From Janitor CEO. History of the last half of the 20th Century and beyond as it affected Amy & Arnold Von der Porten.
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Acknowledgments I v
Our Arrival in Brooklyn I 1
Herbert's Big Move I 4
Selmix I 6
Pine Sign Conpany I 10
Richard Arnold Von der Porten I 12
The Clumsy Intern I 13
Looking For Work I 14
Colonial Neon I 17
We move to New Jersey I 20
Atlantic City I 24
Moving to Jersey City I 27
Our First Christmas in America I 32
Life in Jersey City I 33
Marguerite Kay Von der Porten I 37
The Crown Sign Company I 41
Universal Neon I 44
The Maverick at Work and in Local 730 I 47
Gross Sign Company I 50
Thunderstorms at Union Meetings I 54
Buying a House in Old Bridge I 58
Moving to the First House we ever owned I 61
Christmas 1955 I 65
Rutgers, a State University I 66
The Ridge Door Company I 71
Various visits by Family Members I 76
Politics in Old Bridge I 80
Amy starts Libraries in Madison Township I 83
Jersey Alluminum I 85
Bureaucracy and my Good Name I 88
Mid-East Alluminum I 90
Prodex Extruders I 92
Carborundum I 96
Surprise at Jersey Co. I 97
Art Metal I 99
The New Brunswick Meeting of Friends I 101
I become an American Citizen I 103
Maintenance Foreman at Schweitzers I 105
The v. Puttkamers I 111
Middlesex Engineers I 115
Starting at Johns-Manville I 120
We want City Water I 123
Pal I 127
Christopher Paul Von der Porten I 130
Library Improvements I 133
Madison Township Historical Society I 134
Development near Us I 136
More of what you would take for granted in a City I 139
Amy becomes a Citizen and Arlene Elizabeth Von der Porten I 141
Carl Johnson I 143
Madison Township becomes Old Bridge Township I 144
Life at Johns-Manville I 147
Boy Scout Camp with Richard I 151
My Papa I 155
Visits to Toronto I 157
Peddie, the Private School I 160
Rutgers Preparatory Shchool I 163
My cousin from Leipzig I 164
Scout Camp Kitatiny I 166
Tony and Mama and Dorrie and Gerhard I 169
Politics at Johns-Manville I 173
Rutgers Prep. Library, a Challenge I 175
Moravian College I 177
Marguerite, High School to Marriage I 181
Life as a Designer I 182
Cub Scouts I 185
Piccone Associates I 189
Translations I 191
The New Municipal Complex and Watergate I 193
When all else Fails....I 196
Campisi I 197
Overnight with the Webelos I 200
The Hot Marble Conveyor I 201
Designer for the Factory I 203
Wardlaw and Hartridge I 207
Soccer I 208
The Library Budget I 213
A visit to Asbestos I 215
Bad News from Island Pond, Vermont I 219
Six-Spindle-Wick-Former I 213
Chris, Ralph and Cars I 228
Teaching Arlene to Ice Skate I 230
Design a Shed I 232
The Ambassador I 234
Chris has to think about the Future I 237
Mark-o-Lite I 241
The Asbestos Mass Hysteria I 243
How not to Manage I 245
J-M goes Downhill I 248
Arlene, driving, theory and practice I 257
Lindstrom & King I 259
Allstates Design I 263
Government-run Health Insurance I 266
IBM I 268
Chris Graduates I 270
House-sitting I 274
Linda flies to England I 276
Our Trip to England I 278
Visiting Relatives and Friends I 282
Touring S.W. England I 285
The Last Few Days in England I 288
Revisitng Jamaica I 290
Visitng Port Royal and the Institute I 294
Old Friends and Family in Jamaica I 299
To Jamaica's North Coast I 302
So many Friends and King's House, too I 307
Johnson & Johnson I 311
Re-visiting Hamburg I 315
Through Hamburg with Renate I 320
Meis shows us the Rhineland I 325
Visiting Linda, Richard and Paul, in Athens I 329
Excursions on Greek Ships I 322
Excursions on the Greek Mainland I 335
Back in New Jersey I 339
Dorrie and Gerhard I 341
Buying a House in Gainesville, Florida I 342
Teaching English as a Second Language I 344
War all over Asia I 348
Dad needs help and anticipating War I 352
Starting Desert Shield I 354
Taking our Grandchildren Home I 357
Looking after our Grandchildren I 359
Desert Storm I 363
The Soldiers are Coming Home I 367
Staying Longer than Intended I 370
Arlene and Mark get Married I 374 I
To Toronto and Dad and Virgina Elizabeth Von der Porten I 371
Arlene and Mark get Married I 374
The Wedding of Kathleen and Ted Tarney I 376
The end of 1992, Scids strikes the Family again I 380
Home to Old Bridge I 383
A Library fit for a City I 385
Eyes and Neon I 388
Sadness in Greenville. NC. and an unforgetable visit I 390
Neon Factory I 392
Retire? But First Matthew I 394
Jeffrey and the Cat's Paw I 396
Mark Edward Von der Porten I 398
The House in Rock Creek I 400
Moving to Florida I 402
Hospitable Gainesville I 405
Arlene, Mark and little Jeffrey move to Alabama I 408
Eye Trouble and Neon I 410
The Faith Presbyterian Church I 412
English as a Second Language in Gainesville I 413
Our Golden Wedding Anniversary I 414
Arnold's Birthday I 416
My Art Classes I 419
Party in Arnold's Honor I 420
We visit Relatives in California I 423
What a Party! I 427
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