It was a real delight to be able to meet with Howie Stahl and his wife. Howie was
another little brother of mine; In fact, all 4 little brothers that I had at Lamar were
present for the reunion: Howie, Gene Cravey, Dan Huff and Roy Goodwin. Pretty
neat!! Howie was the student trainer for Lamar’s basketball team. Jack Martin was the
head coach and Billy Tubbs was the assistant. They had an outstanding team for
several years and as you know, Billy Tubbs later took Lamar to the playoffs and also
coached Oklahoma to a national championship. Howie retired as a school
administrator in Ohio. We were all thrilled to have Howie and his wife travel all the
way from Ohio to be with us.
The first night I had seen the bottles of Alien Ale, but did not pay much attention to it.
The 2nd night I decided to try some Alien. It tasted a little like Shiner Bock, which is
my favorite (I revise that statement now. Don’t drink Shiner after Alien, it makes
Shiner taste… alien). It also tasted somewhat like Dos Equis Amber Bock; anyway it
was good. I learned that a brother from Roswell, New Mexico had brought the brew.
Brother Bozarth is a Lawyer there; the home of area 51 and Alien Ale. Brother
Bozarth came to Lamar after I had graduated, but I knew him from his name on
emails from VJ. Thanks, brother for the six pack of Alien Ale. Brother, you have found
it here (an Alien from Malakoff)
When I was at Munroe’s I came face to face with a brother who says, “You don’t know
me do you?” As I browsed the far reaches of my senior brain, I uttered… Stewart… at
the same time he said, “Fuzzy Childress” I think “Fuzzy” was there last year and it was
great to see him again. I did speak with his brother, Ed, for a short while,
remembering that we set together in the stands as we watched the game last year.
Ed is Fuzzy’s younger brother and is now a vet in Colorado. Fuzzy was one of our
early pledges and I don’t remember why we called him “Fuzzy” but maybe it was
because many of us, including me, did not have “enough” to shave. Of course
people like Charlie Witt and Pete Pompolina must have been shaving since they were
12. It was great to visit for a short while with Fuzzy because he never returned any of
my calls or emails. Thank you, brother Stewart, for being there!!
Pete Pompolino was perhaps an original Kappa Phi/Charter member, who looked
remarkably the same. I could have picked him out perhaps above anyone else. Not
only did he look the same, he had that same friendly attitude that I remembered.
Great to see you again, Pete!
Either I have shrunk or Brother Bob Morgan grew taller. I do not remember him being
that tall. I suppose both could have happened, it’s been 50 years. I have seen Bob
on occasion over years, so of course we all knew him. He has been a dedicated
public servant in Pr. Arthur and one who deserves lots of accolades. Bob is a charter
member of Epsilon Chi and has been one of the backbones of our group for all of
these years. Thanks for the ride to Munroe’s, Bob and thanks for being a great
brother all of these years!!
Bob Chase was a brother originally from Pt. Arthur that was a charter member. He
now lives in North Carolina and had the desire to travel all this way to be with his
brothers. I had not seen Bob since he left Lamar and that’s been close to 50 years.
We set and talked and revisited and remembered our good times as Epsilon Chis.
Time has no bounds for bonds!! Thank you, Bob for making the effort to be with us. I
really enjoyed our conversations.
NOTE: UPDATE, MARCH 2, 2021, Roy was NOT my little Brother, sorry about that. Any how he would have made a great one.