The Memorial Day Parade

If you were in Tenants Harbor to watch the St. George Memorial Day parade, you saw me between the fire engines and the sheriff?s car in my 1919 Model T station wagon. There are not many 1919 Model T station wagons around that are painted white and that have 7 foot signs on each side that say The humble Farmer in 18 inch red letters. I felt somewhat conspicuous driving it down to the parade because it is very old. But then I got to thinking that in 1951 I used to feel somewhat conspicuous driving it anywhere because even in 1951 it was very old. I am going to tell you what happened when I arrived at the road block in Tenants Harbor and was stopped by a fireman road block guard on my way to that parade. But first. Do you suppose anyone ever actually said, ?You can?t get there from here?? Do you suppose that a motorist from Boston ever stopped at Hall?s Market, screwed down the window of hi...
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