We don’t know how 2015 is going to close out as it relates to our class, but it has been very disappointing to have to report the passing of so many of our good friends through the first eight months of the year. In our last newsletter in August, we reported on some 15 members of the class who have also been remembered in the alumni magazine online. That is a total of 26 for the year. Now, we regretfully add two more, David H. Larson, a resident of San Mateo, California, and Donald F. Eldridge of Titusville, Florida, both of whom passed away in the first half of August. We offer our condolences to families and friends of all these fine men. On the positive side, we continue to be able to report frequent gatherings of classmates between our regularly scheduled class reunions. One of the most durable is the annual luncheon of ’52s at the Yale Club that has been held for at least the last 15 years. We have, of course, reported regularly on this gathering, but it has become such a tradition that we feel justified in reporting the planned attendees in 2015. The organizers, once again, are Bob Ringstad and Bart Lombardi. The other attendees, in random order, include Dr. George Howard, Bob Callander, John Rosenwald, Gerry Lukeman, Harry Wachen, Jim Rosenfield, Nels Ehinger, Albie Collins, Fred Forni, Pete McSpadden, Cyril Gsell, Ken Roman, Roger Pierce, Larry Newman, George Davis, Kirk Spurr and, from afar, Vic Trautwein, Alden Fiertz and your class secretary. Unfortunately, two other regulars, Dick Watt and Dan Gutterman, have passed away since last year and another reliable attendee, Herb Roth, has moved from the area to be closer to family. It would be exciting to be able to report on luncheons such as this from Boston, either Florida coast, Chicago or other areas where we have groups of classmates. Finally, very briefly, we recently had short, but positive and enjoyable, conversations with Terry Malone in Michigan and Quent Squires in Florida. Both are doing well and coming to Hanover this fall.

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