Interesting about the Ewers, Syers and the Model T. You do go way back with them, huh? If I ever finish MY family history, I will have to look more into Fred's. A lot of it is done already by Marilyn. Need to get a copy of her Johnsville history she wrote. Thanks for the stories. Kim Ewers ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles A. Wyly <wyly1@juno.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] McDowell's Hole > Hi, > I remember as a boy that dad, John Syers, and Mack Ewer's dad had the > best Model T pickups in the county after many had worn out a Model A and > a Model B Ford and had graduated to 60 hp V8's Dad skipped the Model A > and B stages. "CAP" STEWART > RAN A SHOP ON South Graham Street (Hico and Glen Rose Hiway) at the old > low bridge in the Bosque flood plain. CAP was our model T Ford mechanic , > he and a Mr. Lockhart. > Back then, if the river was over the road and you were in a V-8 you just > turned around and went back home. High clearance vehicles like Model Ts > and old Chevys could go through gates and mud roads and get to > Stephenville on the Fort Worth Highway, but might not get home if it > flooded too. > > In 1954 or 5 they were launching boats one block east of the court house > to rescue people from houses that had never flooded before. (West of Jake > & Dorothy's Cafe) when the water broke the 75 year old record marked on > a tree. It was 20 feet bove the newer bridge still in use. I lost a > pontiac and a Buick and all my books and notes a week before finals at > Tarleton and almost lost me. You could not swim that water because of the > downstream barbed wire which would catch you. My garage apartment tilted > into a pecan tree and Tarleton students pulled me out with rubber hose. > The Fire Dept. would not come- they thought the water would go down. > Several cows, alive and dead, went downstream including some of Dr. Vance > Terrell's Brown Swiss Cattle, found half way to Hico. 3 of us were > hospitalized that night. Two were on top of a Milk truchk hanging on to > the nailed down tarp, sitting on the cab for a few hours. They said they > were in knee deep water when the truck died and they saw a wall of water > almost straight up , looked over 6 feet high coming at them, on the > Huckaby Highway. They were loaded with full milk cans so the truck did > not move. > > God was merciful. > > I was dating Jeannie Riley of Clyde, Texas and she brought her parents to > see me in the hospital. Her roommate's fiance (Her roommoate was Sandra > Hull of Irian, Texas) was one who helped rescue me. , but my identity was > unknown to him at the moment. Right away her parents suspected she had > not been studying and working in the library all the time. We were > married that summer and moved to NTSU Denton . We now have 2 children and > 4 grandchildren. > > Cap Stewart's son has a building on the east loop now which was a parts > store and attached garage. Seems like Uncle Emmett Carey deliverred Cap > Stewart Neper's Desdemona (Hogtown) gas for a 2 pump overhead glass bowl > pump station. > > Ira Stewart married mon's first cousin, Cloye(?) Stone. He had an Erath > County ranch and was a school Superintendent at Penelope, Hill County , > Texas. for several years after I started teaching. She and mom were > across the hall from each other in Stephenville Nursing Home, 1980's. > > > Take care > Charles Wyly > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 1999 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com >