It sure as heck jogs the memory as I had totally forgotten about those days. I used to go to Hugh's garage, gas station, and new auto sales shop and drewl over the new chevrolets. Other employees were Elliot West and Bill Walker the mechanic who I remember fairly well. Dorthey also had an office in the car sales area.
Wally McKay also had a car dealer ship across the street from his Dad. He sold Plymouths and I think Chryslers also????
I am glad former area people are locating the blog. It is great that it is re-connecting some of past generations back to the tri-state areas.
Things that we forget that make for interesting reading. Thank You
Dallas
Yes Dallas, Wally McKay sold Chryslers and Plymouths across the street from his Dad's Chevrolet agency. Wally finally closed shop in Haigler and opened a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership in North Platte.
I well remember Emmons Adams, the Standard Oil dealer and the delivery truck with the Standard Oil sign on it that was usually parked there at his house.
One time I took Elaine (Adams) to a movie in Wray. We went in Dorothy McKay's brand new Chrysler New Yorker. After the movie was out we walked back to the car, and it would not start. We got it pushed out of the parking space and coasted down main street to a service station. Finally the person on duty that night got it started, and we made it back to Haigler.
Talk about embarrassment and how not to impress a girl on a date - helping push a new Chrysler!
Kent Hoffman
San Antonio, TX USA
OH, HOW FUNNY, I DO NOT REMEMBER ELAINE MENTIONING HAVING TO PUSH A CAR TO HELP GET IT STARTED??? THANKS FOR THE AMMUNITION I CAN THROW AT HER. YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO TEASE.
ReplyDeleteDOROTHY USED TO MAKE EVERYBODY TAKE THEIR SHOES OFF BEFORE ENTERING THE HOUSE, DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE DAYS?? A GOOD POLICY--AS WE DO THAT NOW AT OUR HOUSE SOME DAYS.
LATER
DALLAS
After all these years, Elaine probably would not remember the incident. I did, because it was a huge embarrassment to me.
ReplyDeleteTo this day, Annette and I do not wear shoes in the house. We do not, however, enforce the rule when others come to visit. Ha!
Kent
The note from Dallas mentioning Elliot West and Bill Walker brought back the memory of two individuals I had not thought of in many years. They are now vivid.
ReplyDeleteElliot worked for Hugh and Dorothy for years and continued working at the garage after Hugh’s death. He was a lot of help to Dorothy taking care of the work in the garage. I remember that he lived (at least for a while) in a room on the second story of a building on North Porter. It was about two-three buildings north of US 34, and it was on the west side of the street. My memory tells me it was a restaurant, but that could be incorrect.
Bill, on the other hand was married. He did not work at the garage nearly as long as Elliott. I think I remember that he, his wife, and children lived in a house on the south side of U.S. 34 about a half-block west of the garage.
Please correct me if these memories are flawed!
Kent Hoffman
San Antonio, TX
I believe that was probably Tom and Anna Wheaton's cafe. There were Rooms above the cafe and some of "us kids" who walked up and down main street on Saturday night would go up there to use the restroom. It seems like there were rooms like in a hotel on either side of a long hallway with a hardwood floor. There was an entrance door to a stairway on the street and also in the back by the alley.
ReplyDeleteSherri,
ReplyDeleteWheaton - that was the name, and that is where Elliott stayed in his later years. I suppose it was just a room. I was never up there, though.
Kent