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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.
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CONGRATULATIONS BOSS!
I just received word from JOHN STEIN that he has announced his retirement, and he sent me the link to a very nice article in the Tennessean, here is the link:
I hope to retire one of
these days. Still working J. Personally, I view retirement as a positive,
something to look forward to. And, it is
a “milestone” – and thus an occasion to look
forward, but also to look back.
I recall
our days in the ATO House, John was a serious fellow, he served as Treasurer,
he was a faithful Brother and very careful steward of our finances at ATO.
Buck and I were living in the house at the
time,
and I observed Boss “crack the whip” on guys to pay their dues, and he
was very diligent in seeing that Alex and Laura’s food orders got made and paid
for,
and Boss made sure Alex and Laura got paid,
ensuring that our great meals
were cooked and served in our ATO House.
Compare that to the House today, where the boys pay caterers to deliver
food. How does the lyric go . . . “you
don’t know what you got, til’ you lose it.”
John did the hard work that made our ATO House possible.
Here
are a few pics of the Boss that did not appear in the paper.
Boss was a Fonzie Clone in the Biker picture.
Picture by Clark Thomas
Boss was a fashion leader in men’s hairstyles of the day.
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KEEPING TABS:
Here is
a reminder of the Brothers we have lost.
EDWARD G. “TED” STEPHANY, died January 20, 2016.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2016, No.01, Archive: Jan. 2016
J. NEAL CRENSHAW, died November 12, 2014.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2014, No.08, Archive: Nov. 2014Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2014, No.10, Archive: Dec. 2014
MILES WALSH, died in July, 2013.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2013, No.05, Comments Section (over 50 comments),
Archive: Aug.2013
DAVID HOWE, died November 30, 2006.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2006, No.68, Archive: December, 2006. Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2007, No.30, Archive: May, 2007
KURT WAGNER,
died in July, 2002.
Beta Pi Blog, Vol.2016, No.02, Archive: Jan. 2016
ALEXANDER WILSON, died in 1977.
If you
have never explored the “Archives” in this Blog – it is toward the top of the
latest “blog issue”, on the right. You
access it by clicking on the Month and Year, and it will drop down with
choices. For example, if you click on
December, 2006, it will drop down and list all issues that were published that
month. If you want Issue No. 68, you
click on that, and it takes you to that issue.
You can then post a comment to that issue. It’s never too late to post a comment,
right?
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Larry
Simons
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