Arthur (Andy) Mason:  

Life Upon graduating I worked briefly at the PD Mercantile in Old Bisbee as a carryout/stocker before going to work underground. I worked on the 800 level of the Cole Mine in South Bisbee as a Mucker for almost two years until Phelps Dodge started shutting down operations. It was during the later that I married Alma Alvarez class of "74". I attended Cochise College and received an A/A certificate in electronics in "77". I then started work again for Phelps Dodge at Hidalgo Smelter in Playas N.M. The same year we had our first son Chad who was born in Bisbee. I started as a laborer, but worked my way up to Journeyman Instrument Technician and later Computer Technician. In 79 we relocated from Animas to Playas to reside in company housing the same year our second son Aaron was born, also in Bisbee. Playas was a small company town consisting of 240 houses, store & gas, clinic, post office, community center, and baseball fields. Later came a swimming pool and bowling alley. Playas was very centrally located, it was in the middle of nowhere, sixty miles south of Lordsburg. Lordsburg, where my mom and dad went from Bisbee to marry. Lordsburg, where my marriage ended in divorce after seven years, kind of ironic isn't it? While in Bisbee on the Fourth of July for my ten year reunion, Connie Mecklenburg "78" my sister's best friend was visiting her from Tucson. I got my sister to ask her if she was interested in going with me to the reunion. ...Expand for more