1926

The first award of the newly created Albert E.M. Louer Memorial Scholarship Fund at Dartmouth has gone to Nancy Novack '85, Concord, Mass., granddaughter of Art and Edith Alexander. Nancy, who was at the August mini reunion with her mother and grandparents, is a Russian studies major and had spent a trimester studying in Leningrad. She takes part in many class and College activities and has a solid 8 average. The Fund gives preference to deserving students related to 1926 class members or who come from the greater Chicago area.

Jim and Anne Wooster were happy to be in Hanover for the graduation of their grandson, James '84. They were equally happy to see Charles (Jim's brother) graduate from Concord Carlisle (Mass.) High School. Charles will enter Dartmouth in 1985.

Lou Ingram also was a Hanover visitor last summer when he conferred with his fellow Winter Park, Fla., townsman Dud Pope '23.

George Scott and Fred and Kay Hurd were in Hanover during the Alumni Fund September weekend for early work on the 1985 campaign. A citation for outstanding performance was given to George, and both Tubba and Barbara Weymouth received awards for their efforts on the memorial gifts program. The Weymouths had just returned from a trip to Seattle and Vancouver, combining a visit with Tubba's daughter "Sis" and a bus tour of the Canadian Rockies glaciers and all.

Bequest chairman Charlie Bishop in his August progress report said the grand total of 1926 bequests to the College is now $2,871,888, consisting of 27 realized bequests of $1,114,235 and 32 life income trusts of $1,757,653.

Oppy Opdyke, after serving the Verona, N.J., community as police surgeon, borough physician, and school doctor for 40 years, called it a day (?) last June, having turned 80. Already retired from private practice, Oppy and Lee now can really relax.

In September the town of South China, Maine, dedicated a community facility, naming it "The Charles and Mary Starrett Arts Center." Charlie spent his boyhood years on a Starrett farm in South China after the death of his father and while under the care of his grandfather. He loved the farm life, learning to ride bareback, hanging onto the horse's mane and digging his toes into its ribs. Attracted to playacting, he remembers declaiming to an audience of chickens. In honoring a South China boy who became the "Durango Kid," the Charlie and Mary center will have 12 classrooms for boys' and girls' clubs and adult education this phase to be completed in early 1985. The next phase will be a 100 seat theater and then a section for art exhibits.

Responses to class birthday cards date back to last May when Dick Mann reported success in finding his likeness in the Bema graduation picture. Also in May John Hammond thanked the class for birthday greetings and reported only such minor problems that are shared by many of us hearing, sight, voice, and locomotion. He keeps in touch with fellow Washingtonian Bill Willard. On his 81st in June Chuck Morton told of his and Dorothy's new residence in Darien, Ga. a farmhouse on a large estate with fine views of marshes and trees and no traffic. Only problem at the time was 95 degree temperature. In El Toro, Calif., Patten Allen made a thorough examination with glasses and magnifying glass but failed to identify himself in the 1926 Bema picture. Nevertheless happy birthday!

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer has made his holiday appearance at Hopkins Center, and in memory of Bob May, sends his annual "Merry Christmas" to children everywhere, and especially to his friends in 1926!

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