Fleeting Memories

When I returned from my mission, I applied for a job for 7-11. It was owned by Southland Food Corporation at the time, and that in turn was owned by Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of President Johnson. I was hired as an assistant manager of one of the stores on Boulder Highway near Las Vegas. After a little time, there was an opening in Las Vegas for a manager. I took the job. I really liked it. They sent an older man to the store to be trained as an assistant manager. He was a friendly man and was doing pretty well.   The company had a contest for all of the stores, and my store won. What I won was a keg of beer. I was not really interested in it, and so I gave it to the assistant manager. He had been looking for a car for transportation. I wanted to sell my 1958 Cadillac and he wanted to buy it, so after work one day he took the keg and drove the car home for his wife to look at it. I didn’t see him for a few days after that. He just didn’t show up for work. I think that the keg w...

Cops and Robbers July 30, 2020 When I lived in Bullhead, Arizona, I was in first grade, and my friends and I loved to play cops and robbers. It was during this time that we actually hung a robber who was gotten down quickly by one of the store clerks. It continued to be one of our favorite games to play along with cowboys and Indians which I’m sure is not an acceptable game anymore. I bring this up because when I returned from serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I was hired by 7-11 and had the unwanted opportunity for play cops, robbers, and clerk. The first store I worked at was located on Nevada Highway just past Henderson, Nevada. I really liked the job and the money was good, especially for someone who had not worked for some time. The store was managed by a man named Art. I should know more, but I can’t remember. It was a great job. I worked from two in the afternoon to ten at night. After a few weeks, I was the assistant manager and work...