1926

Skipper and Midge Smith for 40 years have enjoyed four season Yankee living in their 1816 home in Suffield, Conn. They miss their frequent cruises along the New England coast in their 43 foot Blue Cloud, which they also raced, achieving, they modestly admitted, a few wins. Now the exsailor golfs, shoots skeet, takes pictures, plays bridge, and tunes their cars to purring perfectionall of which sounds like his Hanover activities in the twenties.

While Reg and Sammie Hanson missed out on the '26 midsummer reunion in Hanover, they did get north later in the season for a Maine visit at Mai Merrill's Beachmere Inn in Ogunquit.

Recently Ken and Ruth Foster were listed in the class directory as living in Georgia at least the Dartmouth computer thought so. However, the 1926 birthday card sent to Ken at his long time Hamden, Conn., address proved to be correct. Most New Englanders uproot real slow, as Professor Al Foley '20 was wont to say.

In response to reminders about the '26 luncheon/boat-ride prior to the Harvard game, we had word from some as to why they could not be on hand: Bud Bush wrote that he would be with his son and wife atheir summer home in Lucerne, Maine; Caroline Marshall would be at the wedding of one of Hal's granddaughters; Snipe and Kay Esquerre gave explicit instructions on how to navigate the Charles and how to beat Harvard, but failed to disclose their whereabouts in case of problems; Les and Dot Talbot felt that their voyage to England and Scotland and a couple Of long weekends away were reasons enough to slow down and avoid heavy traffic on the Charles; and Oppie Opdyke, recuperating from a recent operation, had a valid reason why he and Lee could not book passage. More on the Harvard game next month.

Mary Newhall has enjoyed having her son Richard, his wife Kathy, and two grandchildren living with her during the past year, but by now they have moved into their new home in Scituate. Mary has sold her big home in Wellesley Hills and is moving into a condominium in Wellesley.

Al Seasongood checked in last May with the news that with his retirement from the folding carton business, he and Stella sold their 12-acre place in the country and moved into a Cincinnati condo at quite a reduction in square feet.

Detouring into Washington County after their annual family reunion at Lake George, Jack and Dot Roberts enjoyed a visit with Artand Inez Wilcox at their Greenwich, N.Y., home. Jack's report on 1926 finances made pleasant reading, with $349 more in the bank that last year after expending $787 to restore Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer as a memorial in Hopkins Center to Bob May. Class dues take care of such worthy projects, and our treasurer maintains offices in South bury, Conn., and Ft. Myers, Fla., as convenient depositories.

Jim and Anne Wooster have reasons to visit in Concord, Mass., where their son Jim III '59 and his family live. This year the occasion was the graduation of two grandchildren from secondary schools. Grandson Jim '84 was busy on Martha's Vineyard as a sailing instructor, and the youngest grandson was a counselor at a summer camp at Concord Academy. When not otherwise keeping track of their progeny (nine grandchildren in all) they keep busy with home and friends in Upper Montclair, N.J.

Happy Thanks giving!

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