Ramsey County History – Summer 2008: “Growing Up In Saint Paul: Love in Bloom”

Growing Up In Saint Paul: Love in Bloom
Author: John L. Relf

This is an excerpt from the author’s book My Story,  published in 2007. John Relf was born in 1927 and first lived on Portland Avenue near Fairview. He graduated from Central High School, entered the army and later went to the University of Minnesota for a business degree. Relf describes his courtship and wedding, an apartment on Grand Avenue, and purchasing a lot near White Bear Lake, where he and his wife built a new home in Pine Tree Hills addition. The author covers summer vacations, relations with friends and neighbors, and working at 3M, as well as his interest in politics and involvement in city council meetings.
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