SUMMER 2008
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 | 'Howard Boyd Royal, Autobiography'
 | Bob Johnson of Birdsview
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"In 1948, he purchased Van Horn Service, a little store and gas station in Van Horn. Two sons were born to them, Richard, and then Michael, two years later.
He ran the store while Harriette had two little boys at home, just down the road from the store, where they have resided for all these years. Soon, the boys were old enough to go along, and she joined him at work in the store, "for just a while." Well, she is still working at age 91, but she doesn't go as early as she used to!! Albert and Harriette had a strict work ethic. The family rule was, and still is: If you are not in the hospital, or dead, you go to work!!"
Excerpt from Albert Franks obit, read more.
'Howard Boyd Royal, Autobiography' Where I Was Born, Where I Went From There', written by Howard and Jackie Royal is shipping September 3, 2008 from the new printing press, STUMP RANCH PRESS. As a boy growing up, I can share with you that every summer during school break, I had something to look forward to do with my grandfather. He has had a long and fasinating life that can now be shared with others besides his family. Therefore, it is appropiate for the author of this website to be able to produce the softcover perfect bound book of my grandfathers life as the first outing for STUMP RANCH PRESS. Included in book are items on:
Skagit County,
Town of Concrete,
Community & History in Birdsview,
Life on a Stump Ranch,
Lyman Timber,
Superior Portland Cement Plant,
The Depression & WWII,
WPA,
Skagit Steel in Sedro-Woolley,
Logging & the life,
Country/Western Swing Music,
Pend Oreille County,
Fishing in Alaska,
and 200 pages, full of photos and much more family history. Click on the photo for the order form in .pdf
My inquiry to Cliff Johnson solved the mystery of the nickname 'Nanny Bill' pretty quickly, Cliff shared…”I can relate the history. When Billy (Bill’s grandson) was a little tyke (maybe 3-4 yrs) and Dad would go to Sedro shopping, at times he would bring back bananas. He’d give one to Billy, who called them nanas, or nannys. And from that, Dad became known as ‘Nanny Bill’. And since this was his Grandad, Billy also hung the moniker on his other Grandfather, Jim Wilson. He was known as ‘Nanny Jim”.
CONCRETE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF... UPDATED WITH NEW SCANNED IMAGES OF YEARBOOK AND INFORMATION. A GREAT PLACE FOR UPRIVER ALUMNI.JUNE 2008
It was my honor in 2007 to accept the title of Historian voted by the board of the Skagit County Pioneer Association, succeeding long time Dick Fallis in the position. See recent article from the Courier Times and Argus at this link titled: Past Meets Present.
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