|
Giving back and honoring two great men...
In the summer of 2007, Jerry Antil returned to Cortland, New York where he delivered the eulogy to honor his sister Dorothy. The service was attended by many of his high school basketball teammates who had shared the improbable experience of a 1956-57 championship season so many years ago. Mr. Antil was struck by his friends’ support, many of whom he had not seen in a number of years. At the service Jerry spoke with Jane Durkee Edlund whose father Albert Durkee had been a partner with Jerry’s father Michael Antil, Sr. in the very successful Durkee’s Bakery in Homer NY. Big Mike Antil (6’6”) was a man of great energy, who worked with his partner Al Durkee to develop a thriving business. The patriarchs of the Durkee and Antil families and their wives Florence Durkee and Mary Antil, provided their children with many happy memories and were very community minded. They employed people from the local communities and used local farm produce in their baking products. An example of devotion to their community was during the notorious blizzard of 1935, when the partners used a plane to deliver bread to snow-bound Binghamton. For these reasons Jane and Jerry explored ways to honor their fathers. Jerry knew that his father would have no interest in a statue, plaque or any other inanimate object.
While Jerry Antil considered ideas to honor their father, he and his 1956-57 basketball teammates were honored in a January 2008 ceremony at their Alma Mater, Fabius-Pompey High school, for that improbable championship season over fifty years ago. With a renewed team spirit and desire to give back to their Alma Mater as well as other schools in Central New York and conceivably throughout the country, The Bread ( for schools) Run was born.
“The Boys Bread for Schools Run is a gift from one basketball team of ’56-57….who grew up in the world and times of Mr. Durkee and Mr. Antil. We now volunteer our time, energy and resources in their honor and memory, so that we can help both our beloved Alma Mater and schools everywhere.” Jerry Antil
For my information about the Antil and Durkee families, the bakery and the community go to http://www.breadforschoolsrun.org/history.html |
|
USATF CERTIFIED COURSES |
|
Race timing by Leone |
|
Registration open after 01/1/2012 |
|
Jane Durkee Edlund and Jerry Antil |
|
Michael Antil Sr. |
|
Albert Durkee |
|
So many remember the attraction of the huge Durkee ‘s sign gracing the hills above Homer NY, home of the Durkee’s Bakery |
|
Home |
|
Race Details |
|
The Boys of ‘56-’57 |
|
2011 Race Results |
|
Registration |
|
Angel Run |
|
Photos |
|
Contact Us |
|
2011 SPONSORS |
|
Thank-you to our Angels
Angel Runners as of 10/05/10
Vaugn Ali, Fabius-Pompey Frederick Antil, Fabius Pompey Jerome Mark Antil, Fabius Pompey James Antil, St. Frances College, IN Richard Antil, Fabius Pompey Mary Lederman Antil, St. Mary's, Cortland In Memory of Michael Sr. and Mary Antil, Fabius Pompey In Memory of Michael Sr. and Mary Antil, St. Mary's, Cortland Arthur and Joyce Berg, Fabius Pompey Dorothy Antil Bredesen, St. Mary's, Cortland Ruth Bryan A Time to Grow Nursery School Julie Byrne, Chittenango School Mary Carr Fabius Pompey Larry Carr Fabius Pompey Wesley Carr, Fabius Pompey Chase Barber & Stylist, Time to Grow Nursery Don and Mary Duba, Laconia Christian School, CT Avis, Exelby,Fabius Pompey Gene Fellows, Fabius Pompey George and Halina Gagne, Fabius Pompey Timoth Lederman, Albemarle High, VA Ann Ludke, Fabius-Pompey Doug Lyon, A Time to Grow Nursery School Walt Norris, Fabius Pompey Brody Peckham, Jordan-Elbridge In Loving Memory of Roman Peckham, Jordan-Elbridge Mina Penoyer, Fabius Pompey John Price, Eugene Field Elementry, MO Oscar Robertson, CrispusAttucks, IN Anne Valentine, Fabius Pompey Jim Valentine, Fabius Pompey Eleanor and Jesse Williams, Fabius Pompey |
