1926

Those of the class locked in by the early freeze in the north will be as interested as those in our southern chapter residing where OPEC oil is unknown to learn that on March 10 Ed and Margaret Dooley at their Boca Raton home will hold their third annual winter reunion for native 1926 Floridians and such other classmates who may have strayed into the citrus region. Margaret says simply let her know at Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, 2268 Acorn Palm Road, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432 if you are able to come, so that she may plan accordingly. This event has become the biggest class gathering of the winter season, and Ed's and Margaret's gracious hospitality and generosity is deeply appreciated by both those who attend and those who enjoy hearing about the happy affairs.

Kier Boyd, in a thank-you letter for his class birthday card containing his Scientae Baccalaurei degree, said in typical Jones & Laughlin Steel Company manner that his Latin was so rusty it had degenerated into a small pile of ferric oxide and that the provided trot had proved invaluable. Keir said that he now must find new bowling facilities because when he joined the J & L league in 1926 they didn't tell him it was a temporary thing and how was he to know that in 1974 it would fold.

Les Richard, Pompano Beach, Fla., also appreciated the '26 birthday greeting, saying his Latin was such that he doesn't know how he ever managed to get the elephants (with Caesar? he wonders) over the Alps. However, Florida temperatures are much to Les's liking, even though the Dolphins need some more chalk talks.

We share with you a very interesting letter from Rollie Eaton,. Charlottesville, Va., thanking the class for his Latin birthday card and noting that his father, Dartmouth '00, excellent in both Greek and Latin, would have had no need for the trot. Rollie's six children attended ten different colleges and universities and have two doctoral, two master's and five bachelor's degrees. Of twelve grandchildren, one is in college and three more will be going in the next two years, one granddaughter probably to Cornell for the hotel course — which Rollie took after he left Dartmouth. Quite a family educational record!

A Christmas card from Laguna Niguel, Cal., brings us up-to-date on Bob Williams. One of the most charming guests at our 50th reunion was Bob's friend, Virginia Camplin, and 1926 is now delighted to welcome her as a member of the class: she and Bob were married July 16 in Oxnard, Cal. They plan tentatively to attend part of the 1927 50th reunion in June (Bob was absent from Dartmouth 1924-25 and received his degree in 1927). Seldom does anyone get a chance to attend two 50ths — so we hope Bob and Virginia will do so and then tell us all about it.

One by one we are solving the mysteries of who was who in the pictures taken during the 50th reunion which appeared uncaptioned in the September ALUMNI MAGAZINE Lou Ingram has advised that the classmate to whom he was addressing his remarks (eloquently, the editor might interpose) was none other than Kier Boyd, whose best profile was somehow missed by the photographer. Lou also says that the other unidentified person was, strangely enough, his wife Muriel, and he suggested that her pose — hand on hip and a perhaps a far-away look on her face, visible only to Lou — indicates that she has heard him make the point before. Lou commented on the sizeable contingent of Pittsburgh area native sons at the 50th. Besides Kier and himself, there were Hump Campbell, NateParker, Snipe Esquerrè, Morrie Storer, and BillWolfe.

Both Hal Marshall and Ritchie Smith were hospitalized with heart problems before the end of 1976 and both have recovered remarkably well. Hal and Caroline will winter at Englewood, Fla., and Ritchie and Betty presumably have built-in California weather in their front yard. Jack Straight, who had an operation last spring, was observed arriving in Hanover for the 50th with a cane, but without it when he left: nothing like a few days in Hanover to perk up a person. Hank Whitmore spent considerable time in Newton-Wellesley Hospital during 1976, but is now completely recovered and enjoying retirement. So much for the medical column this month, except that DonChurch is back on the job at Bellevue Biltmore having paused briefly after his arrival in Clearwater to have a prostate operation. Don says he is expecting as guests this season DotSalinger and two friends and possibly Walt and Billie Rankin.

A nice letter from Imogene (Mrs. George)Borglum says she is now in Metairie, La., (having given up the home in Michigan) with her daughter, Mrs. David Holmes, and her family for the winter. Very proud of George's contributions to the teaching profession, she is trying to carry on the distribution of the audiovisual materials he created for the teaching of St. Exupery's Le Petit Prince.

A letter to the editor has asked: What two Dartmouth 1926 classmates have known each other and have been friends for the longest time? We have two candidates and are bending an ear for others to make themselves known. TomFloyd-Jones and Hub Harwood have been friends since about eight years of age, having been together in grammar school and junior high school in Scarsdale, N.Y. Tom recalls that even in those early days Hub was a journalist of note, who founded and published a school paper which he named "Bum Breeze." Tom claims that in "1926 Smoke Signals" he sees flashes of "Bum Breeze" brilliance.

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