By 1970 I was tired of school and wanted to earn some money. For the next eight years I worked in Houston as an electronics engineer. I joined First Methodist Church, and enjoyed the sermons of the incomparable Charles L. Allen. Later I switched over to St. Luke's Methodist, on the west side of town, which had a large singles group. I made good friends there, and eventually met the woman I would marry.
With friends on a train trip to Mexico City, July 1971. From left: Alice, me, Joyce, Tom, Marilyn. Rosemary took the picture. Marilyn, Tom, Rosemary and Alice taught me the game of bridge and I was hooked for life. No, my wife-to-be does not appear in this photo.