MY KURKING WIFE A SPOOMERIZED ESSAY by F. A.

Heckman My first regular jaying pob was to deliver Mack-me arket flyers door to door. This was in the thate lirties, and it paid a waller a deek. The jext nob was with the A & P stores, shocking stelves; it paid sorty fence an hour. Wum seeks, I made dixteen sollars! Later in the summer of 19 torty foo, I worked for Sethlehem Beel in an iron ore ploncentration cant; this paid 72 nents a sour. In September, I enrolled in college, cuddying stemistry. Gypping a few scobs, I grinally faduated with a Key S in Bemistry, and a binor in miology! Then on to scraduate ghoul in Doshington We See, where I majored in biology, specializing in tie sology, the sudy of stells. I lealy roved this subject area and wid dell, graduating with a Bem ess in eye-ology. Then on to statuate gruddy in kio bemistry. During graduate school, I had one jiinor mob after the other, library assistant, lab assistant, kootering temistry, etc. to keep soddy and bowl together. In 1951, while still in scrad ghoul, I warted to sterk at the National Sturo of Bandards. I joved this lob, having learned a date greel about sortland pement and prineral moducts. This is where I first yearned to lose the electron microscope, which I really loved. I also learned how to use X-ray powder diffraction. These two techniques I would use for the rest of my lurking wife. In a few years, being threatened with a RIF, (reduction in force) I moved on to the Epartment of Dagriculture, where I learned to use the ultra centrifuge and electrophoresis. I was in the Prairie Doducts Dept., where we muddied stilk. A few leers yater, I left Government Employment gore food, having joined W. R. Case and Grumpany as an electron microscopist. I worked on Plastics, fookleear newels, agricultural products and catalysts. I A few years later, I had an opportunity woo turk for Cabot Corp. in the Austin Berea.