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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I do remember those punch cards. My dad
was a terrible gambler and we didn’t have them in </span></font><font
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color:navy'>California</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> but every year on our
way to </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Washington</span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> to visit my grandparents he would always stop at a gas station or Café
and take a chance on a punch card. He never won a thing but was just such a
gambler he couldn’t pass anything up.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dale in Southern California</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Cecil Houk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 26, 2005
6:40 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> or-roots<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [or-roots] Do you
remember punch boards?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Do you remember punch bords? I
do. They were a a form of gambling I remember in the Sweet Home, OR area
in the 1940's. They were a bit less than a foot square, with a zillion
holes drilled through them. The bottom side was covered by a plain piece
of paper. The holes were filled with rolled up slips of paper with a
win/no win message. The top of the board was covered by a printed sheet
that named the board, and indicated where the holes were. You pay your
money; you "punch" out a hole. Mostly you won nothing, BUT...</span></font></b></strong></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>One night we stopped at a cafe in
Foster (I think the building is still there, but was vacant the last times I
saw it 1998 & 2000), located on the NE corner of HWY 20 and Wiley Creek
Road. My dad won a stuffed animal on their punch board. It was a
white horse about a foot long, and not quite as high. This is one of the
few things my dad ever won.</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Now why do I remember this? My
mother named the horse Dobbin; why I do not know, but I do know that she would
not allow Doug or me to play with it - Dobbin became a part of our Christmas
decorations. He spent 11 months a year carefully packed away.</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Long story short: my mother gave
Dobbin to Doug's kids, and I kidnapped him from them in 1973. I still have
Dobbin, but he's far from white today. :-(</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The trigger for this memory came
from a WW II map of Germany that I saw on the History Channel today (9-26-05),
showing the town of Dobbin!</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Yes. My Houks/Haucks came from
Germany.</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cecil</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: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>
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