Originally Posted by
Guy
Hi Bob,
Thanks for these photo's & story's, they brought back some old deep memories. I'm not sure exactly how I can still remember any of this stuff from that era (as I was at the most only 6 years old at the time), but what I do/can remember are alot of fun, great people & events.
I doubt you remember me from that era, I'm Roy Conklin's son Guy.
My father can't recall or shed any details about some of the memory's from races & EORC life (from the mid 60's) that I still have. So I hope that someone ELSE here may recall details, have pic's and/or answer some questions I have from that era.
1. Before we moved to Florida (in 1968, again I was only 6 years old at the time), I remember I used to love to watch Snooky race! Mostly because I remember him being such a LARGE man in such a small boat, but also because I remember him always having such a gentle and jovial demeanor.
Last I saw Snooky was at a Lakeland race at least 15 years ago.
Anyone know what he's upto these days?
2. I can remember Bill Fales Desilva CRR quite clearly for some reason. I think its because I always thought the font style of his Boat Number (N-77) was really kind of cool & unique.
Did Bill Fales paint those numbers on himself?
3. I can remember someone owning a little dog named "Snoopy". I always loved to play with that dog.
Who was it that owned "Snoopy"??!!
4. I recall a town/race course somewhere on L.I. that we used to race at alot. It had deep white sugar sand in the pits and a pretty neat old snackbar next to the pits that was partly built over the water. The snackbar had a screened-in dining room that faced the race course. I can remember my mom (Donna) & I eating cheeseburgers in there and watching dad race his CRR. Where (City) was this location?
5. I can recall Mom & Dad one year going to a BIG Halloween party at a EORC racers house in L.I. somewhere (I'm thinking it might have been Pete Helsten's house around 1966).
I remember Dad's costume consisted of an old loong starter rope (which he had tied all sorts of tools & things along its length) and hung it around his neck. Then he had drew a big black "SOS" on the back of an old lifejacket & helmet he had.
Mom's could have doubled for Sally Fields as she went as the "The Flying Nun" (I remember I kept asking her to flap her hat-wings and fly).
Does anyone recall this party and where & when it occured (along with any stories from it)? My father doesn't recall it now, but I remember them talking about that party for many years afterward.
6. What is the latest with all the Gohery's? Last time I saw Jimmy & Renie, it was around 1992 at Jack Gosman's shop here in Florida.
Thanks,
Guy Conklin
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