Anonymous
I was sorry to see that my Uncle Lewie is gone now. I was surprised to find him a couple of years ago working at the hotel downtown, and he knew me immediately. We told a bunch of old stories then too.
Sorry it is late, but I wanted to share another story about him. He was my Mom's Millie McKellen cousin, so he's really my second cousin.
When I was 8 we had a Newman Family Christmas party down in the basement of my Grammas house (Shorty Giddings). Lewie gave me an old motor with a fan on it for a gift, He said it worked too. I thought it would be great fun to run it, so I stuck the wires into a wall socket. There was a shower of sparks and all the lights went out, and bedlam started. The little kids started hollering cause it was dark out. I can't remember if I ever got blamed, but I sure hid the motor quickly. Later I learned about 6 volts and car batteries being different from house wiring.##imported-begin##dacarls@ufl.edu##imported-end##