Like so many here, I only got to meet George in-person one time; at the first Cub-Arama. I got spend the better part of one afternoon talking to George about cubs. As many of you know, the first cub I got was a first year lo-boy, which we still have. In the process of figuring out what color to paint it, I somehow transposed the serial number to make it a '57, not a '55. I decaled and painted the lo-boy as a '57 and, during our visit at the first Cub-Arama, George asked me why I had done that. I told him what had happedend with the serial number mix-up and remarked to him, "I really like the way it looks, but I know I have messed it up big time". George's reply was, "No, you didn't....it is your tractor...paint it the color that you like!"
George will be missed by all of us here, but the memories we have of him, and his knowlege and wisdom, will live on in all of us. Rest in peace, George.