Thanks for telling us that. You and Jeff are "one heck of a nice guy" yoursevles!
Gary Webb On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Neville Gosling <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I like this........ > > Denny was my guest and all his expenses were waived because I put him on > the Philmont Fishing Committee. > > Neville (Nev) Gosling > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jimmy D. Moore <[email protected]> > To: Virtual Fly Box <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], Jeff Hines <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:12:06 -0700 (MST) > Subject: [VFB] Denny Conrad - A tribute from Jimmy D and Jeff Hines > > 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. > -- -- 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.
