| Eddie Bornholt |
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| Photo from 1978 reunion. |
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| Eddie and Jennette at the 1999 reunion. |
| Eddie and Walter Engel at the 1999 reunion. |
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| Feb. 2003 After graduation, I worked two jobs for a number of years, with Grice Electronics in Pensacola, FL and farming. Jeanette Frank (Class of 60) and I will be married forty-three years this year (2003), YIPPS! After a few years , I started farming full time, long hours, hard work and low pay. So what else is new? Jeanette and I have three children, Debra, Allen and Charles, with 11 grandchildren including those we welcome into the family from previous marriages, and one great-grandson! One of the greatest thrills are the sounds of these young ones, especially calling me �Papa.� (except for my sounds when I can�t find my tools.) Both of our sons excelled in welding while in school, winning national and international competitions and scholarships. Allen worked in construction before returning to farm with me. Charles worked his way up and is now supervisor with an industrial fabricator, Southern Erectors of Beulah, FL. Our daughter, Debbie married Kenny Heil, working with her husband on their farm and rearing a family before returning to Pensacola Junior College night classes to finish her education, graduating head of her class. In 1991, farming had reached its lowest point and we began selling off land and equipment during a depressed time for farmers but the Good Lord helped us sell when it seemed no one would buy. Our oldest son, Allen, took over cattle and small grain crops and I went to work as Assistant manager with Elberta Farmers Cooperative until an opportunity arose to work with Woerner Development, managing their welding shop and with design of equipment. I am with them today looking forward to retirement. All those years in FFA under the wise teachings and counseling of Ag teacher, Coles Nix, have returned over and over in my life. I will always value him highly as a teacher. In the last few years , I have been gradually growing nursery stock to inventory status looking forward to it as a retirement occupation (so I don�t drive Jeanette nuts with her greatest fear of me just �sitting around� and going senile.) Just can�t get the feel of good soil out of my system so guess it�s still farming of a different sort. We are very blessed with having our children within a few miles of our home. There are other rewards than monetary in life like having grandsons following you in thee garden planting potatoes, watching them grow, digging them out of soil for cooking a nice pot of new potatoes. And you certainly can�t beat the sight of their faces picking and eating ripe strawberries. As the commercial says...thoses things are �priceless� Other than having perepheral nerve damage in my hands and feet from some mytery cause, and the usual aches and pains that come with hitting the 60s age, I feel very fortunate God has blessed me with good health. I really enjoy keeping up with classmates� lives with the newsletters. That�s how I found out Alton Graham bought the airfield just down the road from me. Course, neighbor and friend Kenny Kaiser and his wife, Marie, we see all the time and are members of our �old Gang� that meet once a year in roundtable for dinner. Gripes! �Old Gang?� |
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