Friday, May 6, 2011

A REAL SURPRISE.....??????

A sudden blast from my past happened Thursday that sure floored me. We have been losing a large number of huge oak trees being blown down during the storms recently.
Through the years loggers have stopped by and wanted to cut the timber on our land. I have always been against cutting the trees as the mess the loggers leave is unsightly. With so many trees down on the ground it was time to rethink my options.
I had inquired about loggers from several people with no good results. While out to eat I ran into an old friend and asked him if he knew anyone that does logging. He was quick to answer yes it's Wayne Lynch and told me just where his office was located in town. Man, I had forgotten about Wayne. We go a long way back to high school days. He lived in an adjoining county and we ran around some in those early days. We both were car guys and both drove Fords. Wayne always had fast good looking Fords back in the day. Wayne helped his father Frank lay brick during his early working days. Mr Lynch was one of the best brick masons around our area. Frank taught his son well in the family business. My first house I built  the Lynch's laid the blocks and the brickwork. I laugh as I look back on Frank telling Wayne to slow down on laying brick. Wayne was fast!!
Time goes on and each son that starts out working for their father for some reason or another reaches a time when it's time to look for better employment. A time that's hard to pull away from a father that has taught you a trade. I too reached that point when I wanted to go into business for myself.
Wayne and I talked about him cutting my timber and he came out and we walked around in the woods. We made a deal for him to cut the timber. He told me he would be here to work in three or four days. Before he left I had to show him my 40 Ford coupe and the 52 Chevy truck I'm working on. After looking at the 40 Wayne said I have a 40 Ford title some where in some other titles I have acquired through the years.
On Thursday after lunch I heard a motor running in the woods. I went to see if it was Wayne and sure enough it was him and his son. They had brought the BIG Log loading machine into the woods. Hey Nick come out to the truck I have some thing I want to show you! Man, was I in for a big surprise. Wayne reached into his truck and pulled out an envelope. Nick, you remember me telling you I had a 40 Ford title. He pulled the title from the envelope and showed it to me. Nick this title has your name on it. Do you remember me buying that 40 Ford Coupe body from you?? I couldn't remember who I had sold one of two bodies I had back in 1962. I did remember selling one to a woman who wanted it for her husband's birthday gift.
There it was in black and white a 1940 Ford Coupe title I bought from  Wayne King from Cowan, the seller to Nick Burton , the purchaser dated 1962. Wayne had kept the title all these years since the guy he sold the 40 to never paid him all the money he owed. The title with my name as the owner was giving to me . Thanks Wayne!!! 

3 comments:

  1. Now that is lucky....I hope he does a good clean job of clearing your timber..... been missing you around here....

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  2. Whow what an interesting story! What happens to the oak now? Do you mill some of it for furniture making? New Zealand's oak for new furniture-making usually comes from the USA now. The oak for furniture, up to about 1950 I think, usually came from the UK. There was a Korean company bringing into NZ copies of traditional furniture made of oak from Russia which has a lovely grain. I have a Windsor Carver style of it as my study chair

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