Paul Auburn:  

After Goodall and Hixson, I lasted about 6 weeks at Webster High School. By then I was already working 50-60 hours a week to feed my car. Anyone remember that 66' Mustang of mine, well that Mustang was a big mistake because in 71' I was drafted into the Army and spent 3 years in Germany in a combat MOS. As a trained soldier, I served as a tank gunner on an M-60 A-1 tank. That¿s where I also graduated from high school, Nuremberg High School. Honorably discharged in 1975 I returned to Webster for a short period before I enrolled in a community college, 1977, in Belleville, Illinois were I graduated with an Associate¿s degree in Arts & Science in 1983. In 1981, I enrolled in SIU-E and attended night classes before quitting in my senior year in 1984 which I attribute partly to mental stress brought on by the tragic deaths of my two little brothers Freddie and Stacy. I married the only woman in my life, Helen Constantine in 1977. I meet Helen at a Cardinals baseball game in 1968 and we reunited in 1977 when we found each other while attending college. Helen and I lived in Cahokia, Illinois for 25 years ...Expand for more