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Good Thing They Checked!

18 May 202526 May 2025 / Kimberly / 5 Comments

Musical accompaniment: Flowers on the Wall by the Statler Brothers

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Big thank you to my friend Todd for sending over this brief article which proves a story doesn’t need to be long to be interesting!

From a 1938 edition of the Oregonian:

The Oregonian

 

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