[SEL] Re: Need your help for a friend

[Judge Tommy Turner]

I sent the message below and it was returned.  We'll try this again.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY



> I haven't had much time to think engines the last week or so
> (I think I got on the list once or twice and posted once on Olds 
> engines).  Many of you have met my buddy Steve Gibson.  Steve
> comes with me to Portland, Coolspring, and other shows.  Steve collects 
> small (2 HP or less) engines and has some nice ones.  Last Thurs. Steve 
> began to have pain in his side.  A strained muscle he thought.
> It continued thru Friday evening and then eased some.  Then it hit
> him hard on Sat night and he was in tremendous pain.  He lives next
> door to his brother and and he rushed him to the local hospital.
> His appendix had ruptured.  He had emergency surgery and had to spend
> the last few days in the hospital.  He's doing better now and has come
> home.  Other than his brother, Steve doesn't have much family  around
> here.    He worked for a company in Elizabethtown, KY for 31
> years (as soon as he got out of HS).  Then, about 4 months ago the
> corporate folks walked in and said they were shutting the plant down.
> Their production ended up in China.  The company retirement plan makes 
> him ineligible for retirement so Steve has to find another carSo, Steve 
> has really been down.  He's always commenting about the SEL folks and 
> how nice everyone is to him.  Steve doesn't have a computer but I think 
> I've talked him into getting one.  If anyone could send him a card, it 
> would cheer him up a lot.  His address is:   Steve Gibson, 270 Warren 
> Road, Mt. Sherman, KY,  42764.
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> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
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