1920

Gloomy May was brightened by two welcome 1920 letters. From Peg Johnson (Mrs. Franklin) a most upbeat one enclosing a copy of a letter Peg had sent to Janet Frey Harte in appreciation of the help Al had given her son Merrill '53 in his quest for medical school admission. Peg writes: "The whole family went with me to the 60th Reunion and I am hoping we will all go to the 70th." What class spirit!

Emilie Palmer (Mrs. Alton S.) sent me an early picture of Pat from her husband's Dartmouth memo book of pictures of his football teammates. The Holbrooks will cherish it. Emilie had just attended granddaughter Holly Elizabeth's graduation from Florida State University.

It is sad to learn of the death of classmates Bing Whitaker and Dud Page. Their obituaries (Bing's written by his son Howard Jr. '52) will appear in this issue of the magazine, or in the next.

I have been occupied all spring with heading the local committee to organize the third annual Sullivan County ACS Golf Championship tournament to be played in mid June at the Eastman Golf Links. From the proceeds we hope to present at least $20,000 to the New Hampshire division of the American Cancer Society, an increase over the last two years.

For those of us fed up with the recent spate of "kiss and tell" books written by disgruntled former White House staffers, Alice Weymouth suggests turning for relief to Sherm Adams's First Hand Report of his chief-of-staff years with Eisenhower, a model of what such a book should be.

Do write about yourself, your family, and your summer.

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