Introduction
Thank you for taking a bit of your time to pick up and read this biography about someone that I admire, my grandpa, Jules Clos. I hope you enjoy this biography.
Growing Up
Jules Clos was born as a baby boomer on January 30, 1948, and grew up in Detroit, MI. Baby boomers are people that were born right as WW2 was ending. He says that because he was growing up after WW2, the world seemed like it was at peace. When he was my age the price of candy was about a nickel for a chocolate bar. As he grew up, he had a paper route. He would ride his bike to what they called the paper station to pick up the newspapers. He would then put the papers into a big canvas bag that would rest on the handlebars of his bike. After that, he would ride on the paper route and deliver the papers to each house individually. With the money he got, he got a baseball glove, a baseball bat, another bike, and eventually, his first motorcycle.
His Family
Jules grew up
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To be safe, the hospital nurses and doctors took all of the patients, including the newborns in the hallways. Eventually, the tornado passed and the danger was gone. But the memory will still be alive in Jules' head.
Advice and Quotes
My grandpa Jules' advice for my future is to study hard, get good grades, and to have outside activities that make me happy. A quote that he lives up to is the golden rule: Do to others as you want them to do to you.
Story- A Good Old Game
When he was my age, My grandpa Jules's family would get together for the holidays, mostly the 4th of July. There was his Uncle Dave, and his eleven kids which were his cousins, his Uncle Jerry, who had three kids, his Aunt Rosemary, who also had three kids, so six more cousins, and then him and his 5 other brothers, to equal a total of 23 people. With all of the people, they would always play a good game of baseball with the whole group.
The World
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