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Jim Hass was a neighbor when we were still in grade school. He lived on North 14th St, just north of Jerry and Jim Van Loan. The Merrimans later moved to that house.

I remember the time he hypnotized Jimmy Van Loan. I also remember the old Ford Woody Jim drove. After high school I lost touch with him but had an occasion to run into him later in Iowa City. That little story follows.

Several years ago I was at my favorite watering hole in Iowa City, a bar called Georges Buffet. Sitting at the bar one evening I saw a fellow that looked familiar. But over time memories fade. I asked him if he was Jim Hass and he denied it. I sloughed it off but still watched him for a while and noticed this man had a habit of his thumb over his fingernails.

This eventually had smoothed them over time to where they almost appeared polished. Jim used to do this. So I persisted and said, "Come on I know you are Jim Hass." This time he admitted it and said he was "under cover." I don't know what that comment was about but we subsequently had several conversations over a beer or two and renewed our acquaintance. Then as suddenly as he was in Iowa City, he was gone. I am saddened to know of his passing. I remember him as someone that was quite intelligent and always friendly to me.