Service Station

Shortly after my discharge from the Air Force, Lomie and I returned to Sandborn. I soon leased and began operating a new Standard Oil Service Station. It was a good business, but it was a 7 days a week job with long hours. It got us off to a good start in civilian life; enabling us to buy a nice home, new furniture and a car. I was satisfied ‘til Kristina was born.... Then, I knew a change had to be made. Working long hours made it nearly impossible to see my baby except when she was asleep in her crib. My search for a new job was short. I went to an employment agency; they made an interview appointment with the new General Electric plant in Linton. I was hired immediately, and started work on second shift that evening It was a big reduction in income, but the new job gave me time to be a daddy. I made arrangements for one of my employees to buy me out of the Service Station business. .