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The Lilac Crew
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Black Bart (Bill Moss #1) Kathy Holcomb ASPCA Skipper Andy (Rear), Happy Hoyer 1st mate
Photo Courtesy Vince Holcomb O'Connor |
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Skipper Andy Happy Hoyer aboard the Lilac unknown Cameraman
Photo Courtesy Gerry Fry |
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1968. from left...an unidentified young man...then the
magnificent Kathy Holcomb...ASPCA chief, and the pearl mesta (great
party giver) of the canal zone. the blond seated is pat parks, wife of
SCN staffer air force Sgt. Gary Parks, then "Skipper Andy" aka
Ssgt Carl Gentry and of course, Happy Hoyer. note the flag "p.c"
that did not stand for politically correct!!!
Photo courtesy Steve Momot |
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Kathy Holcomb & Happy Hoyer Summer 69 Photo courtesy Steve Momot |
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a real gathering of eagles...Sgm. Sam Sumner inspects
the Llilac, as Skipper Andy (army Ssgt Carl "Countrypolitan
Chapel" Gentry), the officer of-the-deck of the Lilac stands by.
Alongside is army specialist Gordon "Packrat" Pafrath. He is
recording & "demerits."
Photo Courtesy Steve Momot |
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the inspection continues with Sgm. Sumner, being a good NCOIC, finding lots of things wrong. Sp5 Gordon Paffrath has run out of ink...note the length of the list... and Sam isn't done yet. it was also thus on Monday morning during the weekly inspections that were instituted by Sgm Sumner shortly after his arrival at SCN Photo Courtesy Steve Momot |
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Arnie Huberman master control The Afternoon Show 1968 Photo Courtesy Arnie Huberman |
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Happy Hoyer with his Miranda Sensorex Camera Fall 1968 Photo Courtesy Steve Momot |
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there was no time that had more mixed emotions than when a good friend was leaving the zone. On one hand we were losing, maybe for a while or maybe forever, someone who had become a good friend...on the other hand, our good friend was doing something he'd longed for...going home. this was Happy's departure... the slide is dated Nov. '69...there is quite a cast of characters in this photo... from left, ...Steve Momot with the Bolex 16mm camera (film at 6:00p.m.) Bill Moss, unidentified man bending, then John "Uncle Frog" Tedrick (USAF) and then Paul Hogan..and the remainder ??? Photo Courtesy Steve Momot |
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"unknown"
in back on the left...Sp5 Hoyer, Steve Momot and John Tedrick...they are
joined by some- thing really important..the plane taking Happy home.
This was one of the few times anyone saw Happy in his class
"a" uniform.
Photo Courtesy Steve Momot |
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Vince (Holcomb) O'Connor Mike (Happy) Hoyer Florida Reunion 99 Photo Courtesy Vince Holcomb O'Connor |
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Street near Our Lady Queen of Martyrs church in Fort Lauderdale named after Happy Hoyer Photo Courtesy Vince Holcomb O'Connor |
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Happy Hoyer (Mike Hoyer) was best known for
his roles on the SCN children's afternoon show. Happy Hoyer starred as
First Mate to Skipper Andy aboard the Lilac on the SCN Afternoon show.
"Happy Hoyer," was well known and loved in the Panama Canal
Zone.
After Mike left
SCN, he became a Roman Catholic priest at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs
church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he is still referred to as
"Happy Hoyer." Near the church, a road has been named after
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