Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number.]
Junkins, Sydney E. '87, October 3 Cobb, Charles L. 'BB, September 23 Woods, Frederick D. '90, September 23 McCurdy, Sidney M. '02, September 26 Dondere, Charles A. 'O3, February 14 Wortham, Horace M. '21, September 14 * Jenkins, Edward T. '37, July 11 *Whitcomb, James R. '38, July 28 *Bridge, Hudson E. '40, August *Graham, Lindol F. '41, March 18 *Hays, James M. '44, October 2 *Lillie, Phillip M. '45, July 31 Chandler, Harry '22h, September 23 * Died in War Service.
In Memoriam
1887
THE DEATH or SYDNEY EDWIN JUNKINS, October 3, was not only a major bereavement for his classmates of '87, but the passing of one of the college alumni whose career was one of great interest.
In the brief space allowed for this article it would be impossible to give an adequate story of his achievements in the field of advanced engineering.
The outstanding trait of his nature was his affectionate devotion to his class. For them his heart and purse were always open.
The superb 50th anniversary book gives the record of the scores of his achievements in his chosen field of activity.
The editor of this book closes his story with this comment:—
"Sydney's career would make a book of itself. I am sure that we are all proud that we have such a man in our grouped brotherhood. But this must be said, there undoubtedly was never a Dartmouth man whose devotion to his classmates has been greater or more generous. I have always called him Pater Maximus of '87, even if he is our young- est and most youthful."
He worked very hard to make our reunions the success they always were. With others he contributed liberally to bring back members of the class from places as far away as Japan. The receptions at his home, with Mrs. Junkins as hostess, were always marked by their hospitality.
These are the traits that endeared him to his classmates and which will never be forgotten.
Sydney was New Hampshire born of colonial ancestry, connected with the Adams family. His birthplace was the village of Union in the township of Wakefield. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Lyon Junkins, one son, Edwin Page Junkins, Dartmouth '14, and a daughter, Mrs. Walter Pond.
In his college days Sydney gave no indication of his distinguished destiny. He was a graduate of the classical course, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
His entry into the engineering field came about through association with J. F. Spring- field of the class of 'B4, and the Thayer School in 1886.
His growth was rapid. His association with Westinghouse, Church, Kerr and Company was the unfolding of his vision and imagination: His field was the world and led to his many extensive achievements.
It was in Canada, at the suggestion of Lord Shaughnessy, that he established his own firm, The Sydney E. Junkins Co. Ltd. Here he accomplished one of his major achievements in the construction of a great dock for the Canadian Pacific Railway at Vancouver, B. C.
Because of the difficulties to be surmounted, the consulting engineers reported that the enterprise was impossible. Sydney believed it was possible. His vision could see the work completed.
It required reinforced concrete piles 90 feet long, weighing 30 tons, and there were other unusual problems to be solved. His genius found a solution for all of them. The dock, capable of berthing large passenger liners, was completed at a cost of $6,000,000.
In recognition of his achievements, Dartmouth College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering.
Sydney was a Republican in politics, a Congregationalist, a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, and one of the founders of the senior Society, Casque and Gauntlet.
He was a member of the following clubs and societies:—The Union League, Lawyers' Club and Dartmouth Club, all of New York, the Manitoba, and St. Charles Country Clubs of Winnipeg, The Vancouver Club, The American Academy of Political and Social Science, The American Association . for the Advancement of Science, The Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia, and the same of Manitoba, The Engineering Institute of Canada, and many other organizations.
STANLEY E. JOHNSON.
1888
WARREN BURTON HAZEN died May 14, 1944, in St. Joseph, Mo., where he had lived for more than forty years. He had been confined to his bed since December 16, when he suffered a second paralytic stroke. He also had cancer of the stomach.
The son of Daniel Hazen, he was born in Brushton, N. Y., June 6, 1864. The family removed to Hiawatha, Kans., and there he prepared for the Chandler Scientific Department at the local high school. He was a member of Phi Zeta Mu (now Sigma Chi). He was an original thinker who brought ideas to a conservative New England college which were quite beyond our vision. He was the first advocate of a 16 to 1 ratio for the coinage of silver at a time when no one in Hanover had ever heard of Bryan.
After graduation he went into civil engineering, and after a time settled at St. Joseph, where he was county engineer from 1893 to 1897, and was later in general practice.
