Cabbages and Kings" with Jack Redmond Young Business Executive John Fraher Has Always Geared His Life to Helping People
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, ; I • ~ John Fraher, Restaurants ~ Jsy Caron.. , Senior Class presidenr"~ ttl o. Loui s J. LaTorra, C oac h-! George Hall, Coach ~ ThanJcsgi veing and Football HOI-lard J. Hhi te, Boy Scbuts TI:dHard V. Sabotka,Helfare ~~ Dotty and Tex Gill, Citizens ! , I Christmas to Pat and Hike ~I@ "' .. '.I \ I'That thQy may w-ant in 1976 .1,.:: .... , Dr. Peter Lingua,Football • ' ~ I·Iike and Kathy Heneghan, A11- I .'~ I~ American couple -1,'.. ~J ."", Jaymond Crone, Baseball ~ ~ I George Ii'. \'J allac e, NeH spapers ~ .). .,,, . nobert C. ., O'li:va, School Teacher··{ ":'IapJ?Y V~lentine" to Jack Reamond -from Dotty Gill .,_ I 11 ! II til ... .___ ~_~,~_ THE WINDSOR LOCKS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1975 "Cabbages and Kings" With Jack Redmond Young Business Executive John Fraher has always geared his life to helping people. Son of Jack and Millie Fraher, he' had a fling living in' a Georgia commune, was a cook' at a local convalescent home,- and now is the Director' of Sales at the Howarc\ Johnson's Conference Center and Red Coach Grill. All of John's endeavors have taken the form of help. His position, at the' Windsor Locks complex off Center Street, is a With some draft dodgers,' mixture of banquet arranger, blacks, 'and northern liberals arbitrator, question and answer making up part of the workers man, public relations man and the Klan seized the opportunity just all around nice guy ,and for political propaganda and the always in attendance to hundreds wearing of the familiar white of men' and women who robes. One; week spent in sometimes request seating for Georgia was enough for John. He 100 conference members in a returned to Connecticut _ and room where ·65 would be more friendlier surroundings. ' comfortable. With his helping hand still John, at his job fol" the past extended, he went to' work as at five months, is learning first training cook at the Mountain hand the human behavior pattern View Convalescent Home in to view other establishments are on a daily basis. He spoke of the Windsor. His 27 months there a much needed change of pace. time when a few hundred men found him elevated from ,cook to John, as mentioned, is the son and women left the comfort of a dietary supervisor with, the duty of Jack and Millie Fraher. His large hall for the compact area of of handling menus for the older parents . ~~re childhood sweet the indoor pool because the hall patients living at the home. He hearts , m· their hometown of they were occupying was situated said it' was an education Manchester. Jack was all-star next to a hall with a large group observing and helping the senior' performer in football \ and base of prom dancers, enjoying a rock citizens whose needs had to be ball ,at .Manchester High. After graduation from school Jack band in action. John had to satisfied every day of the week. satisfy the older crowd and the Going from the extreme of play~d semi-pro ~aseball for the pool was the only available space com m u n e s to convalescent MOrl~rty Brothers. Today his at the time. The main speaker, homes John then joined the faVOrite pastime, is golf. For just to break up the tension, sometimes glamorous profession many years he hit the little white jumped into the pool and made of hotel and restaurant business. ball at the Copper Hill Course in East Granby. This year Jack can his speech in quite a wet He says he now really enjoys his be .found on the weekends con d i t i n, to everyone's werk. John has finally found hi~ 6 playmg at the Oak Ridge new niche. He said, "Hotels are like pleasure. John told of other COurse in, Agawam. To Jack strange happenings, probably people, there are good and bad F!aher shooting a 42· is a commonplace to all hotel people. points that bear watching. My' Our young executive has lived job is to mInimize the bad and ~Isaster. Hc's not just a weekend duffer, this veteran in Windsor Locks all of his life accentuate the good points. of Hamilton Standard Division for many and was educated at the local Hotels have a personality and the years. , schools. For a year and a half he workers are always trying to Bob Fraher, the' oldest son attended Manchester Com please the public by offering the munity College. While in high best food and facilities at hand. "; will ~e. remembered for hi~ selection as an all-state basket. school John was one of the first . As for