1900

Dartmouth celebrates a memorable and very important birthday in 1969. In commemoration of this event the College is planning a series of special events on June 16-18 for the older classes. It is hoped that a sizable number of the 1900 Dartmouth Family will be present to represent the class on this important occasion.

A post card from Elizabeth Gaffney, daughter of George Tong, speaks of the termination of their wanderings in various sections of the West. For the present their address is 5734 Mountain View Drive, Redding, Calif. Their daughter Betty Jean flew from Japan, where she has been engaged in educational work, to Anchorage, and drove down with them from Alaska to California. The two boys in the family are now located in this area so for a time the whole family will be together.

Information has recently been received in regard to Alice Rankin, widow of WalterRankin. In August she had the misfortune to break her wrist. Now she is about recovered from the accident but still has to have someone to care for her. It is a source of gratification that she still carries on in her apartment at 20 Chapel Street, Brookline.

Bob Jackson, a spry young man of 88 and a loyal Dartmouth football fan, writes me of his experience in attending the Dartmouth-Princeton football game, October 12. He magnificently identifies this experience as his Odyssey. It all started in his New York apartment at 5:15 in the morning when he arose and prepared for the trip. Upon arrival at LaGuardia airport he found his flight delayed 45 minutes on account of ground fog at Bradley Field near Hartford, Conn., then when they reached Bradley they circled the field one hour before landing. Since, because of the fog it was impossible to continue the journey by plane, the passengers were transferred to a bus. They left at 10:35 and finally arrived in Keene, N. H., at 12:50. Here Bob chartered a Piper Cub and the pilot, without even stopping to put on his jacket, agreed to land him at the West Lebanon airport by 1:20 p.m. A taxi took Bob to Memorial Field and he was in his seat by 1:36 - just in time to see Princeton score and Quinn run back the ensuing kickoff 75 yards for a Dartmouth touchdown. Bob says that "an alumnus of 1913 who sat near him remarked that he must represent, the oldest class present. Could be!" From Dartmouth's point of view the rest of the game was a blank. After the game Bob got something to eat then taxied to the West Lebanon airport in time to take the 6:30 plane, then the shuttle out of Boston and by 8:30 p.m. was back in his New York apartment. So endeth the Jackson Odyssey.

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