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INTERIM UPDATE #1: The Great Neck High School Class of 1959 has completed our 60th Reunion Cruise to the Bahamas and a Reunion Luncheon in Boca Raton, Florida. Photos of these reunions are now available; click here or on the 60th Reunion Photos tab.


Before going any further, your Webmaster would like to personally thank all of those classmates who participated in our reunion cruise and made it successful beyond imagination. It was an incredibly warm and friendly gathering for all, with adequate time to get together, catch up, and reminisce. With all of that in mind, I would like to share a thank you email that I recently received regarding our reunion cruise.


From:  Patricia Frank Danielson


To:  Mike Arlow


Louisa and I had a wonderful time!


It was so good to see some old friends — no pun intended; lots of good discussion, and lots of laughs. The ship’s crew was wonderful to us. The room steward was able to correct an unsleepable mattress. The Maître D, Placidus, and Chef Taylor, were so attentive to Louisa’s Celiac problem. To make up for her blah chicken at dinner on Friday, he gave us both a lobster dinner on Saturday evening, totally out of our dinner package — no charge. Yummy!


On Sunday night, he made her his home specialty — he is Jamaican — Jerk Chicken. It was delicious. All was forgiven.


All in all, it was the best vacation I ever had, especially with my daughter along.


Thank you for all your planning, and for staying in touch with us all.


I love the website, and all the news you provide with it. I hope you’re going to post the pictures from the cruise on the website; I look forward to that.


I liked the small group; it gave us a chance to talk and spend quality time [with] people we hadn’t seen for years. At the fiftieth, the group was so big, it was hard to talk to anyone!


So, thanks again, Mike, for everything!


Cheers,


Pat Danielson ‘59


Sent from my iPhone



INTERIM UPDATE #2: A note from Bruce Colan, dated April 14, 2019, and addressed to all of our classmates regarding future classmate gatherings follows:

I am sending you this email on behalf of Marcia Schwartz Zellner, Jason Zellner, Jo Ann Volk Lederman, Barbara Cohen Poles, and myself.


Last month we had two great 60th reunion events attended by 31 different classmates (five attended both events) — the three-day cruise from Miami on Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas attended by:


DOTTIE ADLER Bennett

JACKIE ADLER Walker

MICHAEL ARLOW

ANN BACHERT Sauberman

LYNN BELSKY Robbins

CAROLYN BERNSTEIN Baumoel

BARBARA COHEN Poles

BRUCE COLAN

BOB DAVIES

BARBARA FEIT Goldberg

PAT GERSON Davis

PAT FRANK Danielson

MADDY HOROWITZ Ziegler

CHRIS LORENZELLI Toft

JEAN MILLER Yonelunas

MARCIA SCHWARTZ Zellner

JANE TULLMAN Reynolds

JASON ZELLNER


and the brunch on Sunday, March 31, 2019 in Boca Raton attended by:


LYNN BELSKY Robbins

MEL BOREN

ED BOSHNICK

BARBARA COHEN Poles

BRUCE COLAN

GLORIA FUSS Kurzrok

LOTHAR GENGE

FRED GIFFORDS

FRAN HOFFMAN Swirsky

JEFF KAYE

ELLEN LAGIN Ross

BARRY LEVIEN

JUDY MOSER Segal

MARCIA SCHWARTZ Zellner

FRANKIE SHERMAN Gluck

HARRIET SPIEGEL Offerman

JO ANN VOLK Lederman

JASON ZELLNER


We are indebted to Mike Arlow who set up the website, organized the class directory and led the drive to organize the initial 60th reunion and to Barbara Cohen Poles who made all of the arrangements for both the cruise and the brunch. Without them, neither event would have taken place.


The virtually unanimous conclusion of those who attended the two events was that we would like to keep getting together periodically on a group basis. With more than 80 classmates living full or part time in Florida (almost all in South Florida) including all of those who helped plan the events, unless there are others who would like to step up and lead the next get-together, we think it makes sense to plan it in South Florida.


It should be noted that seven classmates who went on the cruise live outside of Florida. Also, other classmates who do not live in Florida have said they would attend Florida events if they had sufficient notice to schedule their visits well in advance.  


Accordingly, we propose that in the next year we should have one or two South Florida brunches, lunches or dinners. Perhaps, one should be held the first weekend in December and the second in mid to late March.


We’d love to hear your thinking about this. Please respond by clicking here.


Once we get a sense of the group’s thinking we will start planning the next event(s) and let you know the date(s) so that a larger number of classmates can plan to attend.


Bruce


Bruce Jay Colan | Holland & Knight

Partner

Holland & Knight LLP

701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3300 | Miami, FL 33131

Phone 305.789.7774 | Fax 305.789.7799

Cell  305. 582.8181

bruce.colan@hklaw.com | www.hklaw.com

     37.  Enid Schildkrout has graciously supplied our senior year copies of the Great Neck Guide Post. Click here to view. Thank you, Enid, for your contribution and your patience.


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For those classmates who wish to make general announcements, please email them to your Webmaster for website posting and /or email promulgation, as applicable.


Announcements, General:


Latest information follows:


Announcements, Personal:  Updated October 1, 2023 by Mike Arlow.


Deceased Classmates:  Updated January 22, 2023 by Mike Arlow.


Missing Classmates:  Updated January 22, 2023 by Mike Arlow.


Classmate Directory: Updated October 1, 2023 by Mike Arlow.


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