1926

Head agent George Scott's letter to the '26 constituency made such good reading about our 60th reunion giving that we will share a few salient items with our brother classes. Our gift of $203,310 was exceeded only by 1925 in 60th-year giving, and our 90 percent alumni donor giving ranked third among all classes. Nineteen classmates gave to the Alumni Fund every year since graduation a Dartmouth record shared with 1925.

For many years Tubba and Mary Weymouth have devoted much time and effort to encourage memorial gifts to the College during Alumni Fund campaigns, which this year resulted in 238 gifts in loving memory of 145 classmates. Tubba summarized the sources of these gifts: 93 widows, 61 sons, 36 daughters, 17 grands ons and granddaughters, 17 brothers and sisters, 10 gifts from endowments, and four other relatives.

Replies to the class birthday cards consitute most of the news in this month's column, and your scribe is happy that the Indian's words and picture in this greeting have sparked such a fine response.

Ken and Ruth Foster are enjoying life at their retirement complex in Cheshire, Conn., where they have an apartment and have one meal a day in a central dining room. Various activities are available and medical assistance is on call. They were sorry to miss the 60th.

Clary Taylor and your secretary share the same birth date as Napoleon Bonap arte and Sir Walter Scott, though we never thought to emulate our predecessors' activities. Clary and Betty still hold forth in Clearwater, Fla.

Gob and Marion DesMarais are doing fine in Rock Hill, S.C., with the support of ladies who run their household, which is on a practical hospital setup for their needs. As they approach 90 such care is needed. Marion continues playing the piano, and Gob says he comes through with an old. song in the manner of 1926 reunions of yore.

Bill Willard, in a "man bites dog" manner, sent the secretary a birthday card how did he know the date? He had sim ultaneously received the class greeting on his natal anniversary. At reunion with Florence he certainly looked the part of a retired high bank official, with his impressive white hair and his neatly clipped white mustache.

Ed Farnum also had access to your scribe's natal date and whipped off a card from his summer home on Squam Lake, N.H., beating the secretary to the draw, as Ed's class birthday greeting wasn't due for 46 days.

Perk St. Clair spent his birthday with his sister and "old" friends in his home town of Marshalltown, lowa. Arlene and he then relaxed at their home in Birming ham,Mich., prior to their intended fall trip on the Royal Viking to the Far East.

We were saddened to learn that PaulNewhall's widow, Mary, died August 15 at her home in Wellesley, Mass. She and Paul co-sponsored class gatherings after Dartmouth-Harvard games for many years. Also, we recently heard that Charlie Jost's widow, Lil, is now in a nursing home and no longer aware of Dartmouth associations. She and Charlie enjoyed many past class events.

Congratulations to Ellen Louer and George D. Young, who were married November 8 in Circleville, Ohio, where both knew one another since childhood. Ellen was a delightful addition to the class in 1936 as Al's bride, and the Louers took part in making many happy gatherings of 1926. We welcome George into our family and wish him and Ellen much happiness as the "bride and groom of 1986."

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