23 January 08 - 13:57Growing Up
Since our children have all grown up and flown the coup, I've decided that most of the things that I have to blog about would be totally boring, so I'm going to add stories about growing up in the 1940'2 and 50's. Things were a whole lot different then than they are now. Kathy
FRIENDS
Growing up, my best friend was Karol Woods. We knew each other from about age 2. Her dad was also worked at a dairy and then later worked at a dairy plant. Our friends all centered around the dairy business in the first years we lived in Oregon. When Dad bought some land from the Gilhams, a few years later, the Woods also bought some land from them and lived just up the road from us. ...
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22 January 08 - 19:10Searching For our Keepsakes
In Sep 1984 our home in Bothell Washington was burglarized. Certain keepsakes were taken and never recovered.
Our daughter's "post card" album. It included letters from her great uncle during World War II.
Complete set of Silver Plate that belonged to Bill's sister before she died of polio in 1950.
Springfield Military rifle, model 1903A3, Cal. 30-06, Serial number 3547871.
And last but not least - a Savage Lever action Model 99EG Cal 300 Sav. Serial number: unknown. Distinctive mark: Lyman peep site replaced the open site. Mfg. 1952-1953. This was given to Bill from his father.
I know this is a weird way to start a blog, but we thought it was worth a try to get this information out into the public arena.
