1926
Charlie and Lois Abbott had a wonderful "fly/cruise" trip, flying to Singapore and then sailing on the Prinsendam for ten days in Indonesian waters. They just missed seeing Francis and Ceci Pan, who were scheduled to embark at Bali, where they were disembarking. A note of welcome was left on board with a timely reminder by the upstate New York regional agent about a contribution to the Alumni Fund. The Abbotts were home in Buffalo in time for their 50th anniversary, with Les and Dot Talbot on hand to help celebrate.
Al Rice had major surgery in late 1977, spending four months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, but he was happy to report in February that he was fully recovered. Having lived eleven years in Europe and Asia while in service, the retired colonel no longer feels a great urge to travel. Al lives in Petersburg, Va., a few scant miles from Route 95, and welcomes visits from north/south migrating '26ers.
Lou Neuman, San Diego, Calif., '26 birthday card recipient, recalls his last Hanover visit, for the 40th reunion in 1966, toast side of fig (?) in the twenties, and Serry's for men's 1922-26 styles. Plan on the 55th, Lou, for a replay for Margaret and you.
Canfield Hadlock offers other reminiscences of the 20's - Mt. Washington winter climb, D.O.C. cabin, and Doc Griggs' strawberry shortcake, sunsets... how can we forget these?
Other '26 birthday card recipients have been heard from with nation-wide news: Bill Viall, Manhasset, N.Y., reporting visit to Farmington, Mich., to see his son and family; Claryand Betty Taylor enjoying summer in Newport, R.L, and a Christmas-New Year cruise through the Caribbean; Bill and FlorenceWillard, Washington, D.C., hoping to be at the August '26 get-together in Hanover; ChuckMorton, Brunswick, Ga., reminiscing about Boston pee-rades and how the place has changed.
In February when the snow was deep in New England, a nocturnal phone call from sunny (?) Florida to your scribe was finally recognized as coming from John Manser (basking at the Ft. Myers home of Jack and Dot Roberts) simply to advise that he had escaped from the Hanover winter and was enjoying '26 hospitality - a most welcome call, with a chance also to chat with treasurer Jack.
Doug Everett completed 50 years service to New Hampshire Savings Bank, Concord. He had chaired the board since that office was created in 1962 and has been named honorary chair in recognition of his service. He became a corporator of the bank in 1928, two short years after graduation. Doug and Vida recently returned after a three-week stay in England.
Errata summa cum laude: the secretary really blew it in the February notes by playing loosely with the Lou's. It was the old criss-cross which trolls love to play on unsuspecting Norse descendants. In this case Lou and Georgie criss-crossed with Lou and Muriel. Actually it was Lou and Georgie Conant, long-time camping experts on geological trips, who now travel in the comfort of a VW camper in which they made their first foray into Florida; and it was Lou and Muriel Ingram who enjoyed the trip in France with their friends Ginnie and Dud Pope '23, and after a stay in London returned to Winter Park, Fla., their home for some years. Another gaff admitted by the '26 media is the omission of the names of Jack and Ruth Straight, who were very much in attendance at Ed and Margaret Dooley's party at Boca Raton. Apologies to one and all are definitely in order.
June 30, the closing date of the Alumni Fund is near at hand; we have been reminded during the past three months of the great importance of alumni support to Dartmouth as a means of keeping financially strong; Al Louer and his legion of assistant agents are now hopeful as well as confident that all conscientious 1926 men will be counted as contributors before the deadline.
Art Wilcox, associate editor of "Smoke Signals," has done a great job while HubHarwood was recovering from a variety of medical problems (now well as ever after a fine Florida vacation). Art's up-state New York style, acquired through permanent residence in lovely Greenwich, makes refreshing reading, and his teamwork with Hub has been most productive. We were sorry that Inez was again hospitalized, but glad she is home and recuperating very well.
Class historian Ed Hanlon, never one to miss picking up an important class news item, came up with a gem from a Sarasota newspaper, which read, "Bishop Cards Ace. Charles S. Bishop, aged 73, registered a hole-in-one on the 145-yard number 13 hole of the Interlachen course of the Bobby Jones Golf Club. Witnesses were George Yaffe and W. Bronstad. Bishop used a three-iron." However, one day after typing the preceding, the secretary was in Hanover for Class Officers weekend and congratulated Charlie, only to learn that while classmate George had witnessed the hole-in-one, it was not made by our Charlie but by another friend of George with the exact same name and age. Hence we withdraw the news item, and it is back to the golf links for our Charlie!
The Hanover meetings, including an eight a.m. executive committee meeting, were attended by Tubber, Jack, Flub, Charlie, Les, Art, and Don, all in their respective capacities, together with spouses, except for Mary Weymouth and Inez Wilcox, both at home and well on the road to recovery following hospitalization. At the class supper at the close of the meetings Barbara Hayward, MarmieWilliamson, John Manser, Flugh and CharlotteMorrison, and Nancy Elliott, Alumni Records office director, joined the group.
Coming events: Summer '26 get-together, August 18-19-20. Yale game in Hanover, October 14 (advise John Manser if room and/or class dinner Saturday night at Sheraton is to be reserved). Harvard game in Cambridge, October 21, with 25th anniversary luncheon/boat - ride (advise Don Norstrand if can attend).
At this point in time it is relevant - all right? - to say "have a good summer" or whatever, and squirrel away news for the fall media.
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