1928

The indefatigable Roy Myers has talked for several years about retiring from the lecture circuit but is still much in demand and really has no intention of retiring. A January 30 letter from his East Quogue, Long Island, home is proof: "Went South in November for lecture dates and then did a very foolish thing - I drove 600 miles in one day. Will I ever realize I'm not 29 any more! And still, the next day I spoke to over 500 young men at the Fort Union Military Academy in Virginia for an hour, followed the next day by class visits. When I got home I got a letter from the headmaster, who said I'd done such a terrific job they felt they had underpaid me and he enclosed a check for another $l00.

"I'm headed south again again tomorrow - back in March for lectures in New England. By the way, remember Professor Patton's required course on evolution our freshman year? It was the most revealing and influential course I had!"

Rube and Karla Rubin are leaving for their annual (since 1975) tour - Europe, including a visit to relatives in Switzerland, and a few months at a seashore resort in Israel - Natanya, named after Nathan Strauss.

A Christmas letter from Jerry and Rella Warner told about a 2,000-mile drive south to visit friends and relatives. Jerry's activities are somewhat curtailed by Parkinson's and by a heart condition that rules out strenuous exercise. Rella enjoys her many contacts with Japanese in the Washington area-. Jerry and Rella were in the Foreign Service for many years in Japan, and Jerry headed the Japan desk at the State Department for two years. Rella also plays tennis, sews and gardens.

I called Roy and Herta Milliken and found them well and busy getting a new apartment condominium in Knoxville. A picture of them in front of their house in the Bahamas appears below.

Barney Norton promised to write me a letter about Ellen's record as a class agent at Middlebury. I'm waiting for the letter, Barney. Speaking of class agents, Marguerite Schnepel has been in charge of Vassar's annual alumni fund for several years.

Ollie Andrus, wintering in Treasure Island, Fla., reminds me that his oldest grandson, Bruce, is a junior at Dartmouth - his dad is Milton Andrus '52. Some months ago, Curly Prosser asked me for a list of'28 grandchildren who have attended Dartmouth. Please help me compile the list!

Gladys Moore, Hank's widow, replied to my request for information about her family. She has ten grandchildren; one, Christopher Callegari, a high school junior in Northport, N.Y., has been receiving inquiries from several colleges because he has set so many records in the running broad jump. This was his grandfather's best event - Hank set a record at Medford, Mass., High School which held for 34 years. Gladys and one of her daughters will have vacationed on St. Barts in late February and early March. I'll tell Jack and Peg Zellers, who have been spending March on that little island for the past four years.

Mary and I enjoyed the last week in January on St. Lucia. Our next vacation will be in Hollywood, Fla., March 20-27, for our annual family reunion for all who can get there. Doug and Jeannie can't get away because they just welcomed the arrival of their second daughter, Stephanie, on February 8. That brings the grandchildren score to five - with another expected in June.

Curly and Allene Prosser will leave April 10 for a trip to Spain and Portugal and get back May 5.

Betty Dietz moved to 132 Sterling Street, Beacon, N.Y. 11508, a few months ago (Bill died 15 months ago). Betty decided not to go to their house on St. Croix this winter but instead flew to California and on to Australia and New Zealand. She will visit friends in Auckland for two weeks, and on returning to the U.S. will visit her son, Peter '57, and his family in Tacoma.

Gordon and Blanche Adams decided to leave Michigan in January for a few months in Boynton Beach. Gordon wanted to know where the Florida alumni get-together will be. I'll try to let him know.

This seems to be our travel issue! Jack and Fran Kenerson are booked for a Mediterranean cruise on one of the Norwegian-American Line ships. They fly April 29 to Milan, bus to Monaco for three nights, then bus to Genoa for their two-week cruise, which ends in Athens. They will participate in a series of lectures on contract bridge, as well as playing duplicate. They regret this trip will preclude their attendance at the '28 class officers meeting in May.

We are sad to report the death of Cal Billings on December 26 - no more loyal Dartmouth alumnus and friend ever lived.

At the annual Christmas luncheon of the Dartmouth Club of Central New York, three generationsof the Morton Big Greeners - two of them football players —got together with Dartmouth's headfootball coach, Joe Yukica. From left to right are Andy Morton '85, a member of the 1981freshman football team; his grandfather, William G. Morton '28; his father, William G.M-orton Jr. '59, who played halfback on the Ivy League championship team during his undergraduate years; and Yukica, who was the luncheon speaker.

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