Jottings from 5th & G: 76 years ago — sixth grade at Lake Grove Grade School

Friends call me and say, “I love it when you write about Lake Oswego history. Tell us more!” This story is about my sixth-grade year, 1949-50, at Lake Grove Grade School. There will be several additional parts in the future about school activities, daily non-school activities and vacations, family holidays and travel. The school was located in the then unincorporated Lake Grove area. What you see today in 2026 from Boones Ferry Road, with a few additions, is almost exactly what you saw in 1949-50. Today, however, there is more landscaping, play equipment and parking. The school included grades 1-8. My class had 29 students. There was no high school. High school students had a choice between West Linn and Lincoln high schools. We either walked or rode the bus to school depending on the weather. Classmates came from the South Shore, Goodall, Wembley Park, Quarry Road, Fosberg Road, Pilkington Road and Lake Grove areas. By today’s standards, we all lived in a very modest home.

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