Lawrence Cox:  

Life After leaving High School,I joined the Navy. I went to the Naval Training Center I Great Lakes, Il. where I learned the air conditioning and refrigeration trade. I was then assigned to a troop transport ship, the USS Gen. Wm. Mitchell, on which I made 21 West Pac. cruises (about 250,000 miles). I left that ship in 1965 and was asssigned to the USS Henery B. Wilson DDG7, a guided missle destroyer. On the Wilson, I saw duty in Viet Nam. I left active duty in 1966 and joined the active reserve. I hired in with Pacific Telephone in 1967 as an Air Conditioning Mechanic. I was promoted to management (a big mistake) in 1975. After the break-up of the Bell System (you remember that, the world's greatest telephone company) I suffered severe heart problems, mostly related to stress, and took an early retirement in 1988. I met my wife, Bonnie, at the Telephone Company. At this writing, we've been married 28 years. We have 2 wonderfull sons. I now own a Disc Jockey Company, which I love. I plan on full retirement at 62. Bonnie and I love to go on cruises. I also love off-roading, and go as often as I can. My parents sold their house on Cloyden Road, just up from the High School in 1971, and moved to Waldport, Oregon, where they enjoyed fishing and retirement until my dad died in 1999. My mom is still up there in a rest home(she refuses to leave). All in all, I've had a great ...Expand for more