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Picnic area not for
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FRIDAY, APRIL 18,197!
camping
Editor:
We have heard a rumor that the
parents will no longer be able to use
the picnic area to park our trailers
for weekend events at A&M.
We subscribe to the Batt and
have not read any information to
this effect in recent issues.
If this rumor is true, we feel we
were given very short notice — in
fact, none. Since I am sure it is too
late to get motel reservations for
Parent’s Weekend April 19-20 and
Final Review May 10, quite a few
parents are going to be “out in the
cold” if they drive up and find the
“gate” locked.
We would appreciate your look
ing into this and perhaps putting
something in the Batt for parents
who are unaware of this situation.
Thank you.
Mrs. Granville Cubage,
Aggie Parents, ’76
O. L. Luther, chief of campus
police, says the rumor is true. The
lives of trees in the area have been
endangered by the heavy traffic
packing down the dirt, he said.
Recreational vehicles can be
parked on the south end of Lot 60,
which is due east of G. Rollie White
Coliseum, Luther said. The picnic
area will not be closed to picnick
ing, only to overnight vehicles. —
Editor
7AL£5 Of TH£ GlOAGS
—PRESENTS—
Garage sale
So long Pahlmann, it s been fun
By ALAN KILLINGSWORTH
“Hum. Hum-m-m-m. For he’s a
jolly good fellow. For he’s a jolly
good fellow. For he’s a jolly good
fellow, but no one can stand his
junk.”
“Tin sorry,” one of the Board
members said. “It slipped. I really
didn’t mean it. ”
There were songs of good-bye
and lots of handshakes on Tuesday
as the Board of Directors said their
final so long to William Pahlmann.
The man with the taste was heading
south.
“That’s okay,” Pahlmann yelled.
“I can get you another set real
cheap. ”
The Board members jumped with
joy. “We can scrape a little money
here and a little money there.”
“We are gathered here not to
praise Pahlmann
but to say good
bye to him,” said
Clyde Wells,
president of the
Board. “This
great man has
brought A&M
out of the cow
college era and
into an era in which I am sure there
iwill be much more contact with the
boys in Austin. Don’t get me wrong,
Willie baby. It’s been a lot of fun.
But all good things have to come
to an end and it’s time we broke
all knowledge of you.”
Smilin’ Jack bumped Wells and
said, “Calm the boys down, Clyde.
No more money. We 11 make it up to
them latter.”
“I move that we make a toast to
Mr. Pahlmann,” Wells continued.
“If everyone would rise and tip their
glasses.”
The gallery rose and the tinkling
of glasses filled the air. Someone did
it a little too hard and his piece of cut
glass broke.
“I’m sorry," a board member
said. “I really didn’t mean to hit it
that hard. Gosh, it was just an acci
dent.”
Most of the people in the room
weren’t paying much attention to
the speech. The overcrowded con
ditions of the board room had
caused them to move some of the
cowhide benches into the room and
along with the benches came the
flies. The sound of people swatting
the flies sounded like applause and
Wells, thinking the applause was for
his speech, kept stopping, smiling
and thanking the people for their
recognition.
“We had no idea that the taste of
one man could bring so much atten-
“That’s okay, Pahlmann said. “I
can get you another set real cheap. ”
The Board jumped at the idea.
Williams kicked Wells in the shin
and whispered, “Clyde, calm the
boys down. We re trying to get rid
of the junk, not buy more.
tion to one school.’
Just then someone at the Board
table dropped his silver fork. Ting.
“Oh yea," Wells said. “I forgot
about the garage sale.”
Wells asked Pahlmann if there
were any parting comments he
would like to make.
“All I can say is that I have done
my best to leave something unique
and I am sorry to leave.”
He headed for the door only
stopping to turn around and say,
“Oh, by the way, I bought 200
pink flamingos to live in the board
of directors court yard. Remember
to feed ’em twice a day. See ya
later. ”
He stepped out quickly and
slammed the door.
“Okay, we might as well get on
with the garage sale,” Wells said.
“By the way, where did Williams
go?”
One of the Board members said
he was under the Directors’ table
trying on a piece of the carpet.
“Jack, you ready to get this thing
under way?”
“Yeah, we might as wells. Get
the pun. Well — Wells. That’s
your name. Get it. Ha-ha-ha-ha.”
“Jack, cut the jokes. We have to
get rid of all this junk. ”
“I’ll take the carpets off your
hands but I’m not sure if I want the
red or the blue.”
“Okay, let the people in,” Wells
yelled.
The public pushed their way into
the room and began to mosy
through the junk. People were
asking President Williams how
much the carpets were and he kept
saying that they were sold.
“None of this stuff is selling,
one of the board members said.
“Should we bring the prices down?”
“I don’t care what you do. Just
sell the stuff, Williams said.
Someone across the room asked
how much the picture of the Blue
bonnets was. “I need it for my
garder snake’s cage. He’s getting
lonely for the outdoors.
“$10,” someone yelled.
“Too high, ” the buyer answered.
“$5. ”
“It’s only for my snake’s cage.”
“$1.50.”
“I’ll take it!”
The rest of the afternoon was
spent bartering with students and
people from the community. Most
of the people were there only to
see if the stuff was actually selling.
It wasn’t.
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“What in the heck are we gonna
do,” Wells asked Williams.
“I don’t know. I guess we just
have to keep on trying.”
“But Jack. It’s 5 p.m. and the wife
has dinner on the table. I have to get
home. Being in trouble vith the
legislature is one thing, but being
in trouble with your wife, that’s en
tirely different.”
“You have a point. I’ll take care of
it. ”
Jack walked over to the phone,
picked it up and dialed.
“What are you doing. Jack?’’
Wells asked.
Williams interrupted him and
said, “Operator, give me the num
ber of Goodwill, please. ”
Cbe Battalion
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1975-1976 SEASON.
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Rosemary’s Baby
Skyjack
The Great Gatsby
How the West Was Won
The Last of Shelia
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Funny Girl
Murder on the Orient Express
For Pete’s Sake
Towering Inferno
The Sting
Airport
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Last Detail
Godfather
Odd Couple
Godfather Part II
The Vaiachi Papers
Harvey
The Getaway
Dr. Zhivago
Pete and Tillie
Animal Crackers (Marx Bros.)
My Fair Lady
Summer of ’42
The Sugarland Express
Harad Experiment
The Don is Dead
Nicholas & Alexandria
The Exorcist
Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice
Trial of Billy Jack
Bonnie and Clyde
MASH
Paper Lion
Spies
Paper Chase
Dirty Dozen
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Great Escape
There’s a Girl in my Soup
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Executive Action
Chinatown
Blazing Saddles
Serpico
Young Frankenstein
Paper Moon
Sounder
Live and Let Die
The Endless Summer
Three Musketeers
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Four Musketeers
Mary Queen of Scots
Sleuth
The Nelson Affair
Longest Yard
The Immigrant
The Other
The New Land
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OUR TEAM DHO COULD CATCH
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