Sally Combes Leahey wrote to me of the death of her father, Abbott C. Combes, on October 29. While he was at Dartmouth he was a member of Psi U, Dragon Society, and Green Key and was the executive manager of athletics.
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.
I had an appreciative note from Bob Feller because I have tried to keep ’41 alive in this column! He’s just a kid! He had his 98th birthday last December—as I write this I am already 99 years and 26 days old!
Sally Coombs Leahy has written a note about her father, Albert Coombs, who continues to enjoy his residence at Mayo Healthcare in Northfield, Vermont. He finds that there are lots of Dartmouth connections in the area.
Dear friends, I have done it! In my haste to dispose of some waste, I tripped and fell on a cement floor and smashed my upper waist and broke my left elbow and four ribs.
All of my communications for this column were from the College these past two months, notifying me of the demise of several men from ’41: Richard Robert Otter, Ph.D., Notre Dame, Indiana; John D.
From a letter from Jean Carr, George Clabaugh’s niece: “George is continuing to live at Kendal in Hanover very near the College. Over the years he has greatly enjoyed all the Dartmouth offerings from courses to art and music.
From a note from Millie Steel, Bill Steel’s widow, who lives with a daughter right across the river from Hanover: “Here in New Hampshire it is cold, windy and snowy, with icy roads postponing get-togethers and meetings until safer to