Jimmie Vetor:  

I'm a little lost here so bare with me. I am not really sure what year I was to have graduated. I was thinking I was in the same class as my Aunt Jill Drudge so I put down '59 but because of a broken arm in grade school I had been held back one year so I may have been a year behind her. Now at 72 I can't remember those things. I quite school in my Sophomore year and on May 1, 1958 I left home for a tour with the US Navy which turned into eight years. I made several cruises to the Mediterranean visiting many sea ports in Spain, Italy and France to name a few. I participated in Operation Deep Freeze '63 to McMurdo Sound Antarctica. I was in Danag Viet Nam early in the War preforming Stevedore duties off loading supplies for the war effort coming home and discharged in 1965. While serving I completed my GED and took several courses being promoted several times. While in the service I met and Married a Virginia gal and we just celebrated our 52 year together. We have three living children three grandsons and two granddaughters. We also have a great grandson and great granddaughter. After being discharged and working at a couple jobs I went to work with the New York Central Railroad as a trainman and soon was promoted to freight Conductor. I worked for them as the company changed through mergers to Penn Central and finally Conrail from 1967 to 1988 when a service connected injury finally made me unfit for duty and I was forced into retirement at 48 years old. It was hard coping because I loved my job but I finally adjusted. I became a Ham Radio operator and that and Computers has helped keep my mind busy. due to my disability I work very slowly resting a lot but I keep my property looking nice an...Expand for more