50 Years in America
Publisher: 1stBooks
Published: c 2003
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN. USA.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 1410771733
Description: From Janitor CEO.  History of the last half of the 20th Century and beyond as it affected Amy & Arnold Von der Porten.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments I v; title: Our Arrival in Brooklyn I 1; title: Herbert's Big Move I 4; title: Selmix I 6; title: Pine Sign Conpany I 10; title: Richard Arnold Von der Porten I 12; title: The Clumsy Intern I 13; title: Looking For Work I 14; title: Colonial Neon I 17; title: We move to New Jersey I 20; title: Atlantic City I 24; title: Moving to Jersey City I 27; title: Our First Christmas in America I 32; title: Life in Jersey City I 33; title: Marguerite Kay Von der Porten I 37; title: The Crown Sign Company I 41; title: Universal Neon I 44; title: The Maverick at Work and in Local 730 I 47; title: Gross Sign Company I 50; title: Thunderstorms at Union Meetings I 54; title: Buying a House in Old Bridge I 58; title: Moving to the First House we ever owned I 61; title: Christmas 1955 I 65; title: Rutgers, a State University I 66; title: The Ridge Door Company I 71; title: Various visits by Family Members I 76; title: Politics in Old Bridge I 80; title: Amy starts Libraries in Madison Township I 83; title: Jersey Alluminum I 85; title: Bureaucracy and my Good Name I 88; title: Mid-East Alluminum I 90; title: Prodex Extruders I 92; title: Carborundum I 96; title: Surprise at Jersey Co. I 97; title: Art Metal I 99; title: The New Brunswick Meeting of Friends I 101; title: I become an American Citizen I 103; title: Maintenance Foreman at Schweitzers I 105; title: The v. Puttkamers I 111; title: Middlesex Engineers I 115; title: Starting at Johns-Manville I 120; title: We want City Water I 123; title: Pal I 127; title: Christopher Paul Von der Porten I 130; title: Library Improvements I 133; title: Madison Township Historical Society I 134; title: Development near Us I 136; title: More of what you would take for granted in a City I 139; title: Amy becomes a Citizen and Arlene Elizabeth Von der Porten I 141; title: Carl Johnson I 143; title: Madison Township becomes Old Bridge Township I 144; title: Life at Johns-Manville I 147; title: Boy Scout Camp with Richard I 151; title: My Papa I 155; title: Visits to Toronto I 157; title: Peddie, the Private School I 160; title: Rutgers Preparatory Shchool I 163; title: My cousin from Leipzig I 164; title: Scout Camp Kitatiny I 166; title: Tony and Mama and Dorrie and Gerhard I 169; title: Politics at Johns-Manville I 173; title: Rutgers Prep. Library, a Challenge I 175; title: Moravian College I 177; title: Marguerite, High School to Marriage I 181; title: Life as a Designer I 182; title: Cub Scouts I 185; title: Piccone Associates I 189; title: Translations I 191; title: The New Municipal Complex and Watergate I 193; title: When all else Fails....I 196; title: Campisi I 197; title: Overnight with the Webelos I 200; title: The Hot Marble Conveyor I 201; title: Designer for the Factory I 203; title: Wardlaw and Hartridge I 207; title: Soccer I 208; title: The Library Budget I 213; title: A visit to Asbestos I 215; title: Bad News from Island Pond, Vermont I 219; title: Six-Spindle-Wick-Former I 213; title: Chris, Ralph and Cars I 228; title: Teaching Arlene to Ice Skate I 230; title: Design a Shed I 232; title: The Ambassador I 234; title: Chris has to think about the Future I 237; title: Mark-o-Lite I 241; title: The Asbestos Mass Hysteria I 243; title: How not to Manage I 245; title: J-M goes Downhill I 248; title: Arlene, driving, theory and practice I 257; title: Lindstrom & King I 259; title: Allstates Design I 263; title: Government-run Health Insurance I 266; title: IBM I 268; title: Chris Graduates I 270; title: House-sitting I 274; title: Linda flies to England I 276; title: Our Trip to England I 278; title: Visiting Relatives and Friends I 282; title: Touring S.W. England I 285; title: The Last Few Days in England I 288; title: Revisitng Jamaica I 290; title: Visitng Port Royal and the Institute I 294; title: Old Friends and Family in Jamaica I 299; title: To Jamaica's North Coast I 302; title: So many Friends and King's House, too I 307; title: Johnson & Johnson I 311; title: Re-visiting Hamburg I 315; title: Through Hamburg with Renate I 320; title: Meis shows us the Rhineland I 325; title: Visiting Linda, Richard and Paul, in Athens I 329; title: Excursions on Greek Ships I 322; title: Excursions on the Greek Mainland I 335; title: Back in New Jersey I 339; title: Dorrie and Gerhard I 341; title: Buying a House in Gainesville, Florida I 342; title: Teaching English as a Second Language I 344; title: War all over Asia I 348; title: Dad needs help and anticipating War I 352; title: Starting Desert Shield I 354; title: Taking our Grandchildren Home I 357; title: Looking after our Grandchildren I 359; title: Desert Storm I 363; title: The Soldiers are Coming Home I 367; title: Staying Longer than Intended I 370; title: Arlene and Mark get Married I 374 I; title: To Toronto and Dad and Virgina Elizabeth Von der Porten I 371; title: Arlene and Mark get Married I 374; title: The Wedding of Kathleen and Ted Tarney I 376; title: The end of 1992, Scids strikes the Family again I 380; title: Home to Old Bridge I 383; title: A Library fit for a City I 385; title: Eyes and Neon I 388; title: Sadness in Greenville. NC. and an unforgetable visit I 390; title: Neon Factory I 392; title: Retire? But First Matthew I 394; title: Jeffrey and the Cat's Paw I 396; title: Mark Edward Von der Porten I 398; title: The House in Rock Creek I 400; title: Moving to Florida I 402; title: Hospitable Gainesville I 405; title: Arlene, Mark and little Jeffrey move to Alabama I 408; title: Eye Trouble and Neon I 410; title: The Faith Presbyterian Church I 412; title: English as a Second Language in Gainesville I 413; title: Our Golden Wedding Anniversary I 414; title: Arnold's Birthday I 416; title: My Art Classes I 419; title: Party in Arnold's Honor I 420; title: We visit Relatives in California I 423; title: What a Party! I 427