{"id":1042,"date":"2007-01-10T16:02:18","date_gmt":"2007-01-10T16:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2013-03-21T06:08:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T06:08:05","slug":"ned-speasmakers-80th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/ned-speasmakers-80th\/","title":{"rendered":"Ned Speasmaker\u2019s 80th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was like a royal affair with everyone there. The Monarch perched on a stool between the cold beer keg and a silver punch bowl across from a groaning table of warming trays brimming with barbecued pork, chicken, beef and beans, calmly accepted the homage and accolades of his court. Thus did brother Ned Speasmaker \u201950 celebrate his 80th\u00a0birthday on Saturday, April 15 in the abandoned but refurnished train depot in hometown London, Ohio, a scant block and a half from his ancestral home.<\/p>\n<p>For five hours they streamed through the door, well wishers most of whom had known him for more years than they wished to remember.<\/p>\n<p>Among the dignitaries in attendance were Beta Brothers Skip Cheseldine and Ted Chaney, together with OWU classmates Mary Jo (Jones) Kennedy. Brothers Norm Slenker, Morry Hollenbaugh, Evan Roderick and Eb Dobson emailed tender words of advice and counsel not fit to be quoted here.As evening fell upon the gala event, Spease with a lampshade on his head was last seen leading a Congo Line down Main Street. Keep on Trucking \u2013 Father Wooglin adds his best wishes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9945\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Ned-Speasmakers.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Ned Speasmaker\u2019s 80th\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9945\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-9945\" alt=\"Ned Speasmaker\u2019s 80th\" src=\"http:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Ned-Speasmakers-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Ned-Speasmakers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Ned-Speasmakers-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ned Speasmaker\u2019s 80th<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was like a royal affair with everyone there. The Monarch perched on a stool between the cold beer keg and a silver punch bowl across from a groaning table of warming trays brimming with barbecued pork, chicken, beef and beans, calmly accepted the homage and accolades of his court. Thus did brother Ned Speasmaker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-news","category-theta-data","tag-january-2007-theta-data","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9949,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/9949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}