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SPEARY FOR CLUP j e@lebrate the arrival of tha MEMBONS new year, Ufc. . Editor, The Times: [kaoaw Tf speak for all the : On Sundsy, Nov, 24 Ed boys in. the chub, aud for Fichter, rifle isi uctor of anyone who knew Ed that ‘the Verona Junior Rifle our lives were made richer | Club died. Ed was like a second grandfather to me. I through our Association with him. Senet bral.” @ ¢ H teach us by his exemplary RICHARD FERGUSON Vevona, NW, Dec, 2, 1963 hira ence, was a unique experi- was rich in the satisfaction of dedication and always : aad many wonderful times To can remember when [ Ed dedicated his life to lived Ife as best ke coud w fh hin a first joined the club. I dida't youth, Por twenly years he j i the short tirne he had. as fortunate to know do too well with my tareets was Boy Scout Leader at the He was espacially proud him for Uwee years, In these Ed had palienee < ¥ targets. Presbyterian Church and | of the many letters he re- years | learned many things Nad patience and encour- inter organized the Verona | ceived from former club trom him. He helped me at aged me when T would get Junior Nitle Club for the | Members now serving in the gun club, teaching me discouraged. When at. the same amount of years. For | Vietnam. There was no "gen- the proper use of guns, but end of the year some of us most men, once a week in- | eration gap” between Ed Sinote imporfant he taught “poor” beginners would bo structing the boys in the and these . boys. He had me hew to be a better per- wwarded a trophy for doing : handling of guns would be Bained their respect end Neh. well, T think Ed got just as enough, but for Ed seven | they never forgot him. To spent three vacations much a thrill as we did. | days a week wouldn't be too It pleased us to see so with Ed and some of the ~The gun club will not be much, many pay their last respects Forest. It was Ed's \ hea hope how im he mucn, I stop in at his house just to the club, previous 1 en uber weeks vacation and he en- the club will “A enw tally and hear about trips and parents of ws ~ , joyed spending them with Ed would hay ented it . he had taken and experi- their ratitude for | us, On weekends during the I hoe het eee ences he had jn previous r f ; ir sons & rope that by reading years.’ Considering Ed was | had done for their sone. year we would go to the this letter, people will come - 65 years old, you can see Even the day he died he cin et Milford. New to know and appreciate ' that the difference in age was with the boys, trying in ce, Ed would ask what this man stood for and meant nothing to the boys, some small way to help at some of us ta the house to what he tried sa hard lo Tt was just being there with ; fei annual fund raiser ~~ ~ rn = commen ae eee os hitn that counted, Te pouined For hose that didat pet the respect of these boys, fo know hum, Pn sorry y Tae eemething many parents to. | there are not many Bal Fich- day wished they had. { ters around. Our aaly venrel : How inexpensive time is is that after fd BASE EG — . : ware ra much to the youth of Ve- PRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE uf you are willing to give | wool he never was able to Editor, The Times: many of us give thee ane obtain his wish for his own : aes as been a week since , man) oto in Ver GAVE VAFe TO YOUTH / we heard that Ed Fichter | thing unless we can see MR ® MRS T eER R2CUSOY Editor, The Times: A had died and still we can’t | semething in Ht for ourselves. V NI. De - 1968 : At Thanksgiving this year believe that he is gone, Wao) Bl had time, it wis tree, { Verona, NJ, Dee. 2, 196 ’ we were most grateful for are not wriling just because | aiel he dida't waste i. I out funily and friends, We Ed was our friend, but to cpow he always dried te especially thanked God for try in some way. explain help uthers, Pe never ean : having given us an Ed Picht- what (his man meant te ouc ¢ plained. This was the way - Whom He chose to call three beys and to.so many | lis man lived. He spoke : bark to Wim this week, penple. loony geod af people, We | ‘Thia humble man guve of There are words that could | know things weren't always Imeelf, unselfishly, for aver simply describe him—kind, easy for him, but somehow forty years to the service of patient, dedicated. humble, | he'd never let you know it. vouth during a most impres- apprecialive--hiut they anly | Mect of us measure our- ° sive and fornvitive time of toll a cipal faction of Hie nefyesn diy the material pus. . thete Lives, We were tiont fife he desk fiat to kiew fo aeactont we haved fife, ped 4 Yortunate to have tad our ‘ son under Ed's guidance fat . the past five years, Please God, the high character of this man shall live on in BEST he many boys and girls COPY AVAILAR who were so fortunate as to , ‘ LE have had Ed Fichter as their D coy p & fo friend snd guide. ~ —_ Ss , JOAN and JIM CARROLL , Verona, NJ, Dee. 2, 1908 : “ mae J a ne a VER OWA ~ Cebnr 3 i = Ve $e ey fe “4 ! UL aly Oy tr vy os