[milwaukee-electric] Re: Speaking of old days at East Troy....

[Scott Greig]

So he was a Milwaukee streetcar motorman, not North Shore?

Were there any other ex-North Shore guys that put in time at East Troy besides Don DeVuyst and the late George Borgman?

--- On Fri, 1/7/11, Don L. Leistikow <DLeistikow at webtv.net> wrote:

> From: Don L. Leistikow <DLeistikow at webtv.net>
> Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Speaking of old days at East Troy....
> To: milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org
> Cc: emory1522 at wi.rr.com
> Date: Friday, January 7, 2011, 12:48 PM
> Scott and list:   I
> remember Dave White, quite well.  He was a stalwart
> motorman, formerly with TM on the 15 Line.   
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> Dave's longtime girl friend (name?) was also out there with
> him and was
> the (almost) resident Ticket Seller at Phantom Woods. 
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> Weekend wrap-ups usually ended with dropping the power at
> about 8:00 pm.
> Then Dave (+) girl friend, myself and any others.... would
> 'go to beans'
> at one of the three local Restaurant's.  I don't
> remember the names
> (Javell's on CTH J comes to mind), another on Beulah Lake
> west of Beulah
> Siding and the Restaurant west of the East Troy Village
> Square along
> then HY 15 (now ES).  All three very good eating
> places.             
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> Yes, Dave was a Semi-truck Driver for Spector Motor
> Freight.  His run
> was between Milwaukee and Akron, Ohio, a central point
> where LCL (less
> than carload) shipments were resorted and then reforwarded
> to other
> Spector Terminals, system wide.       
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> I doubt that he ever married his longtime gril friend. His
> residence was
> in a Motel off of Layton Avenie just west of 27th
> street.  As I recall,
> the Spector Freight Terminal was just down the Road from
> there.             
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> Dave White died a couple of decades ago. 
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> Don L.     
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