Lost souls

[james holmes]

I have attached a list of BX alumni that I have no email addresses for. If you are in contact with any of them and they are interested in being informed about what is happening regarding the reunion in Oct 2013 have them email me jamescraw...@gmail.com and I'll send them an invitation.

FYI I have list of former residents of Beta Chi. There are 147 individuals from class of 1968 thru 1974. Of those I had email addresses of 102 and I sent them all invites. Of the 102 individuals 53 of them joined the group. I expect that number to increase in the next couple of days as there are still open invitations.

Now I'm trying to track down the remaining lost souls. I appreciate any help you can provide.

Also I have discovered that the list is incomplete. Several people have contacted me who were residents but weren't included on the list provided by the Alumni  Association. Also there are those who didn't live at Beta Chi who would like to attend. If you know anyone have them contact me and I'll include them on the list and send them an invite.

We are also considering including all BX alumni from 1963 thru 67 (which would be those who lived at BX after the split from Sigma NU in 1963-64). 2013 will be the 50th anniversary from the date of the split. More on that later once we've had more discussions with the interested parties.

Take care.

Merry XMas and Happy New Year

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[Thomas Knapp]

Hi Jim,

 

Good work!

 

I don't know the whereabouts or e-mails for anyone on the list although Graham Baker died in the 70's,

a victim of AIDS.

 

Happy Holidays!

 

Yours, Tom

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[Gaylord E Smith]

James, 

Eric Breidenbach's email is eri...@msn.com. Charlie Field does not have an email or own a computer, but is in frequent contact with Eric.

Smitty

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<No email list of Beta Chi residents 12 19 2012.doc>

[m...@knoxbarrels.com]

Cannot somebody gogol these lost souls?

M

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[Peter Samelson]

if we were to Gogol it, it would have to be Dead Souls and not Lost Souls … just sayin'

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[m...@knoxbarrels.com]

Thought it was close enouigh for a bad pun

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[Mary Townsend]

I believe someone told me that Don Harris died (suicide). I have
googled him but am unable to locate any information. I'm hoping Marly
will remember...hmmm, she said it only rings a vague bell...
Mary Townsend

[JB White]

Hey, Jim.

Hilmar's e-mail address is hilmar....@gmail.com.

No e-mail for Sigourney, but she's repped byJeremy Barber and Billy Lazarus at UTA (310 273 6700) and has a production company in New York (Goat Cay Productions, 212 421 8293).

[Cotty Chubb]

Hi Jim,

This is the best (and for me, only) reason to return to Palo Alto!

Would you share the list of those who do have email addresses for (not necessarily with those addresses attached) just so we can make sure no-one's left out? To the degree that we can remember anything specific from those lovely, often quite deranged days and nights, of course.

Cheers,

   Cotty 

[Also, I don't seem to be able to post directly, or other than in reply. Is that a bug or a feature?]

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[Mel Knox]

Bob Crane…joined Air Force during Viet Nam…disappeared for a while…reportedly back in Machias Maine..he was Bob Crane from Machias Maine

Is that Terry Horn?? Amis shld know

Sam Blackwell was a screenwriter

Is Wm Walsh Graham, Bill graham? I think he is in LA…I will check…

Richard Plaster was in vegas…I will check

 

M

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[David Dickson]

James--

Thanks for doing this.  I may have a bit of a conflict.   I plan to attend the Jordan House 2013 reunion, as I had lots of Jordan friends.  One question...Have you sent us out a list of the former Beta Chi residents and also those who have responded?  That might inspire some, seeing names of friends and former friends.  Beta Chi brings back many fond memories but one sad one.  My 71-72 roommate Jason Paras drowned while swimming in a river (in Switzerland, I believe) some years ago.. Jason was an accomplished viola di gamba player and a wonderful person.  Best wishes in pulling this party together.  Talk about herding cats!.....

David Dickson '72

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[Cotty Chubb]

There's a Sam Blackwell in IMDB as a writer/producer active in the 90s (last produced credit 2001) and I think that was our Sam, but there's no contact information. Colin Bruce might have stayed in touch with him. The WGA might also have contact information. I can check on that next year if no other info turns up. 

