Dr. Lawrence Morrell:  

Life I actually attended Fountain High School (yes...this was before it became Fountain-Ft. Carson High School) for my Senior year, 1951-52. The school was located on Main Street just about 2 blocks south of Martin's Drug Store (which may no longer exist). There were still wooden sidewalks and horse rails. The street was dirt that provided many excellent mud puddles for splashing those on the sidewalks. I got my first traffic ticket for driving on the wrong side of the street (in Fountain??) and hitting a mud puddle to splash a couple of my friends..... When I left Fountain to join the Marines, I never moved back. We had a farm c. 3.5 miles north of Fountain off old 85-87 highway...just past the railroad embankment. There was no Security or Widefield at that time. I came home on leave in 1955 and discovered a huge red arrow buried in the dirt which is now the main entrance to Security. The town of Security was underway. After the Marines, I spent more time with Olson Plumbing Co in Colo Sprgs as an apprentice plumber...a job I had before joining the Corps. I moved to CA in August, 1958, and started undergraduate school at California Baptist College in Riverside, CA. (Which is now a University). From there on to Golden Gate Seminary for 1.5 years...finished my tour as a Pastor in 1965 serving as an interim pastor for the Lemon Heights Baptist Church. I decided to leave the ministry after I threatened to kick ass and take names of a couple of deacons who were causing trouble. After I left seminary, I got a job teaching in the Ocean View School District, Huntington Beach, CA...where I stayed for several years until I left teaching and went into private practice as a shrink. I shrunk (or expanded) heads until 1987 when I retired from that venture and moved to Albuquerque, NM., where I now reside. In the Albuquerque area (Rio Rancho), I ran a Marine JROTC program for 9 years, retired from th...Expand for more