Dale Downs has worked hard to help build Port-A-Jon Inc., a portable restroom operation serving areas in Texas and Louisiana. Now 78 years young, he has been with the company for 13 years, after retiring for the first time — at age 65 — from ranching in 2001. And now he faces his second retirement — from the portable toilet industry.Owned and operated by John and Gloria Harper and family, Port-A-Jon operates 30 portable restroom service trucks, serving primarily industrial customers in an area called the ArkLaTex.In a press release from the company, Harper called Downs an “exemplary leader.” The company
78-Year-Old Portable Restroom Operator Retires
Retiree has seen many changes during his time in the portable sanitation industry: “We’re modern now.”
Jun 04, 2014
| by Briana Jones |
