The Clinton Years
By
John R. Vollaro
January 2006
After discharge from the Navy, it was
imperative for me to find a job to support our growing family. Alice
and I chose the upstate area of New York as the focus of my job
search because we wanted to settle in that area. By now however I was
beginning to realize that my ability to plan for the future was far
exceeded by my instinct for acting on fortuitous opportunities
(sometimes known as dumb luck). So it was that I accepted a job with
Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey rather than one with IBM in
Fishkill NY. Fishkill would have fulfilled my grand plan but I
followed my gut which led us to settle in Clinton New Jersey and settle
we
did.
We lived in Clinton for nearly 35
years that were very good to us. Our years in Clinton were rich and
fulfilling in so many ways. Two more children were born to us. I
began a career that developed far beyond my expectations and in ways
I had no right to expect. We became part of a church community and
shared a period of unusual spiritual growth and fellowship in their
midst. Friendships that we will cherish as long as we live developed
there and we watched our children grow strong in body mind and spirit.
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