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Once Bob became interested in square dancing, he never stopped promoting it until he died. We could fill volumes but we donít think Bob would want that.</b></font></p> <p><font face="NewsSerif" size="3"><b>When we look back at his publication and see how square dancing developed, we know it was a different time. It was post World War II. People enjoyed peopleís company. Movies and the theater were the major form of entertainment. Radio was in its "Golden Years" and television transmission was just getting started.</b></font></p> <p><font face="NewsSerif" size="3"><b>We are glad that in our brief twenty years of square dancing we were able to know him. As editors and publishers we learned a lot from Bob and his Sets In Order Square Dancing publication, and we tried in a small way to emulate his methodology in presenting information. We are grateful to him that he passed on to us the original Grundeen cartoon boards which you see in this publication. They are as timely now as when originally published.</b></font></p> <p><font face="NewsSerif" size="3"><b>In the pages that follow, you will find remembrances from Jim Mayo, Bernie Coulthurst, Jim Maczko and Stan Burdick, the presentations of the Milestone Award and the Millennium Award, of which Bob is the only recipient.</b></font></p> <p><font face="NewsSerif" size="3"><b>Living in Beverly Hills, California, with access to many talented people, it can be said that Bob Osgood was the right person, at the right time in the right place.</b></font></p> <p> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="28"> <p align="center"></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> </div> </td> <td width="1%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="3"><font size="2"><b>†</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="3"> <hr noshade> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="3" align="center"> <b><font color="#cc0000" size="2">From the Editor's Files Archives: </font></b><a href="/nsdarchive.html"><font size="-1">2003 </font> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="3" align="center"> <hr noshade> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="3" align="center"> <a target="_blank" href="/nsd/edsarda.pdf"><b><font color="#036690">EDSARDA Membership Form</font></b></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> </div> <hr size="1" noshade> <div align="center" class="col-md-6 py-3"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" align="center"><form method="get" action="http://search.atomz.com/search/"> Search squaredance.ws:†† <input size="15" name="sp-q">†† <input type="hidden" name="sp-a" value="000203c5-sp00000000"> <input type="submit" value="Go!"></form> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> </div> <hr size="1" noshade> <div align="center" class="col-md-3 bg-light border py-3"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="70%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%" align="center"> <b><i><font size="-1" color="#cc0000">Comments, questions, suggestions? 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