George is holding two Sequoia Redwood seedlings, ready to go to the 40 acre tree farm at Lakeside. So far he has planted 10,000 Douglas Firs & 200 Calif. Coastal Redwoods. 
posted by George Gebhardt | 7:11 AM
About Me
- Name: George Gebhardt
- Location: Coos Bay, Oregon, United States
Born in 1915,in North Bend, Oregon. I will be 93 years old on Aug 8, 2008. I graduated in 1940 from Colorado School of Mines as a Geologist. My first job out of college was working for an oil cdompany in the swamps out of Morgan City, Louisiana. In December 1940, I was drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private. My year was almost up, when Pearl Harbor hit. They sent me to Officer Candidate School, where I became an officer at Ft. Belvoir in the Army Engineers., 4 years later, I left the service as a Captain. I then worked for HYumble Oil (Now Exxon-Mibil) in the Houson, Tx. office as a specialist in the study of underground oil and gas reserrves. In 1947 I returned to Coos Bay, Or. spent 19 years in the restaurant business, built a bowling alley, owned 3 service stations and 17 years in the real estate business. I retired at age 65 in 1980. I then got involved with the mining business in gold silver and zinc. Like the old saying, "what goes around, comes around." I started with mining and end up with mining. My wife, Kay and I celebrated our 65th Wedding Anniv. We have 3 fine kids, One girl and two boys.
- A shot of George at 502 Village Pine Cir Coos Bay....
- George & Kay, Marion & Lorraine Frint and Marj Cof...
- Good Sammers--Claude & Azada Grey, Andy & Gevon Wh...
- We sold our truck and trailor, so this may be one ...
- Marj and Claude Coffman, enjoying a real big barbe...
- Party No. 3. At a fine barbeque in Simpson Park, N...
- Same shot, except George the 90 year old birthday ...
- At the Bay Area Athletic Club. Bill, Ace, Jessie, ...
- Mary our Aqua Size instructor baked a real good Ca...
- South side of Sea Lion's Cave. You can take the el...
1 Comments:
George, your blogs are outstanding! And, this one of your family and your 90th birthday was very special. Keep it up and, you be the Blog expert of Coos Bay!
Sherm
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