1926
Mid-May and the Alumni Fund timetable is at the midway point. Between now and June 30 Dartmouth alumni have the opportunity of providing the vital financial aid so necessary for the College to balance its budget. In view of the increased goal of $4 million Al Louer, class agent, who heads up the hard working 1926 fund team, urges thoughtful giving to achieve yet another Green Derby victory.
Noting in this column that Dick Lattimore entered Dartmouth at age 16, Oz Fitts recalled that he too was 16 when he matriculated. However, in one month's time he was 17, whereas it took Dick six and one-half months to attain that maturity. Oz further recalled that a ten franc note in his passport on the page with his birth date gained him admission to the Casino in Monte Carlo in the summer of 1926 when he was still 20. Doubtless there is a moral in this news item which the editor is sure can be satisfactorily explained by some member (or members) of the Class.
Bud Shaver of Shaftsbury, Vt., is perhaps the first to request a room reservation for the 50th. He and Audrey would be delighted with a ground floor room - so maybe Russ Clark, reunion chairman, can put Bud on the committee in charge of registration, gasoline allocations, or beer rationing with a street floor office.
Congratulations to Bill and Miriam Sharp of Greenwich, N.Y., believed to be the first 1926 couple to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. They were married in Northampton, Mass., on April 26, 1925. Ed Hanlon reported seeing the Sharps during their winter visit at Casey Key, Sarasota, Fla., the former college roommates recalling other 1926 men living at 48 S. Main St. and 17 W. Wheelock St: Bud Bush,George Tully, and Pete Wolff.
Speaking of George Tully, Gladys wrote from Worcester, Mass., that George got a kick out of seeing a picture of Sew Mills holding a large wild turkey he had bagged on a hunting trip in Mississippi. George and Sew stood side by side in the 1926 Aegis Alpha Delt picture. BobCleary had recently written Gladys congratulating her on the work which she and others were doing for children in local hospitals. Bob also described for Gladys his and Pense's new home located in a park tract in Mendham, N.J., with five other homes and an abundance of wild life - deer, pheasants but no wild turkeys.
There was a fine picture of George Champion and 11 other directors, all in their shirtsleeves, in the recent annual report of the International Paper Co. They were visiting the Ticonderoga, N.Y., mill and were standing next to a new paper machine, which as Tubber Weymouth,Jim Traquair, and Don Norstrand, one time paper makers know, is a real hot spot. George is chairman of the boards of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and of the Economic Development Council both of New York City. He is also on the steering committee of Citizens for a Strong Energy Program.
Valley News, the newspaper serving the Dartmouth area, reported that through the generosity of Ritchie C. Smith of San Francisco, a 1926 graduate of Dartmouth College, a D.O.C. cabin replacement fund was established, and that undergraduate men and women had worked on and completed a new Agassiz River cabin at the foot of Mt. Moosilauke. The old Agassiz cabin will be used as a bunk house.
Mary (Harry J.) Fisher, West Hartford, Conn . who last summer vacationed in Greece, is planning in summer, 1976 to be in Hanover with the entire family for the 50th. The reunion committee is giving green stamps to all 1926 widows with such plans.
Lest the old traditions fail ... a new tradition may have started because of the long range planning and hospitality of Ed and MargaretDooley On March 5 the Florida East Coast 1975 Dartmouth 1926 reunion with cocktails and buffet took place at Ed and Margaret's apartment in Delray Beach. Margaret, with the invaluable help of Hub Harwood in supplying addresses during the fall and early winter months, rounded up 33 of the 1926 family for this inaugural event which was instant success. Many had not seen one another for 48 years. The total of 35 in attendance as recorded by retired class secretary Snipe Esquerré were: John and Margaret Akin, John and Marion Arenovski, Henry and Margaret Bixby, Carle and Betsy Blunt, Dutch and Del Diehl, Snipe and Kay Esquerre, Reg and Samie Hanson, Joe and Helen Kinney and granddaughter Isabel, Frank and Helen Knowles, John Manser, Cupe and Eleanor Minuse, Frank and Dorothy Nelson, Nate and Lois Parker, Ted and Polly Seely, Bob Stopford, Jack and Ruth Straight, Sunny and Maggie Tilton and, of course, Ed and Margaret Dooley.
Bob and Claire May enjoyed a West Indies cruise also visiting Florida where they saw Don Church at Clearwater. Bob recently contributed an article "Rudolph and I were Something Alike" to the magazine Guideposts describing why and how he created Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Harry Weare read it, found it of great human interest, sent it along and recommends it to all for a rewarding ten minute reading. Bob will be a guest editor of SmokeSignals as will Holt McAloney while Hub Harwoosi gets a well-deserved respite from his 1926 labors.
Secretary, 9 Gammons Rd. Waban, Mass. 02168
Class Agent, 12 Roger Williams Ave. Highland Park, Ill. 60035
