A MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADER

Photo Included with Permission + Standard Disclaimers

Greetings one and all,

I have been asked to write a brief note to all of you who have shown an interest in celebrating the Gathright experience. I am forwarding a picture that will remind you of what I look like. The caption on the back says, "Yes! He was really pissed." You can make of that what you like. Needless to say, I look just like the picture, only about 40 pounds heavier with a greying moustache. I still have the Budweiser hat, but it is a little bit more worn.

I find the thought of meeting with all of you in the wilds of western Virginia to be very intimidating. Somehow I survived two years of that experience. I have been updated somewhat on some of you. I find it very hard to believe that some of you found people to marry you. What is even scarier is the fact some of you even have children. We can only hope that there is truth to the old adage that genetic mental deficiencies skip generations.
Can you believe that Tom Whyte and Carole Nash are actually teaching college students? What is harder to believe is that some of you are actually teaching younger children.
It helps me understand why Virginia has imposed SOLs.

Well, I do look forward to seeing all of you again this August. Do you realize that when Mr. Billville was in full operation that we were the third largest town in Bath County? Do you realize that our work still stands as the largest archaeological project carried out in Virginia? While I am very proud of you all and what we did, I must tell you that, personally, my greatest sense of accomplishment is in the fact that no one was killed,
no one got pregnant (that I know of), and I did not get an ulcer or have a nervous breakdown. I have even managed to remain happily married to Deane.
The tolerance of some people is truly amazing.

Clarence "Doc" "Frog" Geier