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The Northcrest Retirement Community's board of directors in 1965. This board guided Northcrest's first days. Construction of the community had been initiated and planning was still in a state of development. From left-right: Mark Englebrecht, the project architect; George Heald; Gladys Meads; Stanley Borden; Jess Cole; Howard Eicher; Esther Rawson; Verner Neilson; and Harold Hegland. The picture was taken in First Baptist Church parsonage. Harold Pride, who is not pictured, served as the board's secretary in 1962 and continued in that capacity for several years after that. (See also: 161.894.1-4)