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World War II and Jack Eggleston joined the Marines at age 17,
just as the war was ending. He later served as Streets Commissioner
in Cedar Rapids in the early 1960s.
Don Fitzpatrick was Assistant Vice President and office manager
for the company.
Times have changed since the labor-intensive work that Rick recalls
when starting with the company as a high school junior.
“My first job was throwing a pile of dirt into a dump truck with a
shovel,” he vividly recalls.
The work still involves physical labor, but is more efficient, so it
can be done with fewer workers. Still, several employees made
a career with E & F. Bob Knake was one of the first employees,
who was with the company from its inception. “He was a very
valuable employee for over 30 years,” Rick said.
So many good people
we have worked with.
Long-time employees,
Marilyn Mittan and
Tom Meyer
Others, such as
Harvey Hop, were
teachers who
worked summers
with the company,
and many people to this day tell his father, now living in Hiawatha,
that they were able to pay their way through college by working for
the paving company.
Those workers have gone on to become lawyers, doctors, teachers
and more, Rick said. The company’s relationship with developers
and others in the city has been equally exceptional, he added.
“There are so many good people we have worked with,” he said.
While it’s impossible to calculate how many jobs the company has
completed in the past 50 years, Rick said more than 1.5 million cubic
yards of concrete has been poured since E & F began, growing
from 4,000 cubic yards annually to more than 50,000 per year.
While some of the technology has changed and the land around
the company’s office in southwest Cedar Rapids has developed
dramatically from 1970, when they first moved to the site, they are
proud that their name has carried on.
Congratulations
on 50 years in
business!
We appreciate your
loyalty and trust
throughout the
years.
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