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Personals: Christmas with LAFFers

 

 
 
Christmas at Ford: Several LAFF members attended the annual Christmas caroling and holiday luncheon December 19 at the Foundation, described by one as a “beautiful affair”.
 
Some 20 staff  members, standing at the bottom of the atrium stairs, were accompanied by bell ringers, a pianist and the Eroica Brass Quintet. 
 
Darren Walker, president of the Foundation, welcomed the staff members, their families, former staff and guests who were served coffee, tea, eggnog and donuts before the performance and then had lunch in the building’s dining room.
Enjoying Ford’s annual Christmas caroling and holiday luncheon were, above, left to right, Michael Seltzer, Dianne DeMaria, Rusty Stahl, Kathy Blomquist, Nellie Toma, Deborah Bloom, Laurice Wassef, Marjorie Johnson and Janice Molnar.
 
 
 
Brant Ashabrenner enjoys his new great-grandson, Neo Lukas Fagon. Brant, who worked in the Jakarta and Manila offices from 1972 to 1980, lives in Williamsburg, Va., with his wife, Martha, both of whom turned 93 last year. They are in good health, enjoying and maintaining their art collection. Their phone number is (757) 565-0394.
 
 
 
Will Hertz asks the timeless question, “Where do Jewish residents of Thornton Oaks go for dinner on Christmas?” The answer, of course, is “They go to a Chinese restaurant.”
 
Will and his three friends live at the Brunswick, Maine, retirement home which had closed its dining room for Christmas Day, hence their excursion ala A Christmas Story. That’s Will on the left. The picture was taken with the camera of his friend Elliott Schwartz, and the women are Lois Lamdin and Eileen Kleinkopf.
 
For the second consecutive year Will presented a concert at Thornton Oaks of unusual Christmas and Hanukkah music, using Youtube videos and CDs, and lit the Hanukkah candles in the residence dining room. 
 
LAFF members may recall that for many years Will, who was a program officer in the Middle East and Africa program and then acting secretary of the Foundation, lit the Hanukkah candles as part of its annual Christmas carol program.
 
He’s a former editor of the newsletter and a prolific contributor. A letter from him appears in this website.

 

 

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