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Note: little North of Klamath, he spotted a periscope in the water from a Jap submarine. There was a tanker ship that was torpedoed just off the coast and it made it to Crescent City before it sank.
Granville had very severe Asthma. He used to deliver
gass to Bridgeville, and Dinsmore and Blocksburg. He
always felt better out there, so they figured Petaluma
would be good for his breathing. It was for a short
while but I guess he almost died a couple of times, so
they moved back to Fernbridge. And Granville was
drinking that cheap wine. He wouold be out of his mind
he would be so drunk, we found wine bottles, empty
wine bottles all over the place when Peggy was moving
to the Fortuna house. It was the cheap 1/2 gallon jugs
of that sweet fortified wine. Blackberry, port,
raspberry etc.
Peggy finally threw Granville out , and do yo remember
the little shack down on the edge of the hill, 1 room
and a bath room I think. It was one of the shacks left
by the Highway crew that built the Fernbridge. It
burned to the graound i guess after Granville died,
the railroad bums used to go under neath and get out
of the weather, it was dry. - Ray Reeves, 2007
Note: During WWII, Granville Wilson drove a gas delivery truck along the Coast as far as Klamath, once a week. He would stop occasionally and use his binoculars to view the ocean. Just off the Coast just a
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