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Location: Coos Bay, Oregon, United States

Born in 1915,in North Bend, Oregon. I will be 93 years old on Aug 8, 2008. I graduated in 1940 from Colorado School of Mines as a Geologist. My first job out of college was working for an oil cdompany in the swamps out of Morgan City, Louisiana. In December 1940, I was drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private. My year was almost up, when Pearl Harbor hit. They sent me to Officer Candidate School, where I became an officer at Ft. Belvoir in the Army Engineers., 4 years later, I left the service as a Captain. I then worked for HYumble Oil (Now Exxon-Mibil) in the Houson, Tx. office as a specialist in the study of underground oil and gas reserrves. In 1947 I returned to Coos Bay, Or. spent 19 years in the restaurant business, built a bowling alley, owned 3 service stations and 17 years in the real estate business. I retired at age 65 in 1980. I then got involved with the mining business in gold silver and zinc. Like the old saying, "what goes around, comes around." I started with mining and end up with mining. My wife, Kay and I celebrated our 65th Wedding Anniv. We have 3 fine kids, One girl and two boys.

Thursday, February 23, 2006

APOSTLE, ST. JOHN, SPOKE
TO THE GENTILE CHRISTIANS.
St. John, fisherman, Apostle, Evangelist and elder. He wrote 5 New Testament books. His was the last gospel written, 80-98 A.D. His audience was the Gentile Christians. He depicted Jesus as the Son of God. His key words were Belief, Life, World, Father, Son. The key Verse is John 3:16. His writings are known as "the gospel of belief." His teachings are presented as conversations. The fast facts. 10 miracles, 3 parables, 8 sermons, and 14 times the OT is mentioned. He wrote 21 chapters, 879 verses and over 18,000 words. His was the 4sth largest NT book, he died at a very old age. Posted by Picasa

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