Samuel Dobson:
CLASS OF 1966
Evander Childs High SchoolClass of 1966
Bronx, NY
Olinville Junior High School 113Class of 1963
Bronx, NY
St. Benedict the Moor SchoolClass of 1962
Winston salem, NC
Mebane Elementary SchoolClass of 1959
Winston salem, NC
Samuel's Story
Life
After Evander I took a job as an installer in midtown for the old New York Telephone Company, whose parent was AT&T. By the time the year of 2000 came around, and AT&T made me an offer I couldn't refuse, I retired having completed 34 years with them. Took 1 1/2 years off, was hired by a Telecom company in Bayside Queens in late 2001, they downsized me in Feb 2003, and now I'm just enjoying a no pressure part time job and a no pressure life. I enjoy working around the house, and working on and driving a car that I've wanted since I saw it new, and purchased in 2002..a 1966 Corvette Sting Ray Convertible, and listening to Old Rock and Roll. I am still happily married to the former Dene Ligon who I met in the spring of 1966 in Mr. Singer's English Class. We have two beautiful daughters who are my heroines in this life. Who says there are no more heros?
School
Started school in Winston-Salem, NC, public school grades 1-3, Catholic school grades 4-6, then to New York and public schools grades 7-12. I never really liked school, just enjoyed the friendships of classmates. I really struggled to graduate on time. So, I never had a desire to go on to college. To this day I'm still not sorry. Schools and me just don't mix.
Workplace
Worked for th...Expand for more
e New York Telephone Company as an Installer in the east 50's in Manhattan from September 1966 until the divestiture of AT&T at the end of 1983. At that point I stayed with the parent company AT&T and worked as a Systems Technician in the same area until January of 1988 when I took an inside job for AT&T in White Plains. Became a Communications Technician for AT&T in 1990 and was as such until May of 2000 when I retired. After a year and a half of "pre retirement" as I call it, a company in Bayside, Queens hired me as a Telecom Technician. They downsized me on Feb 28, 2003. Now I'm working part time for friends that own a local shop in my neighborhood.
Military
FLight 1111 Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX, September 5,1967 to mid October 1967. Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS until July 23,1968. Was a Radio Relay Equiipment Repairman, (Microwave Radios and frequency and time division Multiplexers). Naha Air Base, Naha, Okinawa August 29,1968 until February 28,1970, at the 2152nd Communications Squadron. (At that time Okinawa was still a US possession, not part of Japan). Then to Andrews AFB, MD and the 2045th Communications Group, from April 1,1970 to September 3,1971. I had a great time in the service, always worked with a great group of fellow GI's.
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