Sam directed and played Lear with Sigourney as one of the cruel sisters. 

On Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:21:34 AM UTC-8, mel wrote:

Sam Blackwell was a screenwriter

M

[JB White]

Sam lives in New York.  Bill Mahone would know how to reach him:  w...@interlakencapital.com

[Mary Townsend]

Jimmy,
Do you have these people on the "found" list?

Joel Mandelkorn. Joel lived in a parachute tent out in the yard at
Beta Chi. I think he is teaching yoga at Princeton now.

Dave Hanson. Dave and his girlfriend lived under the eaves in Lisa's
and my room. (They had to crawl through a hole in the cupboard to get
to their cave.) Dave taught for many years at RISD and now lives in
Iowa

John Oliver and Roger Warnecke. They lived across the hall from me.

And Kid Africa. Our resident band who lived in the alcove off the foyer...

Also, Marly just reminded me that Cotty Chubb's fiat is on the
deceased list. "Chubby", as the fiat was called, met a sad end
running amok down a hill in LA and crashing into a toilet.

Mary

[JB White]

If you want to include Kiddafrika, Teddy Jo Politzer lives near San Jose. His e-mail address is ted...@prodigy.net.

[Mel Knox]

Is that the David Hanson from Montana who was also a Beta??

M

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[Mary Townsend]

Yes, Dave was from Montana and a Beta. I've lost touch with him....

[Mel Knox]

I would love to see him as well...I saw some of his photographs in an
exhibit somewhere. SF MOMA??

[Mary Townsend]

Dave has a couple of photography books out.

[Gaylord E Smith]

Yeah, please include Kid Africa. For that matter what would be even
cooler and probably impossible is to include Buddy Guy. Also, I don't
know what happened to Jerry Massey. It would be helpful to have a list
of all the people who have been contacted.

Smitty

[Mel Knox]

A friend of mine saw Buddy play at LSJU about ten years. Buddy told the
story about BX and gave one of the greatest shows this guy -- a big fan--
had ever seen.

Frank Massey told me his brother was an artist in Ventura. Frank died about
five years ago.

I checked about Bill Graham with a mutual friend and he said Bill had just
dropped from sight.

M

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[Marty Browne]

Please...what is the Buddy Guy Beta Chi story?

thanks, Marty

[Mary Townsend]

I figure it's one of two things....

Apparently Buddy Guy played at Beta Chi and
1. we were too stoned out of our minds to notice it was Buddy Guy
or
2. we were off tripping in the Redwoods or at the Russian River
stoned out of our minds and missed the whole thing

ha ha

[Gaylord E Smith]

I just got off the phone with Charlie Field, who does not have an
email address. He says he is very interested and wondered whether Greg
Martinelli or Craig Wood have been contacted. Anyhow, Charlie will
communicate through me and wants to be kept informed. He says he is
going to wrack his brain to try to remember people, which means that
we ought to have a list of those contacted, so we can add to it. There
were so many hangers-on who were part of our community even though
there were never Stanford students, like Tim English.

Also, for those who are ex-students, has anyone tried to get their
contact information from stanford Alumni Association?

Smitty

[m...@knoxbarrels.com]

Fall 67 and winter 68 buDdy and his band stayed at the houise for weeeks at a time.

M
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[m...@knoxbarrels.com]

Tim English was a student.
I don t know if Greg M has been contacted but I have his address somewhere. He lives on West End in ManhaTtan.

M
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[Gaylord E Smith]

Buddy Guy used to come to Beta Chi in the late 60's and members (like
Greg Martinelli and others) would vacate their rooms so that Buddy and
his band could stay there when they had gigs in SF. They would
rehearse in the living room/dining room area and Beta Chi would charge
admission so that non-members could come, so it was just as if they
were performing for us. I don't remember who got the money. This
happened several times. They would be there for a few days each time
and, of course, there was a lot of partying, which was part of Beta
Chi's attraction for Buddy Guy. Of course, Buddy Guy today is huge.
Back then he was well known but not nearly the icon he is today.

