Guy Clifford Litehiser

Guy Clifford Litehiser

September 24, 1893 - Eaton, Ohio

January 8, 1989 - Bend, Oregon

m. Helen Dorothy Emmons Litehiser, 1/24/1918, Billings, Montana

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HISTORY FROM FAMILY:
Guy Clifford Litehiser, known affectionatly, as "Pop" to his friends learned telegraphy from, Uncle Daniel Litehiser in Austin Lake Michigan from 1913 until 1917, and then he went to work for Railroads as a Telegrapher. In 1917 he worked at Glen Ullin, ND; Hysham, Mt ;and Custer, MT; as a telegrapher for The Northern Pacific. From 1918 through 1924, Guy worked in Huntly, Mt as a Telegrapher for The Northern Pacific & The Burlington Railroads. In 1924 to 1925, He worked at The Eldorado Paving Company, for the Stayton Brothers (Cousins), in Eldorado,OH.

In 1925, He was in Kansas City, KA. and worked for his Father In-Law at his Battery and Ignition Shop. Guy also drove Street Cars in Kansas City.

From 1925 to 1928, Guy was back in Huntly, MT., working as a telegrapher for Northern Pacific and Burlington Railroads. He worked up and down an 800 mile stretch of track, but lived in Huntly.

In 1928, the family moved to Richardson, ND, and Guy worked as a telegrapher on the Northern Pacific, until 1931.


The family moved to Marysville, WA in 1931, and Pop worked at The Weyerhouser Lumber Mill in Everett, WA through 1932. In 1933, he worked as a TIMEKEEPER, for the WPA until 1935. He also had a Raliegh Route from 1934 through 1935.

From 1938 to 1946, Guy was back at The Weyerhouser Lumber mill in Everett, WA.

1946 through 1964, he worked for his sons Boyd & Bill at their Texaco Service Station in Marysville, WA.

"Pop" retired in 1964 and completed a 25 foot inboard boat that he had been working on. Pop always had pretty much of a GREEN THUMB, and after he retired, he raised many a bumper crop. Not just Fruits and Vegetables, but also lots of pretty flowers especially Dahlia's. The boat, was christened "ALL ABOARD" Sounds a little bit like railroad talk.

In the Spring, of 1974, daughter Joan and her husband Larry helped Mom and Dad pack, and move to Bend, Oregon. Pop, turned his garage, at his Bend, OR home into a woodworking shop from which he produced a boat for daughter Donna, and spinning wheels for daughter In-Law Barbara, & daughter Joan. His garden in Bend could only be described as busy, producing much garden produce for three family tables.

Baseball, has been his favored sport & Westerns, Travel, History and Nature books are his favorite books to read.

NEWS:
KALAMAZOO MICHIGAN GAZETTE, MARCH 16, 1912 WILD RACE WITH DEATH ON HANDCAR
After a wild race with death on an open handcar, Guy Litehiser, 19 of Austin Lake, home Eaton, Ohio now lies in a ward at the Burgess hospital in this city battling bravely against fate with the odds reduced to an equality. But for the desperate measures resorted to by a Vicksburg Phyician in bringing him to the operating table, it is possible that the grim reaper would have claimed an easy victory.

At 1 o'clock Sunday mornig the youth was taken violently ill. His condition was not considered serious, however for several hours, and it was late in the afternoon when Dr. F S Coller, of Vicksburg, was called. Upon examining the boy the physician found him to be suffering with appendicitis. Already thedisease had ruptured the appendix and death was only a matter of a short time unless an operation could be performed. It was then too late to get a train to Kalamazoo. Neither was an automobile available. Time was precious. "A horse-drawn rig would be too slow," counseled the doctor. And it was then that the handcar was pressed into service.

Dan Litehiser, Uncle of the stricken youth, is station agent at the Grand Rapids & Indiana railway station at Austin Lake. He made haste to communicate with the section foreman, and the car was soon drawn up at the station. The boy was placed upon the homely vehicle, and with coats off and their heads bared to the ever-increasing breeze, the uncle and the physician started upon the desperate race for life.

Mile after mile the tireless pumpers pushed the speeding wheels over the steel rails, each stroke bringing the suffering youth nearer help. In the meantime friends at Austin Lake had telephoned ahead of the rushing car and an auto ambulance waited alongside the tracks at Vine Street to receive the patient. At the hospital Dr. Rush McNair was busy prparing the operating room.

With the tide of life rapidly ebbing away the heavy car was brought to a sudden halt beside the ambulance. The then unconscious youth was transferred to the auto and hurried to the hospital.

In the operating room no time was lost. Even before the anaesthetic had been administered the surgeon's knife had pierced the boy's side, and within half an hour the sufferer had been transferred to a ward where it is declared he has an even chance for recovery.--Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette, March 16,

The above newspaper account will be interesting news to the many friends of Guy Litehiser, and they will be further gratified to know that the heroic efforts to save his life will be successful. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Litehiser, went to Kalamazoo last week to be at his bedside, and they report that Guy is now getting along as well as could be expected. Guy is a nephew of Mrs. Joe Kennel, of this city.

A note in the hand of Guy C. Litehiser, says that he was born on the Luke Fisher Farm near Eaton, Ohio.

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