LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Anyone recognize this running gear?

I need some help to identify this running gear. The hub on the rim says Stahmer. I don’t know if the color is correct.

Tom Grenawalt, 10118 W. St. Rd.

213, Beloit, WI 53511;

phone (608) 289-8552;

email: Tgrenawalt@gmail.com

“Silo too tall or ladder too short”

Bruce Spoche, a friend of mine, found this picture of his dad, Albert, painting the cornice on our silo. The silo was too tall or the ladder was too short, so they put the ladder in a box wagon. It does not look too safe. Dad is waving his straw hat out of the window that the blower pipe went through while filling the silo. The silo was 30 feet tall and 10 feet in diameter.

Rollan Schnitker, Hoyleton, Illinois

Memories of another Maude

Here is another “Maude” for, September 2019). In about 1900, the trip to town was 10 miles. When my uncle was about 3, they looked out to see him leading Maude to the water trough. My grandma let out a yell and my grandpa said, “Be quiet, Jenny, or she might bolt.”