WELCOME TO JIM VOSSEN'S SPACE
 

Hi, Jim Vossen here. For a long time I have been putting off writing about my life. Oh, I've started here and there trying to write my life's story and for some reason or another I've gotten interrupted, but I'm hoping that this is the beginning of "The Story of Jim Vossen".

 I have decided to write my story in different chapters. I will probably write and complete most chapters not-in-order of my life's story. I will try my best to be as accurate as I possibly can. In most cases I will use real names.

 I will be writing about where I was born and raised, my parents and my sister, the schools I went to, my pre-grammar school days, my grammar school days, my junior high school days, my high school days, my businesses, my jobs, my first marriage, my children, my fights with the law, my fights with government agencies, my early days of radio and television, my present days of radio and television and of course my current life with my wife Mary Lou Tedder Vossen.

 "The Story of Jim Vossen"

THE BEGINNING

I was born on December 30^th, 1949 at Children's Hospital in San Francisco. My parents were Arthur and Virginia Vossen. I lived at 2307 29th Avenue in San Francisco until July 1970 when I married Carol Lee Stahl of 44th Avenue. I was 20 and she was 17.

DANCING SCHOOL

It's hard to remember my experiences from ages 1 to 3, but I can remember being in the Anderson Sisters School of dance on 6th Avenue and Clement in San Francisco. I can remember, thanks to some old photos, my being a frog and being a clown and dressing up as Mighty Mouse and coming out on stage and singing, "Here I come to save the day". When I was about 5 and 6 I came out on the stage, dressed up as a cowboy, and sang "Happy Trails to You". When I was about 7 and 8 I came out on the stage with a cute blonde curly- haired girl named Diane and we sang a duet song called "Give Me a Little Kiss".

LAWTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

In 1955, at the age of 5, I entered kindergarten at Lawton Grammar School located at 31st avenue and Lawton. That's when I met Don Buckter, Penny Scott, Aldo Parenti and quite a few other kids, who would continue on with me through the 6th grade and onto  Giannini Junior High in 1962.

GIANNINI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL