MEMORIES AND MYTHS RELATED TO EARL "RED" HUBER

This is a random collection of stories about Red Huber - told by the persons named below.

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ABOUT THOSE STORIES THAT RED HUBER SHOT HOLES IN THE FLOOR OF THE TAVERN

JOE PATER shared the following during a phone conversation with the webmaster - on June 18, 2020.

Joe recalled being in the Hitching Post numerous times during his younger days and that Red had a favorite spot in the tavern. Red regularly stationed himself at the south end of the bar (the left end as you face the bar).  Joe remembers Red as a friendly person - easy to talk with. However, Joe also has a vivid memory of one time, when Red got himself “liquored up” (to use Joe’s terminology) and Red pulled his handgun. Joe said that when the first shot hit the floor, Joe hit the door. Joe returned to the Hitching Post many times after that; but, he was always aware that Red had a quick draw.

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MEMORIES OF RED HUBER AND THE HITCHING POST

SANDY (WARD) JOLIVETTE sent the following email regarding Red Huber, on June 16, 2020.

From: Sandy Jolivette

Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 7:45 AM

To: Fred Lindley

Subject: Earl and Emil? 

"My Grandpa Butterfield was best friends with Red ... Grandpa used to go on the runs with Red to Kentucky to get whiskey for the Hitching Post. 

My Mother's youngest and oldest sisters both worked for Red ... youngest Marge Butterfield, oldest Zelma (Sis) Butterfield Glardon ... married to Ernie Glardon.

I know that when I went to the Hitching Post I never paid for a drink!  I doubt that my family did.  He was a super friend to the family and I am sure that is why both my Grandparents and Uncle lived in the house you speak of.

... he was a dear friend.  I was so lucky to have lived around the corner in the house that Haskin's owned, so I would walk over to see Red and sit at the end of the bar with him ... back when all the college students would come down to drink.  When it was packed ... I would bus the tables and take drink orders ... what fun!

I also would join the group on Friday’s, at the corner table when you walk in ... to the left.  Bob Fryman, Judge Black, Jack Samuelson, gosh ... another name slips my mind right now ... he worked as the Registrar? Or one of the main offices at Miami ... think his first name was Bob?  Another person from Zilox ... I can't think of his name either.  They would meet every Friday afternoon.

Oh, if Red was a twin ... I have no information.  I bet my Aunt Marge could have answered that question, sorry."

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ABOUT THOSE STORIES THAT THERE WERE PEEPHOLES IN THE CEILING OF THE TAVERN

THERESA FAITH MAHLERWEIN posted the following on Facebook - on October 28, 2019.

"Yes, it is true there are many secret peep holes in the Hitching Post, where you can view the bar from the living quarters. There are in fact two gun shot holes in the barroom floor. Mr Sean Hurley took all of the original fixtures and parlor table and chairs out of the Post  and also had the walk-in safe removed  

Red also owned a house on Shollenbarger Rd that had built and fully furnished for his sister, that she refused to move into. Red refused to sell the house and had it cleaned weekly and the grass cut. Nobody lived in the house, from the time it was built, until one year after Red's death - when the house and the contents were auctioned. The interior of the house was amazingly beautiful. One room was dedicated to total Japenese art, as his sister collected it.

Red was unable to climb the stairs in the Post, at the time and my Mom became his housekeeper and he had a bed in the lower back room of the Post, next to the small bathroom. There were no bathtubs in the Post - just a shower.

When Tasha Cain purchased the Post she allowed me to come see all of the renovations and asked me where some of the original items - that were in the upper quarters - had originally been in the bar. I also showed her the peep holes.  

Some people say that my Mom and Red haunt the Post; they may be right..."

MEMORIES OF RED HUBER AND MOWING GRASS BEHIND THE HITCHING POST

KIRK MEE III shared the following during a phone conversation with the webmaster - on June 18, 2020.

Kirk reported that, in the summer between his third and fourth grades of school, when he was just big enough to push a reel-type push lawn mower, he earned pocket money by mowing grass at five different Darrtown locations. One of his customers was Red Huber, who paid Kirk to mow the lot, behind the Hitching Post. The space  measured about 50 feet by 100 foot and the going rate for something that size was $1, which was good money for a young boy in the 1950's.