Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2009, No.33 - Merry Christmas & Happy Neuburg

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BLOG COMMENTARY (the opinions expressed by Bozino do not represent the opinions of the Beta Pi Chapter, Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. They are merely the opinions of a humble clown).

Merry Christmas from Beta Pi Blog! What does Christmas mean to a humble clown from ATO?

ATO is a Christian Fraternity. Christian principles are at the very core of ATO. That is historical fact. If you joined ATO and were unaware of this fact, you were asleep at the wheel, my friend.

Christmas is, among other things, a National Holiday, and has a lot of tradition which is rooted in European and pagan customs. Nevertheless, Christmas is above all a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. I try to keep that simple truth in my mind as the onslaught of commercial Christmas bombards me.





There, I’ve admitted it - I feel bombarded by commercialism at Christmas time.

To my Brothers in ATO and friends of ATO, I love you! I wish you peace.

Merry Christmas from Beta Pi Blog.


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MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A . . . :

I received a nice note from

Chip Heartfield  cheartfield@verizon.net  , with a link to a Youtube video. I will try to insert the link, but if it doesn’t work, you’ll have to get the link from Chip:

In honor of Brother Don Scott dbs1956@aol.com  , who made this the ATO house band during our tenure. Throughout the period 75-78, by blasting their music off the front porch of the Tic House, we succeeded in keeping away approx 99.6% of the Vandy coeds. The founding trio were all dead by about the same age as we are now. Have a Very Merry ATO Christmas and a great 2010!
Chip Heartfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of2tzbVHYCY


And this from Don Scott:

Very uplifting.

Merry Christmas to all.

Don




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Here is a poem that has a Christmas feel, written by that Schwim-baggio, Dr. Poeticus, George Welborn gwelborn@mindspring.com  .

George submitted this last summer, and I love it so much I’m posting it again. Read on and you will understand why I say Christmas feel:

T’was the Tick-a-lor
By George Welborn

T’was the summer before reunion and all through the Nation,

The Tick-a-lors were planning a VU October vacation.



The now graying Brothers were snuggled all warm in their beds,

With visions of Wales Tales and wenches in their heads.



For soon there’d be drinking, Tales and carousing;

Just like the old days when their youth was arousing,



For a gathering was at hand and would be quite the site

If only the participants could still stay up late at night.



For the Class of ‘74 was the largest ever you see,

With an incredible, amazing amount of diversity.



Never a dull moment with such a range of personalities

Including jocks and swimmers and dealers and Yankees.



The diversity there seemed to impact them all,

With a number of great evenings they can barely recall.



Though from bad memory or alcohol it may not be clear

It is certainly known that there was always lots of beer.



And lucky for them that Alex and Laura were there,

For their patience and tolerance was beyond compare.



Providing food for their stomachs and advice for their ears

That was only appreciated later after a number of years.



So be forewarned all those that are brave enough to join in

You may have to wear name tags to still recognize a friend.



For damaged livers, medications, prostates and bladders

May have taken a toll on faces but it’s the spirit that matters.



So in spite of the decades of time that have passed,

And for me it has all gone way, way too fast,



I would be most delighted to again see my old friends

At the ATO reunion where the fun never ends.

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AND HAPPY NEUBURG!:

A few days after the last blog (late November) - I got a nice e-mail from that weird and wacky Tick-a-lor,

Jerry Neuburg  jneuburg@olympiawest.com  . Jerry is one of the Greats, and we hope he will crash our Class of 75 Reunion Party next fall. Here is what Jerry sent:

LARRY,

I just thought I'd send this to you from Gregorytown Eleuthra. I'm here with Tammy my wife, Suzy my sister, Samanthas, step daughter, and my sister's son and girl friend. Look up (link) turn up the volume.

http://www.rainbowinn.com/

It's Elvin's tonight, Thompson's bakery for breakfast, Surfer's beach or Rainbow Bay beach this afternoon, Thanksgiving banquet tonight.. Pass this along

Jerry Neuburg

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NEW MEAT: My geriatric memory fails again. One of you guys told me at Reunion - I forget, but you know who you are - that you had a line on a Brother Tick-a-lor, I forget who it was. Total memory failure. So now, it’s up to whomever, to realize that I am in the dark with your lead, and it will die on the vine unless you water it. So, I leave it up to your conscience - will you take action and find this Brother, or take no action and realize nothing?


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BETA PI BLOG ROSTER STATS: As of December 17, 2009, the Blog roster stands at 90 Tick-a-lo men online who have e-mail addresses (plus 8 Brothers who do not have e-mail), and 10 ATO Girlfriends-o-Yore. The blog needs e-mail addresses, please share!


VTL,

Larry Simons

Beta Pi, 72