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enteen years old,” he remembered.A year later, the miraclebaby became the prodigal sonwhen he traveled to Detroit towork in an automobile plant.He found his way back toGeorgia in only three months,and had a job distributingmagazines in Savannah whenone of his sisters ran into himand brought him back home.“I had almost given up thatcareer teaching and coachingthat I had dreamed of since Iwas twelve years old,” he explained.“But I went back toMiddle Georgia, then on toGeorgia Southern. I playedbaseball for them in ’54, graduatedin ’55, and at the lastminute got a job at my oldschool, Collins High.”The new coach, onlytwenty, was dishing out ordersto boys with whom he hadhunted rabbits and chewedcane just a few years before.He had actually dated some ofthe girls he now taught, andthey had to call him “Coach”or “Mr. Callaway.”“But the Lord was withme,” Callaway remembers,“because we started winningimmediately, I will always saythat my coaching and teachingcareer got off to an unusuallygood start because I wasblessed with people who respectedme and who were alsogood athletes. I’ve been veryfortunate. I’ve gone throughmy entire coaching career, nowworkin’ on fifty-six years,never having a losing season.”After five years at Collins,Callaway moved back to Savannahto head up the basketballand baseball programs atGroves High School. This wasa “step up” in the world ofcoaching, as he now played hisbasketball games at the fineRichard Arnold gymnasiumand his baseball games atGrayson Stadium. However,because of an active ROTCCALLAWAY ENJOYED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS ASTHE COACH OF MIDGET FOOTBALL TEAMS FROMLYONS IN THE 1970S.program at the school, hecouldn’t get into physical educationas a teacher, and wasstruggling with five mathclasses each day.“I graded papers and stayedup reading what was going toContinued on page 11PROTECTION!Detecting and identifying security threats in real time is one of the most critical challengesfacing homeowners, organizations and businesses today. Twin Communications can help byinstalling new state-of-the-art video surveillance equipment that can identify threats as theyoccur and automatically alert you of potential breaches. This surveillance equipment enables itsusers to immediately review events and investigate incidents as fast and effectively as possible.CALL US TODAY ABOUT OUR NEW SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS!TWINCOMMUNICATIONSmobile and business communications, voicemail, security, networking1147 W. Parker St. • Baxley • 912-367-6964114 Mose Coleman Dr. • Vidalia • 912-538-7544829A S. Peterson Av. • Douglas • 912-389-1071We also specialize inmobile and businesscommunications,including businesstelephone systems,voicemail, andcomputernetworking.TwinCommunicationsis an AuthorizedDealer ForSouthernLincWireless. Wehave locations inBaxley, Vidaliaand Douglas.Mature Living Winter Edition 9