April 20, 1894, he was married to Kate Monigan, who died 22 years ago. There were 110 children, and the nearest surviving relative is a sister, Miss Bertha Hazen of Kansas City.
CHARLES LESLIE COBB died September 23 at the House of Mercy, Pittsfield, Mass., after a long illness.
He was born at West Stockbridge, Mass., February 20, 1867, the son of George Hiram and Emily J. (Spencer) Cobb. He took the Chandler Scientific course, and was a member of Phi Zeta Mu and Casque and Gauntlet. He won the 'New England high jump record, and was pitcher on the class baseball team, was vice-president of the class in senior year, and gave the introductory address at Class Day.
After graduation he became an insurance inspector, and had various situations, of which the following are a part. He was with Barlows Insurance Surveys, 1888-92; with the German-American Fire Insurance Cos., 1893-5; with the New York Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1895-7. He was then in brokerage in New York, 1897-1903; inspector for the New York Railway Co., 1903-7; president of the Jessup Mines Co., 1908-12; general manager of Swift Current Concrete Products Co., 1912-17; and had other business connections.
His home was for a long period in his native town, where he was for years moderator of town meetings. After his retirement from ill health he made his home in Pittsfield.
February 20, 1909, he was married to Magdalene Denzer of New York City, who survives him, with two brothers and three sisters.
Charlie was a loyal Dartmouth man, and met the ups and downs of life with a cheerfulness which might have entitled him to the name of "the happy warrior of '88."
1890
OZIAS DANIORTH MATHEWSON died at his home at Lyndon Center, Vt., August 12, after a brief illness.
The son of Epaphras Chase and Nancy Earl (Marsh) Mathewson, he was born in Wheelock, Vt., March 10, 1864, and prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy and Lyndon Institute. He was a member of Psi Upsilon, Casque and Gauntlet, and Phi Beta Kappa.
After graduation he continued his work as educator which he had begun before entering college, and was principal of Spaulding High School at Barre, Vt., from 1890 to 1912, and was also superintendent of schools for that city from 1896 and examiner of teachers for Washington county from 1894 to 1908. In 1912 he became principal of Lyndon Institute, and held that position until his retirement in 1941.
He was secretary of the State Normal School Commission from 1901 to 1908, secretary and treasurer of the State Board of Education, 1908-10, and chairman of the Vermont Free Public Library Commission since 1937. In 1933 he was a member of the state House of Representatives and in 1937 of the Senate. Middlebury College conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Pedagogy in 1933 and Norwich University the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1939. He had been president of the Vermont State Teachers Association, and during his whole career had wide influence on all educational matters in the state. He was president and a director of the Lyndonville Savings Bank and Trust Company.
He was a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Congregational church. He was highly respected by his classmates, and had been president of his class since 1890.
July 1, 1891, he was married to Angie M. Kelley of Worcester, Vt., who died September 21, 1907. A second marriage, June 29, 1909, was to Grace B. Hoyt of Lyndon, who survives him. Three children survive him, Mrs. Miriam Flanagan of West Newton, Mass., Marion R. Mathewson, a teacher in Lyndon Institute, and Philip H., principal of Stowe, Vt., High School.
FREDERICK BUTTON WOODS died September 23, after an illness which had been increasingly serious for several years.
He was born in Port Hope, Ont., July 31, 1865. His father, G. A. Woodsj came from Henniker, N. H., and the family returned to New Hampshire during the son's boyhood. He prepared for college at Concord. He was a member of Sigma Chi.
After graduation he was for a time assistant engineer for the Franklin and Tilton R. R., then a salesman for the Sanborn-Perris Map Co., and then with the municipal engineering department of Arlington, Mass. In 1904 he was appointed superintendent of grounds for Wellesley College, retiring at the age of 70.
He was an active member of the Dartmouth Club of Wellesley, a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Kiwanis Club. He was always a loyal '90 man and an enthusiastic Dartmouth alumni, always attending reunions.
In 1891 he was married to Ida Prouty of Spencer, Mass.; a second marriage was to Mrs. Caroline (Folsom) Cogswell, who survives him, with a step-son and a step-daughter.
At the funeral service held in the college chapel, the Secretary and John Canty attended.
