David McCoy:  

Hello classmates, I browsed through this website and saw a lot of names that brought back fond memories from about 40 years ago. Some of you completed the question and answer portion of this website, but most of you didn't. After reading through the questions I see why! I found them to be too generic and not nearly personal enough. I thought I would try the other option - tell my story. Here it goes. The last time I saw most of you was our senior year at LHS when I was set to go to Penn State. In May of my senior year I got cold feet about going to such a large school. I contacted Catawba College, located in Salisbury NC, and made arrangements to attend college there. I took a Trailways bus to Catawba and saw the campus for the first time when I arrived as a freshman. Catawba is a small, private, liberal arts college. Some prior LHS students attended Catawba, ie Ed Koontz, Gene Appler, Randy Zepp, Bruce Crouse, Ronnie Crouse and others. I learned about Catawba from our classmate, and my good friend, Rich Appler. I'm sure you're familiar with Rich's unfortunate death many years ago. My undergraduate years were fairly uneventful. My draft lottery number was 333, so I didn't need to worry about the draft. A few friends and I did some some skydiving. We quit after one guy broke a leg and another guy nearly bit through his tongue when he landed. My degree was in Business Administration. I married Janet soon after graduation, in September, 1972. She is from New Jersey. We met at Catawba. Since she had just completed her sophomore year when we were married, I ...Expand for more