William M. Sanderlin, Layton, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, 27 June 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 457

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WILLI MM. DERLI 27 Jun 2002 WS: Well then I put my application in and went back to work for N rth Am rican Aviation who I'd worked for before the war. And that didn't last v ry long b cau th ir contracts were all just about gone. But her and I both worked there- my wife and I both worked at North American. WE: When did you get married? WS: I got married in August of nineteen-forty-six. WE: So you'd been out in the area a year and a half? WS: Probably about a year, a year and a half, something like that. WE: You both worked at North American. And then North American- WS: Lee! That's enough! [Editor 's note: this is in response to a barking dog.] WE: Okay, North American lost its defense contract, so they didn't need as many people, so they laid you off, right? And then what did you do? WS: Hmm. Oh, I guess that's when I had the friend that was a carpenter building houses, and he offered to get me into the union. So, I did. [unclear] I didn't work any apprenticeship at all. I went right to work in a full partner's pay, and I stayed that way about six years, I guess. And off and on, close to twenty years. But steady at least six years, then maybe nothing for a while, and then go back to it and then something else, then nothing. But that was off and on for ... Oh, I paid my union dues for about twenty years. WE: You were able to work as a carpenter as long as there was work available. WS: See this house here? I drew my own plans and did every bit of it. I drove every nail to be driven, I put every piece of drywall up that's up, I did it all myself. WE: Wow. 30