1894
WILLIAM COLUMBUS DUTTON was one of the twelve men who entered and graduated with the class of '94 from the state of Vermont, having been born at Hartford, February 9, 1872. He was also a graduate of Kimball Union Academy, which has been through the years peculiarly a fitting school for Dartmouth. He graduated with the degree of B.S.
After some experimentation he settled down in 1895 for his life work, which was to be a salesman of drugs on a wholesale scale. First he was connected with the G. F. Harvey Company of Saratoga, N. Y., and then after seven years he took the road for the National Drug Company of Philadelphia. Who knows whether the seven physicians of '94 could have done their work at all so well if Bill Dutton hadn't been supplying the country with good drugs during a period of forty-two years?
But Bill found time to do other things. For example, he became very much a citizen of Kingston, N. Y., where he was a member of the Masons, the Junior Order of Mechanics, and for some years at least the secretary and treasurer of the local council of the United Commercial Travelers of America. He was for thirty years "a tower of strength and a fountain of inspiration to the church and to the pastor" in the Fair Street Reformed church of Kingston. After he retired he took pains to do jury duty as often as required.
Bill also found time to take particular delight in his membership in the class. He once wrote: "The great events of my life are Matt Jones' parties and the Hanover reunions." One recalls the memorable time (or times) when he and Herbert Wilson and Frank Trow came on to the roundup at Matt Jones! He never was absent when he could help it. In spite o£ frail health he early planned to come to the fiftieth year reunion. He was there and enjoyed it to the full.
For seven years he was retired, but it is evident that this put no damper upon his enjoyment of life. Indeed one can imagine that these were years of which his minister could particularly say: "He carried cheer and joy and kindness with him in every walk of life. The aroma of his soul will abide through the years."
Bill was affected with diabetes, and had been taking insulin for over twenty years. He had had several slight cerebral hemorrhages, from which he would recover so as to be "his old self again." However, on Sunday, September 3, a hemorrhage came which resulted in his death the next evening.
He married first Grace L. Farnsworth, and Mrs. Dutton and the one daughter that resulted from this marriage both died in 1936, about seven months apart. In 1939 he married Mrs. Christina Rheinhard Schick, who survives him.
Frank Trow represented the class at the funeral, which was held in Kingston, and procured the floral tribute, which consisted of a green and white wreath with gold letters"Class of '94." The interment was at White River Junction.
1897
JOHN MERRILL BOYD of Needham, Mass., in which town he had lived for twenty-nine years, died at his home, July 16.
Born in St. Stephen, N. 8., February 19, 1875, one of the six members of the class born outside the United States, he moved to Calais, Maine, with his parents, the late John and Janet (Campbell) Boyd, in 1880. He attended the public schools and was graduated from Calais Academy in the class of 1893, and received his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1897.
For two years he was a private tutor, and for a year principal of Pembroke, Me, Academy. From 1900 to 1913 he served as secretary to the dean of Boston University Law School, from which he graduated in 1907, as librarian of the Law School, and for some of these years as instructor.
He then entered the service of Employers' Liability Assurance Corp., Ltd., and became superintendent of the bonding department, and also vice president of the American Employers Insurance Co., retiring in 1941.
June 17, 1909 he married Jean Mitchell of Hartford, Conn., who survives him. They had two children, Priscilla Boyd, who is serving with the Office of War Information of the U. S. Government in Sicily, and Mitchell Boyd, now a Ist Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery, who flew from Wyoming, arriving shortly before his father passed away. Priscilla was graduated from Smith in '33; Mitchell from Dartmouth in '36. The late Archibald C. Boyd '89 and George C. Boyd '97 were his brothers.
Merrill, for he was generally known by his middle rather than his first name, was a member of Casque and Gauntlet, Theta Delta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, and the Masonic order. For many years he served as 97's class secretary, getting out seven class reports, and for fifteen vears as trustee of the Needham Free Public Library. He was, in college, a Y.M.C.A. leader, and after graduation an active church worker. He often passed his vacations with his sisters in Calais or at Grand Manan Island, N. B.
He was throughout his life uniformly respected and beloved, and a success as a student in college, as his Phi Beta Kappa rank shows, he equaled in his after life his undergraduate record. His life has been one of achievement, success, and value to the community.
