TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Keepsake is published as a collection of historical and antectodal materials
relating to the region known as Helendale, California. It is published by the Helendale
Rendezvous Committee in an effort to preserve the history of the area.
Inner cover page, Publication Committee
School District Sponsors Rendezvous-resolution
Helen Becomes Helendale - 1918
Helendale Teacherage
Songs written for Helendale
About the Fifth Annual Helendale Rendezvous By: Jim Brown
Schedule of events - 5th Rendezvous
Self Guided tour of Lenwood Air Field and Hodge area.
An Old Landmark By: Fred Gibson
Life As A Boy In Lenwood, California By: Jack Gafney
Jack Gaffney Crew Chief, Nose Artist By: Jack Gaffney
Growing Up On The Desert By: Barbara Heckley Frisbie
Life On The Desert As I Remember It By: Mary Hey Holstius
Orebaugh Biography, By: Margaret Haigh
Buzz Banks (Author not listed)
Eva Von Dettum Helendales Poetess - Sampling of poems
Old Number 8 By: John Swisher
Airplanes That Sailed Over The Victor Valley Skies In The Past By:
John Swisher
Brief History of George Air Force Base
Unsung Heroes By: John Swisher
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Sketch - Helendale Beacon"Old Number 8"
Sketch - airplane
Photo - Helendale Teacherage
Sketch - Woman in uniform
Sketch Locomotive
Sketch - Old Number 8
Sketch - air_2
Sketch - air_3
Sketch - Back Cover of Keepsake Publication