[AT] New images on my Cecil Monson site

[charlie hill]

Ok this is the last one.  If anyone is interested in more just run an online 
search for Pete Jones Skylight Inn.

This link is to his obituary but I am sending it because it tells a bit of 
the resturant history.

http://www.newsobserver.com/664/story/401280.html
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at toast.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:55 AM
Subject: RE: [AT] New images on my Cecil Monson site


> Charlie,
>
> Good thing you sent it again... it hadn't shown up here earlier.
>
> I'm guessing the restaurant specialty is what we know here as pulled pork.
> There's a vendor at the Plain City, OH show that sells pulled pork
> sandwiches.  DELICIOUS!!!  Anyway, I remember talking to Cecil about the
> restaurant and suggested he come to the show just for the sandwich.  He 
> did!
> After all, it was only about a 600 mile one way drive.  He thought maybe 
> it
> was worth coming back for.  This may have been in 2002... he never did 
> come
> back, but had a good time visiting with the mostly Dotson gang and, of
> course, the sandwich.
>
> George Willer
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
>> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 8:32 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Fw: [AT] New images on my Cecil Monson site
>>
>> I sent this two days ago and for some reason it never made it back to my
>> mailbox so I'll send it again just in case.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-
>> tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 9:54 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] New images on my Cecil Monson site
>>
>>
>> > Thanks for posting them Mike.
>> >
>> > The Allis in several of the pictures is Cecil's D-12.
>> >
>> > A little clarification on the picture of the AC G.
>> >
>> > In the background is Pete Jones' Skylight Inn in Ayden, NC.
>> > So named because of the capital rotunda replica on the roof.
>> > It's not a rib resturant but rather a chopped pork BBQ place.
>> > As it turns out, after taking another look at the photo, this picture
>> was
>> > made on Cecil's second stop at Pete's place.   I can tell becuase there
>> > aren't too many cars in the lot.  On his first stop there was a crew
>> from
>> > ... maybe the Weather Channel shooting a special on BBQ houses.
>> >
>> > It is kind of co-incidental that I happened to find these pictures this
>> > week because Pete Jones, owner of the resturanat, died a few days ago.
>> >
>> > Charlie
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 8:52 AM
>> > Subject: [AT] New images on my Cecil Monson site
>> >
>> >
>> >> Charlie Hill sent me a bunch of images he found that Cecil had sent
>> him.
>> >> All but one shows various activities taking place at his home in
>> >> Mountainville NY. I put them up on my Cecil Monson album, and you can
>> see
>> >> them by going to
>> >> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/cecil_monson_1930-2005/>
>> >>
>> >> I didn't put much in the way of captions on the images, and if anyone
>> >> would like to add more, send me a message off-line with the image
>> >> number(s) and what should be there. I will be happy to fix or add to
>> >> them. The images are numbers 62 through 78. (for instance, I don't 
>> >> know
>> >> what model Allis Chalmers tractor is in use)
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Mike Sloane
>> >> Allamuchy NJ
>> >> mikesloane at verizon.net
>> >> Website: <www.geocities.com/mikesloane>
>> >> Images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>
>> >>
>> >> "Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine,
>> >> it is stranger than we can imagine."
>> >> Sir Arthur Eddington (1882-1944), British astronomer
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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