Jay M. Bailey's responses to the questionnaire:
Uploaded in 2005.
1. Current name you go by.
Jay M Bailey
2. If you are a female, please include your maiden name while in school.
N/A
3. Did you have a nickname in high school and if so what was it?
Be-Bop and sometimes Beetle
4. Your email address. If you have more than one, give only the one you
want to be published online. The email address page is protected by
a password gate. Please only include one email address.
jmbailey at consolidated.net
5. Where do you live? City or State please
Conroe, Texas
6. Your occupation or if you are retired, what was your occupation?
When I retired the first time, at 62 I as Marketing Manager for BFI.
The second time I retired at 65 I was a part owner of a cabana rental
and service company called “Rest Stop Portable toilets, Inc” I also
served as a city councilman for 10 years
7. If you are retired, what are you doing now?
Sailing a Catalina 25 on Lake Conroe
8. Your hobbies and/or pastimes.
Sailing, gardening, working on “Classic Cars” and a little golf
9. How many children do you have and where do they live?
2 boys, one 34 living in Houston and one 23 living in Conroe
10. How many grandchildren do you have?
None
11. Did you hold an office while in high school, participate
in sports, the band, the Hussars, etc.?
Nope Well I was in the Rifle Club 57-58
12. What were your aspirations when you were in high school?
Graduate from Lamar, get a good job, fall in love, get married,
and live happily ever after.
13. Did you accomplish most of the goals you set for yourself
back then or did you alter your direction?
I ran out of money for the college goal, but obtained the rest
of my goals
14. What was your favorite song during your high school days?
Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent (go figure!)
15. What was your favorite movie back then?
That’s a tough one!....The Bridge over The River Kwai is the
first one that comes to mind
16. What were your favorite hangouts? i.e. The Beehive, the
movies, the drive in, Pleasure Pier, etc.
The Pleasure Pier, Making the drag, Skip’s Drive-in
17. Do you have photos of any of these events?
Yes, I’ll dig them out of the archives
18. What was your favorite subject in high school and why?
English!!!! And I don’t know why
19. Who was your favorite teacher or was there a teacher who
inspired you?
Miss Vickers
20. What was your most embarrassing moment or your worst
nightmare during high school years?
Someone handed me my senior annual and I signed my own
picture!!! They all laughed
21. Where did you meet your mate if you are married?
(not necessary to include previous mates if you are
divorced or separated)
Nita Collins of Houston, Texas and I met in Conroe, Texas
and Married 8/15/1975. We will be celebrating our 30th
anniversary this next month.
22. Do you know of any classmates who are deceased? If so,
please relay the information so it can be added to a memorial
page.
I’ll have to work on that one
23. What are your favorite websites. Please list no more than
three and please no “Adult” sites.
Catalina25-250.org lcsaonline.net and , of course now ,
tjhs1958.com
24. If you could change history, what would you do differently
if anything at all? Keep it brief and you do not have to share,
you don’t have to have anything you would do differently either.
That’s a deep subject! I’ll think on that
25. If you could go anywhere in the world and be any thing you
wanted to be at this stage of the game, where would you go and
what would you do and why?
I’m pretty happy right where I am, what I done, and what I am
doing….thank you very much
26. If you could go back to our high school days, which year
would you go back to and why? Considering our high school days
were 1954 to 1958 including Woodrow Wilson Jr. High years.
1958; It was one of the memorable years of my life
27. Is there anything in particular you would like to see on
this website?
More photos
28. Do you have any photos of yourself then and now? If you don’t
know how to scan or don’t have a scanner, would you be willing to
send copies of the photos so I can scan them for use in the website?
Sure, And I will
29. How computer literate are you? Do you need help with any of
this computer stuff? I won’t mind helping. I give a simple step-
by-step list of how to. I'm not talking instructions, just help
if needed.
Thanks! Good help is always welcome and I need it from time to
time
30. Three part question: your favorite color, favorite number, and
your favorite movie of all time.
Red…2…Wind
Note: The sailboat below was Jay's first sailboat. These photos were
taken on Lake Conroe. I believe his current boat is at Clear Lake
and thank God it did survive hurricane Ike.
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