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Melvin Wood 1897 - 1980

Melvin Wood of Emeryville, Alameda County, California was born on October 22, 1897, and died at age 82 years old in September 1980.
Melvin Wood
Emeryville, Alameda County, California 94608
October 22, 1897
September 1980
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    1897

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    October 22, 1897
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  • 09/dd
    1980

    Death

    September 1980
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    Melvin Wood lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1897, in the year that Melvin Wood was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1934, Melvin was 37 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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