Lawrence Russell:
CLASS OF 1965
Wakefield High SchoolClass of 1965
Arlington, VA
Marion High SchoolClass of 1965
Marion, IL
Gunston Middle SchoolClass of 1962
Arlington, VA
Fort Myer Elementary SchoolClass of 1959
Arlington, VA
Lawrence's Story
I joined Classmates.com Sunday May 17, 2009 for "free" then went gold May 20th. Wow, so many of you were already here ahead of me! Thank you! I have already found one classmate making the complete trip from Ft Meyer Elementary thru Wakefield HS '65! I grin with excitement!
Anyway, PLEASE SHOUT A HELLO, please sign my guest book, please leave a bulletin how you are doing and please give a "Friends request" right now before you forget - then come back and read some more. I will accept of course, we went to school together and are already friends a long time - let's reconnect!
Meanwhile I will be updating my page every few days, visiting yours, and catching up . . .
June 2009 I am hoping to get up some pictures & bulletin you guys. I will be so busy but have good intentions to try . . .
Now
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Married with three children, Huntington Beach, Ca. Weather is ridiculous good year round as is year-round surfing, outdoor basketball, softball. It is endless summer here.
More to come . . .
Work
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Own my own business since Nov 1980 with a tax preparation division, mortgage division, real estate sales division, and insurance division. We added a stock brokerage several years ago which is the most interesting. Currently we are moving our clients from variable to fixed mortgages in anticipation of "Jimmy Carter" inflation and interest rates likely to follow deficit bailout spending. We are politically neutral. My wife Kristina (Heady) Russell is also my business partner, best friend, mother of our three children.
We service clients throughout the US and overseas, most are in So. Ca.
Professional licensing include:
Lawrence G Russell: Certified Public Accountant, Enrolled Agent enrolled to practice before the IRS, Ca. Life Agent for insurance, Series 7 Registered Representative, Series 24 Registered Principal, Series 65 Investment Advisor Representative.
Kristina H Russell: Enrolled Agent enrolled to practice before the IRS, Ca. Life Agent for insurnace, Series 7 Registered Representative, Series 65 Investment Advisor Representative, Licensed Real Estate Agent, Licensed Loan Officer, CFP Certified Financial Planner.
After Highschool?
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Wakefield High School
Arilington, VA
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I loved sports and ran track & cross country. This time I have the yearbooks!
64-5 12th
63-4 11th
Very memorable teachers were Mrs Hoy Math and Ms Roberta Russell (now Ponis) English. My mo...Expand for more
st wonderful friend here was Jane Quinnelly (65 yearbook p61 & 214) & now a lifelong friend living in Anaheim CA just down from Disneyland and 15 minutes from our home.
Still adding to this . . .
Marion High School
Marion, IL
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Loved to run and was on track team.
62-3 10th
61-2 9th
Best friend and terrific athlete was Harold (Bud) Glick. I found Harold's CM Profile just after he "quit" CM! But I will find him somehow and you will see him as my CM friend soon.
We rode our bikes to view the construction of the Marion Federal Prison.
Still adding to this . . .
Gunston Middle School
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I was on the track team and loved to run! I have no yearbook or pictures, I really hope someone posts a yearbook please?
61-2 9th Would have graduated this year but I was at Marion HS instead.
60-1 8th and then during summer
61 we left for Marion IL
59-60 7th
Ft Myer Elementary
Arlington, VA
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My teachers from memory (I have no pics or yearbooks.) Remember these?
58-9 6th Mrs Tillery after Mrs Witter left to care for her husband, heart
attack.
57-8 5th Mrs Collins
- Other 5th was Mrs Gefferich
56-7 4th Mrs Snee
55-6 3rd Mrs Loben
54-5 2nd Mrs Griffin
Principal Mr Williams
Secty Mrs Pickeral <-- I really liked her.
Custodian Mr Branch
My best friend here was Bruce Coe and we are still in touch and still great friends. I just reconnected on CM with Marion Watson (MacCaugeren) and can't stop smiling, we are catching up. Friends I might find some day are Billy McKensie last seen WF HS graduation day 65, Larry Andrews last seen Geo Mason College '66, Michael & Jeff Tate, Norman Gray killed in VN whom I still miss greatly, Joseph, Max, Juanita, & Sylvia Terrian, Martin Zirkle, Greg Philbrick so many more.
Living on South Post Ft Myer was magical to me. It was safe, families with children in each quarters (home), playmates outside everyday, and always something to do. We lived at 171 and 271 Florida Hall and Quarters 210. In elementary school I worked: Set pins SP Bowling Alley, bagged groceries at commissary SP and also NP, swept SP barbershop, and sold Army/Navy Times in tunnel to Pentagon. Bruce Coe and I collected pop bottles for the 5cent redemption. Yankees little league first baseman. The Greenroom, SP NCO Club, Teen Club, SP Gym (shooting range was in basement where I was taught by military marksmen), Sunday School, and the SP Chapel - I was in the choir.
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