Coke Man

Whenever I have dreams of my father he looks like he did in this photo. I love this uniform. I can remember him delivering the 24 count, yellow and red wooden cases of 6 ounce glass Coke bottles to Grandma’s house. His hands were so large he could wrap one hand around a Coke bottle, stick his thumb in the opening of the case (to place your hands) and lift two full cases at a time (one in each hand). I thought he was the strongest man in the world.

This is a photo of him at the Canfield Speedway during the Canfield Fair. I remember one night during the Canfield Fair when Dad was close to retiring, the phone rang at 1:00 a.m. I could hear him yelling through the wall “Oh no, you didn’t wake me. I wait up all night for you people to call”.