[NJARC] Tony Flanagan

[Rich's Radios]

Dave,

  I had not met Tony but do find his background of interest. I had never heard of the "Vidocq Society" before. I looked it up on Wikipedia - very interesting. Note his DOB needs correction.

  Rich Skoba

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From: Dave Sica <davesica at juno.com>
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> I finally got around to doing something that I've wanted to do for a long
> time. I added a page to the website in memory of Tony Flanagan. (It's
> linked from the "What's New?" page or the "Club Information" page.) I'll
> be adding more to it in the future. 
> 
> For those of you who didn't know Tony, he was the single driving force
> behind the founding of the New Jersey Antique Radio Club and was
> personally responsible for much of the sweat equity that went into
> building this organization up from literally nothing. If you never met
> him, you missed an interesting experience. Tony had strong opinions about
> almost everything, always said exactly what was on his mind and never
> minced words. Woe be unto anyone he decided he didn't think too much of!
> Fortunately for me, we always got along just fine. 
> 
> If you knew Tony, please consider sharing some thoughts which could be
> added to the memorial page. Email me any stories, recollections,
> remembrances of some of our earliest meetings or swapmeets (or maybe
> run-ins with him!) that you might have. If you have any photos (these
> seem to be somewhat scarce) please send them to me also.
> 
> If it wasn't for Tony's efforts, this club would not even exist.
> Hopefully this web page will help those of us who knew him remember him
> and those of us who came after him to know him a little bit for the first
> time. 
> 
> Thanks,
> --Dave Sica
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