[Terry,NJ]

I loved hearing the stories from older guys! In one shop we had a retired painter from the GM plant in Linden, NJ before and during WW2. This plant was located directly across rt 1 from Linden airport where the new Wildcats were test flown. He used to tell how sometimes he would hear one that screamed especially loud and long and everyone would lift their heads, just before the plane and pilot would bore into the ground. And then there was my Father in law who was born in 1902 and could recall life in the USA before Prohibition. Granpa's family owned a moving company in Montclair, NJ and they bought the second truck bought in the town of Montclair. It was a 1910 International.
Then there was my father's cousin, Les. Les had many jobs before settling down on the Farm. At one point, he use to take a train with a bunch of other guys out to Detroit and they would drive newly built Fords (Model T's) back to NJ. Stories about the past always fascinated me.
Terry