[or-roots] Re: [GFO] Powell Grove Cemetery

[CARROLLOUC at aol.com]

Hi Gene - those are great memories of a long ago Portland.

I lived in Montavilla from 1935 until 1941 (and various other places prior to 
that in Portland and Parkrose) and went to Vestal school on 82nd St. My 
brothers and I went swimming in the Montavilla Park and to the Granada for movies. 
After we moved to Parkrose we went swimming in May's Lake (and sometimes the 
Columbia, althought that was a very big no no). We lived on 106th and Simpson 
and walked up to Sandy to catch the bus to 82nd, then walked the few blocks to 
72nd for the movies at the Roseway theater. It was a lot of fun growing up in 
those times even though we had very little.

I have written my story of growing up during the depression and WWII. I gave 
copies to my 5  children and 7 grandchildren, plus my sister, brothers and 
cousins at Christmas. All seem to have enjoyed it and are waiting for the rest of 
the story.  I am not ready for the story to be done yet - i may be 75 but 
have some living to do, genealogy to research and painting pretty pictures to do 
first. My story is finished up to this point and is now being edited.

I put in a lot of genealogy with stories of the granparents and great 
grandmother I knew, so they would know they were people, not just names and dates.

I think these memories are so important to preserve even if they don't seem 
important in themselves. Otherwise our gr grandchildren (I have 2 so far) will 
not know who we were.

Have a good day
Carroll (Cooper) Summers
Out on 82nd ave and Foster Rd was the old Piggly Wiggly
Market, open but plenty of fresh veggies.  Down the Road
a piece was the veterans hospital on the left side a few
blocks from Raymond Court.  We used to go down an
talk with the Civil War vets.

Down by the BobWhite theater was were the street car
tracks veered of the main route.  Up the street was an old
hardware store that had a two headed fawn in its window.

My grandfather got tickets from the local Signal Oil SS on
pre WWII about SE 66th Ave., and we go to see the Johnny Carson
show in Portland with Vera Vague and all the crew.  In about
'39 I attended the old Arletta Grammar Shcool and had a teacher
that had taught my mother.  I had stayed for a time with my
grandparents due to my mother's illness.

My father worked for the Francis Motor Car Co., and I
can still draw a picture of what it looked like inside.

Gene
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