Papa

On the front row of this picture at the extreme right end is my Grandfather Ernest G Tidrow Sr. In fact if my dad hadn't disagreed my name would have been Ernest G Tidrow III. Yech but then I don't like Ronald either. He was about 6-1 and usually 205lbs. He came to Indiana from his home of Cannon Mills,TN, which is just across the KY border. He had 3 brothers and 3 sisters all of which were younger as he was the eldest. He settled in New Castle and married a 19 year old girl named Pauline Kay Fletcher. They lived happily until my Grandma died of a hearattack in 1955. Ernest Sr. worked his way up thru the Chrysler Plant until he was paymaster. Lots of times he would take Jr(my dad) to the plant while he signed the checks. You'd never see him without a hat (even in the office) and usually with a Cigar (Dutch Masters). He liked to read Argosy magazine and had a basement with an easy chair, workbench,Radio, and refrigerator ( that was completely filled with long neck Budweiser). I remember listening too the 500 mile race with him, especially the time Bill Vukovich was killed. I felt his presence at Shawn and Tiffany's wedding. It was the first time I had felt that he was around.