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Image of James Prestley "Buster" Waits, (1904-1980), mascot for the Grasselli Industrial League baseball team which was taken c 1913. The father of Buster Waits was Major Prestley (M. P.) Waits (1878-1938) who was manager of Grasselli Chemical Company from about 1913 to 1920. Waits later headed up their Dothan office (1920-1926) and then their Gadsden office (1926-1938). "Major" was a given name, not a military rank. M. P. Waits was my grandfather.
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'''James Prestley "Buster" Waits''' (born December [[1904]] in [[Birmingham]]; died [[1980]] in Birmingham) was one of 10 children of [[Grasselli Chemical Company]] manager [[Major Waits]]. As a boy, he served as a mascot or bat boy for Grasselli's [[Industrial League]] baseball team. After [[1920]] his father was assigned to the Dothan and [[Gadsden]] offices of the company.
 
Waits, who worked as a bookkeeper in wholesale drug store in Birmingham in [[1930]], enlisted in the U. S. Army at [[Fort McClellan]] on [[October 23]], [[1942]]. He returned to Birmingham after the war.
 
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Latest revision as of 19:03, 14 July 2012

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James Prestley "Buster" Waits (born December 1904 in Birmingham; died 1980 in Birmingham) was one of 10 children of Grasselli Chemical Company manager Major Waits. As a boy, he served as a mascot or bat boy for Grasselli's Industrial League baseball team. After 1920 his father was assigned to the Dothan and Gadsden offices of the company.

Waits, who worked as a bookkeeper in wholesale drug store in Birmingham in 1930, enlisted in the U. S. Army at Fort McClellan on October 23, 1942. He returned to Birmingham after the war.