1901
HARRY BARROWS STEARNS died July 27, 1944,
The son of Andrew Jackson and Annie j. (Barrows) Stearns, he was born in Somerville, Mass., March 20, 1879. He was a member of Psi Epsilon, and left college at the end of freshman year.
From 1903 to 1934 he was president of the Marshall & Stearns Wall Bed Co., and since that date had been director of the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association in Berkeley, Calif.
October 18, 1899, he was married to Edith Homer Kelley of Newtonville, Mass., who survives him, with a son, Homer Jackson Stearns.
1902
EDGAR FRANK CILLEY died at his home in Berea, Ohio, August 19, 1944. He was born in Lowell, Mass., August 3, 1880, and prepared for college in the Lowell schools. He was with the class during its first two years.
After leaving college he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and was for some time with the International Harvester Co., and later with the Cleveland Automatic Machine Co. Since 1928 he had been proprietor of the A. B. Hess Memorial Works at Berea.
He married Beatrice Hess of Berea, who survives him. There is a surviving brother, Osborne H. Cilley of Lancaster, Pa.
Col. PHILIP FOX died July 22, 1944, in Cambridge, Mass.
The son of Simeon M. and Esther (Butler) Fox, he was born in Manhattan, Kansas, March 6, 1878. He graduated as B.S. at Kansas State College in 1897 and received the degree of M.S. in 1901, and came to Dartmouth at the beginning of senior year. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, and of Phi Beta Kappa at Northwestern.
In 1898-9 he served as a second lieutenant with the U. S. volunteers in the Philippines. He was Major of Infantry in World War I, serving in France as assistant chief of staff of the Seventh Division, and was promoted to Colonel.
From 1903 to 1909 he was at the Yerkes Observatory, and then to 1929 professor of Astronomy and director of the Dearborn Observatory at Northwestern University. From 1929 to 1937 he was director of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, and then to 1941 director of the Museum of Science and Industry in that city. In 1941 he was recalled to active duty in the Army and made head of the Electrotonics Training Center at Harvard, and continued as such until his retirement.
He prepared three volumes of "Annals of Dearborn Observatory," and was the author of many articles on astronomical subjects. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1938 he was president of the Chicago Astronomical Society. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Drake University in 1939 and of D.Sc. from Kansas State College in 1931. August 28, 1905, he was married to Ethel Lillian Snow of Chicago, who survives him, with three sons, Stephen Snow of Bethlehem, Pa., Bertrand of Washington, and Robert Temple, captain in the Army Medical Corps, and a daughter, Dr. Gertrude Fox of Glendale, Calif.
1904
WILLIAM CHARLES PELKEY died suddenly at his home in Providence, R.I., August 21, 1944.
The son of Oscar G. Pelkey, he was born in Concord, N. H., October 2, 1882. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
Leaving college at the end of freshman year, he went soon after to Providence, and was for some years connected with the ProvidenceJournal, fie was later city clerk for ten years, and for nine years from 1923 was chairman of the Republican State Committee. At the time of his death he was secretary of the State Board of Elections.
He leaves two daughters.
1906
The death of WILLIAM EMERY DONOVAN, which occurred in the Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, October 17, 1942, from influenza, has only recently become known. He. was born in Alfred, Me., August 14,
1883, the son of John Bernard and Ella
herriet (Emery) Donovan, prepared for college at Thornton Academy, Saco, Me., and was a member of the class only during freshman year. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
His history for some years after he left college has not been reported. At the opening of World War I he entered the Army, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Quarter- master Corps, went overseas, ,and served as paymaster and supply officer at a front line hospital near Tours, France. In July 1919 he returned to the United States, and was discharged at Camp Devens.
For the next two years he was connected with a department store in San Antonio, Texas, and then removed to Gonzales, Texas, to become secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Gonzales County Fair. In 1930 he went to Southern California to engage in poultry raising and orange growing on a ranch near Riverside, and so continued until his death.
July 25, 1919, he was married to Fletcher Irene Scott of San Antonio, Texas, who survives him, with one daughter.
1909
Col. THOMAS FRANCIS MURPHY died of a heart attack while riding in a car in Walpole, Mass., on September 19.
He was bora in the South End of Boston June 28, 1884, the son of Thomas Murphy. He prepared for college at Boston College High School, and was at Dartmouth for two years. He was a member of Kappa Sigma. Tom was very popular with the class, and his personality was such that everybody knew him at the end of his two years.
