Roy Was A Long Time Friend, That I Never Met
I'm not sure how many props I sold him over the years. A few years back I bought some 45 parts from him. He always seems to be a hard working, nice man. Sorry to hear of his passing.
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Art Carlson 9/23/1930-7/28/2014
Art was an interesting man. I never knew him well. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. My dad was also born in Nebraska. Art learned wood working skills as a young man and often built model airplanes. He once built an airplane large enough to put his cat on board and pulled it with his bicycle. The plane flew well, but the cat was NOT impressed.
At one time Glastron/Carlson was building 75 boats a week.
As a kid, I thought Art's Stock Outboard Hydros were the coolest things. Great paint jobs, pretty colors, they weren't very fast, but they were pretty!
After Art merged with Glastron, I always wished I had a High Rider 21 footer, a Glastron Molinari by Carlson.
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Tom Doidge: Long Time Racer and Cracker Box Builder
I know tom has been gone for awhile, but I ran across this picture of Tom that Bunker's wife, Annette, had taken of Tom at Bakersfield about 8 years ago.
Tom was a support of boat racing at the local and national level for many years. He build several very cool Cracker Boxes.
Stanley Leavendusky Jr. AKA "Butch"
Butch passed away yesterday afternoon (Thursday 12-11-14) in his recliner with his dog in his lap and wife by his side.
Funeral arrangements are by Griffin Legget Funeral Home in Alexandria, Ar. They may be accessed and messages posted by Googling the name of the funeral home. Burial is Monday, 12-15-14 at 10:00am.
I will post more about his life and accomplishments in Boat Racing after returning from the funeral.