Carl Atkinson:
CLASS OF 1962
Wasatch AcademyClass of 1962
Mt. pleasant, UT
Springville High SchoolClass of 1962
Springville, UT
Springville Junior High SchoolClass of 1959
Springville, UT
Lincoln Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
Salt lake city, UT
Westside Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
Springville, UT
Carl's Story
Life
After graduation I attended the U of U in the Navy ROTC. I failed to meet their requirements in the first year and was ordered to active duty to start in March of 1964. John Patton and I hitch-hiked to the East Coast where we visited Marty Murdock in DC. I worked a short time in NYC and returned to Utah a few days before JFK was assasinated. In February I was in an auto accident that eventually got me an honorable discharge from the Navy. I started a business in Utah and failed badly in a few months. I owed money to several out of state vendors and rather than stick them I went to work for each of them. When I had finished paying them what I owed I went back in business for mys...Expand for more
elf selling used tires, wheels and hubcaps.
After raising two Eagle Scouts with college degrees my wife and I are ready to relax. Although I work everyday, I have limited my committment to retail sales on Saturday only. The rest of the week I take appointments and spend most of my time hauling junk tires and selling inventory I have accumulated over the past 35 years. I guess it works because I recently paid off all my real estate mortages and all the credit cards so I only have to earn what it takes to pay the damned taxes and buy groceries. I am not used to spending the money I earn just yet but we are beginning to travel a little to see our grandson and now a new granddaughter.
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