From ArcaMax news:
MEDFORD, Ore. -- An Oregon man known for brandishing a shotgun and chasing children off his farm has left a much kinder and gentler legacy. Wesley Howard, 87, died in March of a stroke. He was considered an oddity -- a loner who never married, never left Oregon, and lived his whole life in the same place he was born, a century-old farmhouse without phones or toilets. But his will reveals a much different man, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. He bequeathed his entire estate, worth more than $11 million, to create a youth sports park on his 68-acre farm. After his father's death in 1972, Howard lived in the house by himself and apparently had a strong aversion to throwing things away. Both floors were stacked ceiling-high with newspapers and magazines dating to the early 1900s. Upstairs bedrooms were equally cramped, filled with some of Howard's boyhood toys.I bet the stuff he accumulated is worth a pretty penny, too. This is my kind of giving - private sector funding. Posted by Vox at September 3, 2003 01:51 PM | people