July 22, 1986
Dear Members and Friends,
As most of you are aware, AIDS testing was made available to all members of the club last month. This was done in cooperation with, and by the local health officials. Fifty-one of our members participated in the initial testing. Regretfully, we were informed that one member tested positive...
It was a letter that ended all the good times. Printed in dot matrix, photocopied, and sent in business size envelopes to all The Silver Chain’s members. A letter chronicling the thought process behind the swing club’s demise. A letter I suspect many of the club’s members destroyed immediately after reading.