1926

With spring having sprung, 1926 finds it seasonal "to name the now youngest member of the class. The secretary's records indicate Al Morris M.D., retired U.S. Navy captain, is that youth. In good health, he makes his home in Aiken, S.C., where he lives with his son George '54, Tuck '59. Al's wife of 58 years, Sadie, died last July.

To drop the other shoe, the most venerable classmate is Hinsdale Smith, better known as Skipper, who lives in Suffield, Conn. While not a retired navy man, Skipper earned his nickname as a gifted yachtsman in Atlantic waters off the New England coast. His wife of 50 years, Midge, is not in very good health.

This being the year of the census in America, 1926 reports 114 living active members as of February 10. In addition there are 13 with address unknown, and 10 no longer interested in class doings due to transfers to other colleges or other reasons. As entering freshmen we numbered 552.

Hurricane Hugo nearly wiped out the Garden City, S.C., cottage that Art andInez Wilcox rent every winter, but fortunately they found a nearby replacement in Surfside Beach. An unheard of snowstorm came and went and now the Wilcoxes are enjoying their Sunny South vacation and Art manages to edit his always interesting Smoke Signals newsletter on schedule.

One year older in the eighties has not discouraged Ken Joy, who continues his hobbies —two mornings a week at New Eyes for the Needy and many hours as treasurer of the Short Hills, N.J., arts center. He and Lydia are among the 47 neighbors who take a bus to ten concerts of the New York Philharmonic. Last summer their vacation spot was Bar Harbor, Maine.

Now that Joe Kinney of Bridgton, Maine, is really retired, he and Helen spend their winter months in Lake Worth, Fla., but some December days were too cold for beaching, and 28° nights ruined Helen's flower garden. However, an "exercise trail kept them warm until summer weather returned.

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