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<DIV>We had em all here in Oakland when after leaving Oregon my people
settled</DIV>
<DIV>in CA</DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jc.ott@verizon.net href="mailto:jc.ott@verizon.net">Jerry &
Carolyn Ott</A> </DIV>
<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@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Do you remember
punch boards?</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>I remember Punch boards.... There was a cafe
that had a punch board in the town where I grew up. We ate there quite a
bit..... I was young enough to believe in Santa Claus.
I had seen the punch board and the prizes that could be
won. On Christmas morning one of my gifts was a great
big plastic piggy bank ( I had seen it in the cafe among the punch
board prizes). My comment was Santa must have won this on the
punch board.............actually 50 some plus years later I think I
still have it some where around here.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Anyone remember the Saturday afternoon
cowboy matinees at the theater......Roy Rogers, Gene Autrey, Whip Wilson,
Lash Larue, Rex Allen, Gabby Hayes, etc. etc. I saw a lot of the
matinees just about every Saturday</FONT></STRONG> <STRONG><FONT size=2>
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Carol</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV
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<A title=jacroing67@ev1.net href="mailto:jacroing67@ev1.net">Jacqueline</A>
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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@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 28, 2005
9:10 PM</DIV>
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punch boards?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The little Jiffy Way in Barlow had
the punch boards.......so it wasn't just Taverns that had them</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jacqueline</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=evbarnes@earthlink.net href="mailto:evbarnes@earthlink.net">E V
Barnes</A> </DIV>
<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@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 27, 2005
9:48 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Do you
remember punch boards?</DIV>
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<DIV>It seemed every beer tavern in Oregon had one of the Punch Boards. I
do not</DIV>
<DIV>recall the cost of the use of the punch</DIV>
<DIV>tool. Seems it may have been around</DIV>
<DIV>$1.00.</DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dorothy@napanet.net href="mailto:dorothy@napanet.net">Dorothy
Wogh</A> </DIV>
<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@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 26, 2005
9:22 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Do you
remember punch boards?</DIV>
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<DIV>Yes I remember the punch boards, also the slot machines, and how
each time they came out to collect the money the settings was
changed.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dorothy Wogh</DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cchouk@cox.net href="mailto:cchouk@cox.net">Cecil Houk</A>
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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> Monday, September 26, 2005
6:40 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Do you
remember punch boards?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>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...</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=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.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=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.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=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.
:-(</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=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!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Yes. My Houks/Haucks came from
Germany.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Cecil</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<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
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