1926

Ever since 1938, when Sid Hayward convened a group of available classmates for a Hanover meeting in mid-August to discuss class plans, similar get-togethers have been held annually. This year 25 attended: Charlie and Adelyn Bishop, Dean Chamberlin, Dan and Sally Drury, Fred and Kay Hurd, Emmie Merrill and Charles Dershaw, Charlie and Helen McKenna, Grace Murdough, Don and Libby Norstrand, Stew and Mary Lou Orr, Myrtle Tomlinson and daughter Nancy Carroll, Chuck Webster, Tubba and Barbara Weymouth, and Art and Inez Wilcox. Cocktails and dinner at the Hanover Inn was the August 20 opener. On Saturday morning Tubba Weymouth presided at a meeting in the 1926 Memorial Room in Baker Library, during which the memorial book program and various other class projects were discussed. Luncheon followed at the Dartmouth Outing Club, and later in the day Dan and Sally Drury had a delightful cocktail party at their home in West Lebanon. All in all a wonderful way to wind up a summer.

Jim Sullivan left legal work behind last May while he and Dorothy visited Bermuda, where Jim renewed acquaintance with his golf clubs. He had been dealing with the local public utility about their termination of direct currect service,, thus making inoperative the elevators in many older Boston buildings, including Jim's house. We have not heard yet whether Jim rides or climbs stairs.

Tom and Marion Floyd-Jones visited five Hawaiian islands last May after spending a few days in Arizona. When in residence in Falmouth, Mass., Tom plays golf three times a week and keeps track of Dartmouth classmates and friends.

Floridians Reg and Samie Hanson vacationed in Kennebunkport, Maine, but their plan to attend the Hanover August '26 meeting was scratched too much travel.

Another who missed out on the August reunion was Hub Harwood, whose doctor advised against travel. He and Det were also sorely missed at the time of the May Class Officers' Weekend.

Our class should have had Ed Poole edit the Professor John Poor/Observatory class birthday card, as he was the one during senior year who went to the Observatory at 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. seven days a week to observe the weather, read the temperature, barometer, etc., and log the data in a book with records from the 1800s. Who could have known Professor Poor better?

In June Dick Nichols wrote that CarlSchipper and he report daily to the offices of Goodwin, Proctor and Hoar, barristers Carl at 8:15 a.m. and Dick at 8:35 a.m. Since Carl is two years older than Dick, they agreed that he should show up first, so Dick gives him 20 minutes lead time. One of the many senior citizen benefits?

Don and Marjorie Hopkins, after visiting their daughter in Palo Alto, Calif., went on a tour to Alaska as per a postcard mailed in Ketchikan. No polar bears were in sight apparently summering in New England.

In Port Richy, Fla., Bob and Clyth Patten celebrated their 48th anniversary last May with a round of golf, which Bob handles nicely in spite of several operations on his leg.

Word came in June from Tuff and Bertha Hill of Cranston, R.I. now married 50 years that they were heading for their 60th reunion at Newport, Vt., High School.

Dartmouth fielded six players in the "Super Senior Tennis Tournament" at the Thoreau Club in Concord, Mass., including our Wad Woods of Portsmouth, N.H. Others in the 70—75, 75-80, and 80-and-up categories were Elliot Sharp ' 15, Mai Clarke '22, Ted Wolf'30, Bill Brister '32, and Gene Magenau '30.

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