Born in 1915,in North Bend, Oregon. I will be 93 years old on Aug 8, 2008. I graduated in 1940 from Colorado School of Mines as a Geologist. My first job out of college was working for an oil cdompany in the swamps out of Morgan City, Louisiana. In December 1940, I was drafted into the U.S. Army as a buck private. My year was almost up, when Pearl Harbor hit. They sent me to Officer Candidate School, where I became an officer at Ft. Belvoir in the Army Engineers., 4 years later, I left the service as a Captain. I then worked for HYumble Oil (Now Exxon-Mibil) in the Houson, Tx. office as a specialist in the study of underground oil and gas reserrves.
In 1947 I returned to Coos Bay, Or. spent 19 years in the restaurant business, built a bowling alley, owned 3 service stations and 17 years in the real estate business. I retired at age 65 in 1980. I then got involved with the mining business in gold silver and zinc. Like the old saying, "what goes around, comes around." I started with mining and end up with mining. My wife, Kay and I celebrated our 65th Wedding Anniv. We have 3 fine kids, One girl and two boys.
This is a divider bar with wood carvingsbetween two panes of glass, that seperates the booths. . The bright light is from my digital flash, and does not belong there.
Chicken Teriyaki on a stick, kept hot until you are ready. Eat all you want.
There is one section reserved for Mongolian style meals. Here you see thin sliced raw ham. Another tray has chicken, beef, pork, raw fish etc. Pile your plate high, include lettuce, caulifower, celery, you name it. Walk over to the grill and the cook tells you to add soy sauce, garlic, tomato, oil, or anyone of 10 juices as you choose. The whole mess is dumped on to a hot grill. He uses two spats to chop and mix it. After about 4 minutes he loads the hot mix on to a clean plate, and you start eating all over again.
More fancy desserts like cream puffs, but these are filled with chocolate.
These bread rolls have a sweet center in the layers and the center.
Another of the fancy desserts, eat all you want. Several puddings & American Talpioca, too.
This table has about 10 different desserts. These are round balls with a fig in the center and nut like coating on the cooky ball. Different but very tasty.