Al,I remember you from Jr. High . Your house was right across the street from Roosevelt. You were such a cute guy . I was always sad that we lost you so young .I would have liked to know you better .
Alex and I were on the swim team for two years before he quit because of his illness. He was really a hard-working swimmer in the distance freestyle events. Sorry to hear that he died so young.
One of my best buddies from swimming. I remember the wee you died at Antioch. The good news is that years later I met a temp that just graduated from their and knew all about you. So, even though you are gone, you live on in many people's memory and in my heart.
My Woodstock memory: In August 1969 I and Kenneth Stewart (Roxboro, Euclid HS) learned that Sandy had been hospitalized while attending a camp in Woodstock VT. So we dropped what we were doing and took a Greyhound bus up to visit him...and afterwards hitchhiked back to Cleveland. One of our rides stopped at an oasis gas station...and there was Bev Slobody, on her way back to Cleveland. She said to us, "Were you at Woodstock? Wasn't it fabulous?" Puzzled, because Woodstock was a nice but very quiet little community, we said..."Yeah..." and continued on our way home. It was only afterwards that we learned what had happened in Woodstock NEW YORK, and what Bev was talking about. And even nowadays, when the news media recall the Woodstock festival, I always think of Sandy. I think this was his first hospitalization for leukemia. And speaking of Sandy, and of music: does anyone know what happened to his tapes? He was a very good musician and in 1968/69 had taped himself playing guitar. After he died no one (his parents, his brother, Stew, myself, Jill Pottenger) knew what became of those tapes.
Charles, (Chuck) Balcher
Good swimmerSandy Beksa (White)
Al,I remember you from Jr. High . Your house was right across the street from Roosevelt. You were such a cute guy . I was always sad that we lost you so young .I would have liked to know you better .Byron K. Skidmore
Alex and I were on the swim team for two years before he quit because of his illness. He was really a hard-working swimmer in the distance freestyle events. Sorry to hear that he died so young.Lorry Wagner
One of my best buddies from swimming. I remember the wee you died at Antioch. The good news is that years later I met a temp that just graduated from their and knew all about you. So, even though you are gone, you live on in many people's memory and in my heart.Shirley Hyatt
My Woodstock memory: In August 1969 I and Kenneth Stewart (Roxboro, Euclid HS) learned that Sandy had been hospitalized while attending a camp in Woodstock VT. So we dropped what we were doing and took a Greyhound bus up to visit him...and afterwards hitchhiked back to Cleveland. One of our rides stopped at an oasis gas station...and there was Bev Slobody, on her way back to Cleveland. She said to us, "Were you at Woodstock? Wasn't it fabulous?" Puzzled, because Woodstock was a nice but very quiet little community, we said..."Yeah..." and continued on our way home. It was only afterwards that we learned what had happened in Woodstock NEW YORK, and what Bev was talking about. And even nowadays, when the news media recall the Woodstock festival, I always think of Sandy. I think this was his first hospitalization for leukemia. And speaking of Sandy, and of music: does anyone know what happened to his tapes? He was a very good musician and in 1968/69 had taped himself playing guitar. After he died no one (his parents, his brother, Stew, myself, Jill Pottenger) knew what became of those tapes.
Shirley Hyatt
Sandy's dealth was so heartbreaking...and still is. From the Plain Dealer 4/5/70.
Steven P. Fisher
This brings back memories........