Randy King

HHere I will talk about the High School Years.

• 1969 - 1971  I was a typical High Schooler for the most part.  I was a bandmember since mid-school and continued in HS.  I also continued by favorite sport of tennis while in HS.  My claim to fame was once playing John Lucas (Former Pro Basketball player) while in pre-high school.  I won a few games but the match was pretty much his.  This was before the HS even had a tennis team and the team I played on was a County Team John Eggelston started.  I went on to letter in Tennis and tried wrestling for a while until I got hurt when another player picked me up and dropped me on my neck/back!  The doctor said no more wrestling.
  
• I had some really good teachers in HS and made friends with most of them - some I can recall just like it was yesterday - Mrs. Brown, still goes to my church, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Giles, Mr. Cannon, Ms. Nichols, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Puryear, Mr. Gadison.  I wasn't a straight A student but I did make the B honor roll several times.  Most of the science and math came easy, I had to work at history and geography - Latin helped me in English as well as Mrs. Brown.
  
• After HS, it was 1971 and the Vietnam war was still going on, so I enrolled at PCC in electronics - my lifetime passion.  My draft lottery number was drawn and I missed the top ten by one, so this meant it was eminent that I would visit Uncle Sam in one way or another so I joined the National Guard.  I didn't have much time to go to PCC because they ask (ordered) me to report to Fort Dix New Jersey on Dec. 26, 1971.  So the day after Christmas, I was boarding a bus in Danville headed for the coldest, unforgiving place I have ever been.  18 hours later I arrived at Fort Dix, N.J.  Nine weeks later I left headed for Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland.  This is where I received training in welding and metallurgy.  It was something I would continue to use the rest of my working life and continues today.  Six years later, I would leave the NCNG as a Spec. 5 and unit leader.

Vince Yarboro, Frank Shotwell, me and Glen Ragan.

Glen and Vince both left us at early ages - "Big-un" (Vince) was a good friend and Glen was a co-worker at CP&L.

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