If it weren’t for a noticeable hitch in his gait, no would have an inkling Iolan Don Jones had polio when he was a youngster.
To his credit, Jones, who will retire Friday after more than 36 years with Gates Corporation, never considered himself handicapped.
He goes to work each day, does what is expected of him and for years has spent off time bowhunting for deer. When the deck behind the home he and wife Hazel bought eight years ago needed repairs, he went to work with hammer and saw.
Jones, 61, was diagnosed with polio at age 6 in…
Polio never held Don Jones back
