She is helping with the advertising for a Dec. 11 dance at the Ralph Fulton VFW Hall in Elsmere. The proceeds will benefit Mr. Henry's medical fund. Tassie's letter is hanging at the American Legion in Walton, where her grandpa and other Good Guys hang out. In February, I wrote about the Good Guys and their trust in the general worthiness of people. They give anyway.
Somebody has to, and it's better to help and occasionally err than never to help at all, they say.
My column described an elderly man stranded with a broken-down van at the Flyin' J restaurant in Walton. The waitresses there immediately thought of the Good Guys. Over the years, he also has spent many Christmases delivering gifts and food to needy families. Now, grudgingly, he has come to acknowledge that he is the one in need. On fliers about the Dec. 11 benefit, Mr. Henry photocopied a chart from his doctors.