as Evergreen Road. The owner of the farm was Mr. Adams of Chicago, Illinois--his first name is unknown. The manager’s name was Hugo Lindner and his […]
Continue readingJune 2018 Newsletter
Summer Festival Saturday June 23 10am-4pm Genealogy HowTo May 1, 2018 Calendar Saturday, June 23, 2018-Summer Festival at Countryside Park Wednesday August 15 –Kevin Matthew Pazour: Talk about Commodore David Porter Wednesday, October 17, 2018 – Kenneth Schoon about his new book: “Swedish Settlements on the South Shore of Lake Michigan
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Summer Festival Saturday June 23 10am-4pm Tea Party Saturday, April 13 1-4pm Calendar Saturday, & Sunday , April 7 & 8, 2018—Museum Opening Weekend Tuesday, April 10, 2018– Board Meeting 6:30 at the Portage Library Saturday, April 14, 2018—Third Annual Tea Party – To Be Held At Countryside Hall Wednesday, April 18, 2018- public meeting […]
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Christmas Open House Saturday, December 2, 2017, 10 am until 4 pm – Will be held at the barn museum in Countryside Park. Decorated for Christmas, cookies and punch, kids games and crafts, Christmas music and Father Christmas and Mrs. Claus. Wolf Mansion Tour Saturday, December 9, 2017 10:30 am Calendar Tuesday, October 10, 2017, […]
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Tea Party We will be having the tea party in the newly remodeled hall next to the barn Speakers April 19 – Serena Sutliff, Curator, Westchester Township History Museum: “The Prairie Club and the Indiana Dunes State park June 21 – Eva Brady, Debbie Heitman and other retired teachers to be announced: “ Teaching at Portage […]
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Presentation by Eva Kjennerud/Brady June 21, 2017 at bimonthly meeting Sixty years of my life have been involved with the 122-year-old Portage Township School system and I would like to share my experiences and relationships to it with you. I attended Garyton, grades 1-6 and Crisman/Portage High, grades 7-12. By the 1840’s all the Indians […]
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