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<DIV>I was in the Oregon Ntl Grd abt 1946 to 1948. We didn't do much. I moved to Corvallis just aftr the Flood, but remember driving past Janzen Beach and looking over at he Flooded area.</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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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> OKay folks step right up here and help Babe out, I am sure somebody has some <BR>> stuff her cousin would be interested in; <BR>> <BR>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Jantzen Beach <BR>> <BR>> Bob, how long were you stationed there? About 1944-46 I worked in the bean <BR>> fields where the airport is now. The P-38's, when taking off would be so <BR>> low <BR>> we could see the faces of the pilots. They waved at us girls working in the <BR>> beans and of course we waved back. <BR>> <BR>> Carroll <BR>> <BR>> Carroll: I was there when the VanPort Flood happened! I was in the oregon <BR>> Air national Guard. <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Bob Goodman <BR>> USAF Retired <BR>> University Place, Washington <BR>> <BR>> cjpjoppe@yahoo.com <BR>> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 7:29 PM <BR>> To: or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Jantzen Beach <BR>> <BR>> If anyone is interested I can scan and send some <BR>> Vanport photos - my dad took some snapshots (both he <BR>> and my mother lived at vanport but didn't know each <BR>> other at the time). I have some of his snapshots taken <BR>> from up on the dike and lower/water level. <BR>> <BR>> --- DGOODMA02@comcast.net wrote: <BR>> <BR>> > <BR>> > I was there 1945-46-47. I left the Guard to go of <BR>> > to College (OSU or Course) <BR>> > -- <BR>> > Bob Goodman <BR>> <BR>> From: George Ross [ross1948@bendcable.com] <BR>> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 9:47 PM <BR>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Jantzen Beach <BR>> <BR>> If anyone is interested I have the map of Vanport with all the streets laid <BR>> out as well as the nursery, fire hall, and other items in the city. I also <BR>> have several newspaper articles. I visited Terri the manager what is now <BR>> Delta Park Raceway. She was featured in several papers about three years <BR>> ago as she has been recovering items from the flood that have worked their <BR>> way up through the mud. It was interesting to see the bottles, rings, <BR>> vases, lipstick containers, a jar of jam (still sealed with wax) and various <BR>> other items. I believe several of the original items that she found were <BR>> cast in some way and used in the light rail stations. Although my parents <BR>> did not live there was born in Vanport in 1948 and have only found one other <BR>> person that was also born there, however she was born in 1946. <BR>> <BR>> From: Glen A. Jones [glenjoneskc7mbm@msn.com] <BR>> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:51 AM <BR>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] un thing - unspeakable Vanport <BR>> <BR>> I lived in the Walnut Grove area northeast of Vancouver, My parents bought <BR>> one of the Vanport homes after the flood and tore it down, used the lumber <BR>> to build a home next to ours for my grandmother and Chicken coops, I <BR>> remember them taking me over a few times while they tore the home down. <BR>> Glen Portland <BR>> <BR>> * * * * * <BR>> <BR>> Notice how carefully everyone made sure their subject line reflected the <BR>> substance of what they posted, also anyone who complains about how dead this <BR>> list is has just volunteered to edit my compiled postings for the March 2005 <BR>> to date, it is only 3194 pages, I am sure with editing it can be whittled <BR>> down to a mere 2500 or so. <BR>> <BR>> Les C <BR>> <BR>> * * * * * * * * * <BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message----- <BR>> From: or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> [mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of <BR>> bfain@thegrid.net <BR>> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 4:32 PM <BR>> To: or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> Cc: Treva Rigby <BR>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Snow, Floods, Etc VanPort) <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I have a cousin who survivied the Vanport flood and lost everything. She <BR>> would like to get in contact with anyone who has information or pictures. <BR>> <BR>> Babe Fain <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> No virus found in this outgoing message. <BR>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. <BR>> Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/175 - Release Date: 11/18/2005 <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> or-roots mailing list <BR>> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>