BERNARD DUNN
Bernard Dunn was a special friend at Hope High School. His family lived on my paper
route on South Walnut St. during our early childhood years. I had learned that Bernard
and Coleen Dunn lived in Baton Rouge, LA and, if the opportunity ever availed itself, I
would visit them. I had attended a National Association of Retired Postal Inspectors
Reunion in Galveston, TX in 2006 with Charles Neatherton, also retired PI, and we
drove there in his auto. On my return visit, I called Bernard and he invited me over to
his lovely home in Baton Rouge. On our way home from Galveston, we also had a nice
lunch visit with Nelda T. Doyle, Marvin and Roz Triplett.
At the time of my visit with Bernard Dunn, his wife was too sick with cancer to have
visitors so Bernard and I talked about old times and old pics which he had stored there
in his attic. He promised to bring them to our next reunion which he did and we now
have them on his memorial page. That was the year we classmates visited the
Southwest Proving Ground where Hope City Management was getting a large sum of
money from FEMA for storage of the thousands of trailers meant for the use of
hurricane victims. Bernard was not too complimentary about Homeland Security Head
Michael Chertoff and his handling of this FEMA operation. I had once worked a voter
fraud case with Michael C. when he was an Asst. U. S. Attorney in NYC and Bernard
and I agreed on his thoughts about Mike.
Shortly after this visit in Baton Rouge with Bernard, his spouse died from cancer and
he, Ellis Rothwell, and I spent a lot of our time together at our next several reunions
because we all had become widowers and had much in common. We visited old places
in and around Hope together.
Bernard Dunn was a special friend to all his classmates and especially to many of our
ladies who loved to dance with him during his younger days. He even told me once
about a time when Nelda had asked him to dance and Tommy Doyle wanted to whip
him for his dancing with her. Nelda agreed that this was a true story. She said she
learned to dance by dancing with the older band members unknown to Tommy. She,
too, was a great dancer.
Now they, Bernard and Nelda, will have a chance to finish that dance. All three of
them, Bernard, Nelda, and TD are sorely missed by their HHS classmates and they
were all very special to me.
In His Love,
Clyde Arnold
May 18, 2012
Bernard Dunn was a special friend at Hope High School. His family lived on my paper
route on South Walnut St. during our early childhood years. I had learned that Bernard
and Coleen Dunn lived in Baton Rouge, LA and, if the opportunity ever availed itself, I
would visit them. I had attended a National Association of Retired Postal Inspectors
Reunion in Galveston, TX in 2006 with Charles Neatherton, also retired PI, and we
drove there in his auto. On my return visit, I called Bernard and he invited me over to
his lovely home in Baton Rouge. On our way home from Galveston, we also had a nice
lunch visit with Nelda T. Doyle, Marvin and Roz Triplett.
At the time of my visit with Bernard Dunn, his wife was too sick with cancer to have
visitors so Bernard and I talked about old times and old pics which he had stored there
in his attic. He promised to bring them to our next reunion which he did and we now
have them on his memorial page. That was the year we classmates visited the
Southwest Proving Ground where Hope City Management was getting a large sum of
money from FEMA for storage of the thousands of trailers meant for the use of
hurricane victims. Bernard was not too complimentary about Homeland Security Head
Michael Chertoff and his handling of this FEMA operation. I had once worked a voter
fraud case with Michael C. when he was an Asst. U. S. Attorney in NYC and Bernard
and I agreed on his thoughts about Mike.
Shortly after this visit in Baton Rouge with Bernard, his spouse died from cancer and
he, Ellis Rothwell, and I spent a lot of our time together at our next several reunions
because we all had become widowers and had much in common. We visited old places
in and around Hope together.
Bernard Dunn was a special friend to all his classmates and especially to many of our
ladies who loved to dance with him during his younger days. He even told me once
about a time when Nelda had asked him to dance and Tommy Doyle wanted to whip
him for his dancing with her. Nelda agreed that this was a true story. She said she
learned to dance by dancing with the older band members unknown to Tommy. She,
too, was a great dancer.
Now they, Bernard and Nelda, will have a chance to finish that dance. All three of
them, Bernard, Nelda, and TD are sorely missed by their HHS classmates and they
were all very special to me.
In His Love,
Clyde Arnold
May 18, 2012
