3/11/2023

My Wife Mary's Jobs

My wife Mary held many jobs during our lifetime. She worked at Campbells soup, Harmarville Rehabilitation Center, Cut Flower in Curtisville, PA, Kroger stores in Houston, TX. Angelo Fonzi in Hammond, IN. She worked at the swimming pool at our apartment in Hammond.IN. Mary passed out while working at Campbells Soup in Napoleon,OH. She got too hot.

Mary worked in food preparation and patient care at Harmarville Rehabilitation Center, Harmarville, PA.

Mary worked as a meat wrapper at Kroger.  She also had a job as a fast food preparer there.

Mary had a garden at our home in Curtisville, PA. She tilled the garden, and did all the work herself. She took care of the yard, planted flowers, had a pool installed, had a new roof and siding put on the house, and remodeled the inside of the house.

 Mary was a host at Zuider Zee Seafood restaurant in Dallas, TX. Zuider Zee was a large restaurant, which served thousands of meals each day. Dallas Cowboy employees, players, and fans were among it's customers.


3/07/2023

I wrote a story about water

 No, I didn't have a car in high school.


I wrote a story about "Water", which I will post.

Water

I was born in 1930. There was a cistern in front of the house that I lived in. The cistern collected rain water. The pump was worn and wouldn't work. Andy Wolfrum's father had used the cistern as a water source. There were no rivers, lakes, or water sources nearby. So water had to come from other cisterns. Andy Wolfrum drilled a well around 1936. Our house was a football field away from his, and we used his well water. We bathed in galvanized wash tubs, which were also used to wash clothes. They held about twenty gallons of water. My father had a Model A Ford car. We used the car to haul water. We used 10 gallon milk containers to hold water.

Don Wolfrum, March 06, 2023

Andy was concerned about Sulphur being in the water. He tasted the first samples to check on Sulphur content. Sulphur tastes and smells bad.

Don Wolfrum, March 07, 2023

Tell me about an adventure you've been on

 Tell me about an adventure you've been on.

by Don Wolfrum on March 04, 2023.

My first reaction: I've not been on any dangerous events. Then a memory came to me. I was in the US Army on basic training at Ft. Eustis, Virginia. We were sliding under live machine gun fire. Bullets were whizzing a few inches above our heads. If you raised your head six inches, you would probably die. Now, that's a bit dangerous. Instant death, if you make the wrong move.

Don Wolfrum, March 04, 2023

Thank you for commenting Nancy.

Don Wolfrum, March 04, 2023

Dave: Did you go under machine gun fire in the army?



When did you get your first car?

When did you get your first car?

 by Don Wolfrum on February 26, 2023.

I got a 1926 Model T Ford, when I was a teenager. Neighbors gave it to me. I was fourteen in 1944, It was a good car, and I was able to keep it running. I didn't know of any other kids, who were given cars, so getting a car was special.

Don Wolfrum, February 26, 2023 

How did your parents pick your name?

 How did your parents pick your name?

 by Don Wolfrum on February 20, 2023.

Idon’t know, but they called me Donald Lee. I don’t know where the Lee came from either. Even when I was over twenty years old, my father called me Donald Lee. Maybe he had something to do with naming me. I remember my father calling me Donald Lee, but my mother, not so much.

Don Wolfrum, February 20, 2023