Beta Pi:
IS "BETA PI BLOG" JUNK E-MAIL?: 
That old Neil Young song comes to mind "I’ve been searchin’ for a heart of gold . . ." The Gold Miner, Marty Heflin m@m2hgroup.com has only been on the blog for 2 days - and he has produced results - unlike the infamous Smitty (a visitor to the 
So, today I get this note from Marty-H:
"Larry,
I stay in close contact with Class of 81 Tickster, John Hartong, whose e-mail is attached. John is in contact with a couple of others...I believe! I think most of my class went into the witness protection program.
VTL,
Marty
Martin Heflin
Managing Partner
M2H Group
615.460.9093"
So, without further "to-do" . . . let me introduce to you, an act you’ve known for all these years . . .
BETA PI BLOG WELCOMES JOHN HARTONG, ATO ‘81: According to Heflin, John Hartong john.hartong@isdn.net is a "Tickster." Gentlemen, Tickster is the 1980 translation of "Tick-a-lo" - and we welcome this brother into the internet blog-os-fold.
Blog staff must rely on hold-over Steven B. Starr a.k.a. Vinny starr2456@comcast.net , a post-graduate who haunted the Tick-a-lo Mansion during Vanderbilt Law School from 1975 - 1978, to provide some tale-telling.
According to Heflin, 
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BETA PI BLOG ROSTER STATS: As of August 20, 2008, the Blog roster stands at 92 Beta Pi brothers, 84 Tick-a-lo men online who have e-mail addresses. If you have an e-mail address on a Brother - fugetaboutit!
VTL,
Larry Simons
Beta Pi, 72
Yes, and 
no! It is not this e-mail. This e-mail contains some written content of the "Beta Pi Blog", not the entire content. The "blog" is a web-site, it includes 
pictures, links, Archives of previous issues, and other time-wasters. To get there, simply "Click on" the web address: 
Steve Starr, a.k.a. Vinny 
greats who entered Vanderbilt ATO in 1976, and 1977, and 1978. Such fellows as 
Rodney Yanker 
Larry Simons
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no! It is not this e-mail. This e-mail contains some written content of the "Beta Pi Blog", not the entire content. The "blog" is a web-site, it includes 
pictures, links, Archives of previous issues, and other time-wasters. To get there, simply "Click on" the web address: 
George Simons as the wacky guy who attempted to play 
Wales Tales at 
"Columbia Tales" and became 
the well. 
Herb Ladley smelled the presence of a well, and 
continually kept hitting on George. The 
more he got nailed, the funnier he thought it was. 
Those of you who knew George know he could hold a lot of beer and liquor. Well, now you know - that Columbia Tales game had been infiltrated by a spy . . . 
TRUE STORY: GEORGE WAS AN OSS SPY: In the newspaper yesterday was an article, "World War II Spy Ring was 24,000 Strong." The article is about the OSS - The Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II. As I read the article (See Link, at right) I remembered my Dad, 
George H. Simons told me he had served as a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp, and was "undercover" working for the OSS, as a "spy." I could hardly believe it, but my 
Mom corroborated that he was an undercover guy. She had told me he used to have a shoulder-holster hand gun. All I had were stories, until I read the article. It said the List of people who served in the OSS was being released.
Let me tell you one of my favorite stories about my Dad. Using his connections to the federal government, he once got us in to meet Richard Nixon. True story - it was summer of 1968, we were vacationing in Key Biscayne. My Dad was a Nixon fan, and it was no coincidence we were staying at a hotel across the street from the hotel where Candidate Nixon was staying. It was a day or two before the Republican Convention, just days before Nixon would become the Republican Nominee. 
Yes, and 
no! It is not this e-mail. This e-mail contains some written content of the "Beta Pi Blog", not the entire content. The "blog" is a web-site, it includes pictures, links, Archives of previous issues, and other time-wasters. To get there, simply "Click on" the web address: 
THE HEME TAKES COMMAND: The Heme has stepped up to be "point-man" for the Tick-a-lo’s-O-73! Heme is planning an "All-Tick-a-lo Dinner" Saturday evening, October 25th, at Rumba, a fashionable West End Restaurant. Heme, in an abundance of caution, I went ahead and made a reservation at Rumba for 24, and they are loose if more show up. 
* FROM GEORGE "ABER" ABERNATHY: 
* FROM JOHN "BOSS" STEIN: "I am in, total of two. jfs" 
Immortal Marty, a.k.a. Frank Collins, ‘76 will be attending.
The Love-Man, a.k.a. Tom Lovinggood, ‘74, and myself 
Bozino Lorenzo, ‘75 will be in attendance. And of course, what Reunion would be complete without a 
J.D. sighting?
HUGE GORILLA POPULATION FOUND IN CONGO! This is an amazing story - one that I thought 
M-LINK, a.k.a. 
George Ford would find interesting (See Link at right). Apparently, there is a massive throng-o-kong! Link, no 
monkeying around here, we love you - among Tick-a-lo’s, you will always be King 
(Kong).
Ann and I are headed to 
Sunflower tomorrow! I’m ready fo’ big fun. My step-son William (age 19) is going with 5 of his buds - yeah. They are bringing their sleeping bags to camp out in our 
apartment guest room. The Festival line-up includes Lil’ Howlin’ Wolf, Jimbo Mathis, Super Chikan, Jimmy Burns, and Shemekia Copeland (See link on the right). Yow-za-bay-bay!