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In the attached newspaper clipping, Harry is in the bottom photo entertaining some neighborhood kids behind his 3/4 | In the attached newspaper clipping, Harry is in the bottom photo entertaining some neighborhood kids behind his 3/4 inch scale, "Dixie Dee". | ||
The top two photos show visitor, [[Gary Kubicek|Captain Gary Kubicek]], former Korean POW, member of GGLS, and future Charter Member of LALS. | The top two photos show visitor, [[Gary Kubicek|Captain Gary Kubicek]], former Korean POW, member of GGLS, and future Charter Member of LALS. |
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Ken Shattock writes:
In the attached newspaper clipping, Harry is in the bottom photo entertaining some neighborhood kids behind his 3/4 inch scale, "Dixie Dee".
The top two photos show visitor, Captain Gary Kubicek, former Korean POW, member of GGLS, and future Charter Member of LALS.
Gary Kubicek was a member of GGLS in the late 1940's and helped them build their first outdoor track in Oakland, CA's "Redwood Regional Park". He later became a charter member of LALS.
Harry Dixon wrote in The Miniature Locomotive, November-December 1954
Captain Gary Kubicek has now retired from the Air Force to his home in Burbank, California, where Live Steam locomotives will be given a lot of attention. Gary has one of Lester Friend's articulated locos in 3/4 inch scale underway. He will affiliate his live steam activities with the Southern California Live Steamers.