SamSaid!

Commentary and Perspective from Samuel O. Lemon Jr.

Sam’s Life

Year Summary Places Videos Comments
1928-1930 Born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania Brownsville,
PA

Angle
Street Home
1930-1934 1930 – maybe when Sam moved into
the 2nd Street Home

1933 Spring – Samuel O. Lemon Sr. loses leg in a railroad roundhouse
accident

 2nd
Street Home
1935-1939 1939 Summer – moved to the
Howard Street Home		 Howard
Street Home
1940-1944
1945-1949 1946 May – graduated from
Brownsville High School

1946 September – started at California State Teachers College

1947 June – enlisted in the US Air Force

- Lakland AFB, San Antonio, TX

- Boca Raton AFB, Boca Raton, FL

- Keesler Field, Biloxi, MS

- McChord Field, Tacoma, WA

- Silver Lake, Everett, WA

1948 August – Sam’s sister Ruth married Clarance Ewing Brown

 California
State Teachers College

Uncle
Brownie’s Farm
1950-1954 1950 June – discharged from the
US Air Force

1950 June – started at Penn State University (summer school)

1950 September – started at Penn State University

- joined Sigma Nu

1953 May – graduated from Penn State University

1953 July – hired by Westinghouse Corporation

- Pittsburgh, PA

- training assignments in various cities

  • Wilkensburg, PA
  • East Pittsburgh, PA
  • South Philidelphia, PA
  • Sharon, PA
  • Fairmont, WV
  • Columbus, OH
  • Metuchen, NJ
  • Bloomfield, NJ
  • Raleigh, NC
  • Hyde Park, MA

1954 March – permanent assignment in Hyde Park, MA
1955-1959 1956 June – transferred to
Pittsburgh Headquarters

1957 June – transferred to Sunnyvale, California

1958 August – got married to Velma Wilson

1958 August – moved into 842 Revere Drive

1959 May – Debi was born

1960 – Sam’s parents retire to Sebring, Florida

1961 January – Susan was born

 Westinghouse
Headquarters

Sunnyvale,
California

Revere
Drive Home

Sam’s
Parents Florida Home
1960-1964 1962 June – transferred to
Lester, PA

1962 September – moved into 3305 Chatham Place home

1963 April – Scott was born

 Westinghouse
Turbine Division

Chatham
Place Home
1965-1969 1966 April – Sandi was born

1968 March – transferred to Pittsburgh Headquarters

 Pittsburgh,
PA

Upper
St. Clair Home
1970-1974
1975-1979
1980-1984 1984 August(?) – Sam’s sister
Ruth died
1985-1989 1986 June – retired from
Westinghouse

1987 October – Moved to Truckee, CA
1990-1994
1995-1999 1996(?) – Uncle Brownie died

1997 April – bought San Ramon home
2000-2004 2000 – sold the Truckee, CA home
2005-2009

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