Even more Great Grandpa stories

John & Bill Stevenhagen and Andy Slaybaugh were his good fishing buddies. They went to Canada and were on the last paved road in the area. They stopped at a place to ask where to go fishing. They were flying to a spot about 100 miles up into Canada anyway so the four of them went along. They had a great week of fishing for under $100 each. It was the end of the season and the plane was bringing back stuff to close out the place. They left just ahead of an approaching storm that snowed in the area for the winter season. They bought some fish in town for 25cents a pound to bring back. One of the guys took his ¼ of the fish and just through it into the trash. Mad dad really upset to have that much food go to waste. Andy Slaybaugh died shortly after this trip.

Royce Ones and dad built a cabin in Canada. They took two boats to town and lashed the wood on the boats and took it to the site. They built the frame and roof in one trip.

One time there was three feet of snow and extremely cold temperatures. The guys ate the fish they caught to survive since they couldn’t get into town to get more food. When it was time to go home the took four different batteries to start the vehicle. It was so cold the gas froze in the carburetor and the vehicle kept misfiring. It took them all day to drive the 40 miles into town. Thankfully the vehicle didn’t stop or they would of all frozen to death. No one else was out on the roads that day.

Royce and his wife went fishing one time with dad and the next week Hodstone and his wife came to fish. Dad always cleaned all the fish for everyone so he just stayed the whole time.

The time dad got his hands burnt with 400 volts of electricity they looked charred to the bone. He held his hands out the window in the cold January weather because that helped num the pain on the way to the hospital. Once he got there everyone was working on him and it was a nurse who saved his hands by putting them in swirling water. Eventually new skin began to grow so they decided not to cut them off.

Dad might have taught Maggie’s grandpa how to fly during the war.

Dad attended 8 years of Catholic school, 4 years of high school and one year of college. He didn’t like any of it.

He made a croquet set and planes of balsam wood as toys when he was young.

His favorite place to go is Las Vegas.