Smitty

PS When we have the reunion, people should bring souvenirs they have
of that era. For example, I own two paintings of Beta Chi by Jerry
Massey. One shows the dining room when Ned was our cook and also
features a portrait of E Graham Baker among others, many of who I can
no longer identify. The other shows the house from the back yard with
a lot of Beta Chi's ghosts floating in the air. Both are pretty
surrealistic.

[james holmes]

Hi Smitty,

I'll put out a list tonite on those I've contacted and who joined and those I contacted who didn't join the google group. Along with the lost souls list that will be everyone I have and we can start adding the missing souls (of which there are more than several).

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[John Carney]

Mary,

Thanks for all those great memories. Any idea where Roger Warneke is
now? He was from the Bay Area, I remember, so maybe he is still
there?

I have many fond memories of trips in Cotty Chubb's Fiat, including,
if memory serves, our ill-fated trip to Altamont. Not surprised to
hear that it met its demise crashing into a toilet...

John

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[John Carney]

Yes, I would love to know the whereabouts of Greg Martinelli. Can't
help but think of him when buying the sparkling cider that my kids
used to love.

And one of the best guys for Beta Chi memories of my era is Hugh
McCarten. If it weren't for Hughie's astonishing powers of recall
there are many incidents that would have been lost long ago in the
drug/alcohol haze that we lived in...

John

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[Cotty Chubb]

From: Mary Townsend <mary.leig...@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: Lost souls

Date: December 20, 2012 1:17:56 PM PST

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Also, Marly just reminded me that Cotty Chubb's fiat is on the
deceased list.  "Chubby", as the fiat was called, met a sad end
running amok down a hill in LA and crashing into a toilet.

That is indeed sad. And strange. And if true, not the first time that particular car willfully ran amok down a hill. It did so once way up and deep in the hills above Woodside when it rolled unattended nose first off NSGW Road (Native Sons of the Golden West) into a stand of redwoods. No toilet was involved in that incident however. Thankfully. 

[Loran Kary]

Rebecca Daniels. rdanie...@gmail.com

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[DMirch]

Saw Buddy Guy perform at the El Mocambo in Toronto in 1975 or '77.
He remembered Beta Chi very well, and I smoked a few joints backstage with
the band in-between sets.
Dilip

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[DMirch]

What about Carl Bratnahl and Ying Ying (Wu)?

 

Did George Saliba ever live at Beta Chi? Or Larry Tremaine?

 

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Hi Smitty,

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[Baine P. Kerr]

I understand Carl died in the 70s

 

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What about Carl Bratnahl and Ying Ying (Wu)?

[m...@knoxbarrels.com]

Carl died. I used to see Ying Ying but not since 2000.

M

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[m...@knoxbarrels.com]

Around 85

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[hilmar....@gmail.com]

Jimmy, et al.,

What fun to eavesdrop on this desultory remembrance.  Sorry to say, John Oliver is also dead, some time now, of AIDS.  I have emails for many of the "Community" subset (fall, winter, spring, 1969): Colin Bruce, Hugh McCarten, Jocelyn Gunnar, Lloyd Fonvielle, J.B. White, etc. Greg Martinelli was living in NYC 10 years ago. I wonder myself about Rochelle Slenz and Barbara Epmier.  Also, the great Shakespearean actor Sam Blackwell, who played Lear on-campus in the fall of '69.  And so many other faces now, unfortunately, with no names.  Will try to attend any gathering.  Living in central Texas (boy out of the country, country out of the boy, etc.).

Hilmar Blumberg

hilmar....@gmail.com     

[Marly Swick]

Dear All,
That is really sad news about John Oliver. Life is seeming more
perilous by the moment as these emails keep coming in. Does anyone
know anything about Don Sullivan? I have a sinking feeling about him,
too.
Best,
Marly

ps--Does anyone remember anything about a People Magazine article? I
seem to hazily recall a photo with John Oliver in it.

Best,
Marly

[Mary Townsend]

I am sorry to hear about John Oliver...
This is my remembrance of him, one among others....

