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
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.
Announcements, Past:
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.
NOTE: We have exhausted our resources to locate these classmates AND NEED YOUR HELP!
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Thank you. MSA
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Recently Deceased
Classmates
It is with great sorrow that I am reporting the loss the following classmates:
