1926
Les Talbot, wearing one of his '26 hats as chairman of the Memorial Book Committee, reports on a few recent additions to the collection, accomplished by Walter Wright, who is in charge of special collections in Baker Library. Three items were Robinson Crusoe, Little RedRiding Hood, and Who Stole the Bird's Nest?, children's books illustrated in color by Louis Prang, who perfected the art of color printing and also introduced the Christmas card in the 1870's. Who remembers using Prang's water colors in kindergarten about 1909?
No one can be busier than our poet-inresidence at Dartmouth, Dick Eberhart, whose residency is not always continuous because of requests for his readings in many places. Recently at an award program at the Cathedral of John the Divine, New York, Dick read a poem to Vice President Mondale, and he gave readings at Lincoln Center, Hofstra University, and in the Alaskan cities of Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, and Ketchikan on the wonderful trip north he and Betty enjoyed last fall.
Hub Harwood had word from Tom Colt that since his retirement as director of the Dayton Art Institute, his wife Priscilla is carrying on in the world of art. She is director of the University of Kentucky Museum of Art in Lexington, doing a wonderful job, as would be expected with her expertise and experience in that field.
We have a great blizzard (to borrow a New England phrase) of responses to treasurer JackRoberts' billet dues, which always produce a fine array of "Dear Jack" news items, to wit: Les and Helen McFadden were most fortunate that the Santa Barbara, Calif., fire spared their home except for hedges and outdoor furniture while two houses next to them and seven across the street were total losses; Bob and JerryMcIndoe have survived the trauma of condensing their nine-room house into a four-room apartment in Eatontown, N.J., where, after some months, they still may be "knee-deep in cartons of stuff as described by Bob; BobCleary was envious of Jack's cozy warm climate in Florida while New Jersey had 10° F. He reported lunch with Brant Wallace (in good health) and a visit with Pensé and him by Evieand Jake Jacobus.
To continue: Phil Blood reported to Jack a very enjoyable trip to New England for a family reunion and a visit to Hanover; Norm Clarke checked into St. Pete, Fla., for his six-month stay after returning from Edmanton, Canada, to visit his son; Charlie Bishop inquired how come Jack missed the Princeton game, then said he and Edith were taking off for Florida; Ed Raisbeck complimented Jack on his retirement home in Heritage Village but failed to connect on a visit; Art Forrest reported the addition of a great-grandson in 1975 and a greatgranddaughter in 1977. Time for a new paragraph!
Al Lowell wrote Jack recalling days in North Fayer, and said how fine it was that Bob May had been able to be at the 50th; Bill Hughes said he was glad to be able to pay class dues, having just returned with Palmer from a great trip to Ireland and England; Holt and Lil McAloney back from a month in North Carolina were back to check the '26 Sarasota set and hoped to see Jack and Dot during the winter; Jim andRetta Traquair reported a grand trip to the Pacific coast and Western Canada, slightly complicated by strike-grounded Canadian flights necessitating bus travel of 542 miles; Eastern U.S.A. had its troubles, but Ward Benton said Lake Superior also came up with a Nor'easter with five inches of rain in 12 hours and 15- to 20-foot waves on the lake; in his "Dear Jack" note Dick Major recalled that Jack was a member of The Players orchestra for three years, but the '26 media erred when condensing the story (profuse apologies!); Frank and Clare Poor came home to Phoenix from San Diego last October by way of the Hawaiian Islands on s. s. Monterey. In San Francisco Freddy Rowe joined them on shipboard for dinner. Recent word from Freddy came from London.
With about one month left before the 1978 Alumni Fund closes its books, the class fund committee is making sure all classmates have been invited to participate in this all-important financial support of the College. It means the difference in balancing the budget, and surely every one of us in 1926 will wish to be counted as a contributor by June 30.
Special '26 Florida section. In March two major events made class headlines. Ed andMargaret Dooley graciously hosted a supper party, at their Boca Raton home with 26 classmates present: John and Peggy Akin, Marian Aronovsky, Charlie and Edith Bishop, Margaret Bixby, Dutch and Del Diehl, Paul and Betsey Dillingham, Reg and Samie Hanson, Lou and Muriel Ingram, Frank Knowles, Jack and Janet Leech, Frank and Dorothy Nelson, Jack and Dot Roberts, Bob Stopford, Les and Dottie Talbot. As a thoughtful gesture, Ed sent greetings (signed by all '26 men present) to George Tully, who is at the Anna Maria Rest Home in Worcester, Mass.
On the Gulf of Mexico at the Belleview Biltmore, Clearwater, Hub and Det Harwood convened on the 15th the first annual meeting of the Dartmouth 1926 Suncoast Club for luncheon with 20 in attendance. All but Sallyand Dan Drury got into the picture below. In the front row are, left to right, Don Church, Det Harwood, Stubby Walters, Anna Lenson Jamieson, Mary Fisher, and Betty Taylor; second row shows Worthy Walters, Perk and Arlene St. Clair, Edna Burlingame, and Holt McAloney; and in the top row are Dick Burlingame, Paul Dillingham, Charlie and Edith Bishop, and Hub Harwood.
Before leaving the sunshine (?) state, we should mention that Tom and Grace Murdough vacationed in Naples, Bill and Miriam Sharp spent their umpteenth year in Sarasota, Waltand Billie Rankin and Perk and Arlene St. Clair were Floridians (after first founding the Barbados chapter of The Caribbean Dartmouth Club), and Don and Libby Norstrand were personally escorted by natives Jack and DotRoberts from Ft. Myers airport to Sanibel Island on the last lap of their escape from New England winter.
1926 had a spring fling in Florida recently. Details and monikers appear above.
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