Don't want to mess up this thread too much for those w/ Champagne tastes(get it?)but it sounds like Hap,Matilda,and myself ran around the same circles back in the day...My memories of then are fond as well....
Thanks Matilda for more names. I remember Ernie D. Yeah Orbin B!!!!!!!, major great guy. I'd love to say hello to him. it was Steve Kunkel right? Becky's little brother was Gary, not mike though. He played acoustic guitar with a style like Bob Dylan.
Before VP came to town, Bo Reahard stopped in to make sure things were in order for his visit. We were up all night cleaning, cause it wasn't good enough. (He was right) To Bo's credit, he was up with us working, not like some we have heard that said "you- go do this"
I was totally embarassed when while taking docvic to a meeting, I reached into the jacket that I hadn't worn in 2 years and found a hash pipe. I just looked at him and laughed and said I hadn't worn the coat in quite awhile.
And of course there eventually came Gerald, and the fun was over because now there were real corpse to run things instead of us young, naive, ex-hippies.. But before that!------oh we had a great time.
HAPe4me
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I hadn't done anything for a year and got talked into going to a grad meeting in Antioch(Jan.,'74) that Gerald taught,or rather,shouted...I was scared so ****less of him that I spoke in tongues throughout his entire teaching...I thought he might yell at me for not coming to twig for over a year...Guilt-ridden,uncommitted,copout that I then considered myself,I signed up to go instate outreach that night,and was sent to Aurora later that month...Pettit was my branch leader there...
You know how many memories...good, growing up times, that are entwined in those years...
Yes, Steve Kunkel...just a kid then...song writin' git pickin' "like a butterfly" Kunkel-pie.
I remember a Gary Belcher, but I thought there was a Mike, too...the kidlier bro.
I used to drive 150 miles just to fellowship in Antioch...took PFAL at Antioch High, tho I was well out of h.s. (tending bar in Chicago now that I think of it...how ironic). I want you to know that I OWN 294...lol...used to know virtually all the toll guards back then.
Digression...just this past weekend I was visiting home (Chicago) and riding on 294...still glad to see the Mooncotch's house as I passed by, s.i.t. for the lot of us...
Ok...soooo well remember the Antioch crib...before and after...Gerald never was a fright to me...we worked together closely back then finding the Limb HQ etc...lotsa stories there. Like Hap's remembering Bo cleaning...that's how I remember Gerald, right in there doing along with barking. I don't think that I was all that stupid or naive...he was a leader, a teacher, and an all round mench then, trusted him........whatever all else transpired after those earliest years in IL, I cannot attest to, but early on, it was a working machine and there was great stuff happening, regardless of ours, theirs, or the bad guydevil bobo's underminings. There were bona-fide signs, miracles, and wonders...and I don't type those things lightly...lol.
Daaaavid Petitt...come oooon down....lol...double dog dare ya to have me tell you a favorite Petitt tale...
X
M
p.s. oh yes...and sews da Topic Cop don't get his panties in a twist...my sister lives in the Champaign area...there...that should cover us for awhile.
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Matilda, please check your private topics!
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Don't want to mess up this thread too much for those w/ Champagne tastes(get it?)but it sounds like Hap,Matilda,and myself ran around the same circles back in the day...My memories of then are fond as well....
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what the heck is a private topic and when did I get one...lol?
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At the top of the page, click "My Space", then click "Private Topics".
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Thanks Matilda for more names. I remember Ernie D. Yeah Orbin B!!!!!!!, major great guy. I'd love to say hello to him. it was Steve Kunkel right? Becky's little brother was Gary, not mike though. He played acoustic guitar with a style like Bob Dylan.
Before VP came to town, Bo Reahard stopped in to make sure things were in order for his visit. We were up all night cleaning, cause it wasn't good enough. (He was right) To Bo's credit, he was up with us working, not like some we have heard that said "you- go do this"
I was totally embarassed when while taking docvic to a meeting, I reached into the jacket that I hadn't worn in 2 years and found a hash pipe. I just looked at him and laughed and said I hadn't worn the coat in quite awhile.
And of course there eventually came Gerald, and the fun was over because now there were real corpse to run things instead of us young, naive, ex-hippies.. But before that!------oh we had a great time.
HAPe4me
A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.
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I hadn't done anything for a year and got talked into going to a grad meeting in Antioch(Jan.,'74) that Gerald taught,or rather,shouted...I was scared so ****less of him that I spoke in tongues throughout his entire teaching...I thought he might yell at me for not coming to twig for over a year...Guilt-ridden,uncommitted,copout that I then considered myself,I signed up to go instate outreach that night,and was sent to Aurora later that month...Pettit was my branch leader there...
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Now we're talkin'...
You know how many memories...good, growing up times, that are entwined in those years...
Yes, Steve Kunkel...just a kid then...song writin' git pickin' "like a butterfly" Kunkel-pie.
I remember a Gary Belcher, but I thought there was a Mike, too...the kidlier bro.
I used to drive 150 miles just to fellowship in Antioch...took PFAL at Antioch High, tho I was well out of h.s. (tending bar in Chicago now that I think of it...how ironic). I want you to know that I OWN 294...lol...used to know virtually all the toll guards back then.
Digression...just this past weekend I was visiting home (Chicago) and riding on 294...still glad to see the Mooncotch's house as I passed by, s.i.t. for the lot of us...
Ok...soooo well remember the Antioch crib...before and after...Gerald never was a fright to me...we worked together closely back then finding the Limb HQ etc...lotsa stories there. Like Hap's remembering Bo cleaning...that's how I remember Gerald, right in there doing along with barking. I don't think that I was all that stupid or naive...he was a leader, a teacher, and an all round mench then, trusted him........whatever all else transpired after those earliest years in IL, I cannot attest to, but early on, it was a working machine and there was great stuff happening, regardless of ours, theirs, or the bad guydevil bobo's underminings. There were bona-fide signs, miracles, and wonders...and I don't type those things lightly...lol.
Daaaavid Petitt...come oooon down....lol...double dog dare ya to have me tell you a favorite Petitt tale...
X
M
p.s. oh yes...and sews da Topic Cop don't get his panties in a twist...my sister lives in the Champaign area...there...that should cover us for awhile.
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...I took the Basic Keys to Research class in Champaigne....
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I drove through Champaign every august for14 years
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Didja drive through there on your way back?
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