1928
On the back of a birthday card to Creighton Hart, I finally got around to thanking him for loaning the 50th reunion hobby show a beautifully illustrated book of some of the gems (in color) of his stamp collection. For years he has been editor of the 1847 section of the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society magazine and has won awards at many International Philatelic Exhibits in this country and abroad.
Creighton spoke by invitation before the Royal Philatelic Society in London in February. There is going to be an international stamp show in London in 1980, and he expects to exhibit there. He retired three years ago from a finance company he founded in Kansas City, Mo. Creighton says "Stamp collecting and collecting historical manuscripts has been a great hobby and unexpectedly a profitable one. Both his sons graduated from Dartmouth, and a granddaughter is currently a sophomore at the College.
George Davis sent a card from Naples, Fla., saying, "Tell Mary I did my two miles on my 73rd. Not bragging, just so grateful." Mary jogs over three miles a day, six days a week at the Troy race track, in spite of zero weather, snow or rain. She says the exercise makes her feel wonderful.
While touring the country in their land cruiser, Pren and Dot Bradley are getting their mail c/o R.D. Bradley, Lexington, Mass.
Bob Grey, retired superintendent of the Connecticut State Reformatory in Cheshire, says not much has happened since reunion, but he and Marie are planning a trip to Germany or Bermuda. Their daughter, who lives with them in Cheshire, is head librarian at Concord High School, West Hartford, and this year is president of the Connecticut Educational Media Association. Bob's hobbies are reading and visiting their children and nine grandchildren.
Dorothy and Al Lathrop have provided in their will a bequest of $100,000 to Dartmouth to establish scholarship funds for native Americans. Stew Hoagland's class newsletter beat us with the news, but we thought it would interest many of our readers from other classes.
Al has been president and owner since 1955 of Rolph, Mills & Co. of San Francisco, a manufacturer's agent in the building field. He was president of the St. Louis Alumni Association 1941-42, member of the Alumni Council, and president of the Northern California- Nevada Alumni Association.
Three more classmates decided to try wintering in Arizona, swelling the state's '28 population to ten: Munroe Raymond, Shadowtree Apartments, 201 N. Wilmot Road, Tucson; Howard W. Newell, 4809 E. Pima St., Tucson; and Willis Mitchell, American Resorts Apartments, 6834 Fourth St., Scottsdale.
Wat and Eleanor Dickerman, whose ocean travels have long been a delight to read about, may make the Norway Coastal Steamer next summer on what they say "will probably be our last long trip. After that we'll probably settle for the Delta Queen and other closer-in jaunts."
Cal and Genie Billings drove down to Heritage Village a few days ago for their periodic bridge set-to with Craig and EleanorHaines. Craig and Milt Hoefle showed Cal the very nice workshop the people in the Village may use for handicrafts.
Harry Davis, former head of the Department of Speech and Theater at Lehigh University, says he and Libby enjoy their retirement in Bethlehem, and once in a while Stretch directs a play at the Presbyterian Church. They plant 400 spring bulbs each fall and wait for May and June to enjoy the beautiful blooms. They spend the summer months in their cottage on Boulder Ave., Stonington, Conn.
We recently received a note from StewWright's daughter-in-law advising that Stew died last spring; we are waiting for more information. Eddie Reece died May 16 of viral pneumonia, Craig Haines learned from a note from Eddie's wife Betty. Five other classmates died recently: Wally Countryman, December 6; Maury Jacobs, December 25; George Coyle, February 10; and Bob Marshall, February 19. A letter just came from Bill Hudson '29 in Alexandria, saying that Dave McCathie suffered a cardiac arrest and died suddenly on March 4 in Alexandria. Dave moved there from Florida a year ago to be nearer his only daughter. Our deep sympathy goes to their families.
Jud and Elizabeth Moulton of Staten Island, N.Y., joined the snow birds this winter with an apartment in Delray Beach, Fla., 200 MacFarlane Drive. Roy Carpenter, whose address since 1947 has been Putney, Vt., spends the winters with his sister and her husband at 6 Ridgeway St., Newington, Conn.
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