1926

865 Central Avenue, K-204 Needham, MA 02192

Our 1922 Green Book had a page giving the geographic distribution of the class numbering 555—three had come from Canada, and all states but 14 were represented. This year 158 class birthday cards are being mailed with a postage-paid return card asking for an annual report. The response to date being 50 percent, your scribe's cup runneth over!

John Gearhart has forsaken Pittsburgh these past ten years to winter in Florida, so in March reported from Long Boat Key that besides "travelling in Europe, playing bridge, a little golf, and chasing women" he managed to slip on the ice this winter, fracturing his pelvis. However, he gets around quite well with a cane.

Al Seasongood, Cincinnati, reports good health, family fine, seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and special regards to Les Talbot and Holt McAloney.

The December class notes listed eight recent "1926 brides and grooms of the year" starting in 1979. One omitted couple was added in March with appropriate apologies, and now we add Art and Dot Stack, married August 30,1980, but until now the date was unknown. Moving from Silver Spring, Md., they now live in Wolfeboro, N.H. Art had a hip problem and after talking with Tubba Weymouth and Doug Everett had an operation and is now recuperating nicely.

Hump Campbell celebrated his natal day confined to quarters in Long Beach, Calif., with bronchitis a first attack in many years. He has had good notes from Kier Boyd, Monty Colladay, Tubba Weymouth, and Art Wilcox in recent months.

Warren Fellingham, Palatine, 111., writes "Strange that I feel just as young as always. I notice that everyone is growing older except me—my sons are not far from retirement age, my grandchildren keep on graduating from schools and going into regular occupations and no longer an expense to their parents. One nice part of growing older is that both mothers and grandmothers keep getting cuter all the time."

Eureka!

Oppie Opdyke believes the "sweet cidah" picture on the class birthday card was taken in front of North Fayerweather other opinions are welcome. After 50 years of medical practice Oppie retired and now is serving as part-time medical director for alcoholic rehabilitation and is pleased he can be of help to these persons.

Dick Major well remembers "sweet cidah" when roommate Granny Knight laced the jug with raisins and stored it in the closet over the Harvard game weekend. The inevitable explosion wreaked havoc to the closet ceiling.

Doug Everett travelled to the Far East for five weeks last fall—New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, to name a few. Upon return Doug found himself listed with two others classmates in New Hampshire Notables: Ken Andler attorney, bank president, author, landscape painter; Dick Eberhardt poet, professor of English, Pulitzer Prize for poetry, poet laureate of New Hampshire; Doug Everett—bank president, Concord Planning Board founder and president, U.S. Olympic hockey team, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.

Spring birthdays were a speciality at K-204 North Hill, Needham. Henry Blake's came first with Don and Lou Norstrand, Carl Shipper and his sister Ann Colburn, and Hank Whitemore, who was next to celebrate his birthday with the Norstrands, Henry Blake, Marge Hopkins, and Det Harwood, who had just returned from her winter vacation at Winter Haven, Fla.

Charlie and Adelyn Bishop came home in March after their 75-day cruise in the Pacific. Suffice it to say they missed very little on this voyage, but check with Art Wilcox's Smoke Signals for details.

Have a great summer!