After leaving college he was in the whole- sale tobacco business and in general insurance business in Boston until he entered military service. He attended the Army War College in Washington and served on the Mexican border with the Ninth Regiment in 1916. March 25, 1917, he enlisted in the infantry, and went overseas with the 101st. He was commissioned Major while in France, and later became a Colonel and was an aide to Maj. Gen. Edwards. He was also Adjutant of the 101 st Infantry. He was invalided home in 1918, and received his discharge in November 1919. He was the first head of the Boston Veterans' Bureau. Since the war he has resumed the insurance business in Boston, living in Dedham.
June 29, 1920, he was married to Helen Louise Stetson of Dedham, Mass., who survives him, with a son, Thomas F. Jr., a pilot in the Naval Air Force, and a daughter, Eileen; also a sister.
1912
FORREST LYMAN WIGGIN died at his home in Portland, Me., September 15, 1944.
He was born in Lowell, Mass., October 5, 1888, the son of Erwin L. and Fannie A. (Lyman) Wiggin, and prepared for college in the Lowell schools. He left college at the end of sophomore year on account of the death of his father.
He was first employed by the National Biscuit Cos. in Texas for eight years, and then removed to Portland, where he was in the confectionery business for nine years and then with an automobile finance concern for six years. He was then in the real estate department of the Portland Savings Bank for ten years, resigning about two years ago to become manager of Sagamore Village, a federal housing project.
He was active in Masonry, being a member of Deering Lodge and illustrious master of Portland Council. He was also secretary of the City Baseball League and active in the Portland Civilian Defence.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna K. Wiggin, and a brother, Herbert E. Wiggin of Englewood, N. J.
1914
WARREN ELLIOT CARLETON died September 4, 1944.
He was born in Plymouth, Mass., December 22, 1892, the son of John Warren and Angelina (Appling) Carleton.
Throughout his tour years of college he was closely associated with the orchestra and band, being band leader in junior and senior years. To think of "Doc" Carleton in those days is to think of music. A member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, "Doc", was well known about the campus. His sunny smile, keen sense of humor, and facility in writing, as well as his musical talent, made him well known and well liked.
After graduation, he taught, 1914-20; was assistant editor of Romance and AdventureMagazine, 1920-22; in advertising, 1922-3; editor of Street & Smith publications, 1923-38, and associate editor of Wild West Weekly, and since a free lance writer of short stories.
July 14, 1924, he was married to Irene Mary Doyle of New York City, who survives him, with a daughter, Jean Winsor.
1915
AUGUST STEIN ATWOOD, an active and always welcome member of the Boston group of the class, died July 29, 1944, in Boston, following a long illness. Augie had been in ill health since February, his last appearance with the class being at the Boston Alumni Dinner in February of this year.
Augie came to Dartmouth from the Dorchester section of Boston where he was born April 2, 1892, his parents being Harrison Henry and Clara (Stein) Atwood. He prepared for Dartmouth at Dorchester High School, entering in the fall of 1911 and graduating with the class with the degree of B.S.
Soon after our graduation, when World War I broke out, Augie joined up with the famous "Yankee Division," the 26th, and served overseas with the rank of First Lieutenant.
On his return to civil life, he married Elizabeth Bradbury of Somerville on September 11, 1920, and he is survived by her and one son, John Harrison Atwood, a Staff Sergeant in the U. S. Army.
In college, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon.
From 1919 to 1925 he was a department manager for W. F. Schrafft & Sons; then sales manager for the Dudley Lock Corp. of Chicago and treasurer of the Head Brick Cos., and later connected with the Morris Plan Banking Cos. of Boston. In 1942 he was appointed by Governor Saltonstall Assistant Commissioner of Mental Health for the state, which position he held at the time of his death.
For two years he was a member of the Republican State Committee, and was a member o£ the Wellesley Club and the Dartmouth Club of Wellesley, where he resided.
The funeral was held in Boston on August 1, and present from the class at the services were Dale Barker, Pete Winship, Leon Tuck, Walt Meader, Bob Fitts, Hap Leonard, George Simpson, Ed Shea, and your secretary.
1916
ROBERT ALFRED BURLEN was born in Maiden, Mass., January 29, 1894, the son of Alfred Henry and Mary (Holt) Burlen. He was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy; in college he became prominent and popular and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and Sphinx senior society. He served as manager of basketball and asjeader for the glee club.
