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<DIV>My Dad dug up the parking strip in front of our house in Tacoma and planted a Victory Garden. Also he had a pretty good Vegi Garden in our Back Yard. I remember He loved to grow tomatoes. Particularly very big BeefSteak Tomatoes. but he would not eat them!! He hated Tomates as food but loved to brag to the neighbors about his big Juicy Beafsteaks!</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Bob Goodman <BR>USAF Retired <BR>University Place, Washington</DIV>
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<DIV>My father had a goose during WWII and he hand fed it. It used to follow him around. Since we received a free turkey for T Day and Christmas, father saved</DIV>
<DIV>the bird's demise for NYears. Some one else had his eye on the prize, since on the</DIV>
<DIV>dawn of the new year the bird was gone.</DIV>
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<DIV>Gene Barnes</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:44 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Victory Gardens</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>I was 4 years old when my father bought the remaining 20 acres of the Shea property just east of Foster, OR. This was in 1943 and in the middle of WWII.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>People were encouraged to grow their own vegetables, and we tried to do our part. I had a small garden plot near the east end of the house that did produce some good veggies. My father planted several things (beets, turnips, melons) on the upper east of the property. Well.... The neighbor's cow came over and ate most of the greens, and smashed all of the melons.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I think my dad said that he would eat that cow if it got loose again.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<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 href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">mailto:cchouk@cox.net</A><BR>ANDERSON - BLAKELY - FORD - HOUK - KIMSEY - MOE - RULAFORD - SIMPSON<BR>Searchable GEDCOM: <A href="http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk">http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk</A><BR>My web page MENU: <A href="http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/">http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>