16 Jun 2004, 06:32, Tom Walker (1:202/1324), wrote to Joe Nicholson:

Hi Tom.

 ->>  She walked down the aisle with me, but in 2 days is leaving
 ->>  for a week on the Isle.    I still kid her that she was
 ->>  born a foreigner in T.H.  Young people today don't realize
 ->>  how short a time Alaska and Hawaii have been states.

 TW>  I was thinking about that the other5 day. I ran across my Hawaii 
 TW> Dollar Belt Buckle and it brought back memoties. I was Stationed i 
 TW> nHawaii When they becasue a State. Quite a celebration and as you say 
 TW> was not all that long ago.

My wife's brother was in Alaska at that time, and for their statehood
celebration filled the Yukon River with yellow dye to make it look like
gold.  

Makes me wonder what the EPA would have to say about that today!   


     Good luck...  M.

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