1920

1920's 65th reunion was very successful but small. Seven alumni attended: class president Sherman Adams, Horace Dalrymple, Pat Holbrook, Nate Whiteside,Leo Ungar, Mel Merritt, and Ernest"Red" Tillson. There were three wives, Nancy Holbrook, Alice Ungar, and HelenMerritt, and eight widows, Edith Amsden, Lucia Morrill, Dot Harvey, FrancesMcGoughran, Ruth Chilcott, Silvia Sample Drury, Alice Weymouth, and myself in attendance. We were glad to have Alice Weymouth with us for at least part of the festivities.

The group was small in comparison to other years, but time does take its toll. Some 440 freshmen entered the class, 212 graduated, and there are now 47 living '20 alumni.

Commencement was impressive as always; 1985 was one Of the largest classes yet to graduate. Beverly Sills was Commencement speaker, and her talk was brief and interesting.

The Glee Club concerts were better than ever with combined voices since Dartmouth is now coeducational. Parts of the Glee Club came to the Wheelock Room, which seemed to be our private meeting and dining room. A group of girl singers came before our dinner and a group of boy singers after our dinner, and both were very enjoyable. Having our dinners and meetings in the Wheelock Room of the Inn gave us privacy and an opportunity to get better reacquainted with the group.

After the farewell luncheon Pat and Nancy Holbrook had invited all to an open house at their lovely home in Eastman (Grantham). Everybody lingered longer than they should, as the Holbrooks were such delightful hosts.

At the business meeting there were reports from the officers, and all officers were reelected with the exception of Laura Carter, who, because of her recent illness, felt she had to resign as secretary. Alice Weymouth, after taking time to recover from the long siege of Bud's illness, will take his place as associate newsletter editor, and I am scheduled to take over Laura's place as secretary until such time as she feels she can resume that duty.

Laura had eagerly looked forward to returning to Hanover for reunion, and she sent her love to all her '20 friends. I had lunch with Laura and her daughter, Kit, last week, and Laura was interested to hear all about everything.

Anne Thomson of California also had looked forward to reunion, but she had a bad fall on May 25 and broke several ribs, which hospitalized her for more than a week. During her hospital stay her family sold her house and moved her into Faith Gardens Village, Apt. 178, 760 E. Bobier Drive, Vista, CA 92063, where she is re- cuperating and enjoying her new home.

A1 and Hope Frey had also planned to be at reunion until the last minute when they found they couldn't make it. I

swung up around Dresden to see them on my way back to Boston. He is getting along well, and their garden is blossoming beautifully.

Mary Snedecor is sorry that her poor eyesight kept her from returning to Hanover, and she also sent her love to her '20 friends.

Only a short time ago, around Father's Day, we received a letter of tribute from James C. Parkes II, but almost the next mail brought news that his father, JamesC. Parkes, had passed away. The sympathy of the class goes to Grace and the other surviving members of his family. An obituary will be in this or a subsequent issue of the magazine.

To all, a Happy Summer.

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