Westside News EAST Edition – October 15, 2023

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October 15, 2023

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IILTON FAMILY D E advocate N T I S T Rtakes Y A community a trip of a lifetime October 15, 2023

Issue No. 42

After basic training, Dahl was asIt was there he began a career as a produce mansigned to a technical training school ager. Dahl earned national awards for his produce He’s an advocate, a Brockport com- in Texas, where he trained to be an displays. Shortly after, he was transferred to the munity volunteer, and, most impor- aviation mechanic. From there, Dahl Loblaws in Brockport. Dahl married his wife, Donna, in 1967. The tantly, a veteran. Brockport resident was sent to several different bases: George Dahl recently traveled with Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois newlyweds bought a home in Kendall but eventu61 other veterans on Honor Flight and a Strategic Air Command base ally moved to Brockport, where their roots in this in New Hampshire at Pease Air Na- community were planted, and Dahl began a new Mission 80 to Washington, D.C. The 24-hour Honor Flight mission tional Guard Base. In 1963, he was chapter in his family and business life. As his famprovides the veterans an opportunity assigned to a Royal Canadian Air ily flourished with the addition of four children, he to tour the U.S. War Memorials. But Force base in Edmonton, Canada. purchased a business called Cook Displays Studios. one of the greatest purposes of the His first assignment overseas was in He is best known for his next business venture, trip is for the veterans to reunite with Okinawa, Japan. His next transfer Cook-Dahl, Inc. This was a full-service remodeling their fellow service members. This landed him at five refueling bases in company that specialized in kitchens, bathrooms, trip re-creates the sense of comrade- Thailand, specifically Dung Mong. E4 interiors, and home additions. ship that members felt during their Airman First Class Dahl maintained and repaired ground equipment Why he gives his time to his community military service. All Ages Welcome Dahl, age 80, completed his appli- that supported aircraft in combat Anyone who lives in the Brockport area knows cation to travel on an Honor Flight areas. These refueling bases sup- that George Dahl is synonymous with community ported bombers involved in warfare service. Dahl is a member of the Brockport Fire months ago. When notified that heParticipating Providers: Wegmans Department, a past president and a current memwas approved, he knew this would be in Vietnam. Employees - of the Brockport Rotary, and one of the found“I enjoyed being out of the country, ber a•trip of a lifetime. Same Day Give us a call, seeing new landscapes and different ing members of the Brockport Integrated Service CEREC Dentistry we have you cultures. I was overseas for about 18 Club Organizations (BISCO). The mission of this Dahl’s military life covered. • Dental Implants association is to bring local service organizations Dahl wasApnea just 18Devices years old when he months,” Dahl said. • Sleep together to cooperatively and collectively contribute enlisted in the Air Force in 1961. to the betterment and well-being of eligible indi“I really was not sure what I want- Life when he returned home ed to do after I graduated from high He returned home in 1965. “My folks viduals or groups of children in the westernmost school, so I enlisted www.hiltonfamilydentistry.com with three other lived in Batavia. I was guaranteed a towns of Monroe County. In the past, this group’s biggest project was The friends,” Dahl said. “I was always job at Loblaws, a supermarket chain. interested in planes, so that’s why I I worked there part-time during high Brockport Arts Festival. The Village of Brockport school,” he said. now presents this festival. enlisted in the Air Force.” Brockport resident Lorraine D’Angelo is a Rotarian. She has known Dahl for 15 years. When asked to describe Dahl, she said, “George is funloving, jovial, and truly is a giver. Brockport is so fortunate to have him as a resident and community servant.” Dahl believes in giving his time for many reasons. “The satisfaction of helping others and doing something good for my community is why I gave Welcoming Colonial on a cul-de-sac and low village electric. and still give my time. I feel that if you work in a community, you should always be able to contribute 4 bedrooms, 1.5 in some way,” Dahl said. baths, living room by Maggie Fitzgibbon

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George Dahl and his trip guardian, John Egan, at the start of the welcome home parade at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. Photo by Maggie Fitzgibbon. When Dahl asked Egan to accompany him, Egan was taken aback. “I was really honored. I’ve known George and the Dahl family all my life. The Dahl and Egan families are neighbors,” Egan said. Dahl asked Egan to accompany him for many reasons. “John’s Dad was one of my best friends. He passed when John was young, and so I made sure to keep track of John,” Dahl said. Egan added, “George gave me my first job.” Over the years, Dahl and Egan became friends, and both are Rotarians. “John is a ‘get things done’ kind of person. I knew he would be a great person to go on this trip with me,” Dahl said.

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