Excerpt from John Christopher Kern's 1945 Biography:
"Olen Albert Kern was the sixth boy. After graduating from school, he started work on Mare Island as an apprentice machinist. He worked two years and then heard stories about high wages in the Texas oil fields. So he and a boy chum boarded the train for Texas, where they found hot air, so they went on down to Huston where his Uncle Bert Norris was living. His Uncle Bert was a conductor on the electric railroad, so Olen landed a job with that company and worked for awhile. Then he quit, and hbe and his chum went to Flint, Michigan and landed jobs with the Buick Company in Flint. Olen continued in that employ through that season, then returned to California and hearing that the Baileys had moved to Delhi in Merced County, he moved there. He obtained work with the State Land Settlement running a state truck. But by the next year the pipes were hauled and the work done. He worked a few odd jobs and then moved to Los Angeles dwhere he secured a job with the Los Angeles Railroad Company. Olen worked there as a brake adjuster for five or six years. Then he quit that job and after spending one summer in Delhi, landed a job with the Oakland Street Railway where he worked for one year.
Then he received a call from the Mare Island Navy Yard where he started to learn the machinist trade. Olen advanced step by step until he received first class rating. He was then appointed Snapper on a ship , which he continued to hold.
Olen acquired property in Vallejo and lived on Louisiana Street with his wife, Bernice Martin of Turlock in Stanislaus County. They had one daughter, Beverly."
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"Olen Albert Kern was the sixth boy. After graduating from school, he started work on Mare Island as an apprentice machinist. He worked two years and then heard stories about high wages in the Texas oil fields. So he and a boy chum boarded the train for Texas, where they found hot air, so they went on down to Huston where his Uncle Bert Norris was living. His Uncle Bert was a conductor on the electric railroad, so Olen landed a job with that company and worked for awhile. Then he quit, and hbe and his chum went to Flint, Michigan and landed jobs with the Buick Company in Flint. Olen continued in that employ through that season, then returned to California and hearing that the Baileys had moved to Delhi in Merced County, he moved there. He obtained work with the State Land Settlement running a state truck. But by the next year the pipes were hauled and the work done. He worked a few odd jobs and then moved to Los Angeles dwhere he secured a job with the Los Angeles Railroad Company. Olen worked there as a brake adjuster for five or six years. Then he quit that job and after spending one summer in Delhi, landed a job with the Oakland Street Railway where he worked for one year.
Then he received a call from the Mare Island Navy Yard where he started to learn the machinist trade. Olen advanced step by step until he received first class rating. He was then appointed Snapper on a ship , which he continued to hold.
Olen acquired property in Vallejo and lived on Louisiana Street with his wife, Bernice Martin of Turlock in Stanislaus County. They had one daughter, Beverly."
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Excerpt from John Christopher Kern's 1945 Biography:
"Olen Albert Kern was the sixth boy. After graduating from school, he started work on Mare Island as an apprentice machinist. He worked two years and then heard stories about high wages in the Texas oil fields. So he and a boy chum boarded the train for Texas, where they found hot air, so they went on down to Huston where his Uncle Bert Norris was living. His Uncle Bert was a conductor on the electric railroad, so Olen landed a job with that company and worked for awhile. Then he quit, and hbe and his chum went to Flint, Michigan and landed jobs with the Buick Company in Flint. Olen continued in that employ through that season, then returned to California and hearing that the Baileys had moved to Delhi in Merced County, he moved there. He obtained work with the State Land Settlement running a state truck. But by the next year the pipes were hauled and the work done. He worked a few odd jobs and then moved to Los Angeles dwhere he secured a job with the Los Angeles Railroad Company. Olen worked there as a brake adjuster for five or six years. Then he quit that job and after spending one summer in Delhi, landed a job with the Oakland Street Railway where he worked for one year.
Then he received a call from the Mare Island Navy Yard where he started to learn the machinist trade. Olen advanced step by step until he received first class rating. He was then appointed Snapper on a ship , which he continued to hold.
Olen acquired property in Vallejo and lived on Louisiana Street with his wife, Bernice Martin of Turlock in Stanislaus County. They had one daughter, Beverly."
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"Olen Albert Kern was the sixth boy. After graduating from school, he started work on Mare Island as an apprentice machinist. He worked two years and then heard stories about high wages in the Texas oil fields. So he and a boy chum boarded the train for Texas, where they found hot air, so they went on down to Huston where his Uncle Bert Norris was living. His Uncle Bert was a conductor on the electric railroad, so Olen landed a job with that company and worked for awhile. Then he quit, and hbe and his chum went to Flint, Michigan and landed jobs with the Buick Company in Flint. Olen continued in that employ through that season, then returned to California and hearing that the Baileys had moved to Delhi in Merced County, he moved there. He obtained work with the State Land Settlement running a state truck. But by the next year the pipes were hauled and the work done. He worked a few odd jobs and then moved to Los Angeles dwhere he secured a job with the Los Angeles Railroad Company. Olen worked there as a brake adjuster for five or six years. Then he quit that job and after spending one summer in Delhi, landed a job with the Oakland Street Railway where he worked for one year.
Then he received a call from the Mare Island Navy Yard where he started to learn the machinist trade. Olen advanced step by step until he received first class rating. He was then appointed Snapper on a ship , which he continued to hold.
Olen acquired property in Vallejo and lived on Louisiana Street with his wife, Bernice Martin of Turlock in Stanislaus County. They had one daughter, Beverly."
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