1926

First and foremost 1926 news, of course, stems from the Hub of the Universe—Boston doings—to wit, retirements: BussClark, after a dedicated career in international finance dating from 1926, retired as assistant vice president from The First National Bank of Boston; Herb Redman, retired from the car rental business, but promptly opened a law office in downtown Boston; Stew Orr, senior trust officer, retired from The State Street Bank and Trust Co., and practically took the next subway train to The Christian Science Church where he is now investment manager. The fact that these three '26ers were stalwart members of the 45th reunion committee which showed a $36.88 profit is purely coincidental.

Still further Hub retirements include ChetMorrison who wound up his banking career as senior vice president in the investment division of the trust department of State Street Bank and Trust Co.; also Bent Kent, who after retirement as head of the bonding department of Aetna Casualty Co., has recently moved to Montpelier, Vt.

Another news item with a Boston connota- tion: Miller Pierce residing comfortably semi-retired in Mt. Kisco, N. Y., and playing sufficient golf, allows as how he has two daughters living in Boston. This makes good reading to the earlier mentioned retirees.

Stop us if we go too far, but two Boston barristers, Carl Schipper and Stew Orr and one Vermont lawyer, Oz Fitts, gave 1926 representation at the summer national American Bar Association convention in St. Louis. Moving westward, we learned that FellyFellingham, Al Louer, Hank Parker,Tubber Weymouth, and Norrie Williamson were' the 1926 attendees at the annual Chicago Dartmouth alumni summer picnic.

On a state of Maine safari last spring, Charlie McKenna and Helen traveled many miles and visited most of the 1926 Maine-iacs in their various habitats: (1) JoeKinney and Helen had returned from a European trip to Bridgton where Joe keeps busy manufacturing component parts for TV. The 45th was on their June itinerary as was known to 176 other 1926 family members. (2) In Harrison Everett Down- ing holds forth in a country home he has remodeled for retirement. (3) Old Orchard Beach, in "the home which has been in the family since the early 1800's" is where Frank Milliken and Peg live. Frank is with the State of Maine Planning Board. (4) SidBuffington is remodeling his retirement home in Darkharbor, on one of Maine's many beautiful islands. Come the winters, he travels. (5) George Snell and Rhoda make their home in Bar Harbor where George has long been associated with the Jackson Laboratory. George was elected to the National Academy of Science—a most distinctive citation. Smoke Signals will carry the full story of this great honor to a 1926 man. (6) The best Charlie could do in the vast reaches of Maine was to phone KermitNickerson who lives in Waterville. Kermit is state deputy commissioner of education. (7) The "travels with Charlie" led to the house, dog, and boat trailer in Presque Isle belonging to Guy Durgin—but no Guy. The best Charlie could do was leave a note at his door. So what's new with you, Guy?

Moving from the rockbound coast of Maine . . . the Sarasota Florida County Society for Crippled Children and Adults elected Holt McAloney as president. Holt also keeps in business trim on a part-time basis with Hardy & Hardy (Dartmouth '25). Gib Robinson also is with the same firm full time, having previously been with such industry giants as Marshall Field, Forstmann Woolen and J. P. Stveens.

It is difficult "to scoop" the editor of a friendly competing paper—especially when the two media meet montly and divide up the news. But . . . Hub Harwood and Dot missed the Princeton game because of his attnedance in capacity of vice-president of Region 1 at the trienniel meeting of the General Society of the Sons of the Revolution in Gatlinburg, Tenn. "The Knoxville Journal" notes such honors as his receiving an LL.D. from Emerson College where he is now vice-chairman of the board of trustees; former president and current board member Massachusetts Sons of the Revolution; vice-president of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire, vice-president of the board of Travelers Aid Society. Besides all that he is editor of 1926 Smoke Signals!

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Now hear this: The 1926 Memorial Collection in Baker Library needs these books (acceptable from any class 1900 through 1974):

DIVINE SONGS, ATTEMPTED IN EASY LANGUAGE FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN. By I. Watts D.D. The Fourteenth Edition corrected. Boston: Printed for and sold by John Perkins 1771.

A VISION OF HELL. By Theodorus Van Shemain (Jacob Green) Boston: Printed and sold at John Boyle's Printing Office, 1773.

George Snell '26, here tending to workas usual at the Jackson Laboratory atMt. Desert, Maine, was honored recentlywith election to the National Academyof Science.

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