Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2013, No.06 - Reunion Update

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YEA .   .   .   . or

 

 

NAY? 

 Beta Pi Blog’s purpose: to bring ATO, Beta Pi Chapter Brothers and ATO Gal-Pals together.  The blog is not to be taken seriously - it is meant for

 

fun. 

 

The Beta Pi Blog is non-political.  It includes

 

pictures, links, Archives of previous issues,

 

and other time-wasters.

 

To get there, go to web address: http://beta-pi-blog.blogspot.com

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REUNION 2013 UPDATE:  as is our tradition, we will be having our Annual ATO Dinner this year, after the Homecoming Game, at the following place and time:

EVENT:  ANNUAL ATO DINNER

PLACE:  CABANA RESTAURANT, 1910 Belcourt Ave., Nashville, TN 37210

DATE:  Saturday, October 5, 2013

TIME:  8:00 p.m.

RSVP:  Larry Simons, lasimons4law@aol.com

 

CLASS OF 1973 ATO DINNER HEADCOUNT:

These are the “known-knowns” so far:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLAUDE CODY  -  YES!  Claude is bringing his awesome family!  (4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEORGE “ABER” ABERNATHY –  YES!  “Larry, this year is my 40th Reunion. I will be joining my classmates and football jocks to the Class of '73 events, and we already have a couple of planned events this October.  Kimberly and I are attending Homecoming, and we might be able to show our mugs for a cocktail (but not dinner after the game).  My wishes and hellos go out to all the brothers, and especially Brother Stein.  He took on a huge task and his hard work appears everywhere on the '73 Class Reunion scene.  Aber”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEORGE JOE –  HALF-YES!  “My situation is still a little fluid and I may need to be back in Birmingham that Saturday. Best not to include me in the dinner head count currently, but will let you know if the situation changes. In the meantime, thank you and all the other brothers involved in the ATO blog for bringing a little sunshine into so many of our lives!  Best regards, George aka "baby face" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GEORGE “THE HEME” TOMLINSON– YES! Stag.  “Just me, unless I pick up a beer wench along the way.” (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN “BOSS” STEIN – YES!  “Me and Beth . . .” (2)

 

 

 

 

 

MARK “CHEEKS” REED– no word yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIKE “CLEVE” McCARTY–  YES!  “Two me and my wife Jodie Emery”  (2)

 

 

TIM CUSACK– no word yet

 

However, several NON-73 Tics have already CONFIRMED their attendance, notably THE FOUR STOOGES:

FRANK “BUCK” BILLER, YES!  (2)

LARRY “BOZO” SIMONS, YES!  (2)

STEVEN “VINNIE” STARR, YES!  (1)

FRANK “MARTY” COLLINS, YES!  (2)

 

ALSO attending:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHRIS “THE GREEK REGAS – yes,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORY “STUBBS” CLARK – YES!   “That's gonna be 2 for dinner!! Looking forward to seeing everybody! !”  (2)







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CLASS OF 1978 HEADCOUNT:

 
JAMES QUALLS– no word yet

CHIP HEARTFIELD– no word yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DICK STONER- Dick reports that he is unable to attend, sends love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 DON “FUNKY” ENGLEMAN- “GREAT to get a personalized invite from you...unfortunately, it will not happen this time. I do hope our paths cross again soon! Sincerely, Don Engelman

 

 

 

ED OPPENEHIEMER– no word yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEAN “HALF GUN” WALSH– no word yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

DON SCOTT– no word yet

D.R. FLOWER– no word yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JIMMY “THE GREASER” GRISSETT– no word yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARK ADAMS “FAMILY” – no word yet

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BETA PI BLOG IS CHANGING!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a semi-successful Web site Member drive.  18 of you signed up.  This is roughly 20%, and enough to fly “e-mail fee.”  Announcing the “Maiden Voyage” of the “E-Mail-free Beta-Pi-Blog”.

 

 

 

 

 

Beta Pi Blog is about to go “E-MAIL-FREE”.  That’s right, beginning with the next issue, there will be no more “E-mail heads up” messages sent, for issues or comments.  We are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“dumping” e-mail. 

 

 

 

This Blog has great features – you can “join” this site, and that enables you to receive all new issues, and comments automatically.  You may or may not want that.  The reason for the change is simple:  we do this Blog for free, there are now 131 people, e-mails have become time consuming.  So, how did the whole “e-mail” thing get out of hand?

 

 

A little history.  In 2005, at Reunion, Frank Biller first conceived of the idea, he said: 

 

“Hey Larry, there has got to be a way to get us all together on the internet.” 

 

I told Frank, let’s start by collecting everyone’s e-mail address, and make a list.  That was a one-name-at-a-time project.  We got a few names.  Then, I wrote to four prominent tics, to sound out the idea.  I referred to it – prospectively – as a “Blog” because in 2006, lots of people were using that word. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To my surprise, Marc "Biggie Rat" Darling wrote back (on actual letterhead) and said he’d be very interested to see this “blog.”  Well, I figured at that point I’d actually have to make it happen. 

At the time, AOL offered a free blogging service, and the Beta Pi Blog was born.  I have used the e-mail list as a way to alert folks of a new post, or comment.  Over the past seven years, the list has grown to 131. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A hundred-frickin-thirty-one! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you want to receive the Beta Pi Blog automatically, you will need to “Join the Site”.  Or, you can just memorize the web address: http://beta-pi-blog.blogspot.com - and visit us, or not.

 

HERE'S HOW to “JOIN THIS SITE”: go to web address: http://beta-pi-blog.blogspot.com  - then, as you look at the Beta Pi Blog page, look over to the right, near the top, and click on "JOIN THIS SITE" or "BECOME A FOLLOWER" - follow the prompts.

You should be able to choose to receive either/or/both "Posts" and "Comments".

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BETA PI BLOG ROSTER STATS:   As of September 9, 2013, the Blog roster stands at 115 Tick-a-lo men online who have e-mail addresses (plus 6 Brothers who do not have e-mail), and 16 ATO Gal-Pals.  The blog needs e-mail addresses, please share!

VTL,

 

 

 

 

Larry Simons

Beta Pi, 72