1926

In about two weeks from the time 1926 men read these words the Finest 50th Reunion will get under way, and Russ Clark, chairman, says last minute reservations can still be made if he receives prompt advice from anyone who suddenly finds he or she can come. Incidentally, the committee reminds men that the class dinner Saturday night is informal as to dress - no tux or tails - though gals, bless their hearts, have the option of long dresses.

Also, the same two weeks are still available to any classmate who has yet to mail in a check or who might have in mind sending an additional check for our 50th Reunion gift to the College Charlie Bishop and Al Louer, 50th Reunion Giving Program leaders, continue to point out that gifts from two times to ten times to 20 times a normal annual alumni fund contribution will make the 1926 gift to the College reflect the deep feeling "the Class" has for what our four undergraduate years gave us, as well as what "life after Dartmouth" has meant to us.

In March Ed and Margaret Dooley combined a housewarming with their second annual East Coast Florida '26 get-together at their lovely new home in Boca Raton. The celebrants were Marion Arenovski, John and Margaret Akin. Charlie and Edith Bishop, Henry and Margaret Bixby, Dutch and Del Diehl, Dan and Sally Drury, Ed and Evelyn Hanlon, Frank and Helen Knowles, Hal and Caroline Marshall, Cupe and Eleanor Minuse, Frank and Dorothy Nelson and Bob and Ann Stopford.

Other Florida news: Reg and Sarnie Hanson and Paul arid Betsy Dillingham had an enjoyable reunion with Charlie and Edith Bishop in Sarasota, and the Bishops also hosted and toasted Gib and Allie Robinson, Pete and Sue Johnson, George and Janie Yaffee, HoltMcAloney (Lil unfortunately absent w/flu), and Ed and Evelyn Hanlon.

Other winter travelers have checked in: Perkand Arlene St. Clair visited Grenada and Bequia and then met up in St. Croix for the annual meeting of the local 1926 club with Walt andBillie Rankin; Tubber and Mary Weymouth were in Tucson where Al and Ellen Louer hosted a welcome party for them, Snipe and Kay Esquerre and other local Dartmouth folk; Hawaii welcomed Chuck and Nat Webster for a delightful two weeks; Don and Libby Norstrand spent a week in sunny Bermuda returning to Boston during a snow storm which detoured their plane to Washington, where a visit with Libby's nearby Fairfax, Va., daughter, Betty, compensated for the interrupted flight; Henry and GraceWhitmore have two vacation targets - Bermuda and England - before returning in time for the 50th.

Male and Lydia Jones will soon be en route to the 50th and hope to meet up with Henry andMary Blake for the last lap to Hanover. Ollie Kobisk, Male's Aurora, Ill., townsmate, also is Hanover bound.

In acknowledging the class birthday greeting, Art Stack said he and Margaret are planning on the 50th - this to be their first time at a class get-together, though they have previously visited Hanover in summer many times.

Johnny Heavenrich reported being home during February recovering from a coronary, but planning to be in Hanover in June for the 50th, thus proving the ruggedness of 1926.

A long planned visit to Tehran to visit their son and two grandchildren is why Gail and Betty Borden must miss Reunion this year. Gail ad- mitted to another birthday and gave news of his nearby Ohio classmates: Jim Traquair who Gail believes is concentrating on golf in his retirement; Tom Colt, whom he portrays on the banquet circuit where active art directors extol his many contributions when he was director of the Dayton Art Museum; Frank Van Eiszner, who had already reserved 50th Reunion space in a White River motel and offered Gail shelter in same if needed.

1926 sends its sympathy to Frank Appleton in Pasedena, Calif., who wrote that he lost his wife Alice last August and we hope that he will find it possible to be with the Class at the 50th as he and Alice had originally planned.

Bud Bush in a last fall "Dear Jack" letter to Treasurer Jack Roberts told of his continuing efforts to combine Chester (Conn.) Savings Bank with Chester Bank, a commercial bank of which he is president. In no way connected with this effort is his hobby of raising sheep and raising vegetables for neighbors' and home consumption.

Although Dick Major said he had studied Latin for six long years, he found the "trot" helpful in translating his 1926 birthday card. Watch for an early edition of Hub Harwood'sSmoke Signals for a feature story by Dick of the eventful trip to Chicago in 1925 by the Dartmouth Band to be at the football game when Dartmouth became the National Championship team. It is great reading - don't miss it!

Henry Blake and Ed Emerson joined eight members of the 50th Reunion committee, Russ and Betty Clark, Hub and Det Harwood, Don and Libby Norstrand, and Stew and Mary Lou Orr to attend the annual March dinner meeting in Boston of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Eastern Mwassachusetts. The combined glee club was excellent and the girls did fine joining in on football songs, "Dartmouth Undying" and "Men of Dartmouth." President Kemeny in his usual forthright manner spoke of Dartmouth's continuing efforts to maintain a position of leadership in higher education, and urged alumni to participate in current decisions to implement these efforts.

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