John Oliver led me and a couple of others on a journey through the
Bardos of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. This involved ingesting magic
mushrooms, putting on blindfolds and lying down together on a soft bed
in a candle-lit room for HOURS, while John read to us from the Tibetan
book of the Dead and chanted. It was all about the moment of death
and what awaits us as we pass through into the next life. There were
visions of Buddha and angels and demons and the Lord of Death. We
must have been hoping for enlightenment to descend upon us! What
strikes me now though, is how curious and willing we were to jump
willy nilly into the unknown like that....
Mary

[Peter Samelson]

All,

This has been great, getting me off my butt to reconnect - I have just traded voice messages with Sam (Blackwell) and talked with Lois (Greg Martinelli's wife) at their home in NY - Greg is in CA for the holidays. Hopefully they will both be part of this.

Barbara George (Epmeier) is in CA and established womensenergymatters.org and Jim has all her contact information. 

For many years I lived on 21st Street in NY in the loft beneath Lloyd's sister Lee's place, but have lost touch since I moved out to NJ 20 plus years back. 

Peter

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[Mary Townsend]

John,
I found this website by googling Roger Warnecke.

http://abcoartspace.com/outofsight.html

It looks to be out of date.
I remember an amazing weekend at Roger's place on the Russian River.
A bunch of Beta Chi people were there. I hope we can reconnect with
Roger.
Mary

[John Carney]

Mary,

Thanks for that link.  The story it tells helps explain why he just kind of dropped out.  I studied with Nate Oliveira, too, but don't remember being in any classes with Roger...

I trust you are doing well.  Merry Christmas and all that!

John

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[JB White]

Lloyd is alive and kicking in Las Vegas.  If I'm reading Jim's lists right, he's been invited but hasn't responded.

[Cotty Chubb]

I'll work on Hugh, who's not yet responded to Mr Holmes. You too, Johnnie. I recall well listening to The Band's second album in your and Hugh's second floor room at the top of the stairs just to the left, among several other adventures. Yodel-odel-oh-eh-he-hoo.


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On Dec 20, 2012, at 6:22 PM, John Carney <jo...@clbarchitects.com> wrote:

> Yes, I would love to know the whereabouts of Greg Martinelli. Can't
> help but think of him when buying the sparkling cider that my kids
> used to love.
>
> And one of the best guys for Beta Chi memories of my era is Hugh
> McCarten. If it weren't for Hughie's astonishing powers of recall
> there are many incidents that would have been lost long ago in the
> drug/alcohol haze that we lived in...
>
> John
>
> John Carney, FAIA,
> Carney Logan Burke Architects
>
> Sent from my iPad

> St to the left

[Will Rogers]

Never a Beta Chi resident - but often a visitor to the many friends who lived there, my life was forever changed by one line of graffiti scrawled on the wall in an upper floor bathroom:

 

"Darkness conceals the hippopotamus"

 

Will Rogers

 

- and slept on the roof many nights

>>> Cotty Chubb <co...@chubbco.com> 12/20/2012 10:26 PM >>>

[hilmar....@gmail.com]

Will, you forgot the rejoinder, added somewhat later:  "But daylight conceals the stars."  Thanks.  I had completely forgotten.

Hilmar

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Bob would like to be in the loop.

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[lisahg...@aol.com]

Hi all,

 

Yes there was a magazine article with John Oliver and me in it.  I remember my mother wasn't too thrilled about it.  I don't know if it was in People.  I used to have a copy.  I will see if I can find it and bring it to the reunion.

 

Take care all,

Lisa

[Mary Townsend]

I found Dave Hanson! He's alive and well. His wonderful photographic
work/career is on his website...
www.davidthanson.net/

Mary


On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Mel Knox <m...@knoxbarrels.com> wrote:
> I would love to see him as well...I saw some of his photographs in an
> exhibit somewhere. SF MOMA??

>
> M
>
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>

> Yes, Dave was from Montana and a Beta. I've lost touch with him....
>
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Mel Knox <m...@knoxbarrels.com> wrote:
>> Is that the David Hanson from Montana who was also a Beta??

>>
>> M
>>
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>> Townsend
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>>

[whipple.jonathan]

Lost indeed, I recall Don Sullivan shot himself on Pomponio Beach way back when.
Jonathan