10 and Lawrence Street, N.E. Washington D.C. 20017
Subject: Hello
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 21:45:31 EDT
Hi Elsie and everyone else,
I know I have been quiet for a while, I am working more now and time is
scarce. I'm also building a fence around the yard so my free time is work.
Besides everyone is chattering so much it takes time to keep up with all the
email, but I love it! Thanks to all who signed my reunion book and Terry
thanks so much for all your hard work getting everything to me. When I come
home for Christmas I'll be looking for Ya!
So, on to my life story! Bob this is another chapter for your book. After St.
A's I attended the large college in LaPlata MD, Charles County Community
College for two years. I was close to being drafted so I tried to enlist in
the Air Force but was unable to for medical reason. My oldest brother Jim (64
St. A's grad) was in the Air Force at the time. He never got out of the
states. We later found out it was because of my dad's work at Naval Research
Lab, high security. So, I went to work at a car dealership in Alexandria Va.
in Sept. 1970. I always loved messing with cars any way. My brother Joe (65
St. A's grad) went to work at Southern Md. Elect. Coop. in 1966 and is still
working there. He is the head of the meter division in Hughesville Md. plus
owns his own electrical contracting company.
I have spent the last 28 years working in the automotive industry. I worked
my way up from a parts delivery driver to service director. My brother Jim
followed the same course that I did. I got married in 1974 but that only
lasted 6 months. Then I went on the serious bachelor thing. I bought myself
a Corvette and started to play real hard for the next 5 years. In that period
I met my wife Pam, and I was hard on her too. Finally, she tied me down in
1980. My son Patrick was born in 1981 and my daughter Kristin in 1984. They
have been the love of my life. Pam has been my soul mate for life.
My brother Jim finally broke away from the car dealership chain and bought a
BG Products distributorship in Pensacola Fl. in 1991. Wow! what a move. Five
years later he rescued me from dealership hell and I moved to Jacksonville Fl.
to handle that territory for him. Thanks to Jim, it's been like heaven since
I been down here. No PRESSURE! In 1997 I moved to Pensacola to take over that
territory and I love it even better. It's a small town with beautiful beaches.
Then the big heavy hit me. I fell rollerblading and hurt my hip in Jan 1998.
For several months I was in a lot of pain in my back and the doctors thought
it was just a disc problem. In July after a MRI, they found some cancer in my
bone marrow. WOW! Not me. After tons of test it was found in my Prostate. I
have gone through some radiation treatment and am currently on a hormone
treatment. I feeling 85% better now and have just started working again. The
hardest thing is when everybody finds out they seem to feel so sorry for me,
which is only natural, but I would just like to be treated normally.
Well, I know I getting long winded now and I have left out a few details here
and there but that's basically what I have been doing for the last 30 years.
Next!
Pat Hilwig