Vince Weldele:
CLASS OF 1967
Mahtomedi High SchoolClass of 1967
Mahtomedi, MN
Vince's Story
OK here it is. After Graduation from High School , I started working at North Star Steel in So. St. Paul and Doing maintain on swimming pools for extra money. Was there for about 12 years until I saw an ad in a magazine looking for an experienced For an for a Steel mill in Phoenix Az.I was at Marathon Steel until 1984 when the co. Decided to re_locate to California. I did not want to live in California so I stayed in Az. Soon after I started hanging around with some guys from a Jeep dealership that were into Off road Racing. I have always been into fast cars so I built my own CJ 5. Soon after I met Kathy . She started going to races with the team and we were married shorty after. We raced with the team for 3 years and decided to get serious about buying a house and getting a job. Kathy owned a Hair Salon so I was ...Expand for more
left looking. A friend of mine said he was just hired at Space Data , a new company that was building some new equipment for the US Weather service , turns out it was the NOAA trackers. Space Data had also just got a contract from the US gov. To build Sounding Rockets to do experimental Rockets for research for many of the College's around the country.My friend said they were looking for good Mechanical people so I made an Apt. I pulled in with my Jeep and started to walk in When this man came out and wanted to look at my Jeep. I got the Job right there. I worked with Space Data until Orbital Sciences Bought us out. I now build many different rockets and have done allot of traveling. Our company is one of the companies supplying the U.S.International Space Station.I was lucky enough to retire in July of 2016. Turning old cars and trucks into hot rods these.days.
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