Archive for April 20th, 2016

REMEMBER THIS GRESHAM LANDMARK?

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Zimmerman’s 12-Mile Store was located at 223rd and SE Stark Street.

The 12 mile store opened in 1938 by Carl Zimmerman as a small gas station
and grocery store (top photo). The store soon expanded to 30,000 square
feet with a butcher department, pharmacy and a post office. The building
was demolished in 2005 and replaced with Weston Kia (below).


The corner of 223rd and S.E. Stark St. as it looks today.

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PORTRAIT CHANGE ANNOUNCED TODAY


Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross)  (1822 – March 10, 1913)

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (below) announced plans today for Harriet Tubman
to replace U.S. President Andrew Jackson as the portrait on the front side of the
twenty-dollar bill. The exact design will be announced in 2020.


Tubman, was a Christian African-American, born into slavery who became a humanitarian, abolitionist and one of the leaders’ of the Underground Railroad
during the American Civil War as a Union spy. she became an icon of American 
courage and freedom.


Jacob Joseph "Jack" Lew.


A current $20 bill with the seventh U.S. President (1829–37), Andrew
Jackson
who has been featured on the bill since 1928.

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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CAMILE BOHANNON

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JOHNNY TILLOTSON IS 77 TODAY


Tillotson was born in Jacksonville, Florida.

Singer/songwriter Johnny Tillotson enjoyed his greatest success in the early
1960s, when he scored nine top-ten hits on the pop, country and adult
contemporary Billboard charts including "Poetry in Motion." He continues
to write and perform in concert.

               

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