Atten-hut! Off Caps to Tom Brayton, Middle School Teacher! Our own Tom Brayton, Middle School Latin and History teacher, is featured on the cover of the September 2008 issue of Toy Soldier & Model Figure magazine, which is touted as “The World’s No. 1 Magazine For Collectors of All Stripes”.
Summer 2008
Courtesy of Toy Soldier & Model Figure magazine Website: www.toy-soldier.com
’WICK SNIPPETS
The cover story, “All in the Family,” examines how this full-on aficionado shares his passion with his grandsons with hopes of making a smooth transition to keep his fine collection of toy soldiers in the family. “There are too many collectors who have spent years and much money on building toy armies, but who have not made plans for the necessary continuity required to prevent their efforts from going for naught,” said Tom Brayton, who has a vast collection of soldiers from the Anglo-Zulu War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the American Civil War, and the British-Dervish Sudan War. At home, he has meticulously assembled numerous toy soldier dioramas with various military and civilian themes. At ’Wick, Tom, along with Joe Falco (Middle School athletics director), is the faculty moderator of our Toy Soldier Club, which boasts the most members of any Middle School club. (See Times of Brunswick summer 2008 issue, “Toy Soldier Club Gets Full Attention”) “I was in the faculty room when Tom received his September issue of Toy Soldier & Model Figures in the mail,” said Anthony Fischetti, Middle School history coordinator and eighth grade Class Dean. “He was so excited (dancing even) and that was before he had any idea that he was on the cover of the magazine, which just added to his unbridled joy and abject jubilation!” “Thank you for joining me in shining the spotlight on Tom, his hobby, and his efforts to interest youngsters in history,” wrote Stuart A. Hessney, editor of Toy Soldier & Model Figure. “Collecting toy soldiers has the potential to be a life-long hobby that exposes youngsters to both history and education,” said Mr. Brayton. “It’s a pleasure to share this passion with my grandsons and the Middle School boys at Brunswick.”