Growing up in Bainbridge Georgia 1945-1960

R'vised 02-16-2024 In the beginning I was born to Jake and Bella Turetzky Wolffe at the original Piedmont Hospital, at Capitol Ave (now Hank Arron Dr) and Crumley Street, south of the state capitol, on December 6th, 1942. At the time of my birth my father was serving in the Sea Bees in New Guinea. Fortunately he came home, wounded but alive.  Shortly after his return, I was 3, Dad's cousin , Louie Wynne, Bainbridge Ga, offered him a job and we moved from Atlanta.   The exact sequence of events following are not 100% clear, but my father worked for Wynne's Department store in two "experimental" ventures. One was a Bargain Center, in a separate building selling less expensive dry goods. The other was with a traveling truck loaded with work cloths, work boots, pots, pans and yes, condoms. Dad traveled the "shade tobacco" areas around Quincy, Florida selling from the truck.  Finally, on July 1, 1949, my father purchased, for $100, a business license to...