We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
This white classic 1960 Cadillac is owned by Janice (Strain) Waldrip and was part of the recent All Class Reunion parade. Janice is in the passenger's seat. The car was driven by her grandson, Darwin Waldrip and the passenger in the back seat is Rod Rick, of Havre. Rod Rick provided some background information about the car. He believes it has been driven to Montana a couple of times and may have been in an earlier parade for Chinook's All Class Reunion. The car's owner, Janice Waldrip, is the daughter of Shorty Strain who for many years bartended at and operated the Mint Bar
My wife and I were in Washington state when Chinook's recent All Class Reunion was held. During the reunion Deb Davies, a former resident, contacted me about a classic car that was in the parade. The car was licensed in Nevada but sported a plate proclaiming "Chinook" on the front. Turns out the 1960 Cadillac Eldorado convertible is owned by some of Shorty Strain's family, though Shorty never owned the car himself. Strain will be remembered by locals of a certain age as the owner of the Mint Bar back in the day.
The classic car is owned by Shorty's daughter Janice Waldrip. She and her husband...
