By: Cathy D and Bill Z
Retired firefighter Jerry Witt of Phoenix, Arizona has been battling fires and making our city a safe place to live for most of his life. However, his real battle was the one he shared with his beautiful wife Vicki Witt since l972.
Witt’s wife Vicki suffered from NF1, a tumor disorder that occurs in one out of every 3,000 births. Vicki’s wish was to make awareness of this disorder and raise funds for research and clinics, as well as assisting other family members whose loved ones suffer from the disorder. This was her dream, and the Witt family is making it come true through the Children’s Tumor Foundation and the Arizona chapter, Vicki’s Cure.
On May l5th, Jerry Witt and his sons along with Sanderson Ford and KOOL radio raised money to bring awareness to this disorder and show off some of the classic Woody automobiles in Arizona. Jerry is the president of the Woody’s Car Clubs of America, and his gorgeous ‘46 Mercury was a prize possession of his and his wife Vicki. They drove their Merc everywhere and had fun wherever they went.
As Jerry emerges as an advocate for the Children’s Tumor Foundation and travels all over to raise funds and speak on behalf of Vicki’s Cure, he shared his story briefly at the Sanderson Ford Woody Event. Along with David Kimmerle, the owner of Sanderson Ford and Tom Peake from KOOL radio, Wally Cahill of Motorsports Mania the KOOL oldies band and a gift from Hawaiian Airlines over one thousand dollars was raised.
For more information on Vicki’s Cure, NF1, Jerry, Vicki and their family, go to http://www.vickiscure.org/. You can also donate to this cause on the website.
Jerry Witt and Dave Kimmerle in front of Jerry's
'46 Merc Woody. Jerry will be on Interviewed
on Two for the Road USA in June.
DID YOU KNOW - By Julia Droz
To understand why Ford built woody’s in the first place, you must understand the peculiar nature of Henry Ford. He believed that his company should be completely self-sufficient, from mining ore and operating rubber plantations to growing maple, birch, gum, and basswood for Model T floorboards and body frames. In its quest for self-sufficiency, Ford Motor Company bought vast forest reserves on the rugged Upper Michigan Peninsula some 500 miles northwest of Detroit, and constructed a plant there, at Iron Mountain, in 1920. Ford grew its own trees, cut its own timber, ran its own sawmill, and cut and formed its own wooden body parts. But no matter how many Tin Lizzies the assembly lines turned out, they never seemed to exhaust the company's forests. Typically, Henry wasted nothing: even sawdust and leftover wood pieces were turned into Ford Charcoal Briquettes. It was almost inevitable that the Iron Mountain operation would be tapped for production of wood station wagon bodies.
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