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The old log house sl ts on the glegt stde of Hymettus Streetin Leucadta, Cal l fornla. I t yas bul l t by a nan named Hr. Kel log.He bul l t the house about the year L924 or 1925, I t stands tvostor les and has three bedroons, one bath. I t a lso has a verylarge kl tchen and dlnlng room. Hr. Ke1log used cedar te lephonepoles for the out s lde and f ln lshed the Inslde vl th lath andplaster. Hr F, E. Hungatq tgaded a house ln San Dlego and al l t t le eash for the t rog house ln 1930, The over al l value of thehouse ln 1930 vas about S{000. The log houEe sl ts on 7/8 of anacre. In 1931 Mr. Hungate planted ovetr 50 avocado trees on theland. Bef ore he dld the plant lng, he and hls son, t fard, had todlg 30 or more eucalyptus t rees out to make room for the avocadotrees. Those trees st t l l s tand and produce frui t to day.

In 19{9 Mr. Hungate and hls son, I fard, rebul l t the f i repLace, I t vas nade of rocksrbrtck and l lme nortar, but vas shakenloose by the Long Beach earthguake ln 1932 or 1933. I t uasrebul l t v l th concrete and large rocks, stands 27 feet hlgh andlooks as l f l t v i l1 stand for ever,

In 1935 l {ard Hungate uas narr ted to MaybeI l StonebreaXir . Theirf i rst cht l .d \ tas born ln the old log house ln 1939. The baby vas aglr l named Elma Jo. l fard and Maybel l had three more chi ldren,Florence Ardel I , t fard Robert and Frank Evamont. The three otherchl ldren uere not born tn the log house.

, Hr. Hungate ovned 6 acres of land on Hymettus and hadavocados on al l of them. rn 1930 there vere only about 5 or 6houses on the street, He also had a brother vho bui l t a house onl lymettus Ave. Hls name vas.Jln Hungate, Hr. Hungate had tvoststers t rho also bui l t a house on Hynettus ave and l lved therefor nany years. l {ard Hungate and hls vt fe st l l . l l ive on one ofthe acres of land. J lm Hungate sold hls place ln L945 and movedback to Spokane l {ashington to be near his daughter vhose husbanrJvas kl l led ln l lor ld l far r r . The tvo s isters, Maude and HeJen,sold ln 1955 to be tr i th Helenrs son Robert vho \{as teaching abBoulder CoIorado.

r can renember nothlng but good and happy t imes in the ordlog house. I am l{ard Hungate'g daughterrArde}1. I carr recal l myGrandparentsr Golden Wedding anniversary party in 1950 in the loghouse. I a lso remember lots of fEmtly rJ lnners ve had here. Thehouse ages but looks the same as i t d id 50 years a go. I r row I ivein the log house vi th ny husbantJ, l ld yn€, and our two g i r 1s, Tracyand Ji l I . We movecl here in 19?0 then in igfg L,e bought i t f rom myfather, t lard Hungate. sr : you ser: i t is : ; t i I I i r r t l re Hun( l , r tL-F'ami 1y.

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We have put $10r000 in 'ls vorth about 50r000.granddother used. AlEo,1900rs, The house hasvood burntng stove.

to the house l ts sel f . The land valueI st l l l use some of the furni ture myve have pictures she palnted in the

qas to i t but ve prefer to heat l t v i

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Hy Grandmother use to ralse plants and f lovers, I guess thatI take af ter her as I a lso have plants as a hobby. On the northslde of the 1og houser u€ have bui l t a lath house vhere I do mostof ny plant grovlng. I v lsh ny Grandrnother could see i t nov, as Ithtnk she vould be pleased, Hy Grandfather vould also be pleased,as ny father grotJs a very large garden on the same land as hedid.

There are roses st i l l grovlng that my Grandfather planted over {0years ago they st i l l b loom and vhen they do they br ing backmenories of good t lnes.

Hy Grandfather l ived here unt iL his death in 1955. He vasal .most 83. Hy Grandmother l ived there unt i l her death in 1958.Sbe uas a l i t t le past 90. They vere marr ied in 1900.

Hy father and nother celebrated their gol ,den rredding in the1og house October 2, 1.985 and many fr iends came to v ish thern nanymore anniversar ies.

l {ayne and I celebraled our s i lver vedding in our log houseJanuary 6, 1986.

We have had sone odd exper iences in the old house. one t imeI vas out of the l iv lng room and the televlelon changed stat ionsby i ts sel f another t i ,me the bath roon faucet turned i ts sel f on?Ghosts?? Of coarse at t lmes ue hear rats running in the at t ic .

On Harch 27,1988 I found out that I had cancer and i t vasqui te extensive. I was in and out of the hospi ta l a fev t imes bugnothing helped me.

Arde1l passed avay at Scr ipts Encini tas1988. On October 26r1988 Ardel1 's ashes '* ,erelath house as she requested.

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Wayne Hartman notr l ives in tne old 1og house. One eveningvhen he vas vis i t ing us he related to us a strange happening. Hevas vorking on his books in the roorn that he uses for his of f ice,he heard a noise and rooked up at t l re l ight , i t moved back andforth and then up and dor*rn and the l ight in the f ix ture vent nut.l- le thnrtohf th: f i f - mir . r h^rrrr- hpan.: : r . : f l -h: | . nrAa l - l ra nnieo?

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