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After the MIT-AGPC Olympics, but before the convention opening, Coit Morrison, Patsy & David Beffa-Nefrini, Martha Folsom, (& Rick Tucker) play a game |
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Melinda Shebell, Dottie Anderson, and Penny Melling break out the jigsaw puzzles following the conclusion of the AGPC-MIT Olympics. |
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First-time conventioneer Dave Thomen comes forth with Bruce Whitehill at the podium. |
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Mike Johnson is certainly not a first-time AGPC Convention attendee... but is returning in 2006 after several years absence... Great to see you back! |
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Quite a few new members attending this convention! |
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Jerry Slocum, in anticipation of... |
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Anne Williams presenting AGPC's Sam Loyd Award to Jerry Slocum. |
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And Jerry Slocum presenting his keynote presentation... and so why did Sam Loyd claim to invent so many puzzles he really did not invent? |
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Jerry Slocum, in profile. |
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The exuberant John Cabot, after being presented an early edition of the game of Wff 'N Proof (by Layman E. Allen) by Debby Krim and others. |
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John Cabot, in the midst of his "acceptance" speech... |
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Penny Melling with a famed Waddingtons jigsaw! |
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A formal portrait of Jerry Slocum, with the 2006 Sam Loyd Award presented by the AGPC. |
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From Show & Tell... the Victorian game of Tug-of-War, patent #1023 in 1890... as reproduced by the inimitable Tim Turner. |
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Penny Melling, Chris Morgan, and ?... chatting away at 10:24 pm on Friday 31 March 2006! |
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Jeanne Speizer and Bob Armstrong in mid-chat (with Dave Deayton and Dale King in the background). |
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In the after hours... Clint Martin playing against Rick Tucker... what's this game? John Ellerbe will know! |
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Martha Folsom and Bob Armstrong "shooting the breeze" in the Norbert Weiner lounge at the Hotel@MIT. |
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A cut above. Chris Morgan, Anne Williams, Rosemary Howbrigg, Joe Seymour (& Penny Melling in the foreground) start upon the assembly of a circular jig |
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Pente in play, with Rich Larson and Dale King |
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