We are asking online readers to help out. Any amount will be 
greatly appreciated. Payable to Maren's, Inc.
  Send to: P.O.Box 3288, Gretna, LA  70054
  Email me maren@richlandbombers.com with questions.  -Maren
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/20/10
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2 Bombers sent stuff and 1 funeral notice today: 
Bobby MATTSON ('64)
Gary BEHYMER ('64) 
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NOTE: Bomber's last name in high school is now in ALL CAPS 
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marlene MANESS ('57wb)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jack EVANS ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Audrey CHAMBERS ('74)

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
    Click the event you want to know more about.
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BOMBERS' CaringBridge.org website(s) updated today:
    Click on a name you want to follow:
  Harold KENITZER ('54) 
  Harlan FOOTE ('61) 
  Marilyn SWAN Beddo ('63) 
   
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>>From: Bobby MATTSON ('64)

Re: Jim NOLAND ('64-RIP)

What can one say about an old buddy, a school days pal I haven't
heard of for so long. He's a distant childhood memory, but I hold
those so dear. There are so many places and people resting in the
back of my mind, quiet and secure. Suddenly one is there, past 
and gone. Questions now go unanswered. I'd like to think he had a
rich, full life, and so I shall. White shirt, blue sweater, salt
an pepper cord pants, singing in the windowless music room with
Sister Mary Emmetria... that's how I'll remember Jim Noland...
that's how he would remember me.

Peace and Love, 
-Bobby MATTSON ('64)
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>>From: Gary BEHYMER ('64)

Re: Alumni Sandstorm ~ 08/01/01 (Yes, 2001)
Joe Banana and His Bunch
 
I've done a little business with Julie Whitney - Kennewick & she
shared the following:

"My dad's name is Edward Gregory - Ed or Eddie to many. He played
with Joe Banana and His Bunch "Music with A Peal"....also had his
own name band, Eddie Gregory Quartet or Trio depending on how
many people he had in the band at the time. Other band members
were: Sam Stassinus, John Fitzpatrick (was a band teacher at CBC
for years), Arnold Ames, Clark Hodge, Laurel Shute, Jack Jones. 

He played and traveled with Johnny Walker and His Rhythm Revelers
in the late 1940s. Also Joe Wolverton who was an amazing
guitarist and a close friend of Les Paul. Dad met Les through Joe
and we have letters from Les to Dad. Actually took them to the
Antiques Roadshow in Portland in 2004 and they are worth $200
each as they are on Les's letterhead with an original signature.
Les just died last year so they may have gone up in value. But we
would never sell them.

Dad also played here for all the name bands from the 1960s until
the late 1980s: Bob Hope, Doc Severinson, Harry Belafonte - to
be honest I didn't pay a lot of attention, I know there were a
lot more."
*****

-Gary BEHYMER ('64)
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Funeral Notice

>>Joy BURKE Stiles ('65) ~ 1/1/47 - 1/17/10

Funeral Notices
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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