Michael Smith

Mike Smith

I am now semi retired but seems like I work harder that a lot of working folks I know. I worked for the A&P store on Post Oak while in high school and college, then to Minimax. 1968 I went to work for Philip Morris as a salesman, They moved me to San Antonio, Tx in 1972. After 3 years of traveling I went to work starting a vending busines in San Antonio for a company out of Austin. Figured out quickly that was a mistake as their business ethics did not fit with mine. moved back to Houston an went to work for Whitman Chocolate selling candy. After 9 years and management changes I went to work for a vending company in Houston which was owned by a friend of mine who needed help. 9 years later I left to go to massage school and opened Houston Muscle Care a massage clinic on Dairy Ashford near Westheimer. Aster a sucessful 14 1/2 years unable to find someone to buy it I sold the equiptment and closed the doors. During that time I started Therapeutic Services of the Southwest which does Massage,Music, Recreational, and Aquatic therapies with handicapped, special needs, and injured people.
I run this business from my home at present.
I have had a good life.

Below are pictures
1. Betty and I @ Vargos - Houston
2. Betty and I in Nashville @ the Ryman Auditorium
Duane Eddy is on Stage Practicing for the
Gibson Guitar show later that day
3. Betty and I with Jimmy Fortune who sang with
Statler Bros - What a great Tenor
4. Me driving a Nascar @ Fontana, Ca. racetrack
5. Scuba Diving @ about 90 ft. off Coxumel,
Mexico --Cannot believe how clear the water is