Subject: Billy Knight Notification email from John Dixon
From: Bill Fraser <[email-masked]>
To: Herb Wise <[email-masked]>, James K Deuel <[email-masked]>, Ernie Lester <[email-masked]>, Herb murphy <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:01:34 -0800 (PST)

Here is the email from John Dixon, dated Nov 10,  2005, with notice that he was informed by Billy Knight that he had to  step down as President of the Laffayette Association.  

[email-masked] wrote:  From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:11:39 EST
Subject: Billy Knight
To: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked],
        [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked],
        [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked],
        [email-masked], [email-masked]

          DEAR SHIPMATES,
      I  WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THE CONDITION OF BILL KNIGHT. I  SPOKE TO HIM TODAY AND LEARNED HE HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM THE  HOSPITAL IN GREENVILLE SC.
  SEEMS BILL NEEDS A NEW LIVER. I WAS SHOCKED TOO.
      
      HE  WILL BE GOING TO MED. UNIV. SC IN A FEW WEEKS TO HAVE A BUNCH OF TESTS  TO SEE ABOUT COMPATIBILITY AND IF HE IS A CANADATE FOR A TRANSPLANT. HE  SOUNDS REAL TIRED AND WORN OUT.
   
      I  WILL GIVE YOU UPDATES FROM TIME TO TIME AS I LEARN MORE. AFTER SPEAKING  WITH BILL, HE WANTS TO RESIGN AS PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE JUST DOES NOT  HAVE THE ENERGY TO BE ON TOP OF THINGS.
   
      BILL  WANTED HERB WISE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND TAKE OVER FOR HIM IF  POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE HAS TO BE DONE BUT IN ORDER TO GET THE  ASSOCIATION OFF THE GROUND AND KEEP THINGS GOING. WE NEED TO TRY  AND GET IN TOUCH WITH ALL THE GUYS AND HAVE A NEW ELECTION OR  SOMETHING. IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING THE SPIRIT WILL BE LOST AND THE  ASSOCIATION WILL PROBABLY CRASH AND BURN. THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE,  ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK BILL FRASER, MURF, AND OTHERS HAVE  PUT IN.
      
      I'M  WRITING TO YOU ALL CAUSE YOU ARE THE GUYS I KNOW THE BEST, AND  FEEL YOU'RE THE ONES WHO CARE ENOUGH ABOUT OUR PAST TO MAKE SOME  DECISIONS AS FAR AS THE ASSOCIATION BUILDING RATHER THAN FAILING. NONE  OF US ARE GETTING ANY YOUNGER (EVEN THOUGH WE LOOKED GREAT COMPARED TO  THE OTHERS). IF ANYONE COMES UP WITH AN IDEA LETS HEAR IT. WHEN ARE THE  DUES BEING COLLECTED? HAS ANYONE STARTED A SEARCH FOR THE NEXT REUNION?
   
      ANYWAY,  YOU GUYS ARE IN MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS. I LOVE THE TIMES WE SHARED,  GOOD AND SOME OF THE BAD TOO.
   
  TAKE CARE,
   
  J. DIXON

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