W. ADAIR ORR, JR., Born May 1, 1903 died March 1, 1979.
Thoroughly emeshed in steam while growing up near Dundee, New York,
his father was a locomotive engineer and later a farmer. While a
teenager, he ran a pump house for the railroad and later, was
engineer at a small power plant for the town of Dundee. He assisted
his father in running a steam roller for the county and did some
Washington, D.C. and after working for Pratt and Whitney, Aircraft
in East Hartford, Connecticut, during World War II, he became an
electrical contractor in East Hampton, New York, Although not a
collector himself, he liked to work on and run the steam and gas
engines collected by his son. His last project was restoring a Nott
Steam Fire Engine with an American La France front drive conversion
for the East Hampton Fire Department. Mr. Orr was a Mason and a
volunteer fireman for 58 years. He was a man of extremely good
common sense.
Submitted by Francis A. Orr, 1617 32nd Street, Anacenter,
Washington 98221.
ROGER GARLICK, 81, of Huron, South Dakota passed away on March
4, 1979 after a lingering illness. He was a long-time subscriber to
the Iron Men Album and eagerly awaited each new issue. Roger was a
machinist with the C. & N.W. R.R. and retired after 40 years of
service. He loved to display and operate his 20-40 oil pull and 40
HP Case steamer at the Pioneer Acres Show, DeSmet, South Dakota and
at Prairie Village, Madison, South Dakota, where he was a founding
board member. He was voted Pioneer King in 1976. He will be missed
by his many friends throughout the Midwest.
Submitted by Jim Johnson, Huron, South Dakota
57350.
LEWIS A. RINEHOLT, a resident of Vicksburg, Michigan for 21
years, passed on at the age of 81 on January 23, 1979. Born in
Centreville, Michigan on January 17, 1898, he served his country
during World War I in the Army balloon observation corps and was a
fireman on the Grand Trunk Railroad. Lew always claimed to have
crankcase oil running through his veins and retained his interest
in live steam engines.
In 1957, just before his retirement from the National Biscuit
Company, he purchased his 13 ton A. D. Baker engine, built in
Swanton, Ohio in 1910. The following years were happily spent
exercising ‘Old Asthma’ at nearby steam shows, parades, and
exhibitions. She was fitted with rubber lugs on the wheels so she
could be driven on paved roads. He also had a collection of
stationary engines at home, but the big Baker engine was his pride
and joy and he took great pleasure in being invited as a regular
exhibitor at the Centreville Fair and the Kalamazoo Nature Center
to put ‘Asthma’ through her paces.
Lew was past president and an active member of the Michigan Live
Steam Club and. attended many steam shows, rodeos and threshing
bees throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Those who had the
opportunity to know Lew will long treasure his memory and
friendship, not to mention all his colorful stories, and the
contributions he made to the preservation of the Age of Steam for
present and future generations.
Submitted by Virginia Cannell, 612 W. Madison, Lansing,
Michigan 48906.
