..'inter Letter i,arch 1975 Rho Alpha Chapter VPI &• SU Brothers; So quarter for Rho "rookie what's been happening around here... well, earlier this we initiated 7 brothers. That brings the total membership Alpha chapter up to 71. Very quickly, here are the new brothers": vvilliamsburg, Va. Tim Check '78 3yoscet-Long Island, ^ew York Don i\awecki '78 Falls Church Bill Jordan '78 Fairfax Dee Taylor '77 BluefieId, Va. John welcker '77 Richmond Steve Jones '77 Baltimore f t-sd. Dan Robl '76 I've got some news from a few graduates in response to the questionairre sent with the last letter. ...... Ed Arnold ( '7*O has quit tryinsr to land a job and has decided to come back to graduate school. As Ed put it, I'll just get a part-time job, take a few courses, and sit out the recession*1' P_on Whittaker ('74) is now a. Lieutenant in the USAF, stationed down at Columbus AFB in Mississippi. Don starts flight school in the spring. Temporarily, he's a counselor for Drug- and Alcohol Rehabilitation down there. Dave RussejLl ( '72) is working for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land ianagemont. Dave is apparently $$/ doing rather well... ho and Betty are living in Reston with their new Corvette. Little brother i .ark Russell (74) just graduated from George lason University in ^%tT"Fairfax. If I'm not mistaken, he is now working for the government collecting or tabulating crime statistics. Brad Abrarns ('7^) was working as an apprentice welder at the Newport Aews Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. As a a result of a weekend trir> up his way, we found that he's sold his sailboat and quit his job. At present he is attending a communj ty college and will be back in Blacksburg this summer to pick up the remaining 3 credits for his degree. And hsre comes the good one. . .X/%f Rich Rail (*7l) is getting married (that's ri^htJ) The lucky(?) firl is Debbie wuttke, a' senior nursinp- student form Fairfax, Va. Debbie will graduate from i:CV this Spring, with the wedding follov/ing later in i-.s.y. Rich is currently up to his waist in the sewers of Ocean Pines in Ocean City, i-aryland. He's employed by Maryland i;arine Utilities, Ltd as a Utility Engineer and v/astewater Superintendant. Tom Rau ( '73) spent some time up in Alaska studying "fungi of the Alaskan Tundra", or something along those lines! At any rate, he's back in Blacksburp; doins; some graduate work in biology( specif ical! botany, I think.) He and big brother Rich bought about 17 acres of land out by Craig County, There is something like 7 acres of clear land with a creek running through it. Looks like a possible site for our i.-ay 17 Fiji Islander party { Bob i^oore (*72) is now in Richmond working as an accountant for the State Department of i'lontal Health and Retardation. His most recent accomplishment was to sell that old Cougar for ^Bd Weeks ('72) has gotten out of the food business (Hardeefs) and into mental health and retardation} He is Bob Moore's right-hand man in the form of an auditor for the State. Ron Gheen (*72) is living in Leesburg with his wife Becky. Jie's an "underpaid and overworked" teacher at the Sterling raddle School. Ron has joined forces with the praduates in the new Capital Hill Fijis. (Incidentally, Vic Kamber-Illinois '65- fzrom the Capital Hill Fijis is our keynote speaker for the Morris Dinner.) Bonnie Hill ( '75) is down at Virginia Beach working for Sears, Roebuck and Company. He is currently Assistant manager-Hardware Dept. at Pembroke i.,all, fr\v* -.7^,11 rrnire csoviH 1 nf O J^fflS. "t j. OTi ~tO pSLSS \r\nto the rest of you . Her's some news that's come my way from the Fiji grapevine..... .Swede ^riclcson '74 is operating his own financial planning firm in conjunction with training he received from the Traveler' Insurance Company in Richmond....Like hartirano '74 landed an engineering job in iiew