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I met her, and I was assigned a job of collecting some funds from everybody there. I survived the week, and I went to the, I think, the next, next with Roland, but I don’t remember. Read More

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Yeah, the first, right?… Read More

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Anyway, it was- That sounds to me, maybe that was Chicago. Read More

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Is that Chicago?… Read More

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Oh, yes. Roland took me to a couple of annual meetings of zoo directors. Zoo directors had annual meetings. The leading person in charge of each zoo attended most of these meetings. And I went to several. The first one I went to was in Chicago. I guess probably…… Read More

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Connie, can you remember where I went the first time?… Read More

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The first time, first zoo conference with Roland. First conference. I went instead of Roland. Instead of Roland. Oh, God. Read More

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At Fort Worth?… Read More

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Yeah. (laughs) Well, let me ask a follow up on the Catskills. Read More

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Did Roland Lindemann ever give you any advice that you used later in later life?… Read More

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Roland said, “By the way, you don’t have to get rid of your job by September 1st. You could stay on a little longer if you’d like.” And I said, “No, we’ve already made our arrangements to move to Florida. Our children are already enrolled in school in Florida, but… Read More

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Think of a name that you’d like to be.” (chuckles) And Heinz did. I’ve forgotten what his title was. But he was not happy there. They fit in very well. They really filled the title of assistant director. This was around Christmastime of that year. That spring, my duties were… Read More

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I would report to the basement of the administrative building, and put together the groups of gift shops. And there were a group of gift shops in the entire park. I would put together the number of photographs that they needed to refill their stock. Along about July, he called… Read More

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I rode down in a truck to bring their airborne furniture and so on. I was introduced to Heinz Heck as the assistant director, and his eyebrows went up. He didn’t say anything. And later when we became friends, he explained to me, “You were introduced as assistant director. Are… Read More

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You were assistant director?… Read More

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Yeah, I was assistant director. Eventually, Heinz Heck came in from Munich, where he had been also assistant director. Heinz’s younger brother was immediately appointed assistant director, as I recall, in Munich when Heinz left to come to Catskill. He had been hired two years before he actually came over. Read More

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How did that come about?… Read More

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Well, from running the feed wagon, I eventually, became his assistant. And the second year I was there, an imported person came in, Heinz Heck. Heinz was the son of the previous director of the Berlin Zoo. He came in from working in the, the, I’m sorry. Read More

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Roland, was he hands on? Was he there a lot?… Read More

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He was there a lot. He knew his animals well, very well. We had a problem with kangaroos having mouth problems, and, gradually, he got them changed in diet and got them eating a much better diet, and solved the mouth infections. Read More