Blast from the Past

A BLAST FROM THE PAST

CHARLES OSGOOD

Charles Osgood was the Keynote Speaker at the 1983 NLGI 50th Annual Meeting and wrote this wonderful poem about Grease!

I am pleased to be invited here at the NLGI although frankly for the life of me I cannot figure why.

I can speak of things political, discourse on war and peace but know nothing whatsoever about lubricating grease.

Though I cover news events both in the world and in the nation,

I’m abysmally untutored about grease and lubrication.

I know something about music you could play on your Victrola, but GREASE I have to tell you I do not know from shinola.

You’re all elegantly dressed and all your pants have fresh pressed creases; you’ve revised my total image of the world of oils and greases!

An American radio and television commentator and writer, his daily program, The Osgood File, has been broadcast on the CBS Radio Network since 1971. Osgood has hosted the CBS News Sunday Morning television show since 1994.

On Sunday, August 28, 2016, Osgood formally announced his retirement from CBS News Sunday Morning. His final appearance as host will be Sunday, September 25, 2016. HAROLD “HANK” H. SCHREIMANN

Harold “Hank” H. Schreimann, who was NLGI’s 50th President in 1983, recently sent this poem to us. Hank served during the NLGI’s 50th Anniversary and facilitated the appearance of Mr. Osgood. While he was on the board, Hank was employed by Container Corporation of America and later had his own company with another gentleman that was named MSI Ltd.

Hank is still going strong at age 93 and wanted to share this great poem with us. Our thanks and gratitude to Hank!