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Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:36 pm
by glen wooldridge
Glen wasn’t only a good boatman, he knew how to cook up a tastymess of vittles for his crew! Who wouldn’tlove a river boat trip by day, stakes by the fire by night! That’s real liven for sure! This photo looks to be taken in the summer of 69.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:16 am
by glen wooldridge
Glen Sr during his historic running of the Salmon River.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:18 am
by glen wooldridge
Here at Wooldridge Boats we’ve been putting smiles on peoples faces for over 100 years and counting! Stumbled across this old picture from back in the day.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:31 am
by glen wooldridge
Glen Sr. was always working on something! This picture is a perfect illustration of that. He developed a stick steering mechanism (pictured in the two boats in the background) that enabled the user to turn lock to lock with only a half turn of the helm! A great advantage on a rapid river! Along with light weight aluminum oars also pictured. Neat stuff!
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:51 am
by glen wooldridge
My Grandpa at his shop in Grants Pass Oregon sometime in the 1930’s.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:30 pm
by glen wooldridge
Left to right: Fred Hale, Glen Sr. and Reuben Garcia. Garcia Bagged this Black bear and Hale flew in to haul Garcia and his bear back to Grants Pass. It’s in the book THE ROGUE, A RIVER TO RUN, another great story is recounted of Hale (Owner Operator of Grants Pass Air Service) and Glen Wooldridge Sr. (Local Guide and Boat Builder) about the Christmas Eve storm and record breaking flood of the Rogue River. Hale’s plane crash landed into a tree covered hillside in bad weather. Glen ran his boat down the Rogue on Christmas day at flood stage to perform a daring rescue of his stranded friend. Sound like a Fiction thriller? Nope, just a chapter out of THE ROGUE, A RIVER TO RUN, Where this and many adventures like this are there for the reading.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:10 pm
by glen wooldridge
In 1948 a year after doing the unthinkable and taming the mighty Rogue, Glen and his friend Ruell Hawkins turned their sights to another unthinkable the Salmon River of Idaho. Once again he was successful!
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:09 pm
by glen wooldridge
Chow on the bank of the Rogue! What's not to love!
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 10:47 am
by glen wooldridge
Got tagged in this cool old picture on our Facebook. “Early 90’s me and my dad hauling 1,000 gallons of gasoline to the Napakiak marine with his 28’ Wooldridgeoat”
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:27 am
by glen wooldridge
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:51 am
by glen wooldridge
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:21 pm
by glen wooldridge
Yesterday was Bob Wooldridge's 94th Birthday! Bob has always been a huge part of the business here, and is still going strong today. He's known to make his way around the factory looking things over, checking in with the shop workers and telling jokes as he goes along. Have a Blessed Year ahead Bob!
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:24 pm
by glen wooldridge
Excerpt from the book The Rogue: A River to Run. Written in Glens own words, with the author filling in the story along the way. “Ruell was one of the Billings tribe down at the Agness. He was a quite sort of fellow, didn’t have too much to say, but he was a good boatman, probably the best one on the river at that time. Tom Staley went along with us to take pictures.” They trailered the boat from Grants Pass to Riggins, then drove along the dirt road that went up the river a few miles, looking the rapids over.”
Find the book on the Wooldridge Boats website.
www.wooldridgeboats.com
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:14 am
by glen wooldridge
Hope you all had a great Christmas. Happy New Year!
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:55 pm
by glen wooldridge
Glen senior’s boat shop back in Grants Pass Oregon. The boats pictured are manufactured boats he was a dealer for back in the 50's.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:10 pm
by glen wooldridge
The founder, Glen Sr.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:11 pm
by glen wooldridge
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 12:04 pm
by glen wooldridge
October 31 1977, Dahl Creek Alaska. Its -15 degrees Fahrenheit and these guys are unloading this 18ft Wooldridge sled out of the back of a Fairchild C-82 cargo transport plane! Just another normal day in Alaska! Boat was powered by a 140hp 4-cyl Chevy. Totally awesome!
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:09 am
by glen wooldridge
Hey Hey Hey! Meet Yogi, Not your average bear, In fact “smarter than you average bear”. Yogi was a frequent visitor to the Wooldridge cabin up on the Rogue and seemed to know to show up just about the time the pancakes were coming off the breakfast griddle. Glen recalls visiting the cabin as a boy and seeing Yogi getting his morning short stack of pancakes. Good memories, from a different day in time!
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:43 am
by glen wooldridge
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:38 am
by glen wooldridge
My Dad (Bob Wooldridge) passed away this past Sunday morning at the age of 94. My Dad wasn’t just my dad he was my friend. He taught me how to work hard. He showed me faith in his lord Jesus Christ. He showed me determination to do what it takes to get something done. He was compassionate, kind, loving and caring. At 52 years old my dad re-mortgaged the house I grew up in to put a down payment on a building for Wooldridge Boats. Dad and mom had just finished paying their original home mortgage off at the time so this was a big risk. Now at 52 years old he had two mortgage payments to make. He did whatever he could think of to make it work. Working during the day and taking Boats to different events or fishing clubs at night to speak and show my grandfather’s Rogue River movie to help promote business. His dad had taught him that the word “can’t” wasn’t in his vocabulary and he took that to heart. We worked side-by-side in the early years. We would eat lunch in his pick-up truck together and listen to the radio. I commonly called him boss but it never felt that way. We were teammates and friends. Everybody loved my dad. The office ladies that worked for different suppliers where dad would pick up trailers and motors or such would tell me how sweet he was. If someone needed help and it was in his ability, he would do what it took to help them. Without him, there would be no Wooldridge Boats today. I want to thank all the people who have loved and honored my dad. Dad, I love you and will miss you always.
-Glen Wooldridge-
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:55 pm
by alumioforte
Thank you for sharing Glen. Your dear father was an inspiration to many, and a man of unfeigned faith. I will never forget him.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 11:23 am
by glen wooldridge
Thank you.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 11:24 am
by glen wooldridge
The good ol’ days on the Kenai River with Bob Thompson and Larry Suiter owner of Freebird Fish Camp. When the Kings were big and the engines were too. Boats pictured are Wooldridge Classics.
Re: Historic Wooldridge Pictures
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:18 am
by glen wooldridge