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<DIV><EM>Cecil, sometimes I think there is just too much "improvement" going on
in these parts. For instance the nice rich, fertile soil on flat land
being put into houses or as Burl Ives referred to them "pretty boxes".
There is a place for houses and a place for growing food (and flowers) but money
seems to the main motive now.</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>Verdena</EM></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> Friday, May 14, 2004 5:59 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Jeremiah Shea's
Roses</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial>Jeremiah Shea's Roses</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Not to steel Walt's thunder, BUT...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>When we lived in the Shea house at Foster, there were many
roses in front of that house. If you look closely at the photo
at:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/3/foster-house0.jpg">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/rulaford/3/foster-house0.jpg</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>You can see them along the wooden walkway between the
house and the highway. On either side (along the front edge of the
property), there were "rambling roses"; red. I can't swear that Mr. Shea
planted these roses, but I'd like to think so.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>One day the Highway Department "improved" HWY 20 by bull
dozing the rambling roses.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>I've not seen any of the roses that were there in the
1940's since.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
<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
href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">mailto:cchouk@cox.net</A><BR>ANDERSON - BLAKELY -
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