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As I write this column, it is Christmas Eve Day in New England—not what you might think it would be: cold snow coming down and the thought of making a snowman on Christmas Day. Quite the opposite: It is a gray, dreary, dismal, drizzling day with the temperature rising to about 47 degrees. The forecast for Christmas Day is a balmy 60-plus degrees, quite different from those back in the 1930s and 1940s. But I’m sure Mother Nature will catch up with us in 2015 with her blast of cold and snow.

I have not had the pleasure of speaking with anyone from the class, so I really do not have much, if any, news.

I did receive notification of the passing of the Right Rev. Robert Harvey. Rev. Harvey was com- missioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy and was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed and, from 1941 to 1945, served as a line officer on destroyers in the Pacific. Working as an ex- ecutive in the investments business in the early 1950s he experienced a calling to the priesthood and ministered to parishes in the United Sates and, briefly, in England. After retiring from the U.S. Episcopal church in 1976, he was called to minister to Anglican traditionalists in a series of posts. Consecrated a bishop in 1981, he served as bishop of the Diocese of the Southwest of the Anglican Church in North America. Our deepest sympathy to his family.

When you read this it will be near the be- ginning of spring. With that in mind I want you to keep happy, enjoy warm thoughts and, most especially, stay well!

As always, know that I am thinking of you and wishing you well with all the blessings you so truly deserve.

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