It was March, 1971, but the procrastinating Akron Press Club decided to throw a Christmas party.The photos here were published in the April/May 1971 issue of Tower Topics, the employee publication of that era.
Dick McBane is holding his sailor-uniformed son, Roderick. Yes that is the same Roderick who was featured in a BJ Retirees blog post on Sep 18, 2005 which showed a photo of Roderick and his bride, Cindy.
Tom Suchan is shown with sons Matt and Jeff. Suchan is retired from the Wichita Eagle, but still living in Wichita.
Janis Froelich and Joyce Lagios are with Santa Dan Gooding. Janis still works at the Tampa Tribune covering growth and development in the downtown area.
The photos were taken by Paul Tople–still hard at work as a BJ photographer 35 years later. Anyone know what happened to Joyce Lagios and Dan Gooding?
Thanks for all your work in keeping BJ retirees close. I feel a lot better about Akron since I moved away. I’m active in the Kent State Tampa Bay alumni group. What a hoot that is to watch Indians baseball games down here with KSU folks.
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