PREFACE
THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE STOCKTON
GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT
GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT
Front of the Stockton Bus Depot
Rear Loading area of the Stockton Depot
It saddens my heart to announce this Terminal will be torn down and replaced with a
public parking lot by the year 2010. Greyhound no longer has the need for such a
large building and the property has been sold to the City of Stockton.
My memories of this Terminal is one of a bustling business, loading two or three
extra sections on each schedule. There were always 5 or 6 baggage and package
express men there at all times. You would also see 12 to 15 spare buses parked
on the lot. Now the janitor serves as the baggage man and there are no spare
buses on the lot as there are no extra board drivers to drive them. We had an 8
o'clock non stop schedule to S.F every morning (1 hr.40 min.) that took shoppers
into SF and returned them at 3:30 PM, non stop. It was always full but now there
are no schedules to take you to SF without going through Modesto or Sacramento.
public parking lot by the year 2010. Greyhound no longer has the need for such a
large building and the property has been sold to the City of Stockton.
My memories of this Terminal is one of a bustling business, loading two or three
extra sections on each schedule. There were always 5 or 6 baggage and package
express men there at all times. You would also see 12 to 15 spare buses parked
on the lot. Now the janitor serves as the baggage man and there are no spare
buses on the lot as there are no extra board drivers to drive them. We had an 8
o'clock non stop schedule to S.F every morning (1 hr.40 min.) that took shoppers
into SF and returned them at 3:30 PM, non stop. It was always full but now there
are no schedules to take you to SF without going through Modesto or Sacramento.
This book is an Anthology of the Author’s memories of growing up on a farm in Texas
and going to Hawaii when he was eighteen years old. From there he was drafted into
the U. S. Navy and he had the tough choice, after the war, of either remaining in
Hawaii or coming back home. After the decision to come home he
went to San Antonio, Texas and married the girl he had met while home on leave
two years before.
A year later he and his new bride moved back to California and settled there for
good. He held several jobs in sales work but was not happy in any of them. This
period was just the beginning of his search for the right job that would bring
happiness and contentment, and work that he felt he could excel in. He did not
realize, until after his retirement, just how happy he had been in doing what he loved
best. Driving a Greyhound bus and meeting people seemed to be what he was
destined to do.
From this point the author tries to relive some of the exciting charters he has been
on and share with you the places he has been. He also tries to share with you the
experience and convenience of taking a trip by bus, while sharing it with a group of
your friends.
There are chapters in his book that reveal the tragic loss of his son, Kenneth, in an
automobile accident and both his youngest daughter, Marcia, and his wife, Linda to
breast cancer.
These are stories he has always wanted to tell and now, after twenty-eight years, he
has put some of them together. All the stories in this book are true and told in the
author’s own words. All pictures used in this book belong to the author or used with
permission as noted. Any errors or emissions are the sole responsibility of the author.
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