[NJARC] Fire Damages 200 Radios

[Dave Sica]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:22:29 -0500 "Ray Chase" <enrpnr at erols.com> writes:
> "Butch" Barber is well known to North Jersey collectors Joe 
> Bentrovato, Joe Milano and others.  Butch always shows up at our 
> swap meets.  Wow! the news article said he had 2050 radios, how many 
> of us know how many radios we have, maybe we don't want to know.  
> Hope he had collectables insurance.  I've asked Joe B. to keep us 
> informed on how Butch makes out.

I don't recall that I ever met Butch, but Joe B. was over there the other
day and told me that although the most important thing was that no one
was injured in the fire, one of Butch's problems at this point will
likely be getting what's left of his collection into a safe location
somewhere else. Apparently many of the radios which weren't directly
damaged by the fire suffered water damage and the house is now unheated
and exposed to the elements. I suggested to Joe that it might be a good
club project if we could help a fellow collector, even if he's not a club
member, move his stuff if need be (moving 2000+ radios sounds like a big
job!) Joe will be in touch with Butch to see what he needs.

--Dave