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George Scheffel

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by Brandon"Buck"Scheffel
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Biography

• George did a lot of things. He was born in
  Washington DC in March 16, 1928. He sang in the
  Whitehouse for Nixon, he sang at many churches,
  and he sang for a bunch of choirs. He was in the
  Navy after World War II. He would camp and fish
  in the Potomac River. He started his own
  business, and is still working at it today.

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Major events in history

• Gorge lived through a lot of events. He was born
  during the end of the Roaring Twenties. He was
  five when the Nazi camp took of Germanys
  government. In 1939 World War II began, in 1941
  the US enters World War II, and in 1944 congress
  passed the GI Bill. In 1945 the US Nations is
  founded, in 1949 the NATO is formed, also in 49
  television sales reached 10,000 per week, and in
  1950 the Korean War begins. He was 24 when Dwight
  Eisenhower was elected president, in 53 the
  Korean War ends, one year later the trial of
  Browns vs. the Board of Education is held, and in
  57 Sputnik is launched by the Soviet Union. 1960
  John F. Kennedy was elected president, 2 years
  later the Cuban Missile Crisis begins, in 1965
  Caesar Chavez begins a nationwide grape boycott.
  In 1969 Nixon was elected. In 1972 congress
  passes education reforms, in 75 the Vietnam War
  ends, in 81 Ronald Regan is inaugurated
  president. In 92 Bill Clinton was next up for
  president, in 01 terrorists attack sites in the
  US, in 2003 the war in Iraq starts, and is still
  going on today.

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Describe what it was like growing up.

• Well I grew up in Washington DC up from
  Massachusetts Avenue. Shopping was only four
  blocks away and you could travel the best stores
  in the world. There where special stores. Like
  there was a nut store that had every kind of nut
  possible. There was coffee from all over the
  world where you could get your own brands mixed
  and ground. There where interesting things that
  you didnt appreciate when you where young.
  There are museums, ball fields, baseball
  stadiums, football, any kind of sports the city
  has a little bit of everything. From cathedrals
  to any kind of church you can imagine. We had a
  Hanes point witch we went to during the
  summertime in the afternoon for a picnic next to
  the Potomac river. We could watch the airplanes
  take off and land, witch were on the other side
  of the river. George Washingtons home was down
  the river a little ways and we also fished in
  that river in March when the fish where running.
  We had campfires on the rocks and we fished most
  of the night. So there was a lot of interesting
  things to do in the city witch other people dont
  even know about. I went to a special high school
  where I learned my trade, witch I am still using
  today and I was an air raid warden doing the
  first part of World War II. George Scheffel

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• My biggest accomplishment was that I started my
  own business about thirty-five years ago and Im
  still there in that business. Now my two sons
  George and Matt are working in the shop and in
  the business. We work together as a team and
  were doing very well. So I would say that was a
  major accomplishment. I also like to say that
  Ive sang in the choir for maybe sixty-five
  years. So I would say music is a big
  accomplishment. Also that raising family of five
  children and seeing that there all doing well is
  a big accomplishment. Im still married after
  fifty-two or fifty-three years I guess, I dont
  know exactly, but it doesnt matter, Im still
  there. I own my own house and I dont owe anybody
  anything.-George Scheffel

What was your biggest accomplishment?
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Question 3
What event in history do you remember the most?
Why?

• In history, I would say, World War II. I still
  remember being in my uncles, my grandfathers,
  and my fathers house. They where all playing
  cards when the news broke over the radio that
  Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. My grandfather
  had a bakery and my grandmother worked in the
  bakery along with my mother. She decorated cakes
  and I remember her throwing every dish out the
  second floor window in the back when it said
  Made in Japan. I guess World War II just was a
  big thing. Id later graduated from school,
  joined the navy, and I guess I was in the navy
  for two years at the end of World War II, but
  that single event, to live through it was just a
  big thing.-George Scheffel

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Conclusion

• I would like to thank George Scheffel for
  letting me interview him, Mrs. Kent for giving me
  the equipment I needed, and my family for being
  quiet while I interviewed George.