NEWS
Frater Phil "Booger" Harris:
JOHN PHILIP HARRIS
Age 54, of Plum, on August 3, 2001. Beloved husband of Cathy Close-Harris; brother of Layne (Patty Noah) Harris; beloved friend to Higgins and the brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon from Waynesburg College. Friends will be received 2-4 and 7-9 pm on Sunday Aug. 5th at the MONROEVILLE JOBE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 3961 Monroeville Blvd. where services will be on Monday, Aug. 6th at 10:30 am. Memorial contributions may be made to the Leukemia Society or an Animal Charity of ones choice.
Cathy Harris address:
304 Tahoe Drive,
Pittsburgh, PA
15239.
David Smelko - "Many brothers may remember a fantastic little restaurant in South Fayette Twp., a short distance down the valley from Frater Randy Porter's ranch. The restaurant, a landmark in southwestern Pennsylvania, called Fatigati's White Front Inn, burned to the ground this past Friday Jan. 5, 2001. It will be missed."
From Waynesburg: As many of you know, all Greeks were banished from campus by President Thyreen approximately 2 years ago. Shortly after that, our house was sold to a professor at the College. Last year Rich (Hovan II '73) & myself had the opportunity to tour the house with the owner. We even shared a beer at our old bar! This summer, we received word that our house had been sold again. The professor, who was dismissed, sold our house to Waynesburg College!!!! We do not know the plans for it's future use (an alcohol rehab center??). For its strong anti-Greek actions, it may be fitting to sing in the future "Let's go down & piss on the TKE house"!
The Chapter: After all the punishment, the Chapter has
taken from the College, it is still alive off campus! We are still recognized by TKE International as an active Chapter.
Although the numbers are small, the spirit is alive! There is a chapter room in Groovey's (Frater alumni) Restaurant in town. Our old pledge paddles line the walls! We even had the opportunity to attend a formal meeting last year at Homecoming. The actives would like to build their own Chapter house in the future.
An-TKES: (Antiques, get it?) Don Richter '68 & myself
(Hovan I '69) retired in the Spring of 1999. We live about 3 miles apart in Severna Park, Md. We are very active golfers & try to play at least 2-3 times per week. We team up with Ray (Pumpsie) Meyer '68 when he gets a day off as a Librarian in a
local high school. We have also heard that John Pauliny '69,
another Marylander, has also retired.
Also, we regret to inform of the death of Ethel
Simpson, our former House Mother. Ethel was in
her 90's (!!) and was living in a care facility in
the Waynesburg area. She was truly a Saint for
what she had to put up with!
