James Caynor:
CLASS OF 1967
West High SchoolClass of 1967
Columbus, OH
Muskingum Area Technical CollegeClass of 1972
Zanesville, OH
James's Story
Lived on a farm midway between West Jefferson and Lafayette and attended Deercreek elementary thru grade 5 when my parents bought a house on Eakin road in Holly Hill. Attended 6th grade at the then new Eakin Elementary , and then Grades 7-9 at Westmoor Jr High. Was in Band under Mr Barnard at Westmoor, and Choir with Mrs. Blankenship. Played in Band under Jim Hill in 10th grade at West.Lived directly across the road from Paris (Pat) Deason, his two brothers Jim and Eddy, and sisters Connie and Debbie. Next door to them was Pam and Linda Dillon. Lots of adventures with them, as well as Sue Johnson, Connie Young, Barb and Connie Roush, Dan Burden, Bill Bisbee, The Grabis brothers, and many others. Spent a lots of time with the Explorer scouts at Westgate Meth. church, and AYH on canoeing, caving , and cycleing trips. I worked a couple years at the old Ontario store on West Broad St.I left West in the spring of 65 for the Navy. After basic I served 24 months on AKS-1 USS Castor in out and around Viet Nam, as well as getting to Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan,The Phillipines, and several places in Japan. Came home for two weeks in 68, Connie Young had married while I was overseas,I met my wife while home on leave when I took my mother to lunch one day, Then went to Pearl Harbor, picked up a Rescue and Salvage tug , ARS-38 USS Bolster, made a short trip to Adak Alaska, then right back to Westpac, and POL bouy maintenance and salvage duty up and down the coast of Viet Nam. I came home from the Navy the fall ...Expand for more
of 1969, and my wife Peggy (Glenn) and I were married in November. Peggy grew up in the Sunbury- Centerburg area and attended Big Walnut HS (1965). Peg and I moved to Zanesville where I went back to school at Muskingum Tech and received an associate degree in Mechanical Engineering. Our son Andrew was born in Zanesville, and I worked in the engineering dept. at Essex International on Linden Ave. while in school.We moved to the Sunbury - Centerburg area after I graduated, and I worked as a mechanical designer for Alden E Stilson and assoc. in Columbus for several years. We purchased our 6 acres here in the country between Sunbury and Centerburg in 1974. I took a job with Ag Chem Equipment Co. and traveled the eastern US and Canada for several years as a service rep. Early in the 80s I started an outdoor power equipment business here at home, and ran that until the oportunity came up to take a job with the postal service as a rural letter carrier at the Galena Ohio post office.I captained Charter boats on western lake Erie on weekends and I carried Rt. 2 for a little over 17 years. When I needed surgery, I took my retirement from the postal service, and have done part time merchandising work since then, as well as working in my wood and metal shop and greenhouses here at home. I spend time maintaining the web page for our "Heart of Ohio Pets" group and enjoy flight simulator on the computer. Our Son Andrew, his wife Regina, our gandson Dakota, and our grandaughter Cheyenne live outside Danville ohio.
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