11/07/09
Where do you live now? Rogers, Ar.
How many years were you in the desert? 1945-1951
Are you willing to help with pictures? have non
Are you willing to help with stories? can't recall any at the moment
Comments:
Sorry the master of this sight has gone to his
reward. Did a wonderful job of the history of
the "base". I'm glad to have been lucky enough
to have known all the great kids at Burrough
High. Had some great teachers also.
Dee
11/02/09
Where do you live now? Ridgecrest
How many years were you in the desert? 18 years, away 12, and back for 7
Are you willing to help with pictures? yes
Are you willing to help with stories? yes
Comments:
Left Ridgecrest at 18, couldn't wait to leave.
Immediately missed being home!!
After 9/11, my husband. who
was in the Navy. had his sea time extended.
I said, "I am just going to move home
until he's out of the Navy so I am around
friends and family, then back to
San Diego for us."
Seven years later, my husband is retired
from the Navy, and my husband and two
sons and I would never dream of packing
up and leaving. This little town is home
for us. The comfort and simplicity after
living in the city....no where else is like it.
I still hang out with friends from grade
school and that I graduated with, and now
our kids go to school together.
10/30/09
Where do you live now? Eagle River, Alaska
How many years were you in the desert? 12.5 years
Are you willing to help with pictures? Yes, If I can find them
Are you willing to help with stories? Yes, I'll have to think a little
Comments:
Our family (Jim, Lorinda, Ronelle & Tom) moved to Trona in 1967 and left in 1979. Deanna was born during the 1970 strike.
We had a house built at 14044 Hemlock by Jim Haughton around 1968. My first job was in the Plant Technical Service as a chemist under Joe Sonia. Then as a process engineer under Dr Hirsch. I was also the process engineer and assistant superintendent in the Borax plant, then in the concentration section and then as the superintendent of the Potash plant.
I was a member of the Southern Inyo Search and Rescue squad with Wendel and Vi Swan, Doc Cole, Ernie Semiski (sp), Al Nunley, Jim Rodosevitch, Jack Walker, etc. The most interesting mission was when Al Nunley and I (and three other members) used our 4x4 vehicles to take two members of the Inyo Sheriff's swat team up Surprise Canyon to Panament City in the middle of the night to investigate the murder of the hippie guru. When we got there we found a bunch of hippies with cross scars on their foreheads (Charlie Manson's followers) and a body. Then we looked for the shooter. This took place the day of the dedication of the new plant. I think it was around 1977.
This mission was written up in the Trona Argonaut but I have not been able to find it. Our night rescue of Tony Batista from Great Falls can be found in the China Lake Mountain Rescue Group's website in the 1975 notes section.
We have lived in Eagle River, Alaska for the past 27 years.
Jim Mitchell
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10/28/09
Where do you live now? Bishop, Calif
How many years were you in the desert? 10 yr straight/ and 30 yrs off and on
Are you willing to help with pictures? i'll try and find some
Are you willing to help with stories? i'll try
Comments:
My grandparents, Ann and John Pillott ran Vallely Wells for about 30 years, and my grandma made the best tacos and burgers out there, everyone would come out there to picnic!! I remember the pool tables/ jukebox/ ping pong/ renting innnertubes. Swim lessons every summer! Huge ice cream cones out of the deep freeze, which i used to get into all the time. The squeaky swings and teeter toters.
Grandma shot a bobcat out there a long time ago. She wanted to make some extra money and asked the plant if she could have a snack bar out there. A lot of memories from Valley Wells!!
10/25/09
Where do you live now? Bakersfield
How many years were you in the desert? 1960 to 1978
Are you willing to help with pictures? yes
Are you willing to help with stories? if I can...
Comments:
Love your work; have been scouring pages...posted some links to this on my Facebook...many RC people there...
Was in RC in 2008 and 2009 to care for terminally ill father Frank Nicholson - who lived in RC from 1958 to his passing on May 10, 2009...
Great job !
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