Saturday, July 7, 2018

March 1956: Tremont, IL Clearing the lot south of Schurter house

Henry Schurter running the CAT 955. This tractor or another in the series was one of my strongest childhood memories. Dad always ran a CAT dozer. The lot he is preparing was just south of our home. Rayburn Becker, banker, would build a house on that lot. Rayburn's son, Dave, would be an outstanding track star at Tremont High School holding sprint records that would stand for decades.


 House in the background is where Joe Litwiller lived. He operated Litwiller Machine for decades, this business is now carried on by Tim Ropp. The other house in the center background was where Rich Luick lived. Rick Luick and I spent hours playing baseball in each others side yards. The sidewalk in the foreground must have been removed at this time, it was never there in my memory.

 Looking southeast from the James and Elm St. Schurter house was the Robert and Edith Pflederer house. I barely remember the garage to the right of their house and don't remember what happened to it.


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