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<DIV><EM>You guys probably gave your mother more than one gray hair!!! We
really need a special day like today.</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>Verdena</EM></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<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> ; <A
title=OREGON-L@rootsweb.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 09, 2004 7:36 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] A Pig Tale</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Listers:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Back durring WW II my family often went into town (Sweet
Home) to shop for groceries. We were living in the Shea house at Foster
at rhe time. My father bought that house in 1943.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There was a butcher shop on Main Street just east of 9th
that was our last stop. I have no memory of what my parents bought that
day, but I do have a vivid memory of what the butcher gave my brother while
they wern't looking.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>He gave Doug a pig's tail. And Doug gave it to
me. I put it in my pocket.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Nothing happened until wash day (Monday, of
course). She set up the wash tubs and sorted out the clothes to wash (we
had no electricity at this time). When she found the pig's tail...
You could have heard her scream in Albany! 30 miles away.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>:-)</FONT></DIV>
<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 92153<BR>FAX 619-428-6434<BR><A
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