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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had already had several year of elementary
schooling when I stayed with my grandparents</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in Porland, and attended Arleta Grammar School,
the fall semester of 1939. I had a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>teacher who had taught my mother. In my
day, you had to know your math to about</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>15 x15 and show both sides of your
hands</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>were clean, just to get into class. The
only</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>over memory of the school, was that it
was</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>brick, and there study hall, was an
octagonal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>faced, glassed in room, with a shedding stuffed
owl and National Geographic 1929</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>issues. In California in '39 we had
portables.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Too much sand in the concrete mix,
and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>brick schools were sunject to the San Andreas
fault.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene Barnes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Costa Mesa, Ca</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cchouk@cox.net href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">Cecil Houk</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</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 28, 2004 6:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Mrs. Marker and
Foster school</DIV>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi Rooters:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My education began in 1945 at Foster, OR. The
teacher for grades 1-3 was Mrs. Marker. She did not drive to school
because she lived across the street from the school. (If you look through my
web pages you will find a photo of her.)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In 1943 my father bought what was left of the J.
Shea homestead from Mr. Marker. Most of that land is now under water
created by the </SPAN></FONT>Foster Dam Lake. Ouch!</P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cecil</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cecil Houk</SPAN></FONT>, ET1 USN Ret.</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PO Box</SPAN></FONT> 530833</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">San Diego</SPAN></FONT> CA 92153</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">FAX: 619-428-6434</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">mailto:cchouk@cox.net</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ANDERSON - BLAKLEY - FORD - HOUK - KIMSEY - MOE -
RULAFORD - SIMPSON</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Searchable GEDCOM: <A
href="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk">http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My web page MENU: <A
href="http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/">http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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