June 19, 2013

Beatrice Bordeaux Elopes With Kenneth Palmer

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I found this clipping in my collection of newspaper articles my Yates family had saved. If you have been reading this blog for a while you might have seen other articles about the Bordeaux family, and why my family was “connected” to them. Every time I find a piece of written memorabilia such as this [...]

A Visit To Old Bordeaux

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[Due to a blog glitch, I have re-posted this story.] Last Friday, my aunt Twyla and Uncle Wally Yates, my cousins Edris and Jack Harbeston, my brother Dave Yates and his wife Kathy, and my husband Jim and I, went on a little adventure so Wally could visit “one more time” the old town of [...]

Olympia Motorcycle Club Enduro circa 1938

Olympia Motorcycle Club

Thurston County Motorcycle History Years ago I put together a shadow box for my parents of Yates memorabilia that included WWI and WWII medals for my grandfather Will Yates and my dad, William Gale Yates respectively. In that shadow box was included a little bit of Olympia Motorcycle Club history. My dad isn’t in the [...]

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