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Sam.......
Another project you may want to enter onto our site......long
story......this morning I got an email from a gentleman saying
he has a hand painted picture of the Parks .....painted by a
Morgan Slayton and presented to a Jack Flake in July of 1945.
Turns out Morgan Slayton was the first Captain of the Floyd
B. Parks and Jack Flake was a civilian working in the shipyards
in Orange, Texas. Apparently Jack did some work on the Parks
and Captain Slayton ......to show his appreciation.....presented
Jack Flake with this hand painted picture. This man who contacted
me...William English....is married to Jack Flakes niece. When
Jack and his wife passed away everything passed on to her. Bill
English was going through things recently and came across this
picture and thought some Parks crew member might like to have
it. So he went on the internet and came across my email address.
I called him today and spoke with him .....a very nice man......and
he wants only the postage for this picture and his wife will
send it to me next week via UPS. So I am bringing it to this
Nov. 8th get together for all to see and I think this is a very
rare find and am really excited to get it. ................................
Thanks for everything......Sue |
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Fightin' Floyd B"
