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 <nev.gosl...@shaw.ca> 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 <ray...@earthlink.net> > To: Virtual Fly Box <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> > Cc: ray...@earthlink.net, Jeff Hines <jeff-hine...@lycos.com> > 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
