1926

1926 finances are now in the hands of a Connecticut Yankee class treasurer - what could be more reassuring? Jack Roberts has moved to Heritage Village, Southbury, Conn., from Morristown, N.J., and with resumed New England thrift (Jack was born in Mass.) he will channel contributions sent with dues into the 50th Golden Gift Fund to provide a seminar room in connection with our Memorial Book Collection in Baker Library - what could be worthier? However, before the northeast snows arrive Jack and Dot will travel to Ft. Myers, Fla., to set up '26 treasury winter quarters.

Predecessor Connecticut Yankee class treasurer, Ed Hanlon of Greenwich, Conn., who made excellent fiscal '26 history during his term of office, has recently retired from Calvin Bullock Co. of New York. His firm had words of finest praise for Ed's business acumen and his ability to make many friends for the company - all set forth in the company news letter which Hub Harwood will publish in Smoke Signals. Ed was with his company for 37 years except for a leave of absence 1942-46 when he served as a lieutenant and then as a captain in the U.S. Army air force, Ed and Evelyn are presently considering various retirement locales, and wherever they make their home we are sure that Ed will keep in very close touch with all the doings of classmates.

It has been hard to keep track of Dan and Sally Drury's travels and property transactions, but we believe we are correct in still calling them Vermonters, they having sold their original home in Norwich and then buying another in the same Village "nearer the center of things." We also believe that Florida gets the nod for their winter home this year.

Another north country move - BarbaraHayward is now a condominium resident in Hanover.Her daughter Nancy, her son-in-law Jerry,and her grandson Jim are now the two new. generations in the residence on Rope Ferry Road which has been the Hayward family for these many years.

Doug Everett was named the first state-wide campaign chairman of the New Hampshire Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. The announcement noted some of Doug's civic activities which were past presidencies of Concord Hospital, Concord Community Chest, Concord Regional Development Corp., and Concord City Planning Board. He is also a trustee of Holderness School and Chairman of the Board of New Hampshire Savings Bank.

1926 extends condolences to Art Wilcox of Greenwich, N.Y., on the loss of his wife Madeline who was a staunch Dartmouth enthusiast; also to Carl and Katharine Allen of North Muskegon, Mich., on the death of their daughter, Mary, in an auto accident near Quogue, L.I.

Ed Cole, retired professor of Yale School of Drama, received an award of excellence presented by Amoco Oil Co. during the national convention of the American Theater Association in New York. Ed was one of the organizers of the American College Theater Festival cosponsored by ATA and Amoco which is held annually at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Sports and Social Notes from Cape Cod: (1) Smoke Signals reported that Jake JacobuS was low scorer in Recreational Golf 50 years ago on Hilton Field. He and Evie are still making low scores at the Woods Hole Golf Course. (2) TomFloyd-Jones when not sailing is also one of the Falmouth golfers at Woods Hole. (3) Walt andBillie Rankin together with Jake and Evie gave a local birthday celebration for Tom which was particularly enhanced by a May Pole dance with streamers of green and white ribbon.

The story of Jack and Jane McIlwraith's attendance at Alumni College deserves special mention. After reading one of Hub Harwood's annual recommendations it took two years of contemplation before they decided to apply for admission. Jack said they were accepted, so they didn't have to go to Brown instead. After being terrified about advance reading they pitched in, did their home work, and in the end reported great pleasure in their renewed college courses and their enjoyment in general of their Hanover experience. Any questions?

Dick Husband will retire next summer from his professorship at Florida State University when he reaches the age of 70. This will give him considerably more time for his bowling and fishing activities in which fields he is already expert.

Tom Colt's retirement is two years off - meanwhile as director of Dayton (Ohio) Art Institute, he hopes further to improve the endowment situation which during his 16 years of administration has grown from $600,000 to about $3 million. The Dayton Times ran a full page article on the Institute and on Tom's leadership in giving the city a first-rate art museum and school.

In Royal Oak, Mich., George Borglum has produced and is marketing audio-visual teaching film strips for colleges and high schools according to word from Johnny Heavenrich, fellow Michiganian. An excellent recent work on the market is "Le Petit d'Antoine De Saint-Exupery." HenriEsquerre probably would be very interested in this, and had the work been available in the fall of 1922, the class secretary undoubtedly would have offered George plus d'argent for use of the material to help his floundering in French 11 (or was it onze?).

A goodly group of Greens helped Bud Petrequin '25 celebrate his 70th birthday late thissummer: (l to r, rear) Russ Treadway '24, Cliff Vogt '30, Marian Vogt, Lee Chilcote '30,Kay Chilcote, Edward Neff'30, Toots Neff, Pete Hajfenreffer '25, Billie Bemis '18, MikeWatkins '24, Kay Case, George Case '29, Margo Werntz, Ben Werntz '25. Ray Barker '23,Peg Barker, Ned Petrequin '50, (front) Georgia Cannon (Victor '23), Margaret Treadway,Sally Petrequin, Bud, Virginia Haffenreffer, Louise Watkins, Mary Jane Neff, Frank Neff'30, and Florence Stecher (Bob '19).

Flanked by Classmates George Zahm andCurt Abel, Paul Hexter '25 played host athis horse farm and restored venerable home,"Newberry Stud," County Kildare, Ireland.

Vic Hartjens '28 (r) paused this summer in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to visit Classmate JoeChay and Joe's starch factory there. Vic andMary spent three days in Kaohsiung on thesouthern tip of the island and continued toHong Kong, Thailand and Burma.

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Treasurer, 5554 Boynton Lane Ft. Myers, Fla. 33901