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Harvard Table Tennis Company
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Harvard—Harvard Specialty Manufacturing Company—out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, began advertising in Topics with the Oct. and Nov., 1937 issues (“We manufacture Table Tennis equipment of a quality that has never been excelled”). Then they abruptly stopped advertising, only to start up again in the Feb., 1938 issue. Unlike other manufacturers, Harvard tried
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Otto F. J. EK
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Surely no USTTA President was ever so anonymous to the general membership as he’s about to take office as Otto Ek was. Not a word had been written about him in Topics, only the line in the monthly list of “Affiliates” indicating he was President of the Ohio TTA—and even that
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Bernard Bukiet
Courtesy of Tim Boggan (Note: Bernie’s Profile, his life, will follow this remembrance of the day of his death.) “A Day To Remember”by Bernie Bukiet“My name is Bernie Bukiet.”…“My name is Bernie Bukiet.”…“My name is Bernie Bukiet.”… It’s as if I have to keep reminding myself of that now–things are so different. To Tell the
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States