After graduation he entered the Army and served with Base Hospital 8 in France; later he was transferred to the Intelligence Service and promoted to the rank of sergeant. After the war he entered the field of entertainment and became well known under the auspices of the White Entertainment Bureau and the Redpath Lyceum. He was married to Margaret Lamprell, who worked with him in this chosen field. Later he became announcer for radio station WEEI in Boston, and was connected with various phases of the radio industry until his death. He has served as director of radio advertising with the firm of N. W. Ayer & Sons, and in 1943 was employed by the Hytron Corporation, with which he served as personnel manager at the time o£ his death.
His death occurred on August 26 at his summer home in Hampton, N. H. The funeral was held at the Universalist church in Maiden, and was attended by Alec Jardine, Dick Park- hurst, Hobie Baker, Bob Steinert, Ernie Cutler, Larry Hayward, and Cliff Bean from the class. He is survived by his mother, his sister, and by two sons, Robert and Albert who are nineteen and eighteen respectively.
Bob's great talent for inspiring cheer among us will always be remembered by 1916. His love of the College was great and our affection for him unfaltering. The class extends to Bob's family our deep sympathy and wishes to share in the grief of his passing.
1919
DR. JACK WARD GRAY died. July 24, in St. Louis, Mo., after an illness of four weeks.
He was born in Culpepper, Va., March 30, 1895, the son of John and Eliza (Stewart) Gray.
After graduation he studied medicine at the University of Vermont, graduating as M.D. in 1924. He then went to St. Louis City Hospital where he was successively junior interne, senior interne, and resident physician in medicine. In July 1927 he began private practice in St. Louis, with pediatrics as his special interest. He was a pediatrician for the St. Louis Department of Welfare, assistant director of pediatrics at the Homer G. Phillips Hospital, and instructor in pediatrics at the Homer G. Phillips Hospital School of Nursing.
He was especially interested in a number of community services, such as the Boy Scouts and the Y.M.C.A., and was widely known among the social welfare agencies for his willingness to give medical service to needy persons.
September 16, 1926, he was married to Gladys McQueen Carrion of Clayton, Mo., who survives him, with their son, Charles Carrion, who was born December 18, 1934.
Dr. Gray was an enthusiastic Dartmouth man, and hoped, as does the boy's mother, that the son may in due time follow him to Dartmouth.
Funeral mass was said at St. Elizabeth's Catholic church on July 27.
1920
GUSTAVE SONNENBERG died September 12, 1944, at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. from leukemia.
He was born in Ewen, Mich., on March 6, 1898, the son of Fred and Caroline (Kroll) Sonnenberg, and prepared tor Dartmouth College at the Marquette, Mich., High School. At Dartmouth he was a great tackle on at least two of the best teams which ever represented the College. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Gus gained national fame and fortune in the wrestling game with his precedent-breaking "flying tackle." He was one of the biggest drawing cards during the 20's, which netted him several fortunes.
He was twice married. Judith Allen, a film actress, was his first wife. They were married March 13, 1931, and divorced two years later. In 1934 he married Mildred Micelli of River- dale, L. I. They were divorced in 1940.
During World War I he served in the Navy, and in 1942 he again entered the Navy as a physical training instructor. He was stricken with pneumonia two years ago and although he partially recovered he could not fight off the effects of leukemia.
1923
HOWARD WILL SHATTUCK died at his home in Richford, Vt., September 11, after several months of ill health.
He was born in Lyndonville, Vt., September 14, 1900, his father being Milo Shattuck, and he prepared for college at Lyndon Institute. He was a member of Zeta Psi.
After graduation he was for several years in the employ of the St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain R. R. at Hardwick, Vt., and then for a year with the Bangor and Aroostook R. R. at Belfast, Me. He then returned to Lyndonville, and for a few years had a position with the Canadian Pacific R. R. He for a time operated the Lyndon Corner Garage. In 1935 he went to Morehead City, N. C., to act as purchasing agent for the Atlantic and North Carolina R. R. After four years he returned to Vermont, and has since been in the employ of the Canadian Pacific R. R. at St. Johnsbury, Newport, and Richford.
He was held in high esteem by all his associates. He was a Mason and a member of the Lyndonville Congregational church.
