Clifton Mather

My life got its start back in 1945, so I am an old geezer by now! I grew up in the foothills of the Cascade mountains in southern Oregon, USA. My secular education took place in a small, country school in the community of Days Creek, Oregon. All twelve years, same school! Between my junior and senior year my Mother suffered a stroke. In order to facilitate her recovery, she needed to be in a convalescent home in Roseburg, Oregon, about 55 miles away from our home. Dad stayed in Roseburg where he could make daily visits to my Mother, so I lived by myself and supported myself by working week-ends on a turkey ranch during my last year of high school.
After high school, I went to work full time to help support my aging parents.
My first job after high school was in a plywood manufacturing plant and I stayed there for 10 years. About a year after graduating from high school, I was married for the first time. We had 3 children. However, the first one died in infancy. The other two grew to be fine, upstanding adults and have families of their own now. The result is a total of 5 grandchildren, which includes my current wife's grandson.
After leaving the plywood plant work, I worked as a route driver for a garbage company for the next 8 1/2 years. Next, I started my own business and worked for myself for a little over 8 years; then, moved to the Oregon coast and began driving commercially again for a couple of different companies plus doing a stint of cab driving. The last 7 years before retiring, I was employed as a route driver for Oregon Oyster Farms, Inc. (The best place I ever worked) They treat their employees so well, I really hated to give it up, but, the old knees and other joints start to wear out after awhile.
After retiring, I became aware of a need for supplemental income, so I started another business of sorts, rejuvenating wrist watches (self-taught) and selling them on the internet. Also, I wrote some short stories and and a small book for seniors needing to raise supplemental cash. (This book is now out of print to get some updating.)
I now live on the Oregon coast, doing some writing and am still selling restored wrist watches via the computer.

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