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Bill lived here during the summer of 1940
Dotty lived here summer of 1940
Dotty lived here with her grandmother Summer 1938
This photo has also been posted in the very first blog entry in a format that you can download so you can see it bigger
Our parents, Bill and Dotty, met when they were going to college at the University of Oregon. These are their letters to each other during the times they were apart, before they got married on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1941. The blog starts in June of 1938,when our mother went back to Portland to spend the summer with her grandmother, while our father stayed in Eugene to work. The newest posts are at the top, so scroll all the way down to see the oldest.
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- February 27, 1941 Thursday "...- and you are the ...
- February 25, 1941 Tuesday "P.S. Just 46 days -"
- February 24, 1941 Monday "...the present two - we...
- February 23, 1941 Sunday "...also, my love, that ...
- February 21, 1941 Friday "Are you getting thrille...
- February 20, 1941 Thursday "I'm afraid I have bee...
- missed another letter for Feb 17
- February 19, 1941 Wednesday "...our very first pr...
- February 18, 1941 Tuesday
- February 17, 1941 Monday
- February 13, 1941 Thursday "...it is now only 59 d...
- February 12, 1941 Wednesday
- February 11, 1941 Tuesday
- February 10, 1941 Monday
- Who was Helengray?
- Betrothed Dotty & Bill
- February 6, 1941 Thursday "so now I am "officiall...
- February 4, 1941 Tuesday
- February 3, 1941 Monday "and I'm walking around o...
- January 30, 1941 Thursday "I'll be waiting for y...
- January 29, 1941 Wednesday
- January 28, 1941 Tuesday
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1831 SW 14th, Portland, Oregon
Bill lived here during the summer of 1940
379 E. 12th, Eugene Oregon
Dotty lived here summer of 1940
Hawthorne Apartments
Apartment on Hawthorne Closeup
Dotty lived here with her grandmother Summer 1938
Bill & Dotty 1937 in Eugene
This photo has also been posted in the very first blog entry in a format that you can download so you can see it bigger
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2011
(68)
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February
(22)
- February 27, 1941 Thursday "...- and you are the ...
- February 25, 1941 Tuesday "P.S. Just 46 days -"
- February 24, 1941 Monday "...the present two - we...
- February 23, 1941 Sunday "...also, my love, that ...
- February 21, 1941 Friday "Are you getting thrille...
- February 20, 1941 Thursday "I'm afraid I have bee...
- missed another letter for Feb 17
- February 19, 1941 Wednesday "...our very first pr...
- February 18, 1941 Tuesday
- February 17, 1941 Monday
- February 13, 1941 Thursday "...it is now only 59 d...
- February 12, 1941 Wednesday
- February 11, 1941 Tuesday
- February 10, 1941 Monday
- Who was Helengray?
- Betrothed Dotty & Bill
- February 6, 1941 Thursday "so now I am "officiall...
- February 4, 1941 Tuesday
- February 3, 1941 Monday "and I'm walking around o...
- January 30, 1941 Thursday "I'll be waiting for y...
- January 29, 1941 Wednesday
- January 28, 1941 Tuesday
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Monroe Lumber Company
Curious about the Monroe Lumber Company, I did an internet search. The only link I could find was for the Storms Family Foundation, which mentions that Mark Storms started the Monroe Lumber Company, moving to Oregon from Iowa in 1944. Since Dotty worked at Monroe Lumber in 1940, I emailed the Foundation to see if they had any more information.
Happily, one of Mark's daughters, Anna Storms Ingram, replied to me, explaining: "My Dad's family was in the wholesale lumber business in Fort Madison, Iowa. It was called Charles W. Storms Lumber. My Dad actually started Monroe Lumber Company earlier than 1944. But, Dad and Mom didn't move out to Oregon from Iowa until 1944. Dad sent my uncle, Ed Eberdt, out ahead of him to conduct the lumber business. There was a man by the name of Selori. He was one of my Dad's partners that came out from Iowa."
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