1910

Way out West in San Francisco, there is an Eastern Tenner who heeded Horace Greeley's advice, although he did not heed it as a real young man. He first saw the light of the world in New York State, spent some years in the Boston and New York areas, serving in newspaper work and later, in advertising. The Internal Revenue department knows him as Guy Richard Carpenter but we know him as "Carp." He not only knows and keeps in touch with a tremendous host of Dartmouth men located all over this country - probably all over foreign countries - but he knows their backgrounds, their family history, and probably all about some family skeletons. Within recent months he surprised Pineo Jackson with his knowledge of a part of Pineo's background tied in with Hanover. He wrote, "One of these days you must reveal the Pineo-Hanover connections. I read recently of Pineo Hill in that area. As you know and I'll quote, 'On the evening of December 8, 1855 the house of Joseph Pinneo (that was his spelling) formerly the residence of Dr. Nathan Smith, and afterwards used by the Delta Kappa Epsilon Society, standing nearly in front of the present Nathan Smith Laboratory, was burned to the ground. Mr. Pinneo, a nurseryman, lost a large quantity of young fruit trees which were stored in his cellar'." Our Pineo writes, "Carp then goes on to say, 'lt would have been just like Joe Pinneo not to have a dime's worth of insurance! Let us hope he saved some of the cider in that cellar'." And Pineo continues, "I have sent Carp a copy of the Pineo family history I compiled some years ago, and complimented him on the continuing vigor of his alert mind and sense of humor." And we want to add, "Who could fail to agree with Pineo's compliment to Carp?"

One of our traveling Tenners is another guy with a good sense of humor. This is "Sandy" Sandberg, otherwise known as Harry Sandberg of Boston. He was born on Christmas Eve in Old Russia. We do not know how old he was when he came across but we'll say he caught on early and corralled a lot of the answers before he arrived on the Hanover Plain. And he has been adding a lot ever since. Sandy and his wife Claire have done a lot of sightseeing in recent years. During the summer of '66 it was six weeks in Austria and Belgium. This winter they were all set to spend the time in the West Indies but the illness of Claire's mother prevented that trip. (Many Tenners will recall that Claire's mother was with Sandy in Hanover for our 50th.) Now the Sandbergs are looking forward to six to eight weeks this summer, visiting a number of spots in Europe where they have not previously been. Harry wrote Andy Scarlett,"If you want to join us, start planning, packing and cabling to Switzerland to release some of your hidden wealth." Also, to Andy, "... whether we are 70, 77 or 80, we should take every day as it comes and count our blessings daily."

When "Inky" Taylor retired from life in Washington, to live in Edgartown, Mass., he and his wife, Miriam, were the subjects of an extensive write-up in the local Massachusetts paper. In part: "Until moving to Washington in 1943, he carried on a general practice in Boston, and lived in Concord where he served many years on the town finance committee, and was town moderator for nine years. After his first year in Washington in the office of General Counsel of the Foreign Economic Administration, dealing particularly with food procurement in Mexico and Central America, Mr. Taylor joined the Civil Division of the Department of Justice where he served until opening his office in the District of Columbia in 1962. He will continue that office along with practice in Martha's Vineyard."

Another item about Tenner Bird-Watchers: From the "Sanibel-Captiva Islander," which reached us via Treasurer Mac Kendall, we learn that "Mrs. Whitney Eastman for the past 12 years a winter Sanibel resident, and a birder of international fame, presented the program of the local Audubon Society at the March meeting, under the title 'Birding Down Under.' " In this same connection, we learn from Whit Eastman that Ned Loveland journeyed from Fort Myers to Sanibel early in March, with the Calbosa Bird Club. So these two birdwatchers had a day of "watching" together.

Mac Kendall reports that the Art Lords and Ethel Bryant are some of the Tenners who have appeared in Clearwater during the winter. In addition, we know that the Walter Nortons and the Bones Joneses have made their annual visits to get into the famous Florida sunshine. (Just to chill you: We have had over 80 inches of snow in this part of New York State - not a bad year for the ski enthusiasts.)

But let's think about that famous June sunshine in Hanover and get set for the annual gathering of Tenners. June 12-14. The class dinner will be scheduled for Tuesday evening, June 13. Join the Tenner Party!

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