[AT] Fw: Unknown Implement ... hoop

[George Willer]

It's official now... here's the reply from my older cousin , Dick (79), the
closest I have to a brother.  Some of you met him at Cubarama 2002 or Cub
Fest 2003.  He's the family historian and will soon be the patriarch when
Pop passes.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Willer" <rhwiller at wcnet.org>
To: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 12:06 PM
Subject: Unknown Implement


> Hi George ,
>
> Leland and I used to roll those hoops out on Grandpa's farm and the story
I
> was told was that Grandpa Willer had some blacksmith make 3 or 4 of them
.
> Latter when I got to thinking about it I wondered , if that was so  where
> did he get the idea  ? When I lived out on CR-106 I threatened to go to a
> metal shop of some kind like Michael's out on route 6 and see if I could
> have one made up . We put many miles on one of those hoops and the last
that
> I remember they were almost worn through at the point where the handle
> pushes the hoop .
>
> When we lived on Auxter's farm Leland and I also rolled barrel hoops with
a
> stick that had a " T " nailed to the end of it .
>
> ............................ Dick
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