Technicality

This is a techicality or a cop out or cheating but I did not want to spoil the beauty of the previous post which consists of an untitled, uncaptioned photo but it does need annotating. So, I used a second post to do so. The picture is taken in the late summer of 82 (or 83, heck it could be 81). It is from a Bonnie Parker Picnic at Buchmiller Park in Lancaster.

front row l to r:
Tim (City L, Slick) Getzloff, 328 Club 8/74-8/75, 340 Club, 5/77-8/78
Ted (Tee) Knorr, 328 Club 8/74-8/75, 340 Club 8/75-9/78, 2/81-4/83, 338 Club 4/83-6/64

back row l to r:
Phil (Captain) Zangari, 340 Club 10/75-11/78, 2/81-4/83, 338 Club 4/83-11/83
Mitch (Crazee) Herr, 340 Club 3/78-8/78
Ken (The Gilt) Giltner, 340 Club 5/78-7/78

It was a great picnic, the band, the 340, the groupies, the roadies, and the usual gang of idiots.

Picnic @ Buchmiller

Champ

Champ belonged to me and City L (Tim Getzloff) at the 328 Club. He is shown in the backyard in these pictures taken by Club member Dan Joyce.

Date Minder

Remember the original Fan Appreciation Day, the juke box, the worm, crazee, quarter kegs & half barrels, Zangari's pizza, Bonnie Parker, The Gong Show, air baths, Barrells (for cryin' out loud), Leroy, Champ, the noise ordinance, George Ashby, the Bavarian Beer Festival, the late Gene Segro, the Punk Rock APBA Football League, porch parties, WRESTLEMANIA, Lenny Lane, Cassidy's Tavern, Chestnut Street Street Hockey Team, Randall Stoltzfus, Mrs. Betty Garman, real MTV, Dunes till Dawn, the list, Eeels of Death, the walk, the USFL Super Bowl, stacked TVs, back to back to back couches, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and so much more.

It is all still there and we are going there … not back but forward! 340! Forever!

June 8, 2008
7:00 p.m. 340 Club Night at Lancaster Barnstormers - $27 game & picnic ticket

June 7th
9:00 a.m. Early Bird Golf Outing
12:00 p.m. Ladies Shopping Excursion
1:00 p.m. 340 Club Day at Dutch Wonderland
7:00 p.m. 340 Club Reunion - $20 cold buffet, free beer, cash bar, 340 Club cards, buttons, souvenir program … Tee shirts available for sale ... The 340 Club Traveling Museum ... plus all of the music from the 340 Jukebox!!!

NOTE: Events highlighted in red are actually expected to happen.

book excerpt

(As we are all discovering) the 340 Club is not some man made structure existing along the time-space continuum but rather a God given state of mind where one can go for a cold beer whenever the spirit moves you. I’ve been going there often, daily, since last month when Phil & I decided, before all of us get too far down that all too real continuum, to hold a 340 Club reunion.

--- excerpted from the upcoming non-fiction novel: The True Story of the 340 Club by Tee Knorr

Jason

Sybil Zangari is Phil's sister. Her son, Jason (center, in the white), was born on November 19, 1978. Jason, not a stranger to the 340, is shown here with some friends on the infamous 340 stoop. Later, the Gilt had a birthday party for Jason at the 340 at which, the then four year old, was the only kid at the affair.

Knights of Columbus to the rescue

Yesterday was a dissapointment when a local tavern quoted prices that would have made this reunion cost prohibitive (at $37 a ticket) to many of the former denizens of the 340. Today, however, word was received from those defenders of the faith - the Knights of Columbus - that they could host this affair and provide, space, beer, a cold buffett; while we brought a DJ, music and party favors; at a reasonable price - $20. While it turns out the place is booked on June 14th that did not deter. We will simply take a step back, examine their offer, and take a backup position on June 14th while confirming a later date and see where the chips fall.

Welcome to the 340 Club

Lancaster, Pennsylvania ... the seventies, downtown, 340 West King Street, three blocks from Penn Square - the city's center - a three story house inhabited by five virile young men. Sex, beer, rock n roll. As the landlord described it: "extreme disorganized and general misconduct."

This blog seeks your assistance in planning a commemoration, a reunion if you will, a celebration of the 340 Club. Accordingly, this is your blog. As a former resident, 340 Club cardholder, or someone who lived in the Red Rose City in the 70s who has fond memories of late nights and/or early mornings at the 340 please feel free to make your thoughts, suggestions, and ideas known as this bash is planned. Visit this blog often. It is a tool to promote, coordinate, communicate, facilitate and plan a celebration that commemorates, celebrates, touts, and reminisces about the 340 Club. The gathering is tentatively scheduled for June 6th and 7th, 2008, in Lancaster, PA. Presently and tentatively, the weekend shapes up as follows:

June 6, 2008 - $27 will get you a game ticket and a picnic ticket to an Atlantic Baseball League contest between the York Revolution and the Lancaster Barnstormers at Clipper Stadium. Prior and during the game there will be a two-hour, all you can eat, buffet picnic at Coors Light Picnic Pavilion featuring: BBQ Chicken, Grilled Hamburgers, Kunzler Hot Dogs, Deli Salad, Baked Beans, Corn on the Cob, Potato Chips, Cookies and Assorted Fountain Sodas. Unfortunately the beer will need to be purchased separately. After the game I feel confident that the gang will retreat to a local pub to continue quaffing the golden beverage.

June 7, 2008 - an evolving bash that at that will be put on at cost (likely, $20) that will feature beer (free), munchies, DJ, and more. In addition there will be features and specialties that the 340 Club was known for. It is this event for which this Blog seeks your input. What do you see as a 2008 340 Club Party? In an ideal world, we would rent 340 West King Street in Lancaster and convene sometime around 2 am on Saturday morning with everyone bringing enough beer and munchies to get us through to daybreak when we would break for a bit until gathering again that afternoon when we would watch sports on TV and nap to prepare for doing it again Saturday night. Alas, due to many factors this is not possible so we need to find a place and plan a realistic resemblance of such a party.

To that extent please help us out with both party ideas as well as sharing your reminiscences of the 340 Club.