BJ Circulation Department retiree Janet Hall’s birthday party Monday, April 13 was the latest excuse for another Circulation reunion. This one seems to be a week-long extravaganza . . . or longer. It may run till Janet’s next birthday.

BJ Marketing Communications Department retiree Carol Eubank, “queen” of BJ reunions, writes:

“The milestone birthday for friend Janet Hall continued, had a great lunch at Barberton Belgrade Gardens. Pictured is Sue Lindeman and birthday girl Janet, holding the candy bar birthday poem I created for Janet. Roses from Sue and a strawberry custard cake from Lisa Swan. Good friends, great time.”

Janet responded:

“Thanks my sisters for a wonderful as usual lunch. I love you all and I have already worked out the Whoppers for a taste. You’re the best.”

The first Janet birthday party, a surprise, or so they say, was in Brimtucky Shenandoah Lounge with BJ Composing retiree Mike Jewell and Sandi Hall among the participants.

Sandi, married to Harry Hall, is a daughter of James “Bus” Lowery, the late BJ pressroom retiree. Sandi spent a lot of time in the BJ Advertising department before her retirement.

Kathy Kochanski once was Hot Type/Sidebar editor of the Beacon.

Carol is active in the Portage Lakes Kiwanis Club and Portage Lakes Historical Society and has been involved in Greystone Building activities in downtown Akron. Carol, a 1957 Coventry High grad, lives in Portage Lakes. 

Carol celebrated another birthday with her friend, Kay Lukac, in March at Dusty's Yacht Club.

This Circulation crowd collage -- which embraces other BJ departments, too -- has been going on for a long time.

In 2007 the Circulation crew crowded together for a luncheon at Dontino's on Cuyahoga Falls Avenue. Retired BJ Circulation district manager Wayne Poteete got the ball rolling that time. 18 showed up, including Wayne.

Ned Barefoot, 88, was driven up from Carrollton by his daughter. Bill Aylward was there. Ned passed away in 2008, Bill in 2013.

 Marion Gid was there with husband Bob. And Bob Rosen, John Frient, Al Keller, Bill Lambert, Bill Thomas, Louis Moss, Grover Gregory, Art Beck and Joe Patterson joined the Circulation cloutarama.

When Linda McElroy, Beacon Circulation Accounting Department retiree and BJ Business Department retiree Harold McElroy’s widow was in town from her Pawley’s Island, South Carolina home a year or two ago, the Circulation crowd assembled at the Golden Corral on South Arlington Street.

Showing up that time were Bob Craiglow and wife Pat, Mike Jewell, Susan Lindeman, Janet Hall, Cheryl Sheinin, Martha (Cookie) Lipford, Noreen Dimmerling, Mickey Dimeff and Carol Eubank.

Linda lives a block away from retired BJ printer Dick Latshaw and wife Pat.

Retired BJ printer Sid Sprague moved from Pawleys Island to Colorado after Sid's wife passed away. Sid remarried and his second wife has family in Colorado.

Sid's wife, Sandra, 64, died in 2003. Sid's son, Steve, 38, of Middleburg, Virginia, died in 2010. 

As for those forever-circulating Circulation retirees:

When they say Circulation, they mean it!

Good for them!