1926

Come Nor'Easters to Boston and environs, ice storms to Mid America, great snows to the Rockies, or unadulterated sunshine to Florida, California and Arizona—1926 men take it as it comes and never cease their relentless search for the elusive illustrated books published in New England from 1769 to 1869 for the class Memorial Book Collection in Baker Library. This makes Chuck Webster and his Book Committee very happy, especially if any Dartmouth man or woman other than a classmate notes and joins the crusade.

Speaking of Book Committee members, it should be noted that Howard Rice's two-volume scholarly treatise "The American Campaigns of Rochambeau's Army 1780-81-82-83" has been published by the Princeton University Press and Brown University Press. The Book Section of Hub Harwood's "Smoke Signals" reviewed the work in depth, noting that as a learned authority on Rochambeau, Howard spoke at the 4th annual New Jersey History Symposium on New Jersey in the American Revolution December 2 in the auditorium of the State Museum at Trenton. An expert and author on early maps and roadways, his subject was "Rochambeau's Army in New Jersey: the Cartographic Record."

The annual trek to warmer climes has been joined by many as of this writing, including our Class Treasurer Jack Roberts, who with Dot is at Ft. Myers Beach, Fla., to recuperate from his strenuous dues raising efforts. Bill Wolfe sent a "Dear Jack" note with a suggestion about our upcoming 50th. This was so puzzling that Jack recommended it be referred to Russ Clark, 50th Reunion Chairman. Newsletter Editor HubHarwood now has the letter to appear in "Smoke Signals." Watch for the startling possibility at the 50th!

Rather than seeking a suntan, JohnnyHeavenrich spent nine days in Russia visiting Moscow and Leningrad, seeing the Bolshoi, the opera, and the Hermitage museum. He also took in the opera in Paris. Besides all this Johnny noted that son John '65 is now Secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland.

Word from the Sunny Tiltons locates them this winter in a condominium at Juno Beach, Fla. In summer more time is spent on Cape Cod rather than Worcester, Mass. Sunny says no recent report on his long-time friend, Dick Sagendorf, who "... hibernates on his farm at Brookfield, Mass., runs a flea market, and handles earth moving equipment." Ed: "Poor Richard's Barn" is a super flea market.

Having spent November in Delray Beach, Fla., Henry and Margaret Bixby returned for the Massachusetts holiday season, then returned to the sun country this month.

In the rugged West Monty and Nina Colladay interrupted their busy life in W. Sedona, Ariz., (where the Arts Center takes much of their time) to make their annual trip to Mexico with plans to get all the way to Yucatan.

Jake and EVie Jacobus have landed in Pilgrim country at their new retirement (semi) home in Flamouth, Mass. Other Falmouthian neighbors include Tom and Marion Floyd-Jones, Bob andBetty Harrington (winter residence—Naples, Fla.), Syl and Jan McGinn, and Walt and BillieRankin.

At nearby West Dennis on Cape Cod Charlieand Lovisa Collins live on Uncle Barney's Road, corner of Oldfield Road, but Charlie made no mention of speeding citations. A winter holiday was spent at Lauderdale by the Sea at Silver Swan—Monty Mountcastle '22, Prop.

Spain and Portugal had 1926 men driving all over the place last fall:—Bob and Ann Stopford spent two months there, and at the Lisbon Airport, bumped into (but not in their car) Don andMarjorie Hopkins, who also were touring the land. Charlie and Helen Clare Macdonald drove some 2400 miles through the same area later on. All reported great trips.

Ed and Evelyn Hanlon made an exhaustive, comprehensive trip to Florida to investigate possible retirement locations and checked in with Johnand Marion Arenovski at Boca Raton, whom they found enjoying the life of leisure after John's retirement, with Marion coming along fine after her auto accident. They visited the Bob Stopfords in Ft. Lauderdale, and Ed touched bases with GilRobinson and Holt McAloney in Sarasota, but missed connections with Bill Farnsworth and BenWatts.

A thumbnail "Dear Jack" note from LesMcFadden to Jack Roberts follows: "Retired for 4 years: recommend it. Play golf 3-4 days per week. Health excellent—hope it lasts! Will try to make 50th—have never been back to campus. Who wants the East when there is Calif. /s/ Les. Post- marked Santa Barbara.

In November the New York Times ran a long article on the publication of the new modern Chinese-English Dictionary by Dr. Lin Yutang and made special mention of our able classmate Francis Pan: "Under the leadership of Francis Ran of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a bilingual Dartmouth graduate and a former student of Dr. Lin's, a team of young Chinese university graduates has spent two years assisting Dr. Lin with copy editing and supplementary research." Readers of 1926 "Smoke Signals are aware that Editor in Chief, Hub Harwood, scooped the Times by two years, having made previous mention of the impending publication several times during this period following various contacts with Francis. The full responsibility of getting the complex work published and distributed in countries other than China rested with Francis. To quote Hub: This important milestone in improved communication between the worlds' two largest linguistic groups is a tremendous contribution to world peace and understanding. We are all very proud of our classmate Dr. Francis kuang-Chiung Pan for making it all possible."

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