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<DIV>On the right side of Foster Road, as I</DIV>
<DIV>reacll it, at the top of the hill just before the</DIV>
<DIV>street angled to the left and went down hill for a</DIV>
<DIV>ways, was a lumber yard that used to provide wood </DIV>
<DIV>for the winter.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It was fun in the thirties to watch the old</DIV>
<DIV>Mack chain driven, hard rubber tired trucks</DIV>
<DIV>making their deliveries.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I was told by my aunt, a resident at the time</DIV>
<DIV>that the whole yard burned during WWII.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Also does anyone recall the Oregon shipyard</DIV>
<DIV>Fire 1943 - 44. My grandfather and uncle</DIV>
<DIV>were both employed there. My uncle had not</DIV>
<DIV>left when my grandfather called to tell us the</DIV>
<DIV>about the fire. The three of us sat on a hill</DIV>
<DIV>adjacent to the yards and watched as they cut</DIV>
<DIV>at least one ship loose to save it. When I got</DIV>
<DIV>back to Oakland, it was on the local news</DIV>
<DIV>reel at the theater.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Out in that area, I rcall a highschool was on the right</DIV>
<DIV>on a hill, and had a large lawn with light posts also</DIV>
<DIV>a Hienz? factory on the left.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Some time around 1930-32 I am told a local bank</DIV>
<DIV>manager and his secretary absconded with funds.</DIV>
<DIV>They drove a Lincoln auto into the river. Later</DIV>
<DIV>he or both were found in South America. One</DIV>
<DIV>possibly committed suicide. My father purchased</DIV>
<DIV>that Lincoln just before being exposed to monoxide</DIV>
<DIV>poisoning at the Francis Motor Car Co. The car was</DIV>
<DIV>stored at Mrs. Russell's house garage on S.E. 68th</DIV>
<DIV>Ave. Portland. During father's illness, the car deter-</DIV>
<DIV>iorated. I recall Mrs. Russell opening the garage so</DIV>
<DIV>that I could see the car. All I can recall now is that</DIV>
<DIV>it had large headlights and chrome radiator, but smelled</DIV>
<DIV>of wood rot. I was silver gray in color. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Another story, of earlier time is that of prominent Portland</DIV>
<DIV>Dentist, who killed his wife's lover. He was convicted of</DIV>
<DIV>murder about 1922. I have a photo of my father who was</DIV>
<DIV>selling news papers, but the headline is too blurred to</DIV>
<DIV>make out the Dentist's name. The story was in one of</DIV>
<DIV>the magazines about 1950.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Gene Barnes</DIV>
<DIV>Costa Mesa, CA</DIV>
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<A title=EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net
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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> Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:06
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Hamburger Stand</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black'">Compared to some on this
list I am a baby but when I went to <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Grant</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">High
School</st1:PlaceName> in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City> (63-67) I use to catch the bus at
42<SUP>nd</SUP> and <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Sandy
Boulevard</st1:address></st1:Street> to go home.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While waiting there I would go into
the Hamburger Stand located on this corner to eat
something.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black'">Since moving back to
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> from
traveling around the world I went back there and the place is still in
business and still serving greasy burgers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black'">I am not sure when they
originally open but when I was last there the place look just like it was when
I was in high school.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>