Chapter Six The Glorious Confederation Broadcast After Dad left Roger's Hardware , he moved his operation to the basement of the " W.K .'s" insurance offices. He was literally swamped with work. One particularly harried day, while loading his large, old Studebaker with radio receivers for delivery, he noticed he had a flat tire. For some reason changing it gave him a lot of trouble. "Here, sir, let me help you", a polite voice said. The voice belonged to that of a wirey, bright-looking young teenager called Tony Shelfoon . Once the tire had been changed, the two stood and chatted. Dad was impressed with the young man's charm and obvious intelligence. He learned, too, that Tony had a keen interest in wireless and, indeed, knew a fair bit about electricity and radio. When Dad asked him where he learned so much, he told him that when he was younger he used to hang around hoping to catch a glimpse of him setting up the apparatus. "You probably don't remember, Mr. Rogers , but I spoke to you one day and asked you what you were doing. And you replied, "Well, I'm preparing to communicate with the world through wireless-telegraphy." It made me want to learn more about it, so I did." Dad realized he was speaking to a gifted and highly intelligent young man, which, of course, he was. In later life Tony rose to the rank of Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force. He was decorated, and in the final stage of his career was director 51