Stephen, I remember it was at IC11 in Salt Lake City that Tom Allen introduced you as “Bill Sadler,” and you appeared on stage doing one of his tapes. You were not identified by your own name. That’s when I first became acquainted with you. By the way, I don’t think I am out of line by mentioning that I became acquainted with Bill’s grandson, another Dr. Sadler: Thomas R. Sadler, PhD, an economics professor at Western Illinois University. This was on the weekend of Feb. 11 last month, when First Society sponsored the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of the Forum. Tom shared his memories of growing up visiting his grandmother, Leone Sadler, at 533 while with his dad, Chuck. And incidentally, his dad was also a Dr. Sadler: Charles G. Sadler, a history professor at WIU. Chuck was a year younger than I, and I only knew him slightly, as he did not attend the Forum meetings and, later, the First Society—although he did share in the readings at First Society’s Aug. 21 observances in 1963 and ’64. So, Tom is a 4th-generation Sadler reader of the Urantia Book. Hopefully, recordings of the Feb. 11 presentations will be available soon for those who missed the event. Larry Bowman Grand Canyon Society PS: To clarify, Bill Sadler (William, Jr.) was not a doctor. Tom is great-grandson to the “original” Doctor Sadlers: William and Lena. > On Mar 3, 2023, at 9:08 AM, Andrea Barnes <andbarnes@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Stephen, you’re the perfect guy for the job! So glad you’re going to be finishing this. > > I always enjoyed those Sadler tapes which I had on cassette tape and listen to them over and over again for years. > > I remember the time you got up and did a monologue of one of the more interesting sessions at the gathering for the eclipse. > > There was somebody in the audience, who didn’t understand what you were doing, and he kept interrupting you with questions! Ha ha! You were very gracious to him, and tried to explain what you were doing. Haha! > > Anyhow, that memory really stands out for me. I remember when you did it the first time at one of the other international conferences. I thoroughly enjoyed it. > > Hope to see you again soon, > All the very best, > Andrea Barnes, > UBLA > > > >> On Mar 2, 2023, at 6:44 PM, Stephen Sawyer <stephenshelbysawyer@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I’m interested in helping. >> >> Sent from: >> Stephen Sawyer's iPhone >> >> On Mar 1, 2023, at 8:25 PM, Geoff Theiss <geoffrey.theiss@urantiabook.org> wrote: >> >> >> Dear GC and Society Officers, >> >> As some may know, many years of recordings of Bill Sadler Jr were made in 1959-1961. Effort had been put into remastering those files and unfortunately the person managing this work has had to step away. >> >> Is anyone interested in helping this project across the finish line? You will need to be able to work with a very straightforward audio editing software (filter, cut, copy, etc) - a learnable skill. >> >> We have a reviewer volunteer so you wouldnt need to listen to all the files we generate, just do the technical work which shouldnt be more than 5-10 hours of effort. >> >> Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks >> >> Cheerfully, >> Geoff Theiss
