[NJARC] Tony Flanagan

[Mike Feher]

I remember Tony well. I went to one of the first NJARC radio club meetings
back in either late '91 or early '92. At the time I was still commuting back
and forth from VA on the weekends and did not move up here till 92. I
believe I joined at my first meeting which was held in a VFW or Firehouse
building as I recall in Freehold. Tony was of course in charge. A no BS guy
for sure, but really a marshmallow and nice guy inside. His wife was always
by his side it seems helping him out. Later, at meets, his sons would have
coffee duty. I joined reluctantly as the emphasis was more on what I
consider common radios, cathedral, plastic and Bakelite sets and so forth.
No real wireless stuff which was my main interest. It was with great sadness
when I learned of Tony's passing years later. What I really admired was how
his wife was able to carry on without him and more or less took charge of
several meets after Tony's death. We had a few meets at the Freehold
location and then it moved to Hightstown. I think I attended most of the
Hightstown meets, and even a few meetings in the Church in Freehold. There
is no question that without Tony, there would not have been an NJARC. - Mike


 
 
Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
732-886-5960
 
 

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On Behalf Of Dave Sica
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:10 PM
To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [NJARC] Tony Flanagan

Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
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NJARC members:

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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