![]() ![]() Unlike Smith, Harven is a long time troublemaker who is kicked out of the service for repeatedly not obeying orders, and believes the end of the civilized world would take place on Mawhen all nine planets of the solar system would align on the same side of the Sun in a cataclysmic alignment called The Jupiter Effect. Long days outside keeping things green the pair bond over their love of camping, guns, music, pot, and the common experiences of serving in the Army, failed romances, and disdain for the police. ![]() The two meet working for the city of Cypress in 1973 (before he leaves for a similar job in 1976 with the city of Fountain Valley), maintaining the city's parks and the grounds of its municipal buildings. Back home in Orange County, in 1973 he becomes involved in the New Testament beliefs of Pastor Chuck Smith's Calvary Chapel, participates in a Newport Beach group baptism at the town's Pirate's Cove, and fueled by a weed habit he has learned to love in the service, soon begins planning for the return of Jesus Christ and the end of time.Īssisting Smith in his plans is another young adult from the Anaheim area of Orange County two years older than Smith, Christopher Gregory Harven. While overseas, he also becomes a teenage divorcee when his wife finds a boyfriend. After graduating from high school, the youngster gets married to his 17-year-old girlfriend, joins the Army, gets shipped off to Germany for two years where he trains as an artilleryman in the use of tactical battlefield nuclear weapons. Kennedy High School, the well liked Smith will be a star and four-year letterman on the school's championship tennis team, become a member of the chess club, sing in the choir, and serve as editor of the school newspaper. Transplanted to Buena Park, California from Casper, Wyoming in 1956 when he is four-years-old, George Wayne Smith will grow up as the oldest son of a former Anglo-American police officer and his Japanese wife, in a region known for it's Christian conservative values, and it's famous twin tourist traps, Disneyland and Knotts' Berry Farm. ![]()
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