How do you remember Phoenix? Stories from long time residents... (Hayden: things to do, stations)

[azdr0710]

Originally Posted by deraffe

ok since i can't find out how to edit a post, here is more info:
the house and property was orginally owned by the Sandage family who owned most of the land in the area. at some point he sold the land to Ed (?) Baker of Bakers nursery fame and he had moved the family in and out of it at different times and might still live there today.

using google maps, I looked up that address and then clicked on "street view" for a picture of the property....little shows except a hedge and a pile of dirt....see if you can get this to work for you, then drag the picture around for a view of the street and homes across the street and see if you recognize anything

[scorpionsbite]

Frying eggs in a pan on the sidewalk in June.

[roosevelt]

Originally Posted by deraffe

ok since i can't find out how to edit a post, here is more info:
the house and property was orginally owned by the Sandage family who owned most of the land in the area. at some point he sold the land to Ed (?) Baker of Bakers nursery fame and he had moved the family in and out of it at different times and might still live there today.

In 1970 there was a Baker International (Nursery) at 1131 North 40th Street.

[deraffe]

Originally Posted by azdr0710

using google maps, I looked up that address and then clicked on "street view" for a picture of the property....little shows except a hedge and a pile of dirt....see if you can get this to work for you, then drag the picture around for a view of the street and homes across the street and see if you recognize anything

that is the house, there is a huge hedge row in front of the house, if you do the overhead view you can see the house and property otherwise you see green trees, ETC.

Bakers nursery is just up the street and is still there and in business at least as of a few weeks ago. it is located just north of the house on the same side of the street.

[erindavis]

I was at Patterdell/Good Shepherd in the mid-70's. It was for juvenile girls - basically the last stop/last chance before the prison.

I remember Sister Rose fondly - short, squat, perpetually happy and joking. She was awesome. I remember making bread for the whole cottage for the week every Sunday, and Mr. Perez who was a great teacher. We wore these horrible, super thick polyester orange pantsuit uniforms ... lol. I gave a "valedictorian" address when I graduated high school there (graduating seniors = 3). I also remember "Family Living" classes where we'd learn how to live a "moral life" and also the rating system and pink slips and blue slips for behavior. Overall, I think the set up worked pretty well - lots of structure and positive influences. And the nuns were pretty cool.

[pbenjamin]

Originally Posted by deraffe

Bakers nursery is just up the street and is still there and in business at least as of a few weeks ago. it is located just north of the house on the same side of the street.

We won't go anywhere else. The quality of their plants and their expertise is head and shoulders above the other nurseries in town. Still run by the same family.

[deraffe]

Originally Posted by erindavis

I was at Patterdell/Good Shepherd in the mid-70's. It was for juvenile girls - basically the last stop/last chance before the prison.

I remember Sister Rose fondly - short, squat, perpetually happy and joking. She was awesome. I remember making bread for the whole cottage for the week every Sunday, and Mr. Perez who was a great teacher. We wore these horrible, super thick polyester orange pantsuit uniforms ... lol. I gave a "valedictorian" address when I graduated high school there (graduating seniors = 3). I also remember "Family Living" classes where we'd learn how to live a "moral life" and also the rating system and pink slips and blue slips for behavior. Overall, I think the set up worked pretty well - lots of structure and positive influences. And the nuns were pretty cool.

did you remember Margarette Eaton (that was my grandmother who taught there)? i know that she taught home economics possably other things. i believe that she taught there up until the mid 70's

[roosevelt]

Originally Posted by deraffe

did you remember Margarette Eaton (that was my grandmother who taught there)? i know that she taught home economics possably other things. i believe that she taught there up until the mid 70's

This photo mentions a Mrs. Jack Eaton who teaches cooking class, I don't know who the nun is or who Mrs. Eaton is, perhaps kneeling at the oven. 1958.

[roosevelt]

Here are some more Good Shepherd School photos from 1958.

Interesting facts: there were 140 girls, 12 to 18 years old. Mother Superior was Mary Annunciata. They subsisted on $4 a day per girl. The girls were given a psychological testing and later on the Wechsler-Bellevue battery of tests so the girls could be placed according to their abilities.

[roosevelt]

Originally Posted by roosevelt

Here are some more photos from 1958.

Typing class with teacher Gloria Martin.