December 8, 1934, he was married to Marguerite Bowen of North Hatley, Que., who survives him, with two daughters. His parents also survive, and a sister.
1926
Rog Sherman passed away Saturday morning, September .16, at the Evanston Hospital after a brief illness. The College has lost a loyal alumnus, and we have lost a good friend.
ROGER FOWLER SHERMAN, the son of Lucius Booth and Martha (Fowler) Sherman, was born in Chicago on January 23, 1903. He came to Dartmouth from the New Trier High School, and became a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
He had been associated with the Ludlow Typograph Company of Winnetka, Ill., for a number of years, and more recently with the Hydro-Blast Corporation of Chicago.
Rog and Gwendolyn Thomen were married on April 22, 1932. In addition to his wife and children—Anne, Sally, and Roger F. Jr., Rog is survived by his father and two brothers, Stuart and L. B. Sherman—Jr., U.S.N.
1930
The first member of 1930 to be lost in the war, RALPH BARNES HARTMANN, Lieut. U.S.N.R., was killed in the explosion at Port Chicago, Calif., July 17, 1944. Pudge was Gunnery Officer of the E. A. Bryan, one of the two ships blown up in the disaster. He was one of thirteen armed guard personnel on board that night, twelve others being ashore on leave.
Pudge was commissioned Lt. (j.g.) March 4, 1943, and had his indoctrination course at Tucson, Arizona. From there he went to the Aleutians and was at Attu. His next tour of duty was to the Admiralty Islands and New Guinea, and he had just returned to this country and was loading up for another long trip.
Born in Boston September 24, 1907, Pudge was the son of Prof. Max Hartmann 'O6, of the Boston University economics department, and Margaret C. (Dailey). He entered Dartmouth from Roxbury Latin School. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho.
Leaving in 1928 to work for a year with Hamlin Brothers, Boston investment bankers, where he studied accounting and finance, from 1929 to 1934 he was a law clerk and junior associate with Sherburne, Powers, and Needham, where he worked and studied law. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1933, the federal bar in 1934, and the Treasury Dept. bar in 1935. From 1934 to 1940 Pudge was engaged in private practice with Robert Gardiner Wilson Jr., now Judge of Probate in Boston, and in 1940 went into his own office as a partner in the firm of Cleaves and Hartmann.
He was married September 30, 1938 to Barbara Williamson. His son, Robert Gardiner Hartman, was born September 23, 1942. Three brothers also survive him, Robin Hartmann '4O, Lt. U.S.N.R., Lt. Cmdr. Paul Hartmann, and Lt. Col. Philip Hartmann.
1933
Lt. HAROLD GILSON PAYNE Jr., USNR, was killed in action while serving on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. The date of his death has not yet been released by the Navy.
Lieutenant Payne was born on November 27, 1913, in Washington, D.C., the son of Harold Gilson and Ethelyn Gertrude (Webb) Payne. He attended Lakewood, Ohio, High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Kappa Sigma, and was captain of the fencing team. He went to Tuck School and received his M.C.S. degree in 1934.
After graduation he worked for R. H. Macy & Cos., in 1934: for John Wanamaker in 1935. From September 1935 until he entered the service in March, 1942, he was sales representative for Lentheric, Inc. During a part of the time that he worked for this company he lived in Paris, France.
He was married on December 31, 1935, to Miss Francine Thereau, who survives him.
A classmate wrote of him: "....in Tuck School I had two years of close association with him He was rugged in both mind and body, and I'm sure he would have gone far in the years to come to this war-torn and war-weary world. As I remember him, he loved life and action—he got it I'm sure—but in so doing we have lost a good man from our midst."
1936
CAPT. DANIEL PAUL MCENDY died on August so in the Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C., while undergoing treatment for an infection contracted during service in New Guinea.
The son of John and Margaret (Drohan) McEndy, he was born in Linwood, Mass., March 10, 1914. He prepared for Dartmouth at Northbridge High School in Whitinsville; Mass.
At Dartmouth, Dan took the two-year medical course, and finished his medical studies at McGill, where he graduated as M.D. in 1940.
He then interned at New York Hospital and then became a resident physician in pathology at Cornell Medical School. He entered the Army as captain in the Medical Corps and went overseas as .a pathologist with the Cornell Medical Unit in June 1943.
