[PRCo] Re: Another Pittsburgh legend passes

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Donna Mae was indeed a Character.  I knew her from the mid-1960s, when she
worked as my uncle's secretary.  They both were into racing.  Somehow she
conned me into hauling two race cars from Canonsburg to Lime Rock, CT over
the July 4 holiday in 1965...it didn't seem to matter that I had no
experience towing any kind of trailer or driving any kind of truck.  I was
assigned another kid (I would be 20 the following month) as an assistant; he
wasn't deemed responsible enough to be allowed any of the driving, though.
It was on this trip that I came to know the Cross Bronx Expresssway and the
joys of U.S. 7 through Connecticut.  I got the cars there intact, they put
me up at a nice old house near Sheffield, MA converted to an inn, and the
next day took me to the bus station.  I rode two Peter Pan buses to New
Haven, where I spent a day with a friend from college.  Then it was the New
Haven Railroad to Grand Central, a taxi to LaGuardia and TWA back to
Pittsburgh.

One does interesting things when one is young and stupid, doesn't one?

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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Bob
Rathke
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:04 PM
To: Dorothy Smith; Dave Hauck; Pittsburgh Trolley List; Bonnie-Home Costa;
Rich Bowers; Ron Bartel
Subject: [PRCo] Another Pittsburgh legend passes

A few weeks ago it was Billy Mays.  Now it's Donna Mae Mims. See obituary
at:
  
http://cbs2.com/watercooler/Donna.Mae.Mims.2.1244598.html
The video of the wake is on the small screen at the right side of the
obituary, but you may have to watch a short commercial first.

An unusual way to go, but this must be a big national story - the obituary
and news clip are from a California TV station.