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<DIV><FONT size=3>And these are those pictures:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Captain James Blakely 1812-1913</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><A
href="http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cchouk&id=I00726">http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cchouk&id=I00726</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Captain James Blakely & Winnie Lewis</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/blakely/">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/blakely/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Captain Blakely was one of my gr gr grandfathers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Cecil</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Magbatt@aol.com href="mailto:Magbatt@aol.com">Magbatt@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 08, 2004 12:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] tact, humor and
history</DIV>
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<DIV>Hang in there, Nancy. We get it all. Actually, these very
people who so like to tickle our funny bones (sometimes not so gently) are
also very helpful when they can be. I have picked up much information -
some direct and some just general through their stories about my ancestors and
their neighbors. </DIV>
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<DIV>As for the humor, whenever my sisters and I visit the museum at
Brownsville the volunteers always comment that they can tell we are
descendants of Capt. Blakely. He was known for his sense of humor and
his whole bloody family seems to have been blessed with it. As you
walk in the door, you see on the opposite wall the large, typically stern
portrait of him, but if you check further you see the one of him with his
great-granddaughter (my grandmother) at about age six standing behind him and
wearing his glasses. You can see the sense of humor coming
through despite his attempt to surpress it for the camera.
The volunteers say the same thing about one of the other Brownsville
family as well. (Cooleys?)</DIV>
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<DIV>What with the D-day anniversary this weekend, I just got done rereading
all the letters my father sent to his mother from England. They are full
of the thrill of flying, the weariness, the sorrow for those who don't make it
home and the innocent who suffered from the bombs he dropped. But there
was also humor. It was the humor that got him through and cemented
the bond between him and his crew. He earned three Distinguished Flying
Crosses and many other awards, so it must have served him well. </DIV>
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<DIV>I agree that a bit of tact is sometimes needed here and there, especially
on the sensitive subjects, but sometimes I think we don't realize that we are
sounding harsh. Maybe it should be tact, humor, history, and
tolerance. </DIV>
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<DIV>Midge</DIV>
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