Virgil Ballinger:  

Life I lived at 1131 4th Ave from my birth on 11-20-36. I think i was in the 2 or 3rd grade when we moved to 929 7th ave. We did live at another house for a short time in between. We stayed with our grand parents for a short time when I was 12 years old. My mother devoirced my father and married Howard Vice. He had been a part of the mafia or whar ever they called it. I know he had connections with the underworlded as he was friends with Red Masterson, Dave Whitfield. My stefather and these 2 were partners in a hog farm in Alexandria, Ky. They broke up ther partnership whin I was almost 17. I stayed and work for them till i was 19. I finally moved to Hollywood Ca. and stayed with my real Dad while I worked for lockheed Aircraft for a little over a year. Got laid off went backed to KY. Got married worked for Post Office a less then 2 years. Then moved back to Ca. where we stayed in the Long Beach, Paramont, Downey area for about 30 years. Worked in the oil fields for several years. Before i sorta retired 13 years ago I worked as a fence salesmen counter sales of Chain Link and other types of fence material. Then went to wo...Expand for more