1926

The headlines could have read "1926 has man in White House" on January 3. DickEberhart, together with 20 other noted poets, was invited by Rosalyn Carter to read selections of his works at an event designated "A Salute to Poetry and American Poets" to audiences of 500 people in seven of the White House reception rooms. Dick and Betty talked with the President and were asked to have their picture taken with the First Lady. Dick, what can you possibly do for an encore?

In the field of international good will, Les and Det Talbot enjoyed the interesting Hopkins Center tour to China last fall and are quite ready for a repeat performance.

A hardy mid-American, Howie Kolb of Chicago continues to be an active insurance broker in a business he started in 1926. On his 75th birthday he said that he and Julie were in fine health, happily married for 47 years, and asked, "Could we ask for more?"

The Gallant Grouse, a new book by DuckieHeacox, either has or is about to hit the streets. His third book dealing with sporting and conservation, it is another welcome item for our 1926 collection of classmate writings.

Long-time farmer Sew Mills, after 35 years, is now fully retired. He has turned over the 8,000-acre cotton and soybean plantations in Clarksdale, Miss., to his children, reflecting on the changes in the methods of farming in America over 350 years. They went from an individual following a beast of burden up one side of a row and down the other and harvesting by hand, to mechanized cultivating of eight rows at a time and 100 per cent mechanical harvesting.

Now let's harvest some of Treasurer JackRoberts' "Dear Jack" notes for 1926 reading pleasure. Male Jones told of Lydia's secretlyplanned, one-week Caribbean cruise for his 75th. To his surprise, upon opening their stateroom door, he found there the entire family son, four daughters, and four sons-in-law all on board for what proved a joyous trip. Hal Rosenberg's 75th was celebrated in Los Angeles with his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. He and Ann hope to come east again for a football circuit. JohnHammond, after experiencing 20 inches of rain last summer in St. Croix, seems willing to take another look at Florida. In Henderson, N.C., Bill Fish still finds retirement better than "the rat race." Congratulations to him and Helen on their 50th anniversary last April. Bob Stopford in his "Dear Jack" note told of his 90 per cent recovery from a stroke while playing golf last June, which is certainly good news to all.

Tom Murdough sent a Chicago news item about the retirement of the statue of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which stood on BobMay's front lawn at Christmas time for 25 years. Claire said Rudolph's legs were too shaky to take another Skokie winter.

The 1980 Alumni Fund takes off on April 1. Al Louer and the class Green Derby-winning team, with many veterans back, is ready to go for the $6,600,000 goal. This is, in effect, as was pointed out by Prexy Hopkins, a "living endowment" which is so important to Dartmouth's being.

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