1953

"And die loyal sons and daughters who love her." Our 45th is a matter of two months away, and look at the sign-up sheet so far. If your plans are still tentative, if you are digging down for a good reason to attend, or a reason to stay away, look at the star-studded cast that has already said YES, YES, and come party and catch up with your friends. Reunion CEO Fleming says all the arrangements are very much in order. Chair for Joy, the head of entertainment, none other than the indefatigable Don Goss, has a marquis for the music and shows that has Broadway drooling. Fred Stephens has arranged a terrific "wind down" called "Reflections '53 to '98" atthe Basin Harbour Club on Lake Champlain in Vermont for the two or three days immediately following the reunion. All the amenities are there. Call Fred to discuss at (603) 569-2 511 or, better still, bookyour reservations with Jenny Sicard at (800) 622-4000. Fred has the rooms blocked until the 15th of May.

Now lookie here who's going to be there, 245 classmates SO FAR 245. We only have room for family names, so here goes: Adams, Allen, Anderson, Auerbach, Beatty, Beekman, Bell, Bennett, Suzie Berry, Blodgett, Bloomer, Blum, Brink, Brower, Bill Brown, Buchanan, Burkan, Cahn, Chase, Cost, Calkins, Callender, Carleton, Cartmell (Wheels!), Casalvieri, Cassidy, Cernius, Chamberlin, Clancy, Clark (both Elton and Tom), Clery, Collins (both Al and Dick), Cobb, Cook, Cote, Crisp, Decker, Derzon, Dewey, Dixon, Dodge, Donovan, Dorsett, England, Fair, Fauver, Fleming (Le Chef), Fordyce, Free, Friedman, Gabianelli, Giesser, Gochman, Goodman, Goss, Grady, Hague, Hall (Jack and Dick), Halloran, Hathcock, Hazelton, Heinz, Henderson, Hering, Hibson, Hitt, Home, Holway, Hooke, Horlacher, Horton, Johnson (Mayo and Bill), Joslin, Kennedy, Knapp, Lambert, Lee (Frank), Lawrence, Lazar, Loewenthal, Longabaugh, Malin, McBride, McCrea, Mclntyre, McMichael, Montgomery, Morris, Murray, Newton, O'Connor, Osborn, Pearsall, Paganucci, Pardee, Patten, Picker, Potter, Reich, Reilly, Replogle, Robinson (Eliot and Bob), Rockwell, Rogers, Rosen, Runyon, Rusch, Sackett, Sarner, Schoder, Simpson, Speidel, Schwartzkopf, Sherman, Sherwood, Siegal, Spiegel, Springer, Stephens, Strickler, Sudikoff, Teare, Thomas (Tim), Thornley, Thron, Wagner, Warner, Werner, Whittemore, Wilson, Zimmerman. Probably, but not firm as of this writing (January 15) are Alexander, Avril, Barnett, Bender, Beutel, Boyer, Boyle, Branch, Brewster, Bridges, Bury, Bush (Fred and Hugh), Carpenter, Chaloner, Chambers, Cheung, Cole, Conn, Corcoran, Courtney, Crotty, Darby, Davis, Dickason, Duke, Dyal, Echikson, Epstein, Ernst, Ewy, Edgerton, Fahrenholz, Fast, Florence, Folger, Fowler, Frank, French, Friedman, Gartland, Gilges, Gilmore, Glissman, Greene, Grenquist, Haerle, Harrell, Hatch, High, Huck, Ives, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Joy, Elena Kingsland, Kay, Kelly, Krall, Elsa Luker, Markey, Mitchell, MacKinnon, MacNaily, Mattoon, McCarthy, Menides, Merritt, Moss, Napoleon, Parshley, Parsons, Patterson, Perkins (Don and Doug), Pierson, Presson, Quintan, Reed, Rice, Snell (Ken), Solow, Ritner, Salter, Scheman, Schirmer, Sessler, Rachel Senne, Sewall, Shapiro, Shim, Smale, Sorkin, Talamo, Thim, Thomas (Dave and Dick), Tukey, Wells, Weltman, Wentworth, Williamson, Wortley, Yates, Zarin. (Hi Mike, always the caboose, but certainly not least. Thanks.)

This is what it is all about, this. And, for you classes around us that would like to drop in and see the greatest show on earth, let us know. There is always room for friends of '53.

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'53'S 45th WE REALLY WANT YOU!