Marketplace
Issue: 1974 September 30 - Page 5
MARKETPLACE
NEWSLETTER
PAGE 5, SEPTEMBER 30, 1974
More facts:
Built his own house and a good one, before he went blind.
Beautiful drop..leaf table. He cut cherry tree. Cut it up, cured the wood, made
the table. (You should see it. It must weigh 300 lbs.
1961 - Had a coronary, heart attack. Recovered fully.
1973 - Had gall bladder removed. Later had more surgery to clean out ducts. He
recovered fully.
Now the real Punch Line is on the following page. Okay?
•
He arises at 5:30 each morning to take care of 2 candy machines he owns and ser-
vices at the local hospital. The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital is known as the "M.I.B.
Hospital". This is a new, beautiful, big hospital, as good as any.
I took a lot of pictures of this man filling the machines. While taking the money
out, he dropped a nickel. The dog immediately picked it up with his mouth and put it in his
hand.
He then took me, my friend and the dog on a tour around the town. He was riding
on the back seat of my car. I was driving, of course, but he would say, turn here, turn
there and told me more about this beautiful little village than anyone would find out in
a year.
..
The ironic part of this is that my four sons in the coin machine business with me
that I started 40 years ago think I should retire and here is a guy 30 years older than me
running a small route by himself with his dog. Totally blind. Cannot tell daylight from
darkness •
You know, I'm really getting tired of writing, but I could say a lot more about
this man, Horace c. Weeks. I took a lot of pictures of him. If you would like some of them
let me know. I haven't had them developed yet. I just returned home today. I think this man
should be eligible for the "2()(X) Club" or something.
My best regards. I hope you enjoy my letter.
Jack Driscoll, Pres.
A.B.Equipnent,Inc.
10 North Park, Avon,N.Y.
(P.S. 1961 - when he was 74 years old, had the coronary that I mentioned while filling the
machines at the hospital.)
left, that's Jack Driscoll in front of his headquarters in Avon,N.Y. Center picture is
Horace c. Weeks and his personally trained seeing eye dog in front of his home in Coopers-
town,N .Y. Note the "Room for Rent" sign. Picture on right is Weeks servicing one of his
candy venders in the M.I.B.Hospital in Cooperstown,N.Y.
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NEWSLETTER
PAGE 5, SEPTEMBER 30, 1974
More facts:
Built his own house and a good one, before he went blind.
Beautiful drop..leaf table. He cut cherry tree. Cut it up, cured the wood, made
the table. (You should see it. It must weigh 300 lbs.
1961 - Had a coronary, heart attack. Recovered fully.
1973 - Had gall bladder removed. Later had more surgery to clean out ducts. He
recovered fully.
Now the real Punch Line is on the following page. Okay?
•
He arises at 5:30 each morning to take care of 2 candy machines he owns and ser-
vices at the local hospital. The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital is known as the "M.I.B.
Hospital". This is a new, beautiful, big hospital, as good as any.
I took a lot of pictures of this man filling the machines. While taking the money
out, he dropped a nickel. The dog immediately picked it up with his mouth and put it in his
hand.
He then took me, my friend and the dog on a tour around the town. He was riding
on the back seat of my car. I was driving, of course, but he would say, turn here, turn
there and told me more about this beautiful little village than anyone would find out in
a year.
..
The ironic part of this is that my four sons in the coin machine business with me
that I started 40 years ago think I should retire and here is a guy 30 years older than me
running a small route by himself with his dog. Totally blind. Cannot tell daylight from
darkness •
You know, I'm really getting tired of writing, but I could say a lot more about
this man, Horace c. Weeks. I took a lot of pictures of him. If you would like some of them
let me know. I haven't had them developed yet. I just returned home today. I think this man
should be eligible for the "2()(X) Club" or something.
My best regards. I hope you enjoy my letter.
Jack Driscoll, Pres.
A.B.Equipnent,Inc.
10 North Park, Avon,N.Y.
(P.S. 1961 - when he was 74 years old, had the coronary that I mentioned while filling the
machines at the hospital.)
left, that's Jack Driscoll in front of his headquarters in Avon,N.Y. Center picture is
Horace c. Weeks and his personally trained seeing eye dog in front of his home in Coopers-
town,N .Y. Note the "Room for Rent" sign. Picture on right is Weeks servicing one of his
candy venders in the M.I.B.Hospital in Cooperstown,N.Y.
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