ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
JOHN SPAIJ..
Born in Greeley, Colorado, 11/9/19. Parents -- Albert E. and Lulu M. Spall.
Interviewed July 10, 1962
Grade school in Greeley; high school in Gill, Colorado.
Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, 1937-38, majoring in industrial arts and physical education.
Worked out of Casper, Wyoming as field engineer for Ohio Oil Company. Served in the Navy, 1943-1945, as shipfitter; stationed in Houston, Texas. Entered Great Western service as mechanic at Greeley in 1946.
Mechanic and head pipe fitter at Johnstown in 1947. Assistant master mechanic, Windsor, 1954.
Assistant master mechanic, Bayard, 1955. Assistant master mechanic, Fort Morgan, 1957. Assistant master mechanic, Loveland, 1960. Married Kathleen A. Tracy in Greeley in 1941.
Children -- Bettie Jo (Mrs. David H.) Dinsmore, age 19, Loveland; James J., age 17; Charles A., age 14.
Member of United Presbyterian Church; Masons; Elks.
Effective September 1, promoted to master mechanic at Sterling. Address -- 715 West 9th, Loveland; phone 667-2993.