tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49352667967952923412024-03-12T03:23:22.605-05:00The Old Sugar Land Club HouseThis is a blog for old timers, plus their friends and families, who are linked by memories of Sugar Land and its schools or have an avid interest in the history of Sugar Land.Chuck Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071028509093276285noreply@blogger.comBlogger1369125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935266796795292341.post-3642250682887606462018-08-26T18:34:00.002-05:002018-08-26T18:34:23.581-05:00News & Updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I regret I have several items of sad news to relay since I haven't posted to this blog for a couple of months. My first item is to say Mark Farrell, son of Verna and J. T. Farrell, passed away in recent months. (I have not found an obituary.) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Reba Hall Nicosia (SLHS '43) died on July 30, 2018. <a href="http://www.fbherald.com/obituaries/reba-nicosia/article_02a1f893-892e-5be3-baed-2ceefaaa60a7.html">Here is an obituary</a>. (Thank you Betty Lubojasky for notifying me.) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My classmate, Penny Morton Springer, died on August 15, 2018. (My thanks go to Louise Nichols Gau for notifying me.) <a href="https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/stafford-tx/penny-springer-7965380">Here is an obituary</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I want to thank Pam Helmcamp Clark (DHS '60) for notifying me that Joe Rychlik passed away. <a href="http://www.sealynews.com/stories/joe-j-rychlik,79528?">Click here to view his obituary</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Many of you may have heard that William H. Louviere, Jr. passed away a few days ago. I don't have an obituary, but Marsha Krause Smith notified me that his service will be on Friday, August 31st, at 11:00 am at St. Theresa Church. (Thanks, Marsha.)</span></span></div>
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Chuck Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071028509093276285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935266796795292341.post-21383877821115347902018-08-26T17:31:00.000-05:002018-08-26T17:31:01.360-05:00DHS Class of '68 to Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Class of '68 at Dulles High School will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday, October 13th, at The Swinging Door in Richmond. We will also host a mixer in Sugar Land's Town Center area on Friday night, October 12th. There will be more information soon. </span></span><br />
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Chuck Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071028509093276285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935266796795292341.post-19497973950634297772018-06-21T12:00:00.000-05:002018-06-21T12:00:15.587-05:00News & Updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I regret to report that long-time Sugar Land resident, Shirley Phelps Laird, aged 96 passed away recently. My sincerest condolences to Tommy, Karen, and the extended Laird family. Lots of people will miss her. <a href="https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/sugar-land-tx/shirley-laird-7885349">Click here to view an obituary</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last time I posted a photo of Dr. E. E. "Dubbo" Jenkins. Pam Helmcamp Clark recently sent me a notice that his son, Bob Jenkins, died recently. Bob lived very briefly in Sugar Land, but he has lots of relatives still living in the area. My condolences to his extended family for their loss. <a href="https://www.brenhammemorialchapel.com/obituaries/robert-bob-lee-jenkins">Click here to view an obituary</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My friend and classmate Marsha Smith noticed that Carrin Mauritz Patman died recently. Her mother was an early superintendent of Sugar Land ISD back in the 1920s. She too was named Carrin. She died giving birth to her daughter. I didn't know that Carrin (daughter) was married to Wright Patman's son. Those of you who know Texas political history will recognize Wright Patman as an influential figure in that part of our state history. <a href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=carrin-mauritz-patman&pid=189134958&fhid=5109">Click here to read an obituary</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Some of you may know that the City of Sugar Land has renamed the old Main Street bridge, the Annette Williamson Wise Bridge, in honor of her commitment and service to our local community. They will hold a celebration on Saturday, June 30. <a href="http://houston.carpediem.cd/events/7127992-annette-williamson-wise-bridge-unveiling-at-/">Click here for more information</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Finally, some of you have followed the story of a lost cemetery discovered in Telfair on land where FBISD is constructing a new technical training center. The site is at University Blvd. and Chatham Ave. There will be much more on this as the story develops. <a href="https://communityimpact.com/houston/sugar-land-missouri-city/city-county/2018/06/05/update-fort-bend-isd-granted-petition-to-exhume-remains-from-uncovered-burial-site/">Click here to view a local newspaper article</a>.</span></span></div>
