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It seems likes it's been a very long time since anyone has posted comments, news items, family updates, feedback on our website, this entry is for your personal use to help us re-connect with one another. Please feel free to "jump in" and chat it up, or send me your family photo or any other news you'd like to share. Thanks and the best of health to each of you. E mail to send your comments: nancyvoye611@aol.com HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
June 11, 2010 10:09 AM | Comments (0)
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COACH HECHT - LEE CORSO
Nancy:
You are a cinch to get this before Lee Corso even sees it. We got a problem with pictures that we have been waiting on since Christmas.
Dear Lee:
That was a great show you put on. The speech was fabulous. The introduction, when you had me stand and take a bow, drew a tear to my eye. It brought back so many memories.
Red Tobin, whom I so admired. Len Brown, another little guy like you, who starred in the Cotton Bowl, and was the only Missouri player mentioned, as being all over the field, as a defensive back, and starting quarterback. Brownie, later became a successful horse trainer. Trained for Earl Weaver and me.
Joe McNulty, who put the paddle to your backside, which probably didn't impress you nearly as much as it did the rest of Jackson High School. I think you and Joe Brodsky were caught going off to, or coming back from Cuba - BC. - before Castro, and didn't know what the bidet was in the toilet. Of course, I didn't either at the time.
My daughter,Pam,. enjoyed the show too. We both scoured the paper the next day for a mention of your talk. the Star-Telegram did not have a mention of your name. We were shocked. They mentioned Bell, and the other Coaches, but not one word about Lee Corso, the leading speaker, and in our opinion, the best speaker of the day. Or any day!! The Star-Telegram seems adept at this sort of coverage, but I couldn't believe it. Anyway, Lee, we loved you, and can understand, why you are Mr. ESPN.
Well, the disc Penny promised, didn't arrive today, but it will tomorrow, and after we get it developed, it will get mailed. Give our regards to Betsy and the boys.
Pam's youngest daughter, is getting married in May and has purchased a home near where Joe and Joyce Brodsky once lived out here.
Our fondest memories,
Bill & Katie (Speedy Hecht)
PS: Nancy: Chop this where you need to but you can use any of it if you wish. Yes, we did go to the dinner and it was delicious - first class. Give our regards to Broadway and Benny Gordils and John Nenezian and all those that Katie didn't mention.
January 15, 2007 11:07 AM | Comments (0)
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Speedy Hecht
Nancy: Here is a story that I sent to the Dallas Star Telegram. Hope I get an answer or it may be just like the emails you send to me, they just seem to disappear. We did receive your letter today and are glad to hear from you as always.
Editor:
I read in your paper that Lee Corso will be the featured speaker at the Fort Worth, MA3 Kickoff Luncheon. I was one of Lee's High School Coaches in 1949.
Roy French, Harry Lee, Red Tobin, Len Brown and me made up the staff. Len went on to become a Texas Aggie Coach. Joe Brodsky, a former Dallas Cowboy Coach, who may be taught Emmit Smith how to dance, was a teammate of Lee's.
Well, I'm the only one left! My 86th birthday will be on December 21, and is the day befor Lee's talk. I would not want to miss either one. Cross your fingers! I am a Purple Heart Marine Veteran of WWII. Lee and I have always been friends. How can I reach him and tell him I'll be there?
Bill Hecht
P.S. Okay, Nancy, let's see how this flies. We love you! Bill and Katie
read full entry...November 30, 2006 03:24 PM | Comments (0)
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Keepers of the Flame
Even before they could make a flame
ancient humans gathered it from the wild
and made a bonfire.
Keepers of The Flame were appointed
to make sure it never went out.
The spirit of the Class of ‘63
has been burning for more than 40 years now.
Thanks to Nancy and the other Keepers
for all those logs you’ve thrown on the pile.
Thanks for the fire that still burns!
Jim Kish
June 19, 2006
June 20, 2006 09:36 AM | Comments (1)
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POEM
Now ever so often
When we are gathered "to do the tell"
We pay tribute to that place
That taught us so well
It was more than a building
or the sum of its parts
It was a school spirit
That lives on in our hearts
Even in the Autumn of our years
We can easily recall
Some of the heroic names
that once echoed in the hall
Names like Brodsky, Corso and Roundtree
Who set the standard
and showed us all
Just how good, great had to be
Thanks for the rite of passage
All of you shared with us so free
Thanks for the memories
Class of '63
Author: Jim Kish 2005
July 19, 2005 01:55 PM | Comments (0)
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Coach Speedy Hecht
We recently recieved this special story from "Coach Hecht" I certainly hope you enjoy it as much as I.
I am just putting down Damon Runyon's book "On Broadway" back to the bookcase. It's an old book. My, that man could spin tall tales.
I got to thinking about Opa Locka, where I had a little men's store, named The Dashery. Dean Martin married a little girl from there and was the biggest thing that hit that town until we arrived. Oh, maybe we shouldn't bypass the Old Scandia Restaurant, where me and Kenny Johnson buckled down the door with our parking concession. We also had the Western Union agency and I will never forget the old black lady who wanted to send a wire. It was the shortest wire we ever sent and we told the lady she could get another six words for the same price but she said "no", it was good enough. Her message read "Poppa passed - come."
We lived in Hialeah then and still do. It is a little town that bordered Opa Locka. It housed, arguably, the most beautiful race track in America. Fast Eddie was the change maker for the track and he could flip out change for a hundred dollar bill that would make your head swim. You would walk away from the window knowing you had just beat him out of a twenty, when the truth of the matter was he had just beat you for one. He would tell you to come back after the last race, after he checked out, and if he was over you would get your money back. It never happened. He was never over.
July 4, 2005 03:16 PM | Comments (8)
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Class Website Redesign
Our Class website just got a makeover. Hopefully, everyone likes the new redesign. We made the site a little simpler, but still have some really cool features. By the way, we can all post our comments/thoughts under each article now. It's really easy, Just click on the link that says 'comments' under any article and type in your comments then click post. Look forward to hearing your feedback and keep those pictures coming!!
-Nancy Carnicella Voye
June 25, 2005 02:56 AM | Comments (0)