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<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana>Hey Carroll,</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana>Don't think you are quite THAT old -
1840!</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face=Verdana>Verdena</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=CARROLLOUC@aol.com
href="mailto:CARROLLOUC@aol.com">CARROLLOUC@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Are you still
there?</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>I was living in Medford</STRONG> <STRONG>by June of '49 but do
remember the Columbia River freezing over in Dec. of '48. Lived in Montavilla
until I was 12 (1840) then in Parkrose until 1949. Remember walking to school
during the silver thaws and the east wind - lots of fun. Missed the rain when
I first came down here. Ah, nostalgia!</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Carroll</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>You might recall the winter of '49/50. It
started with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>the wind that blew a car carrier off the
Columbia</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>River highway, snowed at Thanksgiving and on
the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>following mid Jan was 8 above in Portland and 3 above
in Seattle with another Alaska storm about to hit.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>We hit snow to Redding, and Ice down to
the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cartinez straits just out of Martinez CA.
that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>January.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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