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Chuck Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071028509093276285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935266796795292341.post-76970167494434235922018-06-21T10:37:00.000-05:002018-06-21T12:03:41.440-05:00More People of old Sugar Land<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Chuck Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071028509093276285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935266796795292341.post-76257834778072181172018-06-21T10:06:00.001-05:002018-06-21T10:17:15.583-05:00Coming Attractions at the Sugar Land Heritage Mueum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Chuck Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071028509093276285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935266796795292341.post-44272675557122122702018-05-31T19:37:00.000-05:002018-06-01T09:36:45.144-05:00John Pirtle's Oral History<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">John Pirtle was born in 1931 and graduated from Sugar Land High School in 1949. His family lived on "Rat Row" (old Imperial Blvd.), which is now covered by the expanded Nalco plant. Time has made sweeping changes to the town John grew up in, but his memories are still vivid and cherished. Read his interview to get a taste of Sugar Land back then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On Saturday, May 12th, the City of Sugar Land hosted an opening ceremony for the newly expanded city park in Mayfield Park. I took a video camera with me and shot the following short video. It's a very pleasant setting. Click the image to view the 3-minute video.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thank you, Mary Lee Brodecky Sebesta, for sending me a link to Mrs. Patsy Guerrero's obituary. (I mentioned her death in an earlier post, but didn't have a link to her funeral notice.) <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/patsy-guerrero-obituary?pid=188429266&view=guestbook">Click here to view the obituary</a>. My sincerest condolences to the extended Guerrero family for the loss of their loved one.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is another selection from the 1959 Panther yearbook for M. R. Wood School in present-day Mayfield Park. This was the first annual the school produced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My thanks go to Tommy Laird (DHS '67) for sending me this scan of the 1960 Sugar Land Elementary School annual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Click the image below to view a selection of aerial photos included in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Land-Images-America-City/dp/0738578800"><i>Images of America: Sugar Land, Texas</i></a>. from Arcadia publishing company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The second is Charlie Tise, who died last Friday (March 16th). He and his wife Frances retired to Wimberley, but their connections to Sugar Land were always close. <a href="http://www.thomasonfuneralhome.com/obituary/Charles-Royce-Tise/Wimberley-Texas/1787357">Here is an obituary for Charlie</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My aunt (Mayme Rachiug Hause) sent me four snapshots from her high school days, which include two of her classmates who died recently: Frankie McFadden, and Charlie Tise. I added a later photo of another classmate who died earlier this month, Donald Brooks. There were 17 students in the Class of '48.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I received these photos from the Fort Bend County Historical Commission's Oral Histories Committee (Jane Goodsill), who obtained them from the Joe Falsone family. There are more good photos, which I'll put in future posts. I'll also include a link to the accompanying interview when it is available.</span><br />
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Chuck Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071028509093276285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935266796795292341.post-59642734788687241892018-01-30T21:55:00.001-06:002018-01-31T08:04:58.987-06:00News & Updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I learned recently that Ellie Nichols passed away. Louise Gau and Charlie Nichols are her living children. <a href="http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ellie-Nichols-Sidwell-103365213">Click here to see an obituary for Mrs. Nichols</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mary Louise Johnston, mother of Marilyn Bates Moore, Terry Bates, and Debbie Johnston passed away in October. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(I didn't hear about her death until a few weeks ago.)</span></span> She was a long-time employee at Imperial Sugar Company. Her husband Reagan worked at Nalco for many years. <a href="http://www.shmfh.com/obituaries/Mary-Johnston-20/#!/Obituary">Here is an obituary for Mrs. Johnston</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I also learned that Jane Broughton Schiller (MCHS '56) passed away in December. Diane Broughton Lundell, Joan Broughton Vaccaro, and Bill Broughton are her siblings. <a href="http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Jane-Schiller&lc=2673&pid=187414297&mid=7662955">Here is an obituary for Jane</a>. (If you view the full version, note the accompanying photo gallery.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My classmate and friend, James 'Happy' Barker (DHS '68) died in December. <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/James-Barker-obituary?pid=187473695&view=guestbook">Here is an obituary for him</a>. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(If you view the full version, note the accompanying photo gallery.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ronnie 'Rusty' Moffett (DHS '62) passed away late last year. (Note there will be a memorial services on February 3rd.) I don't have an online obituary, but Rusty's classmate, John Martin, sent me this information:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ronnie "Rusty" Moffett lost his two year battle with brain cancer
on December 4, 2017. He was a long time resident of Alvin and Sargent.
He was born on September 20, 1943 in Jennings, Louisiana to Joe and
D'eva Moffett. His family moved back to Texas when he was an infant.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Rusty
was married to Catherine Shinsky Moffett for 42 years. His blended
family consisted of Sunday Moffett Doebbler and husband Tom, Craig
Warley and wife Trish, Carol Warley Ray and husband John. Grandchildren
Trey Doebbler, Summer Doebbler, Marissa Warley Cardin and husband Louis,
and Nicholas Warley, Janie and Jackson Ray. Great-grandchildren Cadence
and Kenneth Cardin.</span></span></div>
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graduated from Dulles High School and attended Wharton Junior College.
