Shirley Miller says, "I had to retire from Alzheimer's care facility. I kept forgetting where I left the patients."
Sandy Zeman was heard saying, "I have to carry 2 bricks in my left pocket at all times to keep from following Frank's major tilt to the right. Sometimes I could use 3 or 4."
"I was going to paint the town red, but I found out that many of my customers preferred other colors. Since I did not like red ink, I changed my pallet", said Carl Bailey.
Eldon Fowler says, "My first job after the Navy was working in an orange juice factory, but I got canned....could not concentrate. So then I moved to Minnesota and worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just could not hack it, so they gave me the ax."
Carol Drahozal says, "Before I became a decorator, I tried to be a tailor, but I just was not suited for it...mainly because it was a sew-sew job.
Zeke Zeman says, "Before I started to tinker with my Corvette, I tried working in a muffler factory but that was exhausting."
Kerwin Hulbert told me, "I wanted to be a barber, but I just could not cut it. I did not have the hair for it!"
"Then I tried to be a chef - figured it would add a little spice to my life but I just did not have the thyme, " said Larry Naso.
Diane Kohl Smith attempted to be a deli worker, "But any way I sliced it, I could not cut the mustard. So I became a waitress and let the others do the cooking!"
Jim Hamblin said, "My best job was being a musician, but eventually I found I was not noteworthy. So I went into the retail business and hit a high note as a consultant! Let Fred Korensky do the fiddling around!"
Wesley Sunderman studied a long time to become a doctor, "But I did not have any patients until I discovered I needed to open an office! Somebody said that all you had to do was to set out a shingle but I got wet everytime it rained. If that made sense to you then maybe you need to come down off the roof."
Gary Miller took a job in a shoe factory. "I tried but I just did not fit in. I could not make 'em but I could sell 'em!"
Dick Bishop told me that because of his love for the ocean, "I became a professional fisherman, but discovered that I could not live on my net income."
Marietta Webber admitted, "I thought about becoming a witch, so I tried that for a spell. But no one wanted a wicked witch of the North!"
Marvin Gladwin allowed that, "I managed to get a good job working for a pool maintenance company, but the work was just too draining."
I got a job at a zoo feeding giraffes, but I was fired becuase I was not up to it. So I became an animal control officer", said Dick Hahn. "I recommended my friend Steve Kullander for the job. They could see eye to eye!"
"I got a job in a gymnasium (work-out-center), but they said I was not fit for the job. Too big and bulky!" said John Riggs.
Hoddy Gates, and I quote, "I found being an electrician interesting, but the work was shocking."
Cindy Stammeyer, the former Cynthia Winchell, confided, "After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a historian until I realized there was no future in it."
"My last job was working at Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind!" exclaimed Jerry Harrington. "So I retired and I found I am a perfect fit for the job."
According to Sarah Snoopesalott, that last statement of Jerry's is the sentiment of most of the McKinley High School Class of 1955.
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