(1929-1942)

1030 Wilbur St.

1320 State St.

He was born to George and Olive Blanchard in Waitsburg, Washington on 26 Feb 1915.  Father George was a miller in a flour mill. Harry moved with his family to Salem sometime between 1920 and 1930.  By 1932, at the age of 17, Harry had begun working for the TKWM as a weaver. He only had one year of high school.  He lived with his parents and brother Clarence, until his marriage in 1936.

Harry met his wife Vera Moullet through her sister Helen, a fellow weaver at TKWM.  Vera was a bookkeeper at Doolittle’s Auto Sales and Repair, local auto parts store.  Harry and Vera married 15 Feb 1936 in Vancouver, WA.

By 1940, Vera had picked up work as a stenographer at TKWM and Harry’s WWII draft registration card confirms his work as a manufacturing foreman at the TKWM. It should be noted however, that Doolittle’s is penciled in the margins.

After the war Harry returned to work at Doolittle’s Auto Sales and Repair. Then in Oct 1946, he and his wife opened a variety store in West Salem, a business that only lasted for two years. After that, Harry went into the garbage hauling business with his brother-in-law, Harvey Moullet.

By the early 1980s the couple had retired to Reedsport Oregon. Vera died 9 January 1986 in Reedsport and was buried in Belcrest Memorial Park in Salem, OR. Then on 12 Sep 1992 at the age of 77, Harry passed away in Reedsport, OR.

Vera L Moullet, Clerk, Walter E Burns, 1265 D St

1934.  Harry J Blanchard, 2026 Center St, Weaver, TKWM (living with his parents and brother Clarence)

Vera and Helen Moullet, r. 695 S 26th

1935.  Harry J Blanchard, 2026 Center St, Weaver, TKWM (living with his parents and brother Clarence)

Vera Moullet, Stenographer, 695 S 25^th

Helen J Moullet, Weaver, TKWM, r 695 S 25^th

1937.  HJB Weaver TKWM, 290 N 18^th

1939.  HJB Weaver TKWM, 1030 Wilber

1941.  HJB Filling Carrier TKWM, 1030 Wilber

1942.  HJB Asst Supt TKWM, Vera B Bkpr, RD1 Box 36 J

1945.  HJB Salesman, Frank Doolittle, Urban Ln W Salem

1947-1949.  HJB and Vera.  Blanchard’s Kingwood Variety 1115 Edgewater, West Salem.  r. 191 McNary Av, West Salem.

1951.  No HJB or Vera Blanchard

1954.  Vera back at TKWM as a cashier.  RD8 Box 35

1955.  No HJB or Vera Blanchard

1930.  Harry J Blanchard b abt 1915 in WA.  Single.  Son.  2026 Center St.  In School.  Father b in MN.  Mother b in KS.  George G Blanchard 57 (day laborer), Olive V Blanchard 52, Clarence L Blanchard 22 (lumber mill), Harry J Blanchard 15

Vera M Moullet, 20 living with her mother and stepfather, working as a bookkeeper at an auto parts store.  Sister Helen J Moullet (14)

1940.  Harry J Blanchard 25.  B abt 1915 in WA.  HOH.  1030 S Center. Filling Carrier, woolen mill.  Owned house.  2 yrs. HS.  Harry J Blanchard 25, Vera M Blanchard 30, stenographer woolen mill.

announcement of opening of Blanchard’s Kingwood Variety store, Harry J and Vera Blanchard owners.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61983223/blanchards-kingwood-variety-store/

Capital Journal 17 Jan 1948, pg. 8

Harry goes into the garbage business with his brother-in-law Harvey Moullet

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28107405/

The World (Coos Bay, OR) 15 Sep 1992, pg. 12

Death Notice, Harry J. Blanchard

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62027131/obituary-for-harry-j-blanchard-aged/

M3 1992-117-0010     Photograph

M3 1992-117-0012     Photograph

M3 1992-008-0001     Photograph

M3 1966-001               Mill Records

M3 1994-016-0019     Oral History Interview