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Show Page 24—THE HERALD, Provo Utah, Sunday, November 8, 1981 109-Year-Old Houston Resident Says SKIPPY eG He ‘Keeps Cool and Keeps Moving’ HOUSTON (UPI Police Jones, a native of St. Paul, Minn, William Casey Jones on the road since 1887, has a simple formula forlongevity — keepcooland keep moving “Life is all up here,”’ said the 109-year-old man, pointing to his head. “If you make up your mind you're not going to die, you won't.” “Worrying will kill you,” he said “It killed mywife. She worried about every little thing,” “Jones said of the woman he married in 1922 when he was 50. “‘If I was 15 minutes late getting home, she'd call the Saint Dominic Retirement Center. His blue eyes shone andhis voice crackled with emotion as he tookthe audience on a brief journey throughhis life After a heart attack in 1959, Jonessaid his who moved to Georgia before hitting the road alone in 1887 has visited ell 48 contiguous states, working as a jack-of ~'Itrades. He now travels around in a battered mobile home, speaking at seniorcitizens homes, colleges and high schools, and appearing on television talk shows. His Washington driver's license lists his birthday as April 5, 1872, making him oneof the nation’s oldest active drivers Jones spoke Sunday with residents of the doctor told him to live quietly If I had, I probably would havedied in six months. Now my doctortells me myactive life is what keeps me Boing,’ he said. “And I'm going to continue traveling until I die." He lives on stipends he receives from audiences and parks his mobile homein his park- Jones speaks about the future and said he has written a book, which he expects to be published this Spring. 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