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<DIV>In a message dated 9/4/05 9:47:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, reedsportchapmans@verizon.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>That reminded me of a fellow that my Dad and I used to visit quite often in<BR>the '50's an early '60's somewhere between Walker and Creswell in Lane Co<BR>Oregon. The reasons for our visits were often to search for a tool or farm<BR>machinery repair part or whole piece of farm machinery (i think we may still<BR>have a plough we got from him)</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>Les,</DIV>
<DIV>My father was a farmer who often visited that place looking for a "special something"</DIV>
<DIV>to use for another "special project". Dad was somewhat of an inventer, often making things to make farming easier.</DIV>
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<DIV>I seem to remember that his name was Frank SLY.</DIV>
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<DIV>After having said that, I thought I should check the 1955 city/county directory that I have</DIV>
<DIV>upstairs. There was a Frank SLY who lived in the rural area around Creswell. There was</DIV>
<DIV>a Clyde FISK who was gunsmith living iin Eugene.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Linda (Umpleby) VanOrden<BR>Junction City, OR<BR><A href="mailto:LinLouVan@aol.com">LinLouVan@aol.com</A><BR><BR>Searching for UMPLEBY from England to Ohio about 1817; to Montgomery Co., IL<BR>ca. 1861-63; to KA ca. 1900<BR>Searching for BARNSTABLE from England to Illinois about 1867<BR>Searching for RISHELL, SPANGLER in Centre Co., Pennsylvania 1700-1800s<BR>Searching for MULKEY and LILLARD, Oregon Trail Pioneers about 1851; Missouri <BR>to Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties, OR<BR>Searching for VAN ORDEN, Bergen Co., NJ 1780s; later to Monroe Co., NY; <BR>to Muskegon Co., MI; to Lincoln Co., OR<BR>Searching for SIMONSBACKA/NYSTROM from Finland to Oregon ca. 1886-1892<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>