Grandpa Buys a Pop Rivet Tool
Thaum ib tug taw tes ua ntej kuv yuav kuv tus kheej lub tsev, Kuv xav kho cov tsev uas muaj ib tug kuv paub. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Yawg Ellis qhia kuv hloov tau hluav taws xob outlets yuav ua li cas, txuas ntawm ntxuav thiab lawv muaj ntau yam nrog ntoo. Kuv muab tso ua ke prefabricated rooj tog ntau xyoo.
Nyob rau hauv 1997, Kuv tus poj niam Tamara thiab kuv yuav tsev. Kuv sai pheej nrhiav tau lwm hais tias kuv tsis muaj cov txuj ci rau kev kho cov tsev. Yawg Ellis muaj tag nrho cov txuj ci. Kuv twb muaj rau tes nws cuab yeej, nyom khoom thiab luag rau nws txoj kev tso dag uas twb txawj tso dag heev lawm.
Grandpa Ellis and Silver in front of the house he built from the ground up in Mascoutah, Illinois.
Yawg Ellis khoom yav tom ntej txhua yam muaj peev xwm. Nyob hauv lub 1940s, Yawg los ua ib lub tsev los ntawm qhov hauv Mascoutah, TSAB. Thaum kuv niam thiab txiv yuav tsev rau ntawm Villa rau cov me nyuam. Louis, Yawg txhuas hlau nyob hauv lub qab nthab. Yawg rho tag tawm nws tus kheej thiab nws hloov cov hlau tooj liab.
Tom qab nws retired hauv 1981, Yawg nyiam kho tej yaam num rau tsev neeg. Peb tawm ib phab mini-ntsa nyob rau hauv peb lub tsev nyob rau Villa, ua retaining phab ntsa los ntawm lub pas dej thiab ua tau rhawv thiab lwm cov rooj tog.
Nyob rau hauv 1986, peb ua lub nkoj khoom ntawm lub pas dej. Yawg yog 71 xyoo, tej teev hauv lub nkoj thiab tsav txhua tug rau hauv lub pas dej nrog ib 16 sledge-rauj phaus. Tsis muaj leej twg hu ua nws ib tug txiv neej laus.
Nyob ib ncig ntawm tib lub sijhawm, Yawg muas ib tug tshiab uas kho nws cov num nyom. Nyob ntawm 1970s thiab 1980s, nyom ua num tau ua ntawm webbing. Cov webbing xav tej zaum muaj frayed los yog zom. Koj yuav ces yuav tsum pov tseg rau lub rooj zaum.
Yawg muas ib tug pop rivet uas kho tus webbing. No pab heev tias ua ntej kuv paub nws hlub nws, peb tau noj nyob rau hauv txhua rooj zaum nyom rau tsev neeg, yuav webbing los ntawm Hannecke lub Hardware thiab repairing num.
Peb yuav kho ib lub rooj zaum hauv tsawg tshaj li ntawm kaum tsib nas this. Kuv yuav tuav lub webbing nyob qhov chaw, Yawg yuav paub tseeb tias kuv txhais tes tau kev thiab tog lub rivet. Muaj grandma Ellis 11 nyob kwvtij nrog tsev neeg loj loj rau lawv tus kheej, kom peb tau ua hauj lwm kom ntau lub caij ntuj sov ntawd. Yawg them $5 ib lub rooj zaum ntxiv rau khoom.
Muaj ib hnub peb tau ua hauj lwm hauv tej num los ntawm ib tug txiv ntxawm, uas kuv tau mus rau tus yawg qab haus huv. Kuv hais koj vim peb tau ua num rau nws. Yawg hais tias, “Kuv yuav them nws $7 ib lub rooj zaum; 2 las ntxiv rau qhov mob thiab txoj.”
Tej yawg Ellis Garments ntawm nws koom xwm
Grandpa made a couple hundred dollars that summer, which more than paid for his pop rivet tool. Nws yog pib nws lub nyom rooj zaum kho ua hauj lwm tiam sis txiav txim tias nws yuav cuam tshuam nrog nws caij nyoog nuv ntses.
Peb tsis siv lub cuab tam ntau ntau xyoo tom ntej no vim hais tias peb yuav tsum hloov lub webbing ntawm txog txhua zaum rau hauv tsev neeg, tiam sis nws coj mus rau lub caij ntuj sov lom zem times ua hauj lwm nrog yawg.
I was lucky to be able to spend so much time with my grandfather, whose life lessons have benefited me and which I passed down to my children. ua tsaug, Yawg.
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