Wall of Honor Dinner 2006

Our newest members inducted into the NHSAA Wall of Honor at Continental Manor on Sunday, October 1st, are pictured above with President Glenn Iannaccone.  Left to right: Robert S. "Moose" Daniels, Class of 1939; Dr. Edward Tarlov who accepted the honor for his deceased father, Dr. Isadore M. Tarlov, Class of 1922; Jacqui Vines, Class of 1977; Richard Madey, Class of 1939, Dr. Albert V. Burke, Class of 1946 and President Iannaccone.

Jacqui Vines, one of this year's honorees, is shown above with Mr. and Mrs. Don Foust, who sheltered her during her high school years as foster parents.  Jacqui paid great tribute to her foster parents for helping her to find her way, a prelude to her success as an executive of Cox Communications in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

During the ceremonies at Continental Manor on October 1st when five distinguished alumni of Norwalk High School were added to the Wall of Honor, including Richard Madey, Class of 1939, Mr. Madey's wife Betty decided to pen a spontaneous poem to honor the occasion.  She put together this poem in a little more than two hours, while most of us were enjoying dinner.

This is her tribute to the occasion:

  A GREAT MOMENT IN TIME

                                     I arrived with one expectation;

                                    To meet the Honorees of today

                                    And I’m overwhelmed by the throngs who’ve gathered

                                    And respect to the honored you pay.

           

                                    From humble beginnings I wonder

                                    what motivates and drives one on

                                    to achievement and today an honor

                                    and just how simple seeds are sown.

 

                                    I’ve listened through years of memory

                                    About school years at Norwalk High

                                    And early years in East Norwalk

                                    Of a time passed in the blink of an eye.

 

                                    I had the privilege of attending a reunion

                                    That marked sixty years for one class;

                                    We gathered and had a great time

                                    And denied the looking-glass.

 

                                    The years of course they change us

                                    Mostly on the surface you see,

                                    But we remain the basic driven

                                    If that’s what we’re meant to be.

 

                                    In your mind please advance and fast forward

                                    For today in twenty 06

                                    Five will be given the honor

                                    And their names on the WALL will be fixed.

 

                                    The Honorees are a telling example

                                    Of how school and learning in sync

                                    Produced a lifetime of successful achievements;

                                    You’ve earned this honor we think.

 

                                    Your honor has become our honor.

                                    You’ve brought recognition to Norwalk High.

                                    You’re sons and daughters of this great city.

                                    You’re stars in the Norwalk sky!

 

 

                                                                                  By:  Betty Madey

                                                                                  October 1, 2006