[or-roots] Winter of 1949/50

[CLEOQUILTS at aol.com]

Thanks for all those stories.  It really takes me back.  I was in Dallas when 
we had that cold spell in 1949-50.  My oldest son was three months old.  I 
was babysitting a family about 6 blocks from our apartment, and I bundled him up 
and carried him across those icy streets every morning.  I can remember the 
thermometer at Guy's Hardware saying 10 degrees.

The Silver Thaw I remember was in 1942.  My mother was pregnant with my baby 
sister, then she got mumps, then when she was sick in bed came the silver 
thaw, and the electricity was out, and Daddy cooked soup on the wood stove.  I was 
in the 7th grade.

Cleo in Sacramento
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