Monon Bell Dinners

The F.A.D.C. may not be familiar to those who
attended Wabash before the mid 70s or after the mid 80s.
The alumni from this era fondly recall missing
Friday afternoon classes when they crowded into the
Delt Shelter basement for the Friday Afternoon Drinking Club.
While the banner is new, the concept is not.

There are four sets of photos from the 2023 Monon Bell Weekend.  To see them all, Click "Newer Post" at the bottom of this page.

As often happens the Delts converged on Backstep Brewery in downtown C'ville for a Happy Hour event hosted by Mark who provided numerous tasty munchies until the 603WW contingent shuttled to their dinner venues.

A group of traditionalists (and folks who signed up early) convened at the venerable New Ross Steakhouse as they've done for many years.

Good News-Bad News:  The venerable and small New Ross Steakhouse could not accommodate the entire 603WW group so the balance of the group found a new-to-603WW locale at the Covington Beef House.  While in a small town, the setting handles much larger groups and did it well.

At Backstep Brewery on the left: Ralph, Brad, Dan, Mike, Larry
On the Right: Derek, Tim, Kevin
Behind Tim is Greg

Wabash Ladies: Sue, Biz, Jada and Salli

At New Ross Steakhouse, Alex and Diz.
They travelled from Vermont and Pennsylvania.

Bob made his way to C'ville from Vermont.

Ed and Chris, from Massachusetts
and Indianapolis, respectively.

Dick hails from Wyoming.

Mark and Chris, both from Indianapolis.

At the Covington Beef House
Left to Right, First Row: Craig Schroer ’79, Dan Walters ’79,
Mike Doherty ’79, Chong Ng ’80, Keith Schaeffer ’78
Second Row: Randy Allen ’77, Dennis Wigham ‘66, Allen Murphy ’76,
 John Murphy ’81, Tim McDonald ’79
Third Row: Brad Ballentine ’79, Steve Wakefield ’77, Ralph Dixon ’79,
Derek Roenfeldt ’79, Keith Otto (Allen Murphy’s friend),
Brient Hicks ’18, Larry Norris ’79, Harvey Vandenburg ’78,
Kevin Scheid ’79, Randy Mellinger ’79, Greg Fuchs ’79

Kevin, John, Lynn, Brad, Keith
Keith and Brad were crew aboard
sailing catamaran Oasis in April 2022.

David joined the dinner
from Venezuela
via Brad's mobile phone.  Then David spoke 
with each member
of his class as Brad 
took his phone around
the dining room.
With David's virtual appearance, the class of '79 was at 100% of living graduates from
their pledge class.

Keith, Salli, Randy, Larry, Chong, Greg.
Chong travelled the furthest coming from
Hong Kong, taking 3 days getting to C'ville.

Harvey, Cheryl, Ralph, Rachel, Brient
Harvey and Pam traveled from the nation's capitol.

Murph, Derek, Mike, Dennis, Steve
Derek's trek brought him from Texas.
Dennis, class of '66 will be retiring soon
after 47 years with the Smithsonian Institute.

Brenda, Craig, Dan, Jada
Jada flew from Arizona to join us.

Keith, Salli, Randy, Larry,
Chong, Greg, Keith, John

Tim hails from southern CA, enjoying time with Rand E, Cathy

Rachel, Brient

This selection of steaks greeted us
when we arrived at the Beef House.