HEART WARMER: A trucker phoned recently with a story about one
of those “random acts of kindness” we used to hear about – and it
happened in Bradford.
Howard Snyder of Oil City, who drives for Schneider Trucking,
had arrived in Bradford after a 500 mile trip. After unloading at
Georgia-Pacific, he went in search of grub – and took his bobtail
truck downtown to McDonald’s for a meal.
At the drive-through, however, he encountered a little problem –
the overhang which prohibited his truck from getting through. He
parked the rig and had to climb into the shrubbery to take a look
at the menu.
A young couple in a car caught his attention, and reported that
a drive-through in the truck wasn’t permitted. “I’ll put in your
order,” they volunteered.
The driver went back to his truck to wait.
Eventually, the young lady jumped out of her vehicle, ran up to
his truck and gave him the bags of food – nearly $10 worth. “What
do I owe you?” he asked.
“You don’t owe us anything. Have a good night!”
Snyder told us, “I don’t know who they were but somewhere out
there the parents did a good job. It was nice of those kids.”
We agree. Very nice indeed.
TOM DUVALL: A post-script today from Richard Kroh concerning
that undefeated 1959 Bradford High football team, writing about one
of the team’s outstanding players, Tom Duvall:
“Tom was a personal friend of mine although I graduated two
years earlier. The amazing thing was Tom weighed a good 120 pounds
soaking wet, but was quicker with his feet and hands than anybody I
know. He also had a very quick mind and was fun to be with. I miss
him and his brother Bob very much.”
WM. SMEDLEY: We pass along a request from Bob Hunsicker who is
writing a book about illustrator Roger Hane: “Have you ever heard
of a West Bradford illustrator by the name of William Thomas
Smedley? He’s listed in the “100 Years of American Illustrators”
book. Excellent work in the painterly realistic style. He is in the
permanent collection of the Society of Illustrators, NYC. I
happened to come across his name while doing some research
yesterday (1858-1920).”
If you recognize the name or have any information, let us know
and we’ll see that it gets to Mr. Hunsicker.