the future John feels his co-captains of the vatsity golf position at Howard Johnson's ball. player for Windsor Locks team. He also played basketball offers a challenge and someday, dUrl~g the 1960-1 season. Bob is under coach Dan Sullivan. with more experience, his goal is married to Joan Enos of Rhode and they have two cute After his college days he to become' the youngest general Island daughters for 'Jack and Millie to ,decided to try something differ manager in the business. His spoil.every chance they get. ent. Different, it was., He scope of work runs from pUQlic .Brlan,. the brother in the traveled to Americus, Ga .. to join relations to marketing pro IS married to a local girl a commune and see what made it cedures. He works a seven day mldd~e, Debbie Barberi. Brian, also, ~ tick. It ticked of hard work on the week however, trips to Buffalo, good golfer like his brothers and farm planting cotton, corn, beans New York and Toronto, Canada', f~ther, was a pitcher for the local and other products to be used high school a few years back. and sold for the community EPILOG benefit. He said the food s'erved , John Fraher, the youngest of to all the work~rs was real bad, the Frahers, knows what he with vegetables the' main dish. wants out. of life, a~d in helping Unfortunately, there was a great people, .dlrectly or Indirectly, he deal of political undertone as part IS fulfilling this desire; John did of' the' scheme' j'n 'this,' to' many not. say so, but, I'm sure he outsiders, unconventional way of beh~ves that by giving, we really life. John reported the local Ku receive. Klux Klan watched every move ment in the commune. They did not agree with the theory of the' manageme~t, to say the least. THE WINDSOR LOCKS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1975 "Cabbages and Kings" 'With " Jack Redtnond PresldeDt of the I asked Jay some questions for SenJorClul ' an insight to the senior presi , Jay Caron is the president of dent' s feelings regarding life in the Windsor Locks High School the United States, high school senior class'. He's also a football dress codes. who should be the player, has ambitions t'o attend next president of our country, etc. Jay voiced his opinions as the U.S. Nval Academy at When our young leader of the folJows .... The dress code. UNo ~nnapo1i~ and voices his opin seniors is not at school or on the Ions on Issues from politics to real hard and fast restrictions on field he relaxes with "rock" dress and hair style, but' both magazine subscriptions. music and other melodious The young athlete has been must be clean." Capital punish sounds from his stereo. He al$(] ment, "Is killing someone, jail is enrolled in schools from Cori plays the, guitar on occasion, better." Abortion, "Up to the necticut to California •.. played his keeps in good physical shape favorite sport of football since he individual.·· Marijuana, "Bad for du~i~g . ,the, off-season ,by, lifting was big enough to hold and kick one's health. it hasn·t been weights. After school he reads a proven otherwise." He said the the little pigskin. The back great deal with history' and ground exposure in travel and downtown redevelopment should science fiction his favorite be good for the town. However, education has given this young material. man a wide range of beliefs, and he hoped all the money was Jay's oldest sister Jacqueline worth it. He added that the next lucky for him. he knows what he recently graduated from Lack wants in life and where his future ten years will tell the story as to land Air Force Base in Texas. the energy crisis facing our may be headed. Rounding out the family is a Jay was born in Springfield, country, and he feels it will all brother Thomas, 19, and a work out for the best. The Mass. in 1958. He's the son of younger sister. Denise. 11 who Mr. ~nd Mrs. Bennie E. Picketts situation of how to solve the is a s~xth grader, and cheer1~ader problem is, in his words, where of Center Street. His Connecticut for the Eagles of the 'Midget schooling began in Hazardville the separation of the boys from Football League. the men will tell the story. I'd and. his senior year will be in This past summer Jay worked Windsor Locks. He lived, in said it was a. rather profound at the local Jack August statement. Seaside, California where he restaurant as a dishwpsher and Jay said our sixteenth presi- found the beauty of the western even did some cooking. But with sun and a place where sports are the advent of fan he had to dent, Abe Lincoln, was a great played all year round.