At this point in my life I decided to put life's memories together for my family. In 1922 I was born on a farm in the southwest corner of Mahaska County Iowa. I am now 85 years old and have lived the BEST life! With this book I hope I can pass along some of the highlights of these 85 years! In my mind all of it has been fun!</p>World War II entered my life in December of 1942. After 30 hours of pilot training I washed out and went to airplane mechanics school in Biloxi Mississippi.</p>Out of the War in February of '46 on a Friday. Bought a restaurant on Saturday and went to work on Monday-my life has centered around it ever since.</p>I met my wife of 56 years in 1950. Dorene and I had 4 great children and she has a great business sense. Along the way I was in numerous sidelines (wholesale route bottling works grocery store Joe's Short Order in the Chicago Loop).</p>All the way from Bussey Iowa to Indianola it's been great. I hope my family and friends will enjoy this story of my life.