With the usual end of the year frenetic energy, 2017 has rushed to its conclusion. Hanover is quiet. The air is clear and crisp, adding a calm to the stillness of the place. The tone is set for family gatherings, class reunions and Christmas parties. We have reached the conclusion of another year, and it is a time to reflect on the past year and look ahead to the next. It’s a time for reminiscing and for winding down and for enjoying the company of our friends and family. In the mid 1960s Bob Callender, John Kingsland, Paul Paganucci and Fred Whittemore organized our first Christmas luncheon in New York City, with the one in Hanover following later. Under the aegis of Cathy Callender and Bob Malin we met as usual at the Yale Club for lunch last week. In attendance were Cathy Callender, Jean Vitalis, Liliane and Ron Lazar,Vivian and Dick Cahn, Sue Corcoran, Dick Blum, Lu and Jack Morris, Charlie Buchanan, Shirley Cobb and Tracey Cobb Sheppard, Connie and Ben Clery, Dave Florence, Ed Wood and April Cooper, Mabel and Gus Allen, Marilyn Paganucci, Marita and Len Gochman, Phil Beekman, Renee and Michael Zarin, Bill Freedman, and Gail and Bob Malin.

An equally enthusiastic group enjoyed a luncheon at Kendal of Hanover. Those who attended were Harlan Fair and Granthia Preston, Cynthia and Dave Donovan, Ross McIntyre and Helen Whyce, Marilyn Paganucci, Mitzi Carleton and Dave Colt, Seth Carpenter, Allen Collins, Drewry and Frank Logan ’52, Chuck Reilly, Lois and Adolph Franz, Marjorie and Russ Cook, Anne and Dana Low ’54, Betty and Roger Gilmore ’54, Liz King, Herb Hillman ’54, Put Blodgett, Elsa Lukin, Ben Gilson ’54, Deb and Dave Horlacher, and Lillian Goss. Both luncheons were successful and enjoyed by all who attended.

With sadness I announce the loss of our dear classmates Charles Jacob, David Lewis and John Dodge. We offer our condolences to their families.

—Mark H. Smoller, 4 Schuyler Drive, Jericho, NY 11753; (516) 938-3616; dartmark@gmail.com