Glenn Lewiss Old Blue & White 62 Ford Pickup Anyone that was around Marble Falls in the 60s should remember Glenns old pickup. It was his main mode of transportation for at least a decade. When we finished the job where the story I told about the golf balls at Lakeway was, old Blue had given up on Glenn and he left it sitting in a field at the side of the condos. He and big Jimmy went back to get it several months later after the project owner had made several calls about moving it. When Jimmy and Glenn went to retrieve it, they discovered something very disturbing. In the front passenger floor board was an almost full case of dynamite and blasting caps. We had magazines setup in a secure location that all explosives were returned to each day that was several miles away. The day old Blue wouldnt start and was abandoned was a day when Glenn was suppose to return the explosives to the magazine. He just climbed in with Jimmy and never gave another thought to his left behind cargo. Luckily no one ever came along and discovered what was there. As you can see protocol for handling explosives was a lot more loosy-goosy back in those days. When they told me what had happened, Glenn explained it away by saying nobody could see what was in there, because I had some feed sacks and a saddle blanket laid over them. Since he had hidden the stuff it always made me think it wasnt inadvertently left that day. I guess he didnt intend to leave it for several months, but he did.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 02:59:49 +0000
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