Saturday, December 20, 2014

The Millers #1



Obert was described by my father as a man you didn't have to explain anything to, he seemed to grasp the situation immediately and rarely raised his voice.
Likewise Kelly who ran the office and the only time you really saw him was 5:00 in the morning when we were awakened by a cowbell and being served a cup of coffee and donut from the cook house truck, he would be standing front of the lot and point at each vehicle in order of departure.
The pole wagon was always first, followed by the concession truck in which I rode and so forth with the house trailers last.

2 comments:

Ole Whitey said...

Mr Obert spent years around small shows where you had to be able to do everything, so when they took out their own show he was prepared for whatever came up.

Roger Smith said...

I was always taken by the very different philosophies of moving a show. On Beatty-Cole, we tore down and moved at night. D.R.'s show tore down and everyone went to bed, supposedly, and arose in the wee hours to move. He quoted Obert as saying you were only asking for trouble to work a man all day and expect him to drive all night. I certainly see his point. Many exhausted Beatty-Cole drivers had the inevitable travails the Millers foresaw, but that's how our Front End insisted on making the miles.