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SUMMER REUNION BRINGS BROTHERS BACK TOGETHER ALUMNI NEWS

Several brothers joined together for the Dr. Bill Ford ’70 retired from his 32-
Alumni Reunion in July 2018. A great time year radiology practice in 2010, and now
was had by all, and many are already plan- enjoys hunting, fishing, and maintaining
ning their next trip out to Ole Miss. If you three collector cars—two Corvettes, and
have yet to join us, please reach out to us at a 1957 Thunderbird. As a past alumni as-
betaolemiss@gmail.com for details about our sociation president and advisor at-large,
next event. We are hoping to see 25- and 50- he remains active in the fraternity, and in
year anniversary classes in attendance in 2019! touch with brothers from his era. Married
44 years to Jane Barnes Ford, an Ole Miss
We hope to see you there! Delta Gamma, he has two children: son,
Webster, a major in the National Guard
and in the building supply business; and
daughter, Elizabeth, an attorney, and now
married.

Bill writes in, saying, “One of my vivid
memories was sweating the pledge test
prior to initiation. Another was a road trip
I took with brothers Wylie Richards and
Mark Love to New Orleans over spring
break in 1968. I also still remember some
Visiting Vaught–Hemingway Stadium for a tour. Relaxing on the back patio of the chapter house. of the lyrics to some of the ‘unofficial’
Beta songs, which cannot be repeated in
mixed company.”
ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Beta Beta Chapter is in need of alumni Ziegenhorn with your contact information to RENOVATION A SUCCESS!
advisors! You will work with various chapter of- learn more. Official appointment to the posi-
ficers, dealing with finance, risk management, tion will be recommended by District Chief
pledge education, new member recruitment, Austin Jones.
and alumni relations. Responsibilities include
reviewing the chapter’s programs with the cor- In addition, if you are interested in serv-
responding officer/committee, and periodic re- ing on the house corporation board of di-
view of the program’s progress with the chap- rectors or being a part of the alumni com-
ter officer, through a phone call or face-to-face mittee working on the Phase III chapter
meeting. If you are interested in helping with renovation, please contact Brother Ziegenhorn
one of these positions, please email Brother (ziegenhornproperties@gdcs.com)

The Beta Beta Chapter welcomed a strong pledge class of 79 new members in September. With the
chapter size now over 210 members, Beta Beta continues to represent this great and good fraternity
as one of the largest chapters in North America.

New furniture for the chapter living room.

HAVE ALUMNI NEWS? We want to hear from you! Send your personal updates, accomplish-
ments, adventures, and photos to our communications coordinator,
Kasey Breedlove, at kbreedlove@elevateims.com, or simply fill out the back of the enclosed gift slip and
return it in the mail. We want to include it in the next issue of Wooglin Speaks! One of the two new bathrooms.

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