Mike Jones

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Residing In	Decatur, GA USA

Occupation	Retired from Monthly Most Magazine :-)00

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A proud stockholder of Coca-Cola...first share (1) given by Bill and Carolyn Self, this native Atlantan stays busy doing odd jobs. His business card states A MAN FOR ALL REASONS...well, ok, Some Reasons. Accomplishments?: Earned a real estate license in Florida...traveled for 2 years, 26,270 miles, 34 states, in a 9-year-old Chevy Nova...Associate Editor of state Baptist weekly…Associate VP at a small Baptist college, and oh, yes, the undefeated head football coach of a program which, incidentally, didn’t have an actual team. Baptist Monk, Philosopher, and Brother to Marie and Eleanor of Brown High, and Jimmy (SW, Class of 1962). Future Goals: To be asked to deliver a Commencement Address, and to die in my sleep. Go ‘Noles!

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* I introduced an all-girl band lip-singing the Beatles' "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" number at a school talent show during the 8th grade (1962-63)
* I became mildly famous by writing plays, commercials included, in Ms. Baggett's English class (8th grade). At least, she was a fan.
* Alan Laxon and I paired up to collect monies in surrounding neighborhoods for the Empty Stocking Fund; we got number one and two in totals (...Alan got a LITTLE more cash and A LOT more recognition from ROTC officers; while I got stuck with automobile expenses. Alan, you owe me.)
* I liked being the teacher's pet for most classes, but I often got in trouble by passing notes to Judy Lyon in my 11th(?) grade history class.
* I have a vague memory of Terri Robertson and her flavored lipsticks.
* In driver's education class, we met at 6:30am to drive around in brand new 1965 Chevy Impalas. My instructor once had his arm up into the open window as I was driving and said, "branches on the side of the road are hitting my arm." I remember telling him to take his arm out of the window.
* I won a train trip to national Junior Achievement Conference in Indiana. Cincinnati attendees offered to make me an honorary citizen by kissing me. I accepted.
* I circulated 59 issues of The Monthly Most Magazine during my high school years. Connie Barrett was named Miss Monthly Most for our senior year; Jeannie Hester was first runner-up. The court included Sharon McEver, Sandy Gill, and Lynn Lavender. Others, too, got 25-cent scholarships awarded like Elizabeth Cleland (who still has her certificate!). One of the school counselors was going to announce the award to Connie at school's Annual Honors Day, but she got sick...and the other counselor did not pick up the slack. :-/

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NOBODY in the Southwest High alumni group deserves a Birthday shout-out than you (well, except maybe Jeannie Hester Schweck) because you ALWAYS send greetings to all of us on OUR birthdays! :-) Happy New Year!, Elizabeth

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DAVID -- Time to celebrate another year! You and Mary behave out there in Arizona.

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There aren't enough words to describe how much we all appreciate you...in high school and in our "mature years." :-) Glad you and Greg are doing so well. -- Mike

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Welcome to the gang!, Jim

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Hello!, David. Hope all is well out West…are you burning up?…or thirsty? Happy Birthday — Tell Mary hello!

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Jun 24, 2023 at 8:55 PM

Happy New Year!, Donna. At the reunion, you mentioned you might be headed back to Atlanta. Did that ever happen? Here is birthday poetry written JUST FOR YOU. :-)

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Jun 23, 2023 at 10:20 PM

I went through Rome today and fellow classmate Anne Dowman Tate treated me to lunch…3 kinds of sandwiches, salad/slaw, Ruffles chips, and chocolate marble ice cream. Barnaby the dog provided the entertainment...the cat?...Not so much. We had a blast talking about the rest of you! Ha!

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Every summer, we remember the Summer of 1967. For me, I left all our fun and went to work taking funeral notices for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and attending Georgia State College (University in 1969) downtown.

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Happy Birthday, Greg. You and Jean are quite a pair. Enjoy another new year together.

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Birthday poetry for you, Ron...

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Ran across an article I put in THE MONTHLY MOST about Steve Baldwin and Clark Hill concocting a scheme of a funeral for an edition of THE HOWL. As Sports Editor, Steve was working on an article on obituaries of sport greats. I know as a part of the Youth Choir at Beecher Hills Baptist, we enjoyed our parody acting debuts.

SW alums, enjoy your week!

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Booksellers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico announce that the COMBINED SALES of Prince Henry's SPARE and Mike E. Jones' LAWS of LIFE book have exceeded 1.43 million copies. Congrats to both. ?? BOTH BOOKS can be found on Amazon under title or author's names. Happy New Year!, classmates.

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For the new year, Elizabeth Cleland Pass came down from Nova Scotia to visit us in Jaw-ja. :-)
Greetings, class Pictures include Elizabeth, her husband Doug, and me (Mike Jones). The last photo is Elizabeth holding my book (available on Amazon, Hint-Hint) which features the photograph I took of her backyard garden in 2013.

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Sep 05, 2022 at 9:40 AM

Happy Ninth Grade, Class of 1967

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Associate Editor of The Christian Index (1978-80)