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Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18, 2014, at 7:12 PM, Jimmy D. Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Gang! > > I'm sure you're aware that Denny Conrad passed away last week. Denny was one > heck of a nice guy. I met him at Sow Bug and later invited him to spend a > week with me at Philmont Scout Ranch fishing for rainbow trout in the Rayado, > my favorite little river. Denny was my guest and all his expenses were > waived because I put him on the Philmont Fishing Committee. All Denny had to > do was pay his way to and from his home in Washington. He took the bus. I > picked him up at 4:00 a.m. at the Raton, NM at an all night restaurant. Ugh! > > Denny wasn't aware of my ultimate purpose in getting him to Philmont, but > Jeff Hines was. You see, Denny lost his Eagle Scoout badge back in 1941 but > never said too much about it. Anyway Jeff let me know and I suggested we > get another Eagle and re-present it during the week at Philmont. Jeff, who > lives in Carrollton, TX and I got with National BSA and they checked it out > and all was kosher, so they sent the Eagle Badge to me. I presented it to > Denny at the opening banquet of the Fishing Invitational. Blew Denny totally > away. It was a very moving experience for all of us, Denny was spechless. > > Yours in Scouting, > > JIMMY D > > > > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
