George Rohrer

Biography

Tall, with wide shoulders; leaned forward as he walked and spoke through loose false teeth. Helped build the Guild garage. Tried a garage raising a year later, but nobody came, including Daddy, so he built alone. Daddy remarked that George's garage roof sagged in the middle.

Timeline

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Floyd Guild's garage raising
Neighbors built a garage in one day. Floyd promised a ham dinner and expected over twenty people; Mom received only one day's notice, and Virginia helped prepare the meal.
Bernie's Chapter
a year later
George Rohrer builds his garage alone
A year after helping with the Guild garage, George attempted a similar raising. Nobody came, not even Daddy, so he built the garage himself.
Bernie's Chapter

Stories mentioning George

A Garage Raising and a Last-Minute Ham DinnerFloyd Guild recruited neighbors for a garage raising, promising a ham dinner but telling Mom only the day before. Virginia helped assemble and prepare the food and jokingly warned Floyd that people had better come to eat it. The garage was successfully built in a day. George Rohrer, who helped, attempted the same thing a year later, but no one came—not even Daddy. George built alone, and Daddy later contrasted George's sagging roof with his own straight one.

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