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ever decision I made. Loyal support like this is invaluable! I felt that
we could have a good family life in these little Aramco communities
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became a superintendent in the oil business at 28 years of age.

I took the bus to Ras Tanura, where I was shown the relatively
new concrete brick home that was to be assigned to me. It was known
then as House 9E. Larry Rushmer, the assistant district manager, invited
me to have lunch at his home. Mrs. Rushmer, a very lovely lady, had a
dessert of jello salad that rested on three fresh lettuce leaves from her
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vegetables I had eaten in eight months!

A few days later, I left on a company plane (DC-4) for New
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war-built hotel. There were only half enough rooms for our group. As a
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met me at the airport. Oddly enough, my old friend Gail Gill and his son
were also at the airport. I thought he was extremely gracious to come to
welcome me back to Salt Lake; it turned out to be a pure chance encoun-
ter, since he was simply taking his boy to the airport to watch airplanes
come in! It was great to see Jean and the kids. Janet had received a new
2-wheel bicycle for Christmas. I helped her learn how to ride it.
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men due to the long family separation before they would be eligible
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York. They thought I had done a really risky thing by moving my career
to Saudi Arabia; they thought of themselves as smarter and with better
prospects in New York because, after all, the company headquarters was
in New York!
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had to stay within very strict weight limitations on their baggage. We had
crammed every old suitcase in the family with things that we thought

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