1926

Holiday greetings were most welcome for bringing class news to this month's column. For example, Hank and Jane Parker reported a busy 1986, visiting daughter Connie and family in California winter, spring, and fall incidentally watching grandson David play on championship high school tennis and football teams; attending Jane's 55th high school reunion at Princeton, 111.; Hank's 60th in Hanover; followed by a Parker family gathering in Maine; and working together with son Hank IV and many other Winnetka, 111., citizens to save a junior high school from closing. It is interesting to note that grandfather Henry Langdon Parker graduated from Dartmouth in 1856, followed by HLP Jr., in 1885, our HLP 111 in 1926, and HLP IV in 1963.

Dick and Mayflora Major admitted to a good year even though Mayflora had an intra-ocular transplant after December cataract surgery and Dick had muscular rheumatism in both arms and legs. Hopefully, in Flat Rock, N.C., 1987 will be better in other ways.

Answering the class birthday greeting Kier Boyd, Pittsburgh, Pa., said if still getting around in June 1991, he will be in Hanover for the 65th.

Steve Mitchell appreciated the class birthday greetings received at his and Helen's quarters at Port Washington, Long Island, prior to their travel to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving and La Jolla, Calif., for Christmas. Their long-range planning includes the 65th reunion in 1991.

Monty Colladay thanked '26 for the class birthday wish, and continues to live in San Diego, Calif., though certainly missing Nina, his wife of 59 years who passed away in June 1985. Monty has agreed to serve as regional agent, carrying on the fine Alumni Fund work done by Charlie Starrett in the far West. CarlSchipper will succeed Stew Orr, who for years was regional agent in Massachusetts with remarkable success. Carl, who still commutes to his Boston law office five days a week, will prove that a busy man can take on new responsibilities and get the job well and swiftly done.

Head agent George Scott, having his 1987 team in place as above, is sure that 1926 will face up to its $76,000 Alumni Fund goal and will remember that in 1985, when our goal was $75,000, we gave $97,298 to the College.

Bob and Dorothy Stopford enjoyed a leisurely December 1986 cruise through the Hawaiian Islands, which they highly recommend to the congenitally lazy. As a P.S. to an item in the December 1986 class notes which listed the recent "brides and grooms of the year" since 1979, there should be added: "Bob and Dorothy Stopford, who were married in January 1984." Your scribe sheepishly admits that he forgot that he had reported the happy event in the June/July issue of the Magazine and should have known better.

Replying to his '26 birthday message, Paul Harper said his long medical career had been at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, where he was professor of maternal and child health at the School of Hygiene and Public Health. He deferred retirement because daily work with students and faculty was fun and further enlivened in later years when he had overseas assignments for a group that advised the joint secretary of family planning in Pakistan, where population growth is still one of the world's highest.

At 11 a.m., November 11, 1986 the York Technical College ROTC, in recognition of all veterans connected with the college, dedicated a new flagpole. The colors were presented to a World War 1 veteran, retired professor Gob DesMarais, who was present at the ceremony, accepted the flag, and later donated it to the school for display. Congratulations to Gob, our senior classmate!

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