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Mrs. Horace B. Garman's Oral History (Ethel Garman)

This is the oral history of Mrs. Horace B. Garman. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on March 31, 1983. The interview includes her childhood and working at the YWCA.

Tags: "Crystal Bird" Club, "Decoration Day", "Frolic", "stock company", 1983, African-American girls club, Al Jolson, Alice Evans, army wives, Art Class, Bachrach store, Barney Fulton, Bijou Theatre, Billy Sunday, block man, Bob Hope, bond sales drives, Camp Kiwanis, Carnegie Library, childhood, Christmas store, colored girls, Corn Carnival, cottages, Crystal Bird, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Florence Love, Frank Curtis, Gastman School, Georgia Leaflet, Governor Oglesby Mansion, Great Depression, Greenwood Cemetery, Howard W. Schaub, interview, Jake Latham, Jane Hamand, Jane Hamilton, Kiwanis Club, Louis Nichol's candy store, March 1983, Marietta Street School, Miss Abel, Mrs. Alice Bering Evans, Mrs. James Millikin, new city dam, O.W. Smith, oral history, Powers Grand Opera House, Powers Grand Theatre, president, recording, Red Cross, renovated YWCA building, Roy Christy, Sam Malleous, social work, Study Class, vice-president, World War II, WWII, YWCA

Cottages #67 and #68

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Photograph of the cottages #67 and #68 at the South Side Country Club.

Tags: associations, cottage #67, cottage #68, cottages, Decatur IL, Dianne Lutt, Photo File: Associations, South Side Country Club

Cottages #67 and #68

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Photograph of the cottages #67 and #68 at the South Side Country Club.

Tags: associations, cottage #67, cottage #68, cottages, Dianne Lutt, Photo File: Associations, South Side Country Club

Cottages at the Fishing Club

Photograph of several cottages at the Fishing Club. The photo was taken by J.K. Stafford. The Fishing Club became the South Side Country Club in 1924.

Tags: associations, cottages, Decatur IL, Fishing Club, J.K. Stafford, J.K. Stafford Collection, Photo File: Associations, South Side Country Club

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Mrs. Horace B. Garman's Oral History (Ethel Garman)

Cottages #67 and #68

Cottages #67 and #68

Cottages at the Fishing Club

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Personnel Policy and Public Relations Meeting - October 1995