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<DIV>I was Just reading this post, I know there has been some discussion lately
about non genealogical items but many of the stories I enjoy.</DIV>
<DIV>Verdena's comments about Elsie reminded me of stories my mother used to
tell she was a young girl working with her mother in the logging camp their
during one of the big fires. Her Father, my grandfather was a jack of all
trades, logger, barber, dentist, miner, Etc. and had came to Oregon in 1906 and
worked throughout Oregon, Elsie, Alsea, Disston, Etc. and I have some old time
photos of Horse logging etc. 1906-1914 era.</DIV>
<DIV>Glen Jones </DIV>
<DIV>Portland, Oregon</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:vveelle@molalla.net
href="mailto:vveelle@molalla.net">Verdena Veelle</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto: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 16, 2004 2:06 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Pretty Boxes,
etc.</DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Cecil,</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>Guess I didn't quite have the words right but that is the song that I
meant. It seems that your brother used to live in Aurora which is of
great historical value in Oregon BTW. Anyway, close to Aurora is the
town of Canby. The farm where we used to go to buy broccoli, potatoes
and other vegetables has houses and more houses all over it now. Last
year I think they still raised a few onions. The housing development has
the same name as the farm did. The place in Elsie sounds great. My
husband used to log over there. His father did the old horse
logging-without the diapers of today I believe. The sons, nine of them,
were all involved in logging while they were still in grade school.</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>Verdena</EM></DIV>
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<A title=mailto:cchouk@cox.net href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">Cecil Houk</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto: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> Saturday, May 15, 2004 2:43
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Jeremiah Shea's
Roses</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Verdena:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Do you mean "Pretty boxes, made of ticky tacky. Pretty
boxes all in a row."?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>That describes most of America today.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I remember when there were orange trees by the
gazillion in Orange County; along I-5. Now it's "pretty boxes, pretty
boxes all in a row"... As far as the eye can see.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Just tonight, my dear wife (of 31 years), Rachel, said
that she would like to live on the Morgan homestead at Elsie, OR. It's
too bad we didn't know that the place was for sale before it was
sold.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I spent a couple of weeks there in 1994 helping my
aunt (Lovena Houk Morgan), prepare to move to Tacoma. Gee! She
had the perfect "mosquito magnets". I think you call them
"bats".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There was a mercury vapor steet lamp in her drive way
that attracted the bugs, and I watched the bats fly through the swarm and
saw it deminish, ever so slowly, night after night. It didn't cost a
cent. :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>And there isn't a "pretty box" within miles of
that location.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></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 title=mailto:cchouk@cox.net
href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">mailto:cchouk@cox.net</A><BR>ANDERSON - BLAKELY
- FORD - HOUK - KIMSEY - MOE - RULAFORD - SIMPSON<BR>Searchable GEDCOM: <A
title=http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk
href="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk">http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk</A><BR>My
web page MENU: <A title=http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/
href="http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/">http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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