The Way We Were

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AuthorHouse, Apr 25, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 228 pages

The story of Ray Pettit is the story of America. a country of decent and generous people, a country with a heritage and system of government based on liberty and the rights of individuals, a country where opportunity has no bounds. Encouraged by his mill-worker parents, who were lacking in formal education but not in intelligence, character, and love for their children, he used his natural ability in mathematics and high-level academic achievement as a springboard to great accomplishments in engineering, some of which contributed to the development of today's modem cellphone technology .Mill-Village Boy begins with the story of a barefoot boy in overalls, in the small town of Canton, Georgia, during the depression years of the 1930s. Unconditionally loved by his parents, Ray Pettit went from Class Valedictorian to graduation from Georgia Tech with a degree in Electrical Engineering. This was followed by Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, and outstanding achievements in industry and academia. Mill-Village Boy has elements of intrigue and danger, love and adventure, comedy and sadness, loyalty and betrayal. . . a fascinating description of an exciting and rewarding life!

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Contents

Meet JIM
1
Call It Typing
2
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933
5
My First Visit to a Vaudeville Theatre
7
My Mothers Blue Steamer Trunk
9
Sights and Sounds of My Older Indianapolis
11
Some of my early playmates were black
17
Mame McCannBallTodd
19
Dont Do Anything
32
The Hollywood Pirates
36
The Oriental Theatre in Hollywood
37
The Guardians Home
40
We Begin Again
47
Stouts A Factory Shoe Store
51
Life Magazine Premier Issue
53
The Rudolph Valentino Haircut
54

Mary Ellen Wiley Laub
23
The Movie Marathon and the Necco Wafers
26
Public School Number Two
29
School Education
30
Singing by the Jukebox
56
Had a Grandmother and a Sam Brown
59
The Good Humor Man
61
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