“They took this model from Germany and built it here. Also, in Union, I didn’t need to speak English as it was very much a German place. We had a German butcher, a German baker, a Germantravel agent, even a German movie theater. I had a good job as a toolmaker. I almost got paid as much playing soccer as I made at the shop. I bought our home in 1969 and between working and playing Ipaid off a 15-year mortgage in 10 years. It was an ideal time to come to the USA.”
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