
August 25, 2007
World Headquarters Clean Up Day
Photo Page Two
"Pictures on this page are courtesy of Tom and Pam Rankin and Warren Mitchell."
Page Two Photo 1: Society Vice President Ken Weller looking over the feast provided to the crew by Pam and Tom Rankin. Ken is obviously considering his waistline. Photo 2: Ryan Kertis and Bob Straw enjoy lunch, as Tom Rankin stands by. -Warren Mitchell Photographs-
Photo 3 Left: Frank Van Bree has just given Cookie the nameplate to recognize him for the donation of the chairs. Photo 4 Right: Tom Kepshire reacts to the Monon Singers and their rendition of "Happy Birthday". On a personal note, I would like to thank Pam and Tom for the nice cake. -Warren Mitchell Photographs-
Photo 5 Left: And the cake. By the way, it was very tasty. Photo 6 Right: After lunch, and before returning to work, everyone paused to listen to some of Cookie's Monon memories. -Warren Mitchell Photographs-
Photo 7 Left: Fruit of some hard labor. Warren Mitchell, George Lortz and Bob Wheeler's efforts in one of the Archive storage rooms. Photo 8 Right: Wow, what a difference! Well organized and tidy. -Warren Mitchell Photographs-
Photo 9 Left: Kevin Heggi continues power washing the sidewalk. Photo 10 Right: Keith Greasby Jr. pulls weeds and old plants before adding weed barrier and mulch. Because of his efforts, the front of the building looks 100 percent better. -Warren Mitchell Photographs-
Photo 11 Left: Joe Land and Keith continue working on the front of the WHQ. Photo 12 Right: Mike Aufderheide and son display one of the many artifacts stored inside box car 1620. They did a great job or organization. -Warren Mitchell Photographs-
Photo 13 Left: Cookie and Frank taking a break on the Memorial Plaza. What are the odds they are talking Monon Memories? Photo 14 Right: One of the last tasks of the day...Beer thirty! Let it not be said that Frank never bought a round. -Warren Mitchell Photographs-
Photo 15 Left: Okay, we did take a legit group photo. -Warren Mitchell Photograph-
(Seated L to R) Pam Rankin, Evan Rankin and Tom Rankin. (1st Row L to R) George Lortz, Tim Walter, Warren Mitchell, Frank Van Bree, Bob Wheeler, Robert Straw, Keith Greasby Jr. (Back Row L to R) Mike Aufderheide, Henry Aufderheide, Tom Kepshire, Ken Weller, Kevin Heggi and Ryan Kertis. Not Pictured. Jim Davis, Don Kaegebein, Cookie Eberhard, Chad Boas, Joe Land and Ed Melshen.
Photo 16 Left: The front of WHQ look ship shape. New shrubbery and some pictures in the windows give the building a new look. Photo 17 Right: Frank and Cookie pose near one of the new signs that were hung on WHQ. -Tom and Pam Rankin Photographs-
Photo 18 Left: President Van Bree has a word with Webmaster Tom Kepshire about the Shameless Convention Ads. Yep, you guessed it, Frank wants more ads. Photo 18 Right: Monon circle M herald adorns one of the Archive Room windows and makes the front of WHQ look even better. -Tom and Pam Rankin Photographs-
Thanks also to Chad Boas, who did remodeling work before the Saturday Clean Up. Chad's contributions were shorten the kitchen counter, moving the refrigerator and also relocating the bathroom. Thanks Chad for the effort.
More photos to be added as they arrive.
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