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<DIV><FONT size=3>Dear Midge:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I guess you know that Capt. James Blakely is up there
somewhere reading this and laughing his behind off. :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Cecil</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret.<BR>PO Box 530833<BR>San Diego CA
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Magbatt@aol.com href="mailto:Magbatt@aol.com">Magbatt@aol.com</A>
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<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> Sunday, May 09, 2004 6:39 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Brownsville:
Weber/ Michael, (Michaels?)</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks, Cecil. I'll get back to him with that and see if the names
and location connect. I'm guessing you would have been as delighted as I
was when we made the connection to Brownsville. We started off in a
restaurant in Seattle with a discussion about the different tax structures in
OR and WA and how the roads and bridges were being affected by a lack of
funds. When he started talking about the roads around his son's place in
Lebanon, etc., I went into "geno" gear and started asking questions.
When he said Sweet Home I slapped my knee and thought of you. My grin
got wider and wider and everyone around us was watching as I asked him
questions - trying to be polite and not seeming to be too nosy - and
bingo! He finally spit out Brownsville. Said the museum has a fair
amount of info on his family. I of course told him that the big picture
hanging across from the door as you go into the museum is my (our)
ggggrandfather who had named the town for my (our) gggguncle.
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<DIV>Anyway, thanks for the reply. Sorry to go so, but I thought you
might get a kick out it.</DIV>
<DIV>Small world, huh? Take care,
Midge</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>