About the time you read this, the snowbirds will be thinking of returning from their winter escapes in Florida, Arizona, California, Mexico or wherever. The rest of us will be getting ready to enjoy the brightness of spring from our home base. But there is one constant in all of this and that is the friendship and bonding of the ’52s in San Francisco. They’re not going anywhere. This has been reported before—maybe some 25 times—but it bears repeating, because, once again our strong contingent in the Bay Area gathered in mid-December 2013 to enjoy lunch, swap stories and enjoy each other’s company. The host at the Bohemian Club was Peter Zischke, joined by fellow Bohemians Lee Cliff and Wey Lundquist. Regulars also attending included David Larson, Andy Stern, David Brew, Gil Ellenberger, Nick Skylor and your reporter. In 2012 we missed three of these people because of temporary illness or conflicts, but this year, only Jim Streng had to miss out because of a conflict; pretty good after all this time. There are maybe four or five other classmates in the area, but we can’t seem to find the right motivation to get them to join us. Their loss. Conversation was all over the place with Wey providing the Hanover news and Nick prodding the group into some less provincial discussion of broader issues including, of course, health. Andy brought a play-by-play recap and photos of a broadcast he did of the Dartmouth-Penn basketball game in 1950; the quality wasn’t too good, but after 63 years, neither are we. It was one of the best gatherings we’ve had in some time and we’ll do it all over again in December 2014. All are welcome. In other news, Jim Churchill, who divides his time between Woodstock, Vermont, and the Midwest, reports seeing Dave Dugan from time-to-time and both are doing well. We had good phone visits with both Jim Kreider (Lebanon, Pennsylvania) and Kermit Ingham (Stillwater, Oklahoma) during the winter and, like most of us, they’re “hangin’ in there.” Keep in touch, we miss you.


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