The American Checker Federation

BOLAND - Ben, 89, Delray Beach, FL died March 25, 1999. Beth Israel Memorial Chapel.

And that, friends, is a minor tragedy. One of the most important writers on the game gets a one line obit. The June 1999 ACF Bulletin gave him 1 line as well. No details.

And yet, I can't find an obituary anywhere - I may have missed one in the Bulletin, but Jim Loy doesn't know either. Ben seems immortal but 110 years is a stretch. Does anyone know?

https://www.spencerfuneralhomeinc.com/o ... red-Darrow - one of the nicest guys to move a checker.

This newspaper group has given us some solid articles with good photos, over the last 20 years. June's a slow news month and if there's been some turnover in the newsroom, some newbie might get the assignment for the "wouldja look at this?" story. Always worth a shot.

I've been going through the wreckage of our recent move and have nothing after December 2017. no emails, no snail mail. And I think I'm paid up through the end of 2019.

I met him in Glasgow years ago and we toured various gravesites and other checkers-related places. A real gentleman.

I used to have Edinburgh installed - MS Word font, Alpine Electronics. It looks like they're long gone as is my font. What do you use to produce checker diagrams? There used to be freeware around but my google-fu is weak.

Thanks.

George - I don't know where Glenn came up with the name Iron Cross - it was a regular 11-15 23-18 8-11 27-23 4-8 etc game. Perhaps some Maine nomenclature I'm unfamiliar with.

I believe that Ina would like this material housed somewhere that would make it available to the public on request. I'll confirm that with her, but do you know if Nick can support that kind of arrangement?

Thank you.

I have Iser's inscribed 10x10 commemorative board from his championship match, and his widow Ina has a lot of other important items from his career. We don't really have a suitable place for them here in the Boston area, and Joe Margolin and I are looking for ideas as to where they might best be hou...

Will be held Saturday June 22 at 8 Pine St, Dover MA. Registration begins at 8:30, first round to start around 9:30. Format will be go-as-you-please, round robin, as in previous years. Lunch provided. Please PM me, email at whitefork@verizon.net or call 508-785-3197 with any questions. Pass the news...

It's a nice problem. Ryan's text: Black: 2, 6, 7, 10 White: 9, 11, 13, 16 Black to play and draw In 1931 the Newell-Emmett Co. of New York City, advertising representatives for the Liggett-Myers Tobacco Co., featured problem No. 31 in a series of nationally distributed lithographs for billboards, to...

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Will be held Saturday June 23 at 8 Pine St, Dover MA.
Registration begins at 8:30, first round to start around 9:30.
Format will be go-as-you-please, round robin, as in previous years.
Lunch provided.

Please call or email if you have questions.

Richard White - whitefork@verizon.net

JohnAcker wrote:I demand that the WCDF provide free towels at every qualifying tournament.

what, not babelfish?