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since Harry was seeing his wife at the same lounge. Harry had to be sure that he
didn’t invite Curtis to drink with him on the same nights that he invited Curtis’s
wife to drink with him.

I really rocked his boat. I couldn’t continue doing what he wanted the others and
me to do, and I told him so. This really created a problem for him, and he could not
accept it. Harry called me about two months later when I was in New York and

asked if I would be in the office the next Monday; I said, “Yes.” On Monday at
9:00 a.m. on January 31, 1984, Harry told me, “I am placing you on a new
assignment.” I asked what it was and he said, “Looking for another job, but we are
going to be fair.” I told him it had better not be based on poor performance. He
said he was reorganizing and my position was being eliminated. My severance pay

was $10,900 plus ten days of unused vacation. OWS paid for outplacement
services and provided me with an office in a bank with all services for six months.

After working for four major corporations performing at multi-functional and
numerous levels, I thought it was time for me to venture out on my own with a
small privately-owned company where I could become a major owner and perhaps

a sole owner. I had the confidence and began my search.

It took about three months. I received an offer from a company in Fresno,
California, which, to me, seemed to be a natural fit. Screen Print, Ltd. was founded
by Mr. Bud Lorentzen in 1953. In 1954 Mr. Howard Rose joined Screen Print as a
partner with seven other employees. In September 1975, they were licensed by
large beverage bottlers to produce soft drink proprietary product line. Sales offices

were opened in California, Florida, Michigan, Georgia and New Jersey. In July
1978, a disastrous fire destroyed 50% of the main manufacturing plant in Fresno
and took the life of Howard Rose. Screen Print then purchased property in an air
terminal in an industrial park in Fresno, California, and constructed a 52,000
square-foot facility. By 1979 there were 70 employees in the plant, and it was the
largest and most modern plant on the West Coast with silk screen printing

capability. Screen Print was one of three suppliers to the soft drink industry
providing signs, decals and brand identification for Coke, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, R.C.,
and Seven Up. The major application was vending machine labeling. Screen Print
also made 90% of the printed back signs for pinball machines.

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