Dec. 15, 2012. I could be wrong, but I think where the diesel tanks at Cheema's are now located was once the site of the childhood home of Clarence Chesterfield Howerton, otherwise known as "Major Mite" one of the smallest men in the world. Howerton had a career in the circus and even had a role in the
Wizard of Oz film as a Munchkin (3rd trumpteer heralding the arrival of the Munchkin Mayor).
As late as the 1960s there was still a home sitting at the spot where the diesel tanks now reside.
Major Mite lived here at the same time as Cecil "Primo" Boling, one of the tallest persons in the USA. As a result McCleary was the subject of a lot of press at the time wondering what was in our water supply.
