Well, finally the attendance standoff at the Beacon Journal Retirees lunch has been broken. The official count for the lunch on Wednesday, February 10, was:
Printers: Nine
Joe Catalano, Anne Catalano, Calvin Deshong, Dick Gresock, Ed Hanzel, Norma Hanzel, Gene McClellan, Carl Nelson and Bob Pell
Editorial: Five
Tim Hayes, Sandy Levenson, Tom Moore, John Olesky and Harry Liggett
The majority attendees cheated by bringing wives but still were ahead of reporter types.. As punishment, we decided not to print any editorial type photos. We also skipped Gene McClellan and Carl Nelson because they are always present. Bob Pell as usual furnished us photos of everyone, but using some of those faces so often is giving the blog a bad reputation for ugly mugs. So, we chose two photos with only new–--although old-- faces. It was the first visit in a long time for Joe Catalano and Dick Gresock is another who was not at the last lunch. Pell actually only shot one of the photos here. The other one was taken with his camera by an old editor, Tom Moore.
It is being kept under wraps for now, but there will be a big announcement here before the next lunch on a prize for everyone who attends. Will that get attendance above 14?
Probably not.
1 comment:
Are you saying that the printers are prettier than the reporters & editors? Their wives, maybe, but I think the ugly factor is a draw between the printers and the newsroom types. Sort of like being tied for last place!
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