Funeral services were held in Uxbridge, Mass., at the home of a brother, Edmund McEndy.
1938
JAMES ROBERT WHITCOMB died of wounds received in combat on July 28. He went to England in May and was with the 320 th Infantry in France.
The son of Leon R. and Florence H. (Morton) Whitcomb, he was born in Portland, Me., February 10, 1917, and prepared for college at the Portland High School. He was a member of Delta Tail Delta.
Before entering the Army "Whit" was a production foreman at the Denver Ordnance Plant, Denver, Colo. He was married to Virginia Lloyd of Denver on April 7, 1942. His wife and sixteen-months-old son, James David, 2503 North Will St., Shelbyville, Ill., survive him.
1939
PAUL BENJAMIN DEWITT was killed on a hilltop near Smyrna, Tenn., on August 25, 1944. He was flying as an instructor in a Liberator bomber out of the Smyrna army air field. His plane collided with another plane at an altitude of 1500 feet at dusk, on what was to have been a routine flight. The tail of Paul's plane was torn off. The other plane lost a wing. Both planes, without any possibility of control, crashed to the ground. Eight persons, four in each plane, were killed instantly.
Paul enlisted in the Army in December 1941. He applied at once for admission to the Air Corps and took his ten weeks' preliminary training at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala. There he was appointed Wing Commander, and he was made Wing Commander again during his primary training at Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla. Paul finished his training at Turner Field, Albany, Ga. Out of ninety to receive their wings, Paul was one of five selected to be an instructor.
While he was at Instructor's School at Maxwell Field, he married Alice Kilgore of Montgomery, Ala. He was then assigned to Selman Field, Monroe, La., where he flew student
navigators. About four months ago, Paul was sent to Smyrna to learn to fly Liberators. He was high man in a group of 200 students who finished the course with him, and the first to be chosen as instructor.
Paul left Columbia Law School to enlist in the Army. He prepared for Dartmouth at Andover. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and was president of Germania.
Surviving, besides his parents, Benjamin Parke and Marie (Schmelg) DeWitt, are his wife, Mrs. Alice Kilgore DeWitt, and a brother, Lt. Peter DeWitt, of the Army Medical Corps.
1940
MAJOR HUDSON ELIOT BRIDGE, USMC, was killed July 21 in the invasion of Guam, when his craft, among those approaching the beach in the first waves, was hit by shore batteries. The son of George Leighton and Dorothy (Flint) Bridge, he was born in St. Louis, Mo., June xi, 1918, and prepared for college at the John Burroughs School in St. Louis. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and the Sphinx.
In the summers of 1938 and 1939 he trained with the Platoon Leaders Class in San Diego, Calif., and immediatly after graduation volunteered for service with the Marines. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and first served in Iceland. In June 1942 he was sent to the South Pacific. He was finally promoted to Major in July 1943. He was awarded the Silver Star for his outstanding ability and bravery at Eniwetok. Reports from overseas tell of the high respect he commanded among his officers and men, and the remarkable affection they had for him.
He is survived by his parents, now living in Walpole, N. H., two brothers, Lt. George Leighton Bridge Jr., AAF, and F. Gardiner F. Bridge '42 of Hartford, Conn., and three sisters.
LT. NORBERT B. HAMILTON was killed in action in France on August 15. He was a member of the Army Engineers, and had been over- seas since February.
Norbert was born in West Chester, Pa., and entered Dartmouth from the Haverford School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and the Glee Club.
Shortly after Pearl Harbor he enlisted as a private, and reached his first lieutenancy through OCS and an engineers' training camp in North Carolina.
He is survived by his wife, whom he married in Virginia a year ago, a sister, and his mother, Mrs. R. T. Roundtree of Haverford. Pa.
1941
Lt. RALPH DAVID SHANESY JR. was killed in action in China on June 27, 1944.
The son of Ralph David and Hazel (Markley) Shanesy, he was born in Evanston, Ill., September 26, 1919, and prepared for college at Evanston Township High School. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
He entered the Army Air Corps July 16,1941, and had been commissioned First Lieutenant.
SECOND LIEUTENANT ADRIAN BECK, USMCR, was killed in action by a Jap machine gun on July 21, the morning of the first day of the attack on Guam.
The son of Fritz Beck and Julia (Walker) Beck, he was born in Lucerne, Switzