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Earlier today ATO National Headquarters sent out a tweet with a link to the photo below via Twitter.

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From the 2003 ATO Zeta Mu Alumni Reunion, a classic rendition of My Ding-A-Ling being sung by brothers Ron "Worm" Wamble and Larry "Duffer" Dunham.

If anyone has old home movies or still photos of the original "Toy Bells" from back in the day, we'd love to have copies!

Brother Webb Melder is putting out the call for all brothers who have fryers and tanks of propane to please bring them to the annual ATO Hog Hunt & Reunion in Medina for the Friday Night Fryers!  As in years past, the Friday Night Fryers will be responsible for preparing the Friday evening meal on April 9 consisting of fried fish, fried chicken tenders, French fries (or Patriot fries), hush puppies and cole slaw.  Any questions, please contact brother Melder at 713-824-8764.

Deadline for registration is NOON on Friday, April 2nd, 2010!

Some brothers have requested detailed instructions on how to register for the 2010 Zeta Mu Reunion using this website. Please find step-by-step instructions below.

1. Go to www.atoZM.org - (Congratulations, you're there!)
2. Register (Create new account) and wait for an email with instruction to be sent to you.  Be patient, Brother Matocha has to manually approve new accounts and he’s kinda slow.
3. Login and set your new password.
4. Click on the Register for Reunion 2010  tab
   

Dan Forney and I were chatting about Reunion registration today and he let me know about a display problem with Internet Explorer. After a bit of troubleshooting, it was determined that there is a bug in Internet Explorer that prevented this site from displaying correctly and made the Reunion registration page almost unusable.  We have installed a work-around for the Internet Explorer bug and the site should now display properly.  Let us know if you encounter any further issues!

The following information is courtesy brother A.W. Radle who compiled this data for a Dons Social Club 50th anniversary booklet in 2005.

1 Dons became an official club on the campus of Sam Houston State Teachers College during fall semester of 1955.
2 Dons became ATOs on February 20, 1960.
3 A total of 114 young men became official members of the club during its life span.

Brother Gary Geick, who is justice of the peace in Fort Bend County Precinct 1, Place 2, suffered a seizure on Wednesday, February 24 and is currently undergoing tests at Oakbend Medical Center, according to his wife, Sue. Brother Geick had been recuperating from a stroke he suffered last fall.

Brother Geick is running for re-election and is on the GOP Primary ballot for Tuesday, March 2. His opponents are Mary S. Ward and Bob Thomas. Sue Geick said brother Geick will wait until November to decide whether he can still serve as justice of the peace if he were to be re-elected.

The Zeta Mu chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity received an Honorable Mention for True Merit in 2009. An awards banquet was held on August 22, 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana during which ATO Chief Executive Office Wynn Smiley recognized the chapter's accomplishment and successes for the year.

Please join me in congratulating and extending best wishes to ATO Zeta Mu brother Scott Hagan and his wife, Lyndsey DeLange Hagan on the birth of their daughter, Katelyn, on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:40 a.m.!

The Hagans also have a son, Bralyn, age 3.

Welcome Katelyn!

Fellow ATOs…
Earlier this evening I provided some additional information to Brother David Matocha regarding a couple of e-mails that were missing from our list of members. One of the e-mails was for Pat Hodges who lives down in Sandia, Texas, near Corpus.