14.. The Griffin Place

13. Mrs. Blake, Teacher Extraordinare

Norman Hindes: [NORMAN] After it was found and we went to the museum to view it. Mrs. Blake took us I think one time she took me and the next time she took Chuck. We usually got to stay overnight with Mrs. Blake. If we was real good kids and got our lesson, then we would get to go home on a weekend and stay and help Old Ed around the place there fixing fence and one thing and another and then the next weekend it would be my brother. She let Chuck and I go pretty often.

Bob Zybach: Oh. Stay at the Blake's house then. ,

Norman Hindes: Yeah. We'd stay there.

Bob Zybach: So, when she took you to the museum that would be the Horner Museum on Oregon State campus ?

Charles Hindes: [CHUCK] At that time the museum was in the bottom of the old gym. It's right across from the armory. I guess the building is still standing. At that time that the Horner Museum was in the basement, but I certainly wouldn't want to argue strongly about the location of this tooth. I think that possibly Gene Glender would have a better source of information than any of us because it was actually his family that made the discovery.

Bob Zybach: Well, he took me to the spot, but then he was real young when they found it. In fact, I'm not sure if he was even born when they found the first one in 1919, but you're probably right. Probably through his family they had it pinpointed pretty well and that fits with what Norman was saying too. Okay, So let's see, we've gone by the Beal. . . Weren't you telling me at the school also that there was an apple tree or something there? Maybe that was somebody else that said next to the Tampico School there was a fruit tree where the kids would go and pick apples in the spring.

Charles Hindes: [CHUCK] Could've been. I sure don't remember.

Norman Hindes: [NORMAN] I know there was some damn nice tall willow brush around there that would be good whips. I remember that very plain.

14. The Griffin Place

Bob Zybach: Okay. So coming from... Let's see. Let me get oriented on your map here. Is this. Glender's right here?

Charles Hindes: [CHUCK] Yes.

Bob Zybach: Or, no that's the Brown-Hildebrand house.

Charles Hindes: Oh, yeah. Excuse me.

Bob Zybach: Okay, and so before Elmer Govier. . . Uh, there's another house on the left.

Charles Hindes: Yes. That would be the Griffin place.

Bob Zybach: Okay, so you knew it when the Griffins lived there.

Charles Hindes: Yes.

Bob Zybach: Can you remember anything about that family?

Norman Hindes: [NORMAN] Well that's where I thought the school was right across, almost across from it but down towards camp more.

Charles Hindes: [CHUCK] Well we can look when we go...

Norman Hindes: [NORMAN] Now, I won't argue the point because Chuck most likely is more right than I am.