ANY PICTURE ON THIS SLIDE SHOW CAN BE ENLARGED BY CLICKING ON IT. TO RETURN TO SLIDE SHOW, CLICK ON "BACK" George is on his knees in front of the Money Tree, begging the old folks at the new Assisted Living Place, to write a check to buy a leaf to Save our North Bend Pool.
George and Kay Gebhardt toured the new Assisted Living Place, Ocean Ridge, located off Ocean Blvd. The money tree thermometer stands at $5,000 on June 5, 2006. Rudy and Janet Buselmeier just gave $100. to the Tree.
This is George's Sandwich Board he wears alround his neck when calling on Merchants for help to "Save our Pool" The big leafs shown at the bottom are the actual size of those attached to the Money Tree.
BUY A LEAF: MAIL CHECK TO NORTH BEND, P.O. BOX "B". The Money Tree is strictly for PHASE 1 of the donation drive. This money is to be used this Summer to repair exterior damage to the Roof and Super structure. Phqse II and III will take care of extensive internal repairs.
George is at KCBY and just finished a 5 minute video, advertising the Money Tree. His sign says to mail all checks to P.O.Box "B" North Bend, OR for donations to the money tree.
George Gebhardt in front of the Money Tree he created. 4 different leaves are attasched to a large plastic shield with the names of the donors embossed on them. The gold leafs are $500., the Silver ones $200.the Copper color, $100. and the White leafs are $50.
Chris richmond, manager and chief instructor at the North Bend Municipal Pool. Chris is in the furnace room by the new hot water heater and the heat exchanger. This work was made possible by a $25,000 gramt fsrom the Coquille Indian Tribe.
Born in 1915,in North Bend, Oregon. I will be 93 years old on Aug 8, 2008. I graduated in 1940 from Colorado School of Mines as a Geologist. My first job out of college was working for an oil cdompany in the swamps out of Morgan City, Louisiana. In December 1940, I was drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private. My year was almost up, when Pearl Harbor hit. They sent me to Officer Candidate School, where I became an officer at Ft. Belvoir in the Army Engineers., 4 years later, I left the service as a Captain. I then worked for HYumble Oil (Now Exxon-Mibil) in the Houson, Tx. office as a specialist in the study of underground oil and gas reserrves.
In 1947 I returned to Coos Bay, Or. spent 19 years in the restaurant business, built a bowling alley, owned 3 service stations and 17 years in the real estate business. I retired at age 65 in 1980. I then got involved with the mining business in gold silver and zinc. Like the old saying, "what goes around, comes around." I started with mining and end up with mining. My wife, Kay and I celebrated our 65th Wedding Anniv. We have 3 fine kids, One girl and two boys.