We’ll call this one the “West Coast Report,” at least partially. For about the 25th year in a row, on December 10, 2012, the class held a year-end luncheon in San Francisco at the Bohemian Club with the usual cast of regulars in attendance. Our host Peter Zischke presided. Other attendees included two additional “Bohemians,” Wey Lundquist and Lee Cliff.Wey and his wife, Kay Taylor, are now spending their winters in San Francisco, where Wey formerly practiced law. They spend the balance of the year at their home in Hanover. Lee, also a retired lawyer, and Nell Cliff have moved to the Forum at Rancho San Antonio in nearby Cupertino. David H. Larson, a retired architect, drove up from San Mateo, Jim Streng came down from his home in Fair Oaks, completing the list of attendees (except for this correspondent). Jim is retired from the home construction business in the Sacramento area. Several other classmates who regularly attend could not make it this year. Nick Skylor (San Francisco) and Dave Brew (Los Altos) called in sick—just temporary conditions. Grov Bryant is also ailing and was unable to attend. Andy Stern (Berkeley) sent his regrets because he was in New York and Gil Ellenberger (Portola Valley) had plans to go to New York, but instead suffered a fall at home (no serious damage), so he missed both the lunch and New York. The list of classmates in northern California stands at about 18, virtually unchanged from last year. Northernmost is Charlie Blakemore in Eureka. John Collins lives in Geyserville, about 80 miles north of San Francisco, while Jim Ketchum and Jack Flitner are in Santa Rosa—all a little too far for lunch. Others are closer and we hope we can get them to join the lunch one of these years. It is interesting that, in retirement, we have 49 classmates living in the seven western states of California (27), Oregon (7), Washington (3), Nevada (3), Idaho (1), Alaska (1) and Arizona (7), and we have 44 classmates living in the one state of Florida (at least for legal purposes!).


—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52 @aol.com