We were invited to the 50th anniversary party of the parents of my great friend, 
Huey Lang and wrote this ditty for it. Kate has passed on but Ted just celebrated 
his 90th birthday. He still works as a well regarded labor mediator. By the time 
I reach his age I will have been retired for 25 years and dead for 30.

Ted and Kate Lang's 50th Anniversary

When Ted met Kate
He had to wait
To get a date

For though Ted pled
Kate turned her head
Toward some pre-med

My paper's late
I'll fail, its fate
Ted heard from Kate

Ted stayed up late
Wrote something great
And won his mate

For then Kate said
You're so smart, Ted
Its you I'll wed

The shul bell rang
Ted and Kate sang
We're now both Lang
(Let's start a gang)

But soon war led
Reluctant Ted
From his bride's bed

Kate said, Don't fail
Fore setting sail
To help make Dale

Did Ted agree!
Well, then said he
Its been such glee
When next I'm free
We'll make Steffy
And with Huey
We'll close with three
In between a Ph D.

The years went by
The kids grew high
And learned to fly

More time went past
Grand kids amassed
Much, much too fast

And now dear friends
This poem ends
For no one knows the rest
But Ted and Kate
Both look so great
The next fifty years
Should be the best

1990 ?