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<DIV>Christmas 1936 in an apartment house in San Farncisco: Just as we sat down for dinner that Eve,</DIV>
<DIV>somepone rang the bell in the center of the fron door and yelled.."FIRE!" When my father operned</DIV>
<DIV>the door, the smoke rolled in. My mother took me by the hand and we went down the back stairs two filights to the street. Shortly afater my father appeared with a large blanket over his shoulder and </DIV>
<DIV>joined us. When the danger was all over, and we were allowed to return to the apartment, we </DIV>
<DIV>found that father had not only taken the presents, but the whole tree in the blanket.</DIV>
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<DIV>The fire had been started by a man in the next apt., who had returned home to find his wife gone,</DIV>
<DIV>and after several drinks fell asleep and allowed his pip or cigarette to fall in the ash can.</DIV>
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<DIV>I got my first electric train that christmas, a Marx stream liner in green and yellow. It lasted for</DIV>
<DIV>years.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: DAVIESW739@aol.com <BR>Sent: Oct 23, 2005 1:09 PM <BR>To: or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] Another Christmas Story <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" rightMargin="7" topMargin="7" leftMargin="7" bottomMargin="7"><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>
<DIV>My birthday is in late July right in the middle of summer and right next to my uncle Walt that I was named after. My brother's birthday is the 10th of January. I had lots of birthday parties and brother John had 1. giggle Next time around plan better a summer birthday is always better. My little sister's birthday is the 2nd on September not a good day she mostly spent it as the first day of school. BUMMER </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>Walt Davies<BR>Cooper Hollow Farm<BR>Monmouth, OR 97361<BR>503 623-0460 <BR></B><IMG id=MA1.1130098163 height=93 src="cid:X.MA1.1130098163@aol.com" width=72 border=0 DATASIZE="2892"></FONT></DIV></FONT></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BODY>