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"Get To Know Joe"
One of Joseph P. Knapp's Lifetime Crusades, Was His Belief That
The Expansion Of Knowledge, Will Lead To A Better World
For All Of Us. He Demonstrated That Belief In Many Ways
With His Personal Funding Of THE MENTOR Magazine,
Who's Slogan Was "Learn Something New Everyday" ,
His Funding Of The Public School System In
His Adopted State Of North Carolina,
& Funding School Libraries Through
Out The USA Via His
Knapp Foundation
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He Also Had A Exclusive Club For His Friends & Associates
With The Publication Of "The Knapps Lived Here", by Elm & McKinley Books of NY The First Book To Ever To Cover The History Of J. P. Knapp's Life And Those Of His Father & Son & More,
I Would Like To Present The First Charter Members Of The Open To All World Wide
"KNEW JOE KNAPP CLUB"
Mr. Martin Van Lith of Brookhaven, NY
Marty is quite a local historian and along with his wife Anita are true champions of many righteous causes. We were in grade and high school together, but only reconnected around 2003 because of this website. We have had our share of adventures again out on the bay and there are several web pages devoted to that called More Boating He was an immense help to me in doing the research for the book eg when he introduced me to the now late Fred Gillespie. Marty also wrote a pretty darn good review of the book.
Mr. G. M. ( a true Oldsmobile man ) Tampa, FL
Gary Messinetti is another old friend and Mastic Beach Pioneer, who reconnected with me after decades, because of this website in 2002. There's a real nice story about his father and uncle's business located here. Pat & Mikes was like a community center for our home town in the '50s & '60s especially for us gear heads.
Mr. Phil Van Tassel of Blaine, MN
Sgt. Phil is now a VERY close friend who I have known since the mid 1950's but he never knew I existed until this website
brought us together in 2004. There is a pretty good story about how all that jazz happened located here
Mr. Tom East of Haymarket ,VA
