1926

As 1926 readers scan this column they realize that in less than four months our 50th REUNION will be at hand - June 11-12-13. Russ Clark, reunion chairman, reports latest numbers: 205 definitely coming and 90 hoping to come. Russ says "Mail your reservation card now - when will you ever have another opportunity of seeing so many of your fellow 1926ers?"

Doug Everett, when sending dues to Jack, recalled that $1.00 was the tab when he was treasurer during undergraduate days and probably harder to collect then than now. Doug is one of the exclusive club of '26ers still not retired and still enjoying work. (Shake, Doug.) Vida and he were recently entertaining her brother and wife as well as their house guests from Mississippi. Out of over two million people in the state Doug could think of only one resident: - Sew Mills. It turned out that Sew had married their new friend's cousin! Speaking of Sew, he represented Dartmouth as Academic Delegate at the inauguration of Forest Wyatt as President of Delta State University on November 21 in Cleveland, Miss.

Ed Hanlon had a nice letter from George Snell saying that he and Rhoda were enjoying retirement from Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Me., seeing friends of many years in the community and having visitations from the children and grandchildren. George has been working on a book on the genetics of transplantation when work on a vegetable garden and walks with Rhoda on Acadia National Park's lovely trails and carriage roads do not interfere.

Our expert dues and news collecting treasurer, Jack Roberts, keeps the class news media well supplied with "Dear Jack" notes relating the doings of 1926ers, which Hub Harwood's Smoke Signals and this column duly report. This issue is made up largely of such news items - for example: Charlie and HelenClare Macdonald, after enjoying weeks and weekends at their Rockport, Mass., summer place are now home in Waban looking forward to seeing Jack and Dot Roberts in Ft. Myers when they take a winter vacation at Sanibel, Fla. In between time, Charlie stays active in business, if to a lesser degree.

Ken Joy has already attended a 50th reunion - it being Lydia's at Smith College. He reported a fine time, there being husbands present in large numbers. During last September they were in England and did much brass rubbing in Kent. Lydia, can you arrange a return reunion with Ken in Hanover in June?

Uppie Upham, Lakeland, Fla., reports he had a light stroke nearly a year ago, but has made a very good recovery thanks to the help and encouragement of Frances. We hope that by June they will be thinking in terms of reunion at Hanover.

Brief "Dear Jack" notes from the following: Granny Knight who sent snapshots of the '20s to Hub Harwood, and word that he had an enjoyable visit in Santa Monica, Calif., from Joe Kinney who had traveled from Bridgton, Me; the Bob Stopfords who summered in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and enjoyed comfortable temperatures always in the 80's, no crowds and deserted golf courses; Art and Inex Wilcox, Greenwich, N.Y., saying retirement has offered no rest - still short of time to do the things they would like to do; Don Church, Whitefield, N.H., and Jim Jenkins, West Redding, Conn., both reporting on projected winter residence in Florida, and Dick Burlingame already in Florida (Clearwater) and all sending greetings to Jack and Dot.

Frank and Mae Healy had a sad 1975 - Frank having lost his sister of cancer (she had been hospitalized at Mary Hitchcock in Hanover), as well as the loss of their very close friend and classmate Lloyd Sanford as noted in the January Magazine. On one of their visits at Mary Hitchcock they told of finding BarbaraHayward busily serving coffee in the lobby to those waiting to see patients - as usual devoting time for service to others.

Painting, writing, and splitting wood in Newport, N.H., are the activities of retired KenAndler, who in the next breath says he sees quite a bit of Dartmouth as he is doing some writing "for kids" for the Regional Center for Educational Training at Hanover - a New Hampshire-Vermont Bicentennial project.

Last fall Fred and Kay Hurd enjoyed a week in London and then a fabulous two weeks on a chartered boat on the Thames and the Oxford Canal. They reported an incredible one-half day of rain in their three weeks in England.

Charlie Bishop and Al Louer and their committee of 31 are bringing the challenge to 1926 to make a gift in June in the 50th Reunion Giving Program that will reflect the deep feeling that each and every member of the Class has for the College. A record gift is possible if every member of the Class - by making a special effort in this one-time opportunity - can feel that his individual involvement can make the difference.

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