He was yet another example of how first appearances can often be deceiving.
At the time of the 1978 International Assemblies, I remember being very impressed with the way in which he handled himself in a rather hostile televisioin interview:
- although, admittedly, much of my satisfaction came from watching that supercilious TV commentator get well and truly put in his place! (By contrast, Lloyd Barry, also present at that interview, came over as a bumbling incompetent).
However, that interview - along with all his other media contacts - did not show the side of Ted Jaracz known to those who had the misfortune of dealing with him on a day-to-day basis. Rather than the tactful, articulate and dignified gentleman that appeared to the media, he was in fact nothing more than a 24-carat b#%*&^d!
In other words, Jaracz was a worthy successor to the likes of J.F. Rutherford and Co.
Bill