Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 2, Number 1, January 1992 Page: 38
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cleaned up his act - doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, and goes to church. He's still addicted
to golf though, and plays every chance he gets. Riley and I married 2/2 years ago, and
we are really having a good time. He says that with over 100 years experience between
us, we ought to be able to handle most things.
Allen Winters (Retired): One of the original Herder Truckers along with Al Joe Hunt and
Murray Wall, we were the first collegians to infiltrate the natives in Weimar. I stayed
in Weimar, living there from 1948-1955, coaching all sports. I had three children, all born
in Weimar.
I played one year of professional baseball in the Brooklyn Dodgers organiza-
tion and spent twenty years coaching high school football. I served as president of the
Texas High School Coaches Association. When I retired from coaching, I bought Winters
Oil Company. I sold that in 1976 and am now living in Temple, Texas, happily married
and retired.
My memories of Weimar are wonderful - a small town that took a bunch of
poor kids to heart. They actually raised and formed the personalities of these young men
because they took an interest in their lives. The individual people who make the town
of Weimar so special should be forever rewarded for their endeavors in molding the future
of so many young men. I personally will be indebted to each and every one and in
particular to Charlie Herder, John Miksch, and Walter Scott for taking a poor, broke,
brash, young smart aleck with one pair of blue jeans and a borrowed car and causing
me whatever success I have had. Without Weimar and these people, I certainly would
have been a lot lesser man today. I will be forever indebted to the city.
Melvin Work (Employee of General Motors Acceptance Corporation): I played for the
Weimar Herder Truckers the summer of 1951. I'll always remember one particular game
as long as I live. One of the "big" events of the July 4th celebration was the annual game
with our arch rivals, the Columbus Redbirds. I was picked to pitch this game by manager/
catcher, Allen Winters, and after nine innings the Herder Truckers were victorious. After
the shouting and jubilation had subsided, Charlie Herder calmly walked over to me and
shook my hand. When our hands parted there remained a one hundred dollar bill in my
palm. Can you just imagine the effect this had on a seventeen year old kid. It was like
having a million dollars. I'll always remember this day not only because we won, but
for Charlie Herder's compassion and gratitude to his players.
I attended Texas A & M and in June 1954, I signed a professional baseball
contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. I remember that in my first few days with the Dodg-
ers two other young pitchers seemed to be getting all the attention from the coaches and
the news media. You will recognize their names: Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. I
really thought I could pitch until I watched these two pitchers throw bullets. I was sent
down to the Dodger's minor league teams and for the next three years I pitched in places
like Pueblo, Colorado, Fort Worth, Texas, St. Paul, Minnesota, Great Falls, Montana, and
ended my pro career with the old Wichita Falls Spudders. Haven't thrown a ball since!
I'm married to Yvonne Erwin, who was born and raised in Dallas just as I was.
We both grew up together and attended the same schools. When I went off to A & M,
she attended SMU and in 1954, she was Miss Texas in the Miss America Pageant in
Atlantic City. Today she remains a very beautiful grandmother to our three grandchil-
dren. Shortly after my baseball playing days were over I went to work for General Motors
Acceptance Corporation in Dallas and I have been working for them some thirty years.38
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