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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><<<Some time ago, my then 12 year old
granddaughter wanted to know what my favorite TV program was when I was a girl.
She was horrified when I told her we had no TV>></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>This one made me laugh, because I was talking with
someone with a 11 year old granddaughter standing by.....the lady had asked if
she was out of school because of a vacation day, then went on to say that the
kids were out of school more than in. To defuse the talk I asked the lady if she
remembered the time during WW2 the time that we went to school on Saturday? I
don't know if it was just in our area or not, but it gave the older boys and
girls time to help in the fields both spring and fall. My granddaughter looked
at me with big eyes and asked ....."NO Saturday morning cartoons?".....her
reaction was the same when I said NO TV........</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Jacqueline</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<A title=CARROLLOUC@aol.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 12, 2003 3:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Depression Times
/ W.W.II</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>I hope those of you that are waxing nostalgic about
growing up during the Depression and WWII are also busy writing your story of
those years. They will be lost in another generation if you don't.<BR><BR>My
great grandmother was born in VA in 1852 and died in Portland, OR in 1944 when
I was 15. She used to tell us children stories of the Civil War and of her
life but no one wrote them down and they are now mainly forgotten. I only
remember one or two. What a loss this is to our family.<BR><BR>Some time ago,
my then 12 year old granddaughter wanted to know what my favorite TV program
was when I was a girl. She was horrified when I told her we had no TV, radio
or telephone at that time and she plaintively asked "but Grandma, what
did you dooooo?". <BR><BR>I was born in 1929 and grew up in Portland and the
suburb, Parkrose, during two of the most important decades in the History of
the U.S.. I have completed my story of what it was like for me, what we
children did for entertainment, etc. I began with my birth and ended this
first story at age 18 when I was walking down the aisle to be married.
There is also a good deal of genealogy involved in the story.<BR><BR>The
second part of my life has mostly been written, up to about 8 years ago.
Eventually, it will be completed, with one of my children finishing the last
page for me. Then, hopefully, he or she will make it into a book for my
descendants as well. <BR><BR>These stories are not about a great or famous
person, but an ordinary individual with her own story to tell and it will be a
totally different story from anyone else's story. I sincerely hope
that my family will enjoy both books and will know their mother,
grandmother and great grandmother more fully than they do now.<BR><BR>So,
everyone, get cracking on those stories for your children and
theirs.<BR><BR>Carroll (Cooper)
Summers<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></B></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>