I have been able to mail copies of your "personal note" to descendants of three families and forward the message via e-mail to a fourth. Possibly others will know how to contact other families of these people regarding your message. Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson >From: "Bruce E Preston" <preston.bruce@comcast.net> >Reply-To: ORHOODRI-L@rootsweb.com >To: ORHOODRI-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ORHOODRI] A personal note >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:42:55 -0500 > >To these individuals mostly in Mosier and Hood River: > >I wish to send a personal thank you to the following individuals (be they >living or dead now) for doing such a good job in stepping in and helping >fill in the gap when my Father passed away on March 11, 1949. I was just >barely 14 years old then. They are; > >Willis Gholston, Johnny Mathews, Claude Berthold, Paul Kier, Budge Jones, >Don Blanchard, Clyde Root, Mr. Sands (Safeway Store in Hood River), Mr. and >Mrs.T. E. Morgensen, Lyle Gholston, "Shortie" Mgee, Goldie Noble, and some >I cannot recall. > >These individuals all contributed their advice, guidance, counseling, >employment, leadership, etc. > >My sincere thanks; > > Bruce Preston in Independence, MO > > >==== ORHOODRI Mailing List ==== >To subscribe to this list, send a new message with the single word >"subscribe" (no quotes) in both the subject and body of the message to >ORHOODRI-L-Request@rootsweb.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus