Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
In 1944 Orville and Mary Lewis arrived in Sweet Home, ready to start a new life.
Orville had been a log truck driver in Shelton, Wash., home of the Simpson lumber company, but had suffered badly burned his legs in a diesel explosion. His career as a truck owner and operator ended soon thereafter.
They arrived in a 1941 Studebaker pickup with their year-old son Jim and William, 7.…