Originally Posted By jkayjs My daughter emailed me a wonderful article about Tom Nabbe. To paraphrase it said that he only bought a ticket to enter a Disney park once in his life. It was July 18,1955 @the age of 12. The next day he landed a job hawking "The Disneyland News". Shortly after he became "Tom Sawyer" @ the park but only as long as he kept a "C" average in school and reported to Mr.Disney with his grade card. He worked at the park throughout his childhood and eventually became a manager. He transfered to WDW in 1971 as a manager of the monorails. He later helped open DLP. He retired in June of 03 with 48 years of service and was inducted as a Disney Legend September 20,2005. What a great human interest story, just thought it was worth sharing.
Originally Posted By Labuda Hmmm, I *think* I may have heard of this guy before. Regardless, what a neat story, and what a wonderful life he'd had!
Originally Posted By jkayjs Labuda you so enjoyed your time at DL I thought you would enjoy a part I forgot. He was the last working member of Club 55 a group of original DL CM's. One of the qualifacations was to have a pay check from Walt Disney dated 1955. How blessed to have a job you truely love and loves you back.
