Hot Rod Dodge
1927 Dodge Bros. business coupe.
ANOTHER STORY FROM THE CREEK - POSTED 3.20.10
Your brother, Tony, signed up to be an exchange student at Priest River High School for the school year of 1975 - 76. His host family whose mother was the librarian at Priest River Elementary, told my wife, Kathleen, who taught third grade there, that her family could not take him until the fall of 1975. He was due to arrive in June. She asked Kathy if she would be willing to have him live with us for that summer. Kathy told her that she would talk to me and our children about our family hosting him for that summer. We gladly agreed to be his alternate host family. We gave Tony one of the twin beds in our son Matt's bedroom and he quickly became a member of our family. We would spend time in the evenings with Tony, telling him how to avoid pranks high school students might try to play on him. I had a copy of "Red Sky at Morning", which told of a high school age boy whose father was called to serve as a U.S. Navy officer during WW II. Tony read the entire book aloud to us and we helped him with correct pronunciations. We all enjoyed those sessions. He quickly learned to do any of the myriad of tasks that always needed to be performed, both outside and inside our house. He learned to sell gas, rent boats and outboard motors, and developed skills with the operation of gasoline engines. He learned to drive my work car, a 1938 Chevy Coupe, and told us that his father said that "any Chevrolet that had ever run could still be made to run". Incidentally, I still have that '38 Chevy and it still runs. We had several older outboard motors, some that still ran and one that was not used. He asked if he could work on it in his spare time, so I set up a stand by our little "gas house" where he could work on it. We had good tools which he used to completely take it apart and reassemble it. We got him a new spark plug, the gasket material and copper tubing that he needed, and he very methodically put it all back together. When he was finally finished with his project, I helped him set a small tub of water under the lower unit. He then mixed the correct blend of gas and outboard oil and filled the tank. When Tony told us that he was "ready" we all went out and watched him prime it and pull the starting rope. On the third pull the engine "came to life" and ran like a new engine! Tony jumped up and clapped his hands with a shout of joy. We all applauded his success with "Mr. Caille", as he affectionately called the old 5-speed Caille outboard motor. It is still in our collection of old memorabilia. We had a wonderful, unforgettable year which I promise to write more about later. When Tony returned home after his school year was completed, he worked in a nice clothing store in Mexico City named LIVERPOOL. He was fitting a North American customer with a pair of shoes. As they were finishing the transaction, the customer asked where he had learned to speak such fluent English. Tony answered, "Nordman, Idaho". The customer responded, "Where in Hell is Nordman, Idaho?" I had met Harry Powell, who owned and operated Powell Plumbing and heating in Moscow, when he came through Granite Creek Resort to boat up to his small hunting and fishing cabin at the south end of Huckleberry Bay. During the fall of 1951, before Kathy and I were married, I told Harry that I was looking for a part-time job in Moscow. We talked about my experience on my family ranch and at the resort and what skills I had. He agreed to hire me, as a law student who worked for him was graduating and he needed someone to replace him. I began working at pricing invoices for plumbing and heating jobs his workers performed, after my classes in the afternoons. Harry sometimes asked me to drive him out to his ranch near Troy to help him with livestock and fencing and other odd jobs. His "pickup" was a 1946 Dodge 4-door with the back seat removed. I also worked as a plumber's helper which involved cutting, threading and laying galvanized pipe and also digging ditches for pipe. It was a good job for which I earned $1.25/hour. The going rate for students working in service stations was $.75/hour. While living in a dormitory I hashed and waited tables for meals. I felt fortunate and Kathy and I lived well. Why the nickname, Highball Harry? He did not drink alcoholic beverages. It actually came from his strong work ethic. He never hesitated to pick up a shovel or other tools and work beside his men. He had a plumbing and heating contract for the new Jason Lee Elementary School in Richland, Washington. He received word that the job needed to reach a certain stage by the following Monday. He and I drove to Richland in his Dodge car and worked a Saturday and Sunday digging ditches and laying pipe to meet the deadline. Highball Harry's final adventure was a trip to either Seward or Homer, Alaska in his Dodge flatbed loaded with his 18' aluminum boat, 20hp Mercury outboard and hunting and camping gear gear. He took a good friend, a Mr. Cox, who Harry called called "Coxy", as his hunting companion. They off-loaded the boat and all of their gear and headed for Kodiak Island to hunt for trophy Brown Bear. A storm came up after they left and they apparently "swamped" and were never seen again. His Priest Lake route took in all of the bars and resorts from Lamb Creek to Granite Creek. Businesses on his route would call in their orders to him after the weekend. He would arrive at Granite Creek Resort about 5:00 PM every Thursday right after making his delivery to Kaniksu Resort. Quite often some operator along the way would remember something that they had not ordered. Ted was a kind man and Ted's feelings were easily hurt, so when he arrived at Granite Creek, he would often be feeling very picked on. My mother-in-law, Carrie, would pour him and herself a cup her strong black coffee and sit at the bar with him and listen to his story of woe. He would often shed tears while telling Carrie of his troubles and became affectionately known as Crying Ted. He was a nice man and an unforgettable character!
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