Jose Ortaliz:
CLASS OF 1956
Hillsborough High SchoolClass of 1956
Tampa, FL
Franklin Junior High SchoolClass of 1953
Tampa, FL
Memorial Junior High SchoolClass of 1953
Tampa, FL
Temple Terrace Elementary SchoolClass of 1951
Temple terrace, FL
Louisa May Alcott Elementary SchoolClass of 1946
Chicago, IL
Jose's Story
Life
retired. 3 children, 10 grands, 4 great grands!
School
It was a honor to be in the class of ms white, ms reby, ms chiles. So sorry I was not a good student. More crushes than I can name. don't know names of some. Here goes Barbara Taylor, Grace Klein, Grace Bushey, Jan Porter, Jeanie smith so hard to remember the names. But the list is endless. Yes I would do it over! only this time I would work hard at meeting every one especially the upper class who I only got to see one or 2 years! I would want to know their names and everything about them especially who they were?
Workplace
first job working in ship yard. then working on old mechanical calculators(marchant).after military back to Marchant now SCM. When they went belly up. started my own repair business. was a sub-contractor at the cape. worked for various dealers in the belt from daytona to cocoa across to Tampa. worked and retired from orange county schools. in office machine repair all my life. fixed almost all brands and types of typewriters copiers,dittos, laminators, binders, shredders etc. Not a big living. But much to our surprise never had to do unemployment or welfare. retired for 3 years, just s...Expand for more
tarted new job at orlando science center \.Now unemployed at retired.
Military
When my steady hs girl moved right after hs. I went into Marines before she left. Boot camp in paris island. loved Marines! was high shooter in my platoon. Won set of dress blues in boot camp. After boot camp. lost contact with everyone. could not stand being alone. got out at first drop of a hat.(hardship discharge) Went to work for 3 years. repeat of high school in girl dept. went back to military in order to do anything worth while in this lousy life. This time in U.S. Navy! Again was very good. high scores world my oyster. Could have done any job there. All I wanted was to be a torpedo man on any sub. Got screwed by my own high scores. got put in with the elete and had to learn to work on Neuclear weapons. Boot camp in great lakes. Electronics school in great lakes then 6 mos in Alberquque. then rest of time in Jax. Met wife married in 1964 finally! been married 41 years now! another surprise! Got out after 4 because next tour would have been sea duty and did not wish to leave my sweetie. made rank as fast as it is possible to make it. wish I would have stayed in. Big goof getting out!
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