[WVDXA] Top Of The Honor Roll

[Rick Kourey (K4KL)]

Little John,

Regard Knob Bob (W8KBM), is this a temporary move to the nursing home or 
does appear to be permanent.

Rick Kourey (K4KL)
Marvin -- Charlotte,  NC
rkourey at carolina.rr.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john" <w8wej at citynet.net>
To: "West Virginia DX Association" <wvdxa at wvdxa.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: [WVDXA] Top Of The Honor Roll


> dave, did u know that w8kbm is now in a nursing home.
> I have the phone number--somewhere--
> In the 60s I made several trips to hinton to see bob and his wife.always
> enjoyed the visits..
> john wej
>
> Dave Heil wrote:
>> w8hc at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> That's really quite an accomplishment Dave.  Pete was from Logan
>>> County.  I would be surprised if anyone from Logan County ever won a
>>> Golden Horseshoe.   How 'bout you Pete?  You know anyone that won from
>>> down there?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I was lucky enough to have a good teacher, Hal.  Elwood Hedrick made the
>> stuff come to life.  He put his hand on my shoulder during class about
>> the first week of West Virginia History studies.  He said, "Your going
>> to be one of my Golden Horseshoe winners and I always have Golden
>> Horseshoe winners."  That year, three of the four from Summers County
>> were not only from Hinton, but from Mr. Hedrick's class.
>>
>> Hinton was a good place to learn about amateur radio too.  Andy
>> Timberlake W8MN taught me and also helped Bob W8KBM get on the air.
>> Of course Buzz Collins K8CFT gets some of the credit.  He administered
>> the Novice exam and helped me put up antennas when I moved from Hinton
>> to Oak Hill.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dave K8MN
>>
>>
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