Anyone that was around Marble Falls in the 60s should remember Glenn’s old pickup. It was his main mode of transportation for much of the 1960s, much of the time it was pulling an old one horse trailer. When we finished the job at Lakeway, the first of our projects when we made our move to the Austin area, Old Blue had given up on Glenn and he left it sitting in a field out at the side of where the new condos were being built. He and big Jimmy went back to get it several months later after the … Continue reading Glenn Lewis’s Old Blue & White “62” Ford Pickup

I ask Marshall Wier if I’d ever told him the story of Glenn Lewis and the Inspection Sticker. He said I hadn’t, but offered up the following: No, I’ve never heard that one. Von (LaVaughn Meredith) told me one, years ago ,about an incident that occurred at The Yacht Cafe involving a hiway patrolman. It seems that someone had cut the long whip radio antenna off of the patrol car. The officer mentioned to Von that the antenna had been cut off of his car. He told Von that he was fairly certain he knew who had done the deed … Continue reading Glenn And The Radio Antenna

I think this story was told once before but is worth retelling. A new game warden was assigned to Marble Falls. He and the DPS Officer at the time would gather at the Yacht Cafe with all the cowboy/rancher types that would met in the morning after their rounds. With everyone sitting around a table one morning the subject came up about road hunting. The Game Warden looked at Glenn and said “I know you are doing it and when I catch you I’m going to put you in jail”. Glenn didn’t appreciate being called out like that and several … Continue reading Glenn And The New Game Warden