[or-roots] Winter of 49-50 (hoodriver

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My Grandmother lived in Hood Rover from around 1874 to after 1934. My Grand father (Prince William Goodman died in 1934) My Grand mother Goodman (McLane died abt 1970.  Do you rembmer a candy and cigar store in Hood River?

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Duane R.(Bob) Goodman
University Place, Washington
> I was growing up on a farm south of Hood River and can't remember how many 
> feet of snow we had, but I do remember how it drifted up against the roof 
> of our barn. After the silver thaw brought a really hard crust to the snow 
> we used the crust to climb up on the barn roof, then "sledded" down on our 
> behinds, landing on the crust where we had enough impetus to keep going a 
> ways farther. It's hard to believe now how deep that snow was and how hard 
> and thick the crust was. Later, after the thaw had started, my sister lost 
> one of her boots when she stepped through the crust while trying to walk 
> across a lawn, and we didn't find the boot until most of the snow had melted.
> 
> Beth
> 
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