1926

March is when class dues season gives way to Alumni Fund efforts, which begin April 1. Treasurer Jack Bickford reports, thankfully, that, as of now, paid dues are about the same as last year — percentage-wise — but he hopes to hear from fellow octogenarians who may have forgotten to mail in their checks. The class of 1926 is glad to make things easy for Jack as thanks for his very willing acceptance of the responsibility which JackRoberts had to relinquish due to his and Dot's health problems. The Robertses' summer home in Southbury, Conn., has been sold, and Jack's year-round address is Fort Myers, Fla. He says he is feeling much better and that Dot is receiving excellent care in a nearby nursing home.

George Scott's Alumni Fund team is poised and ready for action to attain our share of the $12,000,000 goal — a 15 percent increase over last year. Early gifts or pledges make lighter work for all concerned.

The class will have at least two representatives in Northampton for the May 1985 60th reunion of the Smith College class of 1925 namely Lydia and Ken Joy. Are there any others signed up? Last summer, while visiting San Diego, the Joys stopped by to say hello to their Springfield, Mass., high school friend Ted Geisel '25, but Dr. Seuss was not found at home.

Several new addresses surfaced at year's end: Ken and Ruth Foster moved to 160 Cook Hill Road, Cheshire, CT 06410; Bob and JerryMclndoe now live at 625 Wyncroft Lane, Apt. 7, Lancaster, PA 17603, which means being near daughter Gail and two grandsons; EllenLouer moved from Highland Park, 111., to 815 Arbor Road, Circleville, OH 43113, which was her hometown before marriage to A1; and Ed Gulbenkian is at 3516 White Hall Drive, Apt. 201, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, with his wife, Kathryn, whom we belatedly welcome to the 1926 family as of their marriage on December 17, 1982.

Marblehead, Mass., remains headquarters for Chet and Elizabeth Morrison, Chet having ceased commuting to Boston a year ago for his post-retirement activity in the investment business. Previously he was senior vice president in the trust department of State Street Bank and Trust Company. For 12 years Chet has served as president of the New England Home for the Deaf in Danvers, Mass. Joe and Helen Kinney wintered at Lake Worth, Fla., and in April will travel for two weeks in Europe. At intervals Joe, as president of the Joseph Kinney Company, will spend time at the home office in Bridgton, Maine.

A laconic note was received from DeanChamberlin: "I'm still selling books in this wild boom Bean Town." Translation: Dean is doing just fine in his Freeport, Maine, Book Cellar as a neighbor of the world-famous L.L. Bean Company. With his note he enclosed an excellent article from a Newport, N.H., newpaper, which read: "Kenneth Andler Room was dedicated December 13 in his honor at the Richard Free Library." The room will house the collection of his lifetime of writings: books and short stories as well as his valued historical items of letters, postcards, deeds, and election ballots. (1926 is sure that in this collection is the June 1972 issue of Yankee magazine, with Ken's great story of his extraordinary Hanover meeting with George U. Lenson, our famous imaginary classmate.) Since retirement Ken's great interest has been acrylic painting of northern New England landscapes, and three of these paintings hang in the library. The April 1984 Alumni Magazine pictures his wonderful "Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

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