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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sweet Home in the 1940's</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>We may never know what made Mrs. Shockley's popcorn
taste so good, but we will never forget that it did.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>A little hole in the wall on Main Street, just east of
12th Ave., was where we bought her delicacies. She also</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>bred and sold cocker spaniel dogs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>My first dog was "Skippy", named after Skippy
peannutbutter, came from Mrs. Shockley. I will never forget the day that
Skippy was killed by a hit and run driver in front of out house on HWY 20 at
Foster, OR.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>For fear of flames from the Manear family I will not
relate the "tail" of Pedro (one of Skippy's pups given to the Virgil Manear
family), except to say that I saw Virgil slam the door on Pedro's
tail.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>What the heck. All of those popcorn shops in Chicago
don't come close to what Mrs. Shockley sold in the good old
days!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret.<BR>PO Box 530833<BR>San Diego CA
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