Henry Raymond

Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: Henry on December 22, 2008, 07:25:02 PM

Title: Cement Truck With Christmas Lights Just Went By My House
Post by: Henry on December 22, 2008, 07:25:02 PM
Heard this air-horn blowing, then saw this big cement truck with 1000s of lights drive by the house, honking all the way up the road as it headed towards Fletcher - Anyone know anything about it or who might be driving it - I think SD Ireland decorates a truck like that every Christmas and that might have been it.
Title: Re: Cement Truck With Christmas Lights Just Went By My House
Post by: Henry on December 22, 2008, 07:34:43 PM
I did find this article on the SD Ireland Cement truck - It was supposed to be up in Stowe today:

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?s=9507663 (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?s=9507663)
Title: Re: Cement Truck With Christmas Lights Just Went By My House
Post by: fletchtb on December 22, 2008, 08:02:55 PM
I got a call at work a few minuntes ago. I know the truck went up past my house on Fairfax Road. The kids were very excited to see it!
Title: Re: Cement Truck With Christmas Lights Just Went By My House
Post by: Henry on December 22, 2008, 08:30:06 PM
Hi Henry,
 I got this picture of the cement truck with all the lights outside Vermont Toy and Hobby in Essex last year.

JoAnne

Thanks Jo,

I wish I had had a little warning - it was going right along and thought of calling Todd up in Fletcher, but knew at the rate he was going, he would have probably already gone past his place - Haven't heard anything from the village down here, but am assuming he must have gone through the village.
(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/icestorm_080309/0054_G.sized.jpg)
Title: Re: Cement Truck With Christmas Lights Just Went By My House
Post by: PotterFXFD on December 23, 2008, 06:49:46 AM
The picture is of a Griswold truck you can see the name on the door.  Pretty cool, someone has more patience than me.
Title: Re: Cement Truck With Christmas Lights Just Went By My House
Post by: Henry on December 23, 2008, 10:45:16 AM
Well, still no word from anyone else that saw the brightly lighted cement truck go up the Fletcher Road - Just Maryann & I and Todd's kids - I noticed on the S. D. Ireland Calendar that at some of its stops, Santa Claus also makes an appearance - Very few questions we can't get an answer to on this forum, but this may be one of them.  I would think going up this road, the only destination would be Fletcher as there are better routes to Cambridge and Fairfield.
Title: Re: Cement Truck With Christmas Lights Just Went By My House
Post by: Mike Raburn on December 23, 2008, 01:01:17 PM
Is the company actually named Griswold?

If so that is way funny.

Remember the movie "Christmas Vacation" where Clark Griswold decks out his house in lights?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/)

Cousin Eddie is my hero!
Title: Re: Cement Truck With Christmas Lights Just Went By My House
Post by: Chris Santee on December 23, 2008, 01:41:36 PM
I was out shoveling, when I heard the horns.
I turned to Fairfax Town Office and around the corner,
comes this huge cement truck all lit up.

I ran inside and got everyone to the windows
as it stopped at the Library at BFA.

It honked a few times and headed out.
Title: Re: Cement Truck With Christmas Lights Just Went By My House
Post by: MikeF9 on December 23, 2008, 06:19:26 PM
S. T. Griswold is a cement company located in Williston. My brother, Carl, worked there for 20-some years. Lots of other townspeople worked there as well. Steele Griswold got his start by doing the cement work for a missle site in Highgate(?), back in the 50's or 60's.