The 3rd periodic 340 Club Reunion has been postponed indefinitely

Before there was an Animal House there was a 340 Club; before there was a Dean Wormer there was a Harold "the fuck" Martin; before there was John Blutarsky or a Daniel Simpson Day there was Tim Lutter, Sil Simpson, Dan Joyce, Tim Getzloff, Dick Lichty, Jim Shay, Phil Zangari, Chris Joyce, Dave Petkosh, Mitch Herr, Kenny Giltner, Dean Staherski, Randy Brown, John Emswiler, Sue Krimmell Emswiler and myself; before there were any Delta Tau Chi pledge pins, there were 340 Club cards; before Otis Day & the Knights, the 340 Jukebox; before there were Delta Brothers there were the usual gang of idiots that congregated at 328, 340 (twice) and 338 West King Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a decade beginning in August 1974. This blog is dedicated to those idiots and those times. God bless Kenny, Mitch and Chris; may they rest in peace.

















virtual 340 Club members

Saturday, March 1, 2008

340, we bid you adieu

The unimaginable happened. The 340 Club was dying. Mitch and Kenny were gone. Tee moved to Howard Avenue. Dean Staherski according to our memory banks tried the Club lifestyle for a few weeks in November but couldn't cut it. That left City L and me.
City decided to opt out first. I can't recall where he went but I knew it wasn't my cup of tea to live by myself in a six bedroom house. It was cost prohibitive and too "scary" being alone.
Piles of trash had been accumulating in the once rocking Club living room and dining room. Real or imagined I saw cockroaches enjoying whatever repast they found in those bags. I had to leave.
Richard "R.E." Lichty offered a haven. He was separated from his wife and had a nice two-bedroom home in Millersville. I quickly accepted his offer. I dunno who helped me move but on December 1st,1978 I was out of the 340. It was a friday night. R.E. celebrated my arrival with a party. I remember Bob Harman and the Walsh boys being there along with several men/women I had never met before. We played Charades and had substantial quantities of potables. It was hard to believe that the 340 Era was over, little did we know about the Second Coming.

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