York,.. "Jack" Owen '?0 is in Washington, D.C, working as a teacher and tending bar at the Black Greco during the night...OOPS! I knew that didn't sound right...Karv Snyder is the teacher/bar tender, and Jack is the travel agent.... Torn Payne'74 has bought a house in Leesburg and is/ now the proud father ofa baby boyi... Tom Wuest is teaching high school English in Pulaski and is currently our Purple Legionnaire... I talked to Ted Zook at a party at Wally Smith's, but to be perfectly honest...most of what went in one ear fell out the other! I'll have to get a repeat on what occurred that night You guys that have recently moved, send me your new location* KEEP IN MIMD THESE DATES? . April 1 - RSVP due for Norris Pig Dinner May 3 - Nome Pig Dinner i.ay 17 - Fiji Island Party Let me clarify a few things about the horris Pig Dinner. It is for Phi Gamma Delta's only, HOIV3VSR, our Fiji ladies will be well taken care of during our social hour and dinner, prior to the 9 o'clock dance. Here's how........ There will be a small, pledge-tended bar for the ladies while we are over at the uarriott Inn. The ladies social hour will be from 6 to ? o'clock. Following the social hour will be a buffet for the ladies. This should keep them occupied from 7 until they are picked up at 9 o'clock. Both the ladies' social hour and buffet v/ill be held at the chapter house on Church Street. Any chauffeuring that has to be done while our social hour and dinner are underway will be most graciously performed by the pledges Her's a temporary, incomplete address list to hold you over...... Brad Abraras p o box 344 Yorktown, /a. 23690 JEd Arnold 7008 Sea Cliff ad. McLean, Va. 22101 Howard Canada 12424 Old Buckingham Rd. i»ddlothian, Va. Stacey Cole 10552 Roseneath St. Fairfax, Va. 22030 Bob Dix 619 Tapawingo Rd. Vienna, Va. 22180 Jeff Duncan 2537 Hungary Springs Rd. Richmond, Va.23229 Swede arickson 2308 ivenmore Rd. South,Stratford Hills Apts. Richmond, Va. 23225 Rick Fine 1641 Lansing Dr. #261 Salem, Va. 24153 Steve Garnsey c/o 1311 St. Cloud Ave. Lynchburg, Va. 24502 Ron Gheen 110 Valley View Ave. ,/22 Leesburg, Va. 22075 Brady Gorman p o box 236 Blacksburff, Va. 24060 ilke Griffith rt 1 box 107 Bethel Church Rd. Sprimr City,Pa. 19^75 Ronnie Hill 102 4660 Soho Ct. Pembroke Ct. Apts Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451 Bob lantosca 5501 Texas Ave. Orlando, Florida 32809 i'.dke i;artirano c/o 18 Lindsay St. Yonkers , Hew Y rk 10704 idke nays 2537 Hungary Springs Rd. Richmond, Va. 23229 John i.dller 109 Old Hickory Point Greenville, S.C. 29607 Scott i.ohun 3000i..cArthur Blvd. #102 Orange, Texas 77630 Bob koore 5163 Whetstone Rd. Richmond, Va. 23234 Darryl Oakes p o box 995 Chatham, Va. 24531 Jack Owen 11657 Charter Oak Ct. Apt T-l Reston, Va. 22070 Tom Payne c/o box 157 Lovettsville, Va. 22080 Rich Rau p o box 715 Ocean City, Maryland 21842 Tom Rau rt 1 box 420-A Blacksburg, Va. 24060 Daave Russell 2289 Emerald Heights Ct. Reston, Va.22091 Mark Russell 1711 l-lacon St. McLean, Va. 22101 i.iarv Snyder 29 Canterbury Square Alexandria, Va. 22304 Eddie Sparkman RFD 6 Box 329-A Richmond, Va. 23231 Wally Smith 4R1 W. Armistead St. £403 Alexandria, Va. 22304 Vern Tydings 715 Dale Ave. Baltimore, iid. 21206 Bill Watts 28 Clarke Rd. Richmond, Va. 23221 Dale Y/eldon rt 1 # 63 Lovettsville, Va. 22080 Don Whittaker 158 Mississippi Ave, Columbus AFB.r.iiss. 39701 Tom Wuest 33-D Terrace View Apts. Blacksburg, Va. 24060 Ted Zook 10 Canterbury Square flOl Alexandria, Va. 22304 brothers, that's about it for now ......... keep/ those cards and Fraternally, \r\nComplete arid return toi John Hughes 202 Church Street Blacksburg, Va. 240oO year graduated Address Telephone number Type of work or job descriptions Other activities: Recent accomplishments! Additional comments, are you receiving your issues of the Phi Gamma Delta? Any news of other graduates: