Vernon, after returning home from serving in the army of occupation in WWI, Married Laura Putnam, and worked at a variety of jobs in Joplin including the Eagle Pincher Company as the lead smelter and in 1929, started to work for the Illinois Bridge Company as an Iron Worker constructing bridges in Illinois. As the depression worsened, the highway department lacked the tax funds to continue highway and bridge construction. Without work, Vernon and his family moved back to Missouri to a farm in west central Missouri and then back to the Joplin area in 1933. He farmed some and then became involved in house construction with several contractors. He worked as a carpenter in the construction of Ft. Leonard Wood at the beginning of WW II. He then returned to Joplin, working for contractors as job Superintendant for a number of years and then became Secretary of the Carpenters Union serving in that capacity until his retirement. After he retired, he continued to be active teaching an apprentice for carpenters for several more years.
Vernon, after returning home from serving in the army of occupation in WWI, Married Laura Putnam, and worked at a variety of jobs in Joplin including the Eagle Pincher Company as the lead smelter and in 1929, started to work for the Illinois Bridge Company as an Iron Worker constructing bridges in Illinois. As the depression worsened, the highway department lacked the tax funds to continue highway and bridge construction. Without work, Vernon and his family moved back to Missouri to a farm in west central Missouri and then back to the Joplin area in 1933. He farmed some and then became involved in house construction with several contractors. He worked as a carpenter in the construction of Ft. Leonard Wood at the beginning of WW II. He then returned to Joplin, working for contractors as job Superintendant for a number of years and then became Secretary of the Carpenters Union serving in that capacity until his retirement. After he retired, he continued to be active teaching an apprentice for carpenters for several more years.
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