David Brown:
CLASS OF 1969
McClenaghan High SchoolClass of 1969
Florence, SC
David's Story
In my last year of school I was the doorman at the old Capri theater. I remember seeing most of my friends come to the movies while I opened the door. lol Soon after graduation, I left Florence and went to Charleston and received an associate degree in electronics. While going to classes, I worked as an orderly, water tank cleaner and finally a railroad engineer.
I am retired and have three children, one still at home. I enjoy camping and photography and meeting new people.
My oldest daughter is a cancer survivor. Two years ago on Christmas Eve at MUSC I was holding my daughter's hand as she was being wheeled to the operating room. She asked one thing of me and that was that when she woke up, could Santa Clause be there? I told her yes. I then dressed as Santa for 13 hours while she was on the table. For one whole day I was Santa Clause at MUSC. I oper...Expand for more
ated the elevator and visited pediatrics and talked to the children as well as the elderly in various rooms. Of course I was there when my daughter awoke. She is so far cancer free and I was Santa to hundreds of patients. What a day!!
I had two great jobs during my school years. I worked at Hardee's on Coit St. I also was the doorman and projectionist at the Capri theater.Both jobs allowed me to see most of my classmates with their best girl or guy. I saw most of you dressed to the nine's and smiling. I will never forget those days.
Little know thing. Remember reindeer lane and the Christmas decorations? I worked with the guy that designed and built all of that. I guess it was part of me wanting to be Santa. I was blessed with helping take care of all the reindeer and snow machine (it was done with mirrors). Many a happy child left there with a smile.
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