I left Butte High School at the end of my junior year and began an apprenticeship for meat cutting at the Pay-n-Takit Meat Market.   My meat cutting / butchering career started in September of 1956.   My trade took me to Sigman Meats, Biastoch Meats, back to The Pay-N-Takit and finally to the Western Meat Block, I retired from there in May, 2001.   A total 45 years.
        I married Sue Alden in 1958;   we will celebrate our 49th anniversary Aug. 30 of this year.   We have 4 children, 7 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter on the way.
        In the 70’s I took an interest in shooting small bore target rifles.   I belonged to The Butte Gun Club and I was also a volunteer instructor for many of the teens who also belonged to the club.
        Sue & I have traveled to Mexico, Canada, Alaska and most of the western states.   I enjoy working in our yard, working out at the “Y”, watching sports, hunting, camping, fishing and fishing and fishing.