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<DIV>I have Cooley's Irises, Sorry it I wasn't clear. They are in full
bloom on Mother's Day here, I have plenty of visitors at the time of their
best blooming season. One year, a couple older ladies, got out of their car with
their little shovels and was going to help themselves. When I saw they had what
they had come after, I went out and ask what they were doing, Their reply,
"Oh we knew your Dad and we just knew you wouldn't mind." Well that was
the best Irises that I did not give away, because those ladies give me
something, that all the digging in old records will never reveal. Childhood
stories of my father. Things that make the genealogy fun and come alive.</DIV>
<DIV>Maxine </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:Magbatt@aol.com
href="mailto:Magbatt@aol.com">Magbatt@aol.com</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> Friday, July 30, 2004 11:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Cooleys/was
"squabble".</DIV>
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<DIV>Maxine, </DIV>
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<DIV>You said your roses were from Cooleys. As in the Brownsville
Cooleys? Every time my sister and I go into the Brownsville Museum
and the volunteers in there hear us laughing, they say they can always tell
when descendants of Capt Blakely or the Cooleys are in there because
they LAUGH all the time. As I recall there was a lot of
interaction between the two families. Weren't they partners is a general
store or something? I have it somewhere, but I'll bet Cecil will jump
out of the shadows and tell us from right off the top of his head!</DIV>
<DIV><G> Thanks,
Midge</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>