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The paper route, shining shoes, the $1,000 dog and $500 cats
The paper route, shining shoes, the $1,000 dog and $500 cats

I found out the Arkansas Gazette being a Little Rock daily and Sunday newspaper offered jobs to paper route carriers. I could earn $40 per month with a 100-count customer base. I begged my parents to buy me a bicycle so I could earn some really big money. So, just like that, I went from a barefoot country boy to a bicycle riding city slicker!

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Horse venture
Horse venture

As a 14-year-old boy, I took a short term romantic interest in a young lady of my class who rode the same school bus as I.

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Tire Ride
Tire Ride

I am thinking of my very best 'toy' as a youngster living in a rural section near Pine Bluff, AR that my sweet parents encouraged me and my lil brother to play with. It was a discarded 16 inch tire.

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Difficult times are relative to what you're going through
Difficult times are relative to what you're going through

As a jack-leg millwright, I had quite a few difficult days at the mill. just like everyone else that's ever walked through the front gate...

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Crashing the wrong party
Crashing the wrong party

When I was located in Pasadena, TX as a Manager of 5 paper machines, I had a very good friend working maintenance to pass away. I remember him with good thoughts of the past. One such recall occurred on his birthday in 1990. I accepted an invitation to a surprise BD party at his sister's house.

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The time I cheated death at the mill
The time I cheated death at the mill

All paper machines operating before OSHA 1974 enactment had potential of mangling or death to the employee who worked without caution. For example: Nip guards at winder, Calendar Stacks, Press Section, Conveyor belts, ETC. were NOT equipped with personnel safety devices.

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Working with the bullgang
Working with the bullgang

The year was 1962, and a 19-year-old future papermaker decided to "audition" for a spot on the bullgang at a small one-machine operation at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. (Dierks Paper Company)

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