THE REFURBISHED MICKLER PLAQUE !!!

THE PLACEMENT OF THE REFURBISHED MICKLER PLAQUE

Bobby Mickler has had his father's plaque refurbished and here it is all shiny and new.  The plaque has been placed on the ticket building so everyone will be able to see it when coming into the Mickler Memorial Field which was re-dedicated in 2001. (Thanks to Mike Scott '67, who began the move to make sure the Randolph Ro-Hawks know and remember the past Ro-Hawk traditions and memorials.) Thanks to everyone who had a hand in making sure the incoming Ro-Hawks know who COACH Robert W. Mickler was.  

The Refurbished plaque

The old damaged plaque which was near the field and was unrecognizable

The newly painted ticket booth

The Robert Mickler Memorial plaque has been restored and re-hung.  A few years ago Mike Scott and I (Gloria)  noticed that the plaque was just put on a pole by the football field and it was hardly readable.  So that led us to investigate what happened with the upkeep.  We found out that hardly anybody at the school knew that the plaque was there or even who Robert Mickler was!!! How could that be? Who is in charge of school history? We contacted Mark and Keith Chauret because their father (who by the way is still alive at 94!) ......... Chauret and the Chauret family had been instrumental in placing the plaque and re-naming the football field.  So we called around and tried to collect some money from some Ro-Hawks to be used to restore the plaque and we ended up talking with Mark Chauret who said he had $4,700 in a bank account that had been sitting there for 16 years from the original Mickler Memorial funds.  Robert Mickler's son, Bobby Mickler III took the plaque to a restoration company and they restored the plaque for $565.  Mark asked that the remaining funds go to The Randolph Field Education Foundation with the stipulation that they be used in a scholarship fund in Robert Mickler's name!