Paul Adams:  

As I write this I look back on all that has happened in my life and all the wonderful friends I have made. After moving from Alexandria, I completed my Senior year in Macon, GA. I met some nice people but as you can imagine it is hard when you are the new kid on the block. However, moving did offer some advantages, I got to play football for my new school, which was quite different from Alexandria. An away game would be an all day event as we had to travel in some cases over a hundred miles to play another school of our size. Plus in most cases we would play our games in college stadiums. In addition, my new school had an ROTC program, which helped me in my time in the Army. After graduation, I attended Mercer University and later transferred to Georgia State University to study Marketing, which led to a job with Macy's Department Store. As with most of us guys, of that time, we got called by Uncle Sam, so I spent my time in the Army. It was a great learning experience and lucky for me, I got to see a lot of Europe, instead of other parts of the world. After my return from the Army, I spent part of my career in Sales and Marketing for different retail companies opening and managing new stores. After moving to Chicago, in the late '70s I went into office equipment sales where I have since been the National Sales Manager for the old AB Dick Company and later for Standard Duplicating. In the mid '90s I start...Expand for more