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Makey
1960
Journal
the finest possible under the circumstances. Two movies were shown in the evening
& while the first was on Brian, Douglas,
Titus & myself got the punch, eggnog,
& etc ready & the party got underway
right after the second movie, about
11 PM. The punch was monotonously
strong it was flavored with lab.
alcohol & I who flavored it put in too
much. I thought this might have
adverse effects on people but the
contrary was true. One drink +
people were gone, the party started
in high gear + progressed rapidly.
At about 11:40 the climax occurred.
Chuck Rogers attempted to move the
table containing the food + drinks. Two
legs collapsed sending everything
& to the floor. The crowd stood in shocked
silence. I don't think I will forget
the emotion charged scene of 20+
people staring open mouthed at
a huge lake of 4 gallons of eggnog -
the same of punch + various
& eatables, glasses etc. I nearly
had hysterics but poor Chuck was
subdued for the rest of the evening.
The mess was mopped up before midnight