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EldridGE : world war ii
A Father and A Son San Francisco, L.A., and San Diego. Then Dad was quite a KENNEth : KorEaN war

was ready to go home and take his Magnolia stretch for an
Service Station back. Unfortunately, the person English/Speech/ army
he had selected to take care of it while he was Drama student!
gone refused to return it. Dad decided not to
take legal action in hopes that the person would My colleagues and I were anxious about our
change his mind. Dad and I went to work at a assignments. The possibilities were Thule,
Texaco station a few blocks away. Over a period Greenland; the Empire State Building; Korea; or
of about two months, Dad’s former customers the Savannah River Project in South Carolina.
found him and followed. After losing most My wife and I were pleased to hear I would be
of his business to the Texaco station, the man at the Savannah River Project (SRP), because it
decided to return the Magnolia station to Dad. seemed safer to be stateside. (Many years later, I
found out I had been assigned to one of the most
The Korean Conflict/War dangerous places in the world!)

I’d had a very successful senior year in high After a 10-day furlough, Juanell and I drove to
school in San Antonio. I had been president Aiken, South Carolina, where we were lucky to
of the student body and student council and find an apartment. The complex was filled with
president of the Bexar county student councils. I residents also working at the SRP. The next day,
also had the honor of being one of the very first I enjoyed meeting many others who worked at
persons to be on TV in the area. I think Mother the SRP, but no one told me anything specific
saw me on TV in a furniture store window.

I entered Abilene Christian College and
enjoyed both classes and activities. The
greatest experience of my young life was to
fall in love. Juanell Crawford and I married Life Christian Bible Institute
in 1953, and I was drafted into the Army in
December 1954 and sent to Fort Bliss in El
Paso.

After six weeks of basic training, I was IT’S NEVER TOO LATE!
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