Building a Life in Green Bay

by Robert Burdick

Overview

When Wisconsin natives Bob and Glenda Burdick moved their young family to Green Bay, Wisconsin, small cities in the Upper Midwest were making America great, growing small businesses that would become national names: Jung Seed, Gold Bond Ice Cream (later Good Humor), Zimmerman Cheese, Schreiber Foods. An expert in industrial refrigeration, Bob takes the reader behind the scenes of these companies, and regales us with stories of youth hockey, soap box derbies, and local hot spots like the Boots Bakers's restaurant, the King's X, a local favorite originally owned by Packers cornerback Jesse Whittenton.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645161257
Publisher:	Book Services Us
Publication date:	03/01/2019
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Robert Burdick's Building a Life in Green Bay brings to life the universal exuberance and industry of growing a family and a career. Burdick has the gift of perfect recall, providing minute details about engineering projects, cars and homes. He paints meaningful word portraits of family, friends, and mentors. His vivid descriptions of daily life in Green Bay, Wisconsin in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s will appeal to anyone yearning to slip back in time.

Table of Contents

1. Moving to Green Bay

2. Industrial Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

3. Making Good Friends in Green Bay

4. The Rest of the Story

5. Gold Bond Ice Cream Company

6. Gold Bond Ice Cream Gets a Penthouse

7. Youth Hockey Comes to Green Bay

8. The New Mason Street Bridge

9. Wasting an Education

10. Business Blooms in Monroe

11. The Tacked-up Money Ceiling: A Tall Tale

12. Playboy Centerfold

13. Algoma High School

14. Bushes and Shrubs Kept Cold and Dormant

15. Mink Ranches

16. Schreiber Foods

17. Toastmasters Club

18. WWII Jeep Restoration and New Garage

19. The USS Missouri