JPG Historical Questionnaire: (Employees)

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Name: Stanley A. Neff

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1.    Describe your job or duties at JPG and the dates you worked.?

I was born in Seymour, In. Jan 22, 1952. I graduated from Madison Consolidated School in 1971.

I attended Deputy school until I was a freshman. I entered the U. S. Navy in Aug 1971 and retired in 1991.

2.   Where was your workplace located?

I went to work at JPG about 8 or 9 months before it closed. I went to work at the Power Plant working for a contractor (ACCI). We were the care taker crew prior closing and after. I worked there almost two years. I had two jobs. Power Plant to shutdown and then helped to close all the buildings & equipment. After closure, secured the water and electricity. We also did shutdown maintenance to the boilers to keep them from running. I made about $15.90 per hour.

3.    What was your best memory of being at JPG?

Seeing history being made everyday. What was the worst? Seeing it closed down.

4.    What school or training did you attend, prior to arriving at JPG.

 I had training thru the Military (Navy).

5.   What work-related activities did you go to (dances, plays, hunting, fishing, etc.) The atmosphere was relaxed because the future of the JPG had already been determined..

6.   Describe the circumstances or events leading to your leaving the proving ground.?

It was sad. Having my Grandfather and my Father and myself work there. It was like losing a part of you.

7.   Who were the leaders?  Describe them?

8.                  Are there any other memories that you'd like to share?

One time when I was in high school, my father and I went coon hunting with a little pup about two months old that George Johns had given me. We went out along big Creek to a big persimmon tree that we knew about and found out there were nine large coons in it.   We harvested the coons and the little pup did not know what a coon was. We went back to the front to check out with the guard and he asked dad how many did we get. We had only been gone about an hour. Dad told him nine and of course the guard did not believe us.

So he came out to the truck to see them. Sure enough there were nine coons and the pup lying on top of them asleep. The guard wanted to know if that was the only dog that we had. Dad told him yes. He could not believe that pup got all them coons. We never told him any difference. We could have sold the pup that night for a lot of money. Should of sold him.