Wednesday, December 11, 2024
LEON STEIN WAS FULL OF GREAT STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP IN PERRY COUNTY, PA; WORKING IN NEBRASKA FOR A BIG MEAT PACKING HOUSE, BUILDING HOUSES WITH HIS FATHER NEAR MIDDLETOWN, PA, AND ALL THE PEOPLE HE MET ALONG THE WAY, INCLUDING HIS TIMES IN CANADA.
HERE IS ONE OF MY STORIES ABOUT LEON STEIN:
LEON WAS WORKING ON HIS HOUSE ON GREEN STREET IN HARRISBURG IN THE SUMMER AND ASKED MY FRIEND TO HELP WITH GETTING THE WINDOWS READY FOR NEW INSULATED WINDOWS. THE NEIGHBORS SAW THE FRIEND WORKING AND DID NOT KNOW HIM AND WORRIED ABOUT THE HOUSE AND LEON AND CALLED THE POLICE.
THE POLICE ARRIVED AND ASKED THE FRIEND, WHO TOLD THEM HE WAS WORKING WITH LEON AND HAD BEEN SENT OVER BY LEON'S POA (ME) AND WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON - LEON DROVE UP IN HIS OLD 2000 CHEVY TRUCK AND GOT OUT AND PICKED UP TWO 50 POUND BAGS OF CEMENT - ONE IN EACH ARM - HE WAS ONLY 88 THEN - AND BEGAN WALKING OVER TO THEM T0 SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON - AND ONE OF THE POLICEMAN SAW LEON COMING WITH THE TWO BAGS OF CEMENT - AND BURST OUT LAUGHING - O, MR. STEIN - IT'S YOU! - AND EVERYONE WENT HOME OK. ---- THEY ALL KNEW AND LOVED LEON - HE WAS A GREAT GUY, BRUCE G. BARON, ESQ., HARRISBURG, PA, USA
