R e t u r n To N o r t h 6 t h S t r e e t R e u n i o n
A “Debt” of Gratitude Repaid 48 Years Later Bob Torre ‘61 has long been grateful to the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn for the gift of getting a great education at the Prep. However, on the night of October 3rd, nearly 50 years after graduation, he was vividly reminded of another fine blessing after his name was called as the lucky winner of $1,200 in the 50/50 Reunion Raffle. Bob calls it “symmetry.”
SFP Father’s Guild volunteer, Benny Destefano (left), hands Bob Torre ‘61 (right) the $1,200 50/50 Raffle prize money as Bro. Leonard Conway, O.S.F., Principal (center), looks on.
In a letter Bob sent to SFP Principal, Bro. Leonard Conway, after the event, he wrote: “I was fortunate enough to be offered a $300 a year scholarship to St. Francis Prep. As an eighth grader on the Our Lady of Lourdes (Malverne, L.I.) CYO basketball team, we were the first parish to win a championship that was not from the NYC five boroughs. With the [Prep’s] tuition at $300 a year at the time, the scholarship was worth $1,200. I am pleased to now repay St. Francis Prep for that long ago scholarship with the $1,200 I won at the 50/50 raffle during the reunion at the ‘old’ Prep.” Bob closed by saying, “It was good to see some of my old buddies, particularly those who I played with on the city championship team in our junior year. I had a great time!” 3