I thought this column was closed because I had no class contact for a few months. Now I have received a fine letter from Elizabeth Bouquet, one of George McCollum’s daughters. She says her dad is now enjoying his 99th summer on the New Jersey shore. He has warm memories of off-campus eating clubs, where comfort foods were served to appreciative Dartmouth students. Sunday dinners at the home of Uncle Jim (a professor of English) were times to connect with family. Skating, running, fishing, studying, and recreational times spent with his friends made a memorable four years for a young man about to go in the Navy and serve his country in World War II. “Dartmouth was a good choice, Dad has said many times, and it has served him well many times,” writes Elizabeth. “If possible, I would like to send our best to Ed Small and Bruce Espey ’40 and their families.”

Sally Combes Leahey wrote to me of the death of her father, Abbott C. Combes, on October 29, 2018. While he was at Dartmouth he was a member of Psi U, Dragon, and Green Key and was the executive manager of athletics. Following military service in World War II, he and his wife, Mary, settled in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. A couple of days before he died he asked for his Dartmouth cane to make sure it was in a safe place. (It is.) A lifelong Red Sox fan, he found out just before he died that they won the World Series!

I received notice from the College of the death of Bob Feller in October.

If anyone else in the class has a thought, do send it to me.

Dum vivimus vivamus!

—Jane Hanks, 2630 Kings Crown, Fort Myers, FL 33908; jhanks1@gmail.com