Interesting story..also the pictures..!

Dave: Nice to hear stories about Jack Parker, who was my dad's (KT Starkweather's) close friend. Tom and I knew Jack and all of the members of the Parker Willox advertising firm which was built one block from our childhood home. Many of that bunch were also very active at Pit and Balcony, the Saginaw community theater. My parents were there several nights a week and I was underfoot there constantly in the late 1940's and early 1950's. One of Parker's partners was the brilliant artist Martin Tanner, who also raced cars and beat you at bridge. He gave me my first ride ever in a sports car, his 1953 Austin-Healey 100-4, and I have been a fan of British sports cars ever since. (Driving a 1973 MGB right now). Parker could always be counted on for some hilarious story, and with my dad, were always up to some neighborhood or city-wide prank. Never a dull moment when Jack was around.

Great article. I knew Jack and his wife from SBYC and for several years as a teen I worked on and helped maintain his beautiful wooden yacht Paisan. He was an interesting man with lots of great stories and was a great yachtsman. He and his wife were always generous with me, always over paid me and shared lots of pearls of wisdom. The Classiest!!