On this edition of Valley Writers Read, James Varner shares some personal anecdotes of growing up in the Bakersfield area with "Memories of Growing Up With Friends".
James Varner's "Memories of Growing Up With Friends" on Valley Writers Read
Franz Weinschenk, his parents and his older brother Fritz were indeed lucky to get out of Germany just before World War II. For a while they lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Madera, CA. He graduated from Madera High and Fresno State. From 1948 to 1952 he taught at Edison High School in Fresno after which he was drafted and served in the US Army for two years.