Pictured above
is a Dodge dual wheel truck with the owner, Will Hiser, standing at the
door.
The picture and what has already been said is enough for the
truck, so we'll tell you more about "Bill."
He was born on a farm
about two miles west of Sailor Springs. July 10, 1895. When about eight
years old he moved with his parents to Sailor Springs where he continued to
live until married, then he moved to a farm between Clay City and the
Springs where he lived a year or so, then removed back to the Springs where
he engaged in teaming.
On Thanksgiving day in 1924, while hunting
the accidental discharge of a shotgun while his two hands were resting over
the muzzle of the gun, tore away a part of each hand, leaving a thumb and
little finger on one hand and three fingers on the other.
In 1925 he
moved to Clay City and engaged in the taxi business, which he followed and
at the same time gradually drifted into the trucking business until
recently, when he purchased his second truck, the one pictured and now he is
applying himself to the trucking business almost exclusively, doing local
and long distance hauling, trucking live stock to the market is the
principal feature of the business.
After moving to Clay City Mr.
Hiser bought a home here and has done his part in helping Clay City to grow
better by adding improvements about his place. He has prospered in spite of
his handicap — he does not seem to recognize the fact that he has but parts
of two hands.
He has a wife and two children, a son and a daughter
and plenty of grit to see that they live comfortably.
Extracted 12 Jun 2017 by Norma Hass from 1930 Pictures and Biographical Sketches of the Business Men of Clay City, Illinois.
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