June 2007

Missing page in my Autobiography to be added.

This actually started during the period of growing up in the country on farms of our childhood, my most recalled period was during the depression of 1929, some of this has been mentioned previously in my autobiography however, this has to do with not with the hardships experienced at the time but with the differences which you might call two different cultures, I will call the first THREE IN A HILL indicating a near perfect plant in Farmers English, the second culture I will call a job enforced Ivey league necessity to successfully do my job proficiently and to the positive approval of my direct

Supervisors. In the first culture we as most all people of that time were

Usually satisfied with the status quo, let things ride if they were going well

Instead of trying to think of a way to build a better mousetrap.

In the second culture I found that as my job classification improved and my

Salary increased to more of an executive level, more responsibility was expected of me, this naturally required more time and energy plus the fact that I realized I would have to spend more time in front of large audiences

Talking and answering questions concerning problems with present products and explaining the design and operation of new products.

This relatively new job demand was something that I was not entirely happy with, and concerned myself with the possibility of getting some sound advice on better speech programming.

With this in mind I started looking for institutions that I could attend not too far from Marshall, this I found by looking into the Dale Carnegie leadership development training courses and seminars, I could take a three day seminar in Grand Rapids or Lansing on Effective Communications and Human Relations which I thought would satisfy my thirst for effective program Communication, which it did quite well, and with further advice from there Golden Book on Creating an Executive Image it advanced my education onThings that would be forthcoming much faster than anyone had predicted as we were fast growing into a major manufacturing corp. that demanded more and more time from the engineering and design departments and many more Field trips to inform distributors and customers and service people on the Sensitive and complex systems that we were manufacturing.

These systems were the new dual jet Frozen Food and commercial temperature jet flow cases and the complex Environmental walk-in and cases that many colleges and anniversaries ordered for experimental purposes. I might mention here that my three-year period that I worked with one of the most brilliant engineers in the field of refrigeration, Mr. Sterling Beckwith of Chicago who incidentally invented the dual jet system, and also

Who was CHICAGO STOCKYARD FAME, he also, was on call when needed by JOHN DEERE CORP, MINNEOPOLIS MOLLINE CORP.

McCormick International corp. and several automobile manufactures.

I credit whatever skills I might have developed from this brilliant person to the resulting accomplishments that controlled my future life in the Refrigeration Industry and profitable business establishments that we enjoyed creating for many years.

That era was without a doubt a distraction of what we were accustomed to in our growing up days and that which we were being subjected to as we progressed in our working life as well as our social responsibilities to contend with. As I was progressing in job performance I was included in all production meetings and became a main speaker at Factory Zone Managers meeting and seminars whether it be in Marshall or somewhere else in the United States. We were invited to social activities to the Sherer’s the Coolidges, the Bowers, the Twists and any visiting VIP that was factory connected in some manner.

In writing this I think back on how it all started, a high school kid dropping out in the eleventh grade to go to work in order to make some money and then realizing later in life what a mistake I made, and eventually making it a promise to myself that I would never stop evaluating myself until I reached a plateau that I as well as my friends could say, well done.

Without a doubt there were times when I had help from my friend and faith restorer from above.