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             for me to employ                                                         trying to imagine how bad my
             our four children in                                                     life could have been without
             the business while                                                       the influence of my father, my
             they were in college                                                     wonderful wife, Peggy, and my
             needing the income.                                                      Lord, as I have come to know
                                                                                      Him through the Bible and
             At the time I was                                                        His church. Lucky me (so far).
             growing up, nearly                                                       Maybe, the more you live His
             all my contacts were                                                     teachings, the luckier you get.
             honest, God-fearing
             people who generally
             lived good lives.
             Although I started                                                         Ed. Note: Sadly, the world
             the first eleven years             striving for integrity is so much       lost Harry Mayes on June 17,
             as “Harry the Hooligan”, I have    more enjoyable, satisfying, and         2022, the same day this story
             been surrounded the rest of my     richly rewarding than the early         was submitted.
             life by good people, intentionally.   years of always being the bad guy
             It is so obvious that living a life   in trouble. It would not be worth

















































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