BJ Engraving retiree Pat Dougherty will be the best man at the wedding of his grandson, the father of two of Pat's grandchildren.
Pat has eight grandchildren and a pair of great-grandchildren.
Pat discussed the upcoming nuptials at the monthly BJ retirees lunch in Papa Joe's restaurant on Akron-Peninsula Road at Portage Trail Extension.
Six showed up. Only two of the 16 most recent retirees lunches have drawn a larger "crowd." At one time 30 would be a normal attendance number, but the 1 p.m. second Wednesday of the monthly chew-the-food-and-chew-the-fat gatherings haven't hit double-digit attendance since March 2010.
Tom Moore discussed his annual trips to Florida to handle former BJ sports editor Tom Giffen's Roy Hobbs World Series for older baseball players, where Tom M. gets paid to write daily stories about the players for Tom G. every late autumn.
It all started with Giffen gave Moore a call, asking if Tom M. could do a few interviews for Tom G. over the phone. Moore did. Giffen liked it. And asked former copy desk makeup man Tom M., "How would you like to come to Florida?" That was the beginning of an 8-year alliance between the two former BJ co-workers.
Others at today's retirees lunch besides Tom Moore and Pat Dougherty were retired printers Gene McClellan, Carl Nelson and Al Hunsicker and newsroom retiree John Olesky, who was between his December trip to Spain, Portugal and Morroco and his Jan. 14-28 14th annual winterizing on Siesta Key (Sarasota), Florida, within a block of where the late printer Bill Gorrell had his Poor Bill's building of rental apartments that drew BJ personnel for decades. John and Paula will return from Florida in time to get ready for their trip to Thailand and Cambodia, Feb. 15-March. 2. That will bring John's countries-visited total to 48 since his 1996 retirement from the BJ.
Attendance totals for BJ retirees lunches in the six years that Olesky has been keeping track (and has no idea why he does):
January 11, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
December 14, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
November 9, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
October 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (including Rosetta Blanton)
Sept. 14, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
August 10, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
July 13, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
June 8, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
May 11, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
April 13, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
March 9, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
February 9, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 including Denzil Parker
January 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 (heavy snowstorm)
December 8, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
November 10, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
October 13, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (including Cal Deshong’s daughter)
September 8, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
August 11, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
July 13, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
June 10, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
May 12, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
April 14, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
March 10, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
February 10, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (Engraving’s Pat Dougherty, Composing’s
Gene McClellan)
January 13, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . 5
November 11, 2009 . . . . . . . . . 4
September 9, 2009 ……………. 8
August 12, 2009 ………………. 7
July 8, 2009 ……………………. 10
June 10, 2009 …………………. 10
May 14, 2009 ………………….. 8
April 8, 2009 …………………… 5
January 14, 2009 …………… 3
December 10, 2008 …………… 8
November 12, 2008 …………… 6
October 8, 2008 ……………… 8
August 13, 2008 ……………… 9
July 9, 2008 …………………… 23
(Sandy Levenson, Bob Pell memorial)
June 12, 2008 ………………… 8
May 14, 2008 ………………… 12
Feb. 13, 2008 ………………… 11
Dec. 12, 2007 ………………… 8
Sept. 12, 2007 ………………… 16
August 8, 2007 ……………… 7
June 13, 2007 ………………… 12
May 9, 2007 …………………… 14
April 11, 2007 ………………… 15
March 15, 2007 ……………… ??
(no story & photos no longer available)
January 10, 2007 …………… 14
December 13, 2006 ………… 18
November 8, 2006 …………… 13
October 12, 2006 …………… 11
September 13, 2006 ………… 12
August 13, 2006 …………… 15
July 12, 2006 ………………… 10
June 15, 2006 ……………… 12
May 11, 2006 ………………… 11
April 12, 2006 ……………… 11
March 8, 2006 ……………… 13
February 8, 2006 …………… 11
January 11, 2006 …………… 13
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