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Cecil, I hardly know of anyone who has had a more colorful life than you!
You must have a karmic connection to the strange, the bizarre, the unexpected.
Ha!
<p>Cecil Houk wrote:
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<font face="Arial">They robbed the
bank in Sweet Home</font> <font face="Arial">I forget the year, but
it was some time in the late 1940's, but it was before 1948.</font> <font face="Arial">The
old bank building on Long Street is now gone, but for years there were
bullet holes in the outside walls of the that bank; the result of a holdup.</font> <font face="Arial">My
brother (the late Doug Houk), was playing down on the Santiam River, near
the covered bridge at Foster. He saw some fellows hide "something"
in the bushes near that bridge. He told our father about it, and
dad went into town and called the FBI.</font> <font face="Arial">This
story was reenacted on one of the radio crime programs that were so popular
back then.</font> <font face="Arial">In 1948 we moved from Foster
to near the east end of Long Street. Guess who lived next door?
The family of the young man, fresh out of jail, who was party to that robbery!!!
YIKES!!!!!!!</font> <font face="Arial">Cecil</font> <font face="Arial">Cecil
Houk, ET1 USN Ret.</font>
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<br><font face="Arial">San Diego CA 92153</font>
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