BJ Alums lunch was a laughter. Thanks, Ray

Ray Habyan, Maintenance, showed up at the December lunch gathering of BJ alums at Papa Joe's Restaurant on Akron-Peninsula Road. Ray, who lives in Sedona, AZ, left warm and cozy Arizona for December in Akron because he and his wife are visiting Ray's parents and his wife's mother, who live in the Akron area.

Ray kept the group rolling on the floor with laughter unrolling his recollections of events at the BJ during his time with the company. And fascinated with tales of piloting small planes, some harrowing, all interesting. Ray, 62, is in computer networking in Arizona.

Others at the get-together were Bill Bird, Advertising; Pat Dougherty, Engraving; Al Hunsicker, Carl Nelson and Gene McClellan, Composing, and Tom Moore, back from Florida and Tom Giffen's Roy Hobbs baseball tournaments, and John Olesky, Newsroom.

If you want in on the fun, the BJ Alums meet at 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at Papa Joe's, where Akron-Peninsula Road meets Portage Trail.

[Photos by Tom Moore]