He worked for over thirty years at Tuboscope and retired in 2009. He
then worked part time at Tractor Supply and O'Reillys in Alvin. He loved
to fish, collect antiques, and working on his historic home.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Join
family and friends in a celebration of Rusty's life February 3, 2018 at
Elks Lodge, W. Airport , Stafford, Texas, 77477 from 1-4 PM. Please
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mary Morales Camacho, aged 95, passed away on Thanksgiving Day. She was a real old-time Sugar Lander. I haven't found an obituary for Mrs. Camacho, but <a href="https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=39532">click here to read an oral interview she did with the Fort Bend County Historical Commission</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another long-time Sugar Land resident, Darrell Pamplin, died on November 29th. Mr. Pamplin was an old Sugar Land enthusiast and long-time resident of The Hill. <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=187404290">Click here to view his obituary</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Louis Mutina (DHS '67) died very suddenly on January 20th. <a href="http://www.jeterfuneralhome.com/obit.php?id=1973">Click here to view an obituary for him</a>. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I received this obituary from Pete's daughter:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Charles A. “Pete”
Coburn, age 84, of Alvin, Texas passed away Wednesday, January 24,
2018. Pete was born on February 12, 1933 in Sugarland, Texas. He
worked in the Fire Protection and Safety Industry for his entire
career, also serving in the United States Army during the Korean War.
Pete was a member of the National Fire Protection Association, the
American Society of Engineers, and served as a training specialist
for Texas A&M. He was a member of the First United Methodist
Church of Alvin. Pete retired from both Monsanto Chemical and
Sterling Chemical. He was an avid gardener and deer hunter. Pete was
preceded in death by his parents Charles Arthur Sr. and Mary, as well
as 3 older siblings.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pete is survived by
Marilynn, his wife of 63 years, his daughter, Vivi Skeen and husband
Jack, son Chad Coburn and wife Janet sister, Weesie Lubojasky, 5
grandchildren, Brooke, Nick, Kelsey, Keeley, and Korey, and his great
grand-daughter, Sadie Lynn, as well as numerous other relatives and
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Visitation will be from
6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. Monday, January 29, 2018 at Scott Funeral
Home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 30,
2018 at Scott Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 2:30 P.M.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at Davis Greenlawn cemetery in Richmond,
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Arrangements under the
direction of the Scott Family, 1421 East Hwy 6, Alvin, Texas 77511.
(281) 585-1000 <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.scottfuneral/">www.scottfuneral</a></u></span><span style="color: blue;"><u>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In lieu of flowers,
please make donations to Alzheimer’s Association at 2242 W.
Holcombe, Houston, T, 77030-2008 <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.alz.org/">www.alz.org.</a></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My sincerest condolences to all these families who have lost love ones.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have some happy news to report, too. T. V. Abercrombie, Jr. (DHS '64) and Robbie Womack (DHS '67) celebrated 50 years of matrimony with a cruise to Alaska. They have 4 children and 5 grandchildren. They are enjoying life in Navasota. Congratulations -- they seem much too young to be married for 50 years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fortbendfocus.com/hometown-heroes-ralph-villarreal-jr/">Click here to read an article about Ralph Villareal, a home town hero</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A final item, which I really enjoyed. I got a note from Art Montemayor, <a href="https://wateringholdclubhouse.blogspot.com/2014/09/galveston-hawkins-cottages-manuels-cafe.html">who must have stumbled across this post</a> while surfing the Internet, because he sent me this message:</span></span></div>
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Being a BOI raised in Galveston, I enjoyed reading your comments on
Manuel’s Cafe because it brought back sweet memories. I worked for
Manuel and his brother at the cafe on 61st and Seawall boulevard during
summer month’s in the 1950s when I was in High School. Manuel trained
and had me clean the large, hand-selected, fresh flounders he received
almost daily and taught me how to make a surgical cut down the top of
the fish and extract all the back bone and ribs in one quick and
efficient procedure. The result would be passed on to Manuel’s
assistant who would inspect the fish and pass it on to Manuel who would
prepare it and stuff it with his secret, delicious stuffing. The
finished, spicy, deliciously cooked product was out of this world. I
have looked and tasted so-called stuffed flounder in almost every
seafood restaurant in the Houston and Galveston area and have never
again tasted a stuffed flounder that could come close to what Manuel
produced. </span></span><br />
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After graduating from Texas A&M in 1960, I went overseas and worked
in a lot of countries, coming back in mid-1970s to discover that Manuel
had sold the restaurant. Whatever happened to his secret recipe is
something I would dearly love to find out about. I remember Manuel’s
menu well. I identify it as the one we worked with in the summer of
1954. Yes, a large stuffed flounder the size of a large frying pan cost
$1.75! Incredible ... I dearly hope Manuel didn’t take his recipe
with him to the big kitchen in the sky.
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This near-random connection with the past made my day. Thanks for responding, Art.</span></span></div>
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