Rolly, I know we did a "Presonal Glimpse" on Dick in the March, 1971, S Gauge Herald. I haven't had a chance to look it up but if as you say he is still with us, it is academic and for that I am glad. I hope if anybody gets any news about him they will pass it on. Wally Collins
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rollain Mercier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bill Fraley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [S-Scale Modeling] Richard O. Schlott "Dick" > > and he notes - > > What's that old quote: "The rumors of my death have been greatly > exaggerated!"? The last time I saw Dick was at his home in Hudson, > Florida, > (30 or so miles above St. Petersburg). That was back in the 80s but on a > hunch I looked him up on an internet telephone directory and found a > listing. It was his daughter-in-law's and she gave me his number. > > I talked to Dick is very much alive and well, (though he is legally > blind), > and operates Lionel because he can see it better. He is retired but keeps > his finger in on eBay under the name "chochogy" It was supposed to be > "Choochooguy" but that name was taken so he came up with the one he uses. > > The "Dover & Atlantic" car sold on eBay was not his, (so he says) but > probably someone he knew who used the name. > > So for now he's not among the list of passengers on the "Little Train Into > The Sunset". I have his address, email & phone # for anyone who contacts > me > off list. He welcomes any contact from S Gaugers. > > Raleigh > > At 05:04 PM 1/17/2005, Bill Fraley wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>Can somebody out there in our 3/16th cyber space help us out on Dick. >>Dick was at one time quite active in 3/16th model railroading and Jeff and >>I would like to write some sort of a tribute on him. >>Any information will be helpful, like his date of death, obituary and so >>on. >>Your help will be most welcome, >>Thank"S', >>Bill >> >>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >>The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to >>reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail >>software, but it works on some of the most common ones. >> >>Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, >>view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO >>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > > > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to > reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail > software, but it works on some of the most common ones. > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, > view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
