"I took my first job with the Salt Lake Telegram and delivered papers after school."

"At Central Junior High, I went out for football but gave it up for my paper route. It cost me too much money to hire a substitute. I covered half of Ogden with the Salt Lake Telegram (an evening paper). I had the south side of 25th Street which was notorious for its prostitutes. They treated me exceptionaly well and I never had troubles collecting from them or the bars; I got real good bonuses on special occasions and Christmas. I also had a lot of blacks on my route and really enjoyed them. They paid better and had much lower incomes than many whites who gave me a hard time."

"I acquired a paper route in Junior High and kept it until the end of my Junior year of High School."

Approximately 1939, 14 years old.

"I switched to the Salt Lake Tribune which was a morning route and continued this until my junior year at High School."

"In High School, I was average (C average). I switched to delivering the Salt Lake Tribune (a morning paper as it is now) and had the best route in the city - the one with all the apartment houses between the office and my home. I traveled less than any other route."

1940-1942, 15-17 years old.

"I was also a member of the ski patrol and ran one of the tows at Snow Basin Ski Resort on Saturday and Sunday."

During my senior year at High School, I operated a ski lift on weekends.

1943 - about 18 years old

"I worked during the summer in construction as a laborer, but decided there must be an easier way and took on a line of clothes to sell in Ohio." (Representational photo)

"I worked as a laborer, then an Apprentice carpenter at Hill Air Force and Clearfield Supply Base during the summer."

1946 - About 21 years old

"Civilian Occupation: Student, Coll. Job Summary: Worked a short time as an auto serviceman, carpenter Apprentice, and ski-tow operator" (from military separation records)

"I returned home to Weber College and skiing and started to play tennis. I sold tailor made dresses to women in Ohio during the summer. The next summer I went to Montana with my soon-to-be brother-in-law, Phil Kearsley, again selling tailor made clothes to women and playing tennis and swimming in our spare time."

"After an honorable discharge in June of 1946, I took a line of Tailor Made Suits and Dresses and sold them direct to al types of women in Idaho and Montana. I did this for two summers while attending school at Weber College in Ogden, utah."

July 1946-December 1947 - 21 to 22 years old

"I was Traffic Manager for the University of Utah. As Traffic Manager I helped schedule all the jobs for any major events on the campus. This meant hiring the ushers, guards and parkers and having the general obligation of seeing that they were on the job."

"I attended the University of Utah and received a B.S. in Economics and completed 2 years of law school. While there, I taught skiing and assisted the Dean of Business in handling the traffic fines and controlled all the ushers and parkers for football and special events."

"While I was at the University I was Traffic Manager and worked with the Dean of Students managing the parking, ushering, guarding, etc. of football and special events."

1948-1951 - 23 to 26 years old

"Worked as a driver for Mr. Sweet - Sweet's Candy Company"

1948-1951 - 23 to 26 years old

"I was owner and ran the Salt Lake Law Book Company as a part time job while attending school".

"Sold canned briefs during law school".

"I also owned a law book company which sold canned briefs and law books from a couple of lockers while in law school. While skiing, I broke my leg and had to carry all the books while on crutches. I had a new car but it was clutch operated and I really had fun operating it with only one leg, the other having a full leg cast on."

I also bought out a small book Company and sold Canned Briefs and some Law Books to students (with the permission of the University).

1948-1951 - 23 to 26 years old

"During the summer, I worked for Household Finance Corp. and did the same the next summer. I had one more year of law school but had run out of the G.I. Bill which was helping to finance my education so I agreed to work into the fall with Household Finance and, in turn, made me Assistant Manager. Office work was okay but being a very undisciplined person, I craved more freedom and jumped right out of there when offered a selling territory with Hood Rubber Company, a division of B.F. Goodrich."

"Household Finance called me to work as I had worked for them in the summer. They made me Assistant Manager and then told me I was in line for Manager. "

June 1951-July 1952, 26 - 27 Years Old

Salary: $4500, Salesman

"Office work was okay but being a very undisciplined person, I craved more freedom and jumped right out of there when offered a selling territory with Hood Rubber Company, a division of B.F. Goodrich. Our office was in San Francisco with the home office in Watertown, Massachusetts. We had three sales meetings each year. Two on the west coast and one in Chicago or east coast so Jalaine and I had at least three vacations paid for each year."

"When I first started with Hood Rubber Company, Jalaine was pregnant with Scott and had a hard time traveling by air. She joined me in San Francisco at the end of training and the company started us off by sending us off on a two week vacation up the coast into Canada and home."

"We did really well with Hood Rubber and the third year I won the National Sales Contest for the west coast. After five and a half years I went for the big dollars in Insurance. It was hard giving up all those long vacations."

"I accepted a job with Hood Rubber Co. A friend had told the District Manager of Hood Rubber Co. about me and arranged an interview. I decided to take the territory of Utah, Southern Idaho. In my fourth year with the Company, I won a National Sales Contest and was sent back east to tour the factory, etc. I worked with this company from September 1952 to April 1958. I enjoyed the work, the company and my boss."

July 1952 - 1957, 27 - 32 Years Old

"Jalaine and I loved Metropolitan Life. We made the Club every year and got a paid vacation. In fact, the second year I made top honors and the Agnecy was tops for the west coast. We liked both our neighbors and the Company people and our accounts."

"I went flat on Insurance and turned down a job as Insurance Counselor for the telephone company..."

"I had a friend in Insurance who talked me into working for Metropolitan Life Ins. in Orem, Utah on a debit. I stayed with this company four years and led the Provo district in sales in my third year. I then decided to go out on my own with Max Rasmussen in Salt Lake, but could not get into the real money. I heard about the opening with Holland Rantos and got the job."

1957 - 1962, 32 - 37 Years Old

"I went flat on Insurance and turned down a job as Insurance Counselor for the telephone company to go back on the road with Holland Rantos - a drug company. Twelve years later after telling me what a great retirement program they had year after year, they flew in on a Monday and picked up the company car, paid me $1600 and folded. Again I had been one of the top salespeople on the west coast but boom and that was that."

1962 - 1973, 37 - 48 Years Old

"I got a job with Schmidt in prophylactics and drugs for doctors and drug stores. My district manager told me they were going out so this time I had a job 2 1/2 months before I quit. I worked to the end of the fiscal year to get full bonus and prizes which were much larger than the $1600 retirement with the prior job."

1973 - 1975, 48 - 50 Years Old

1975-1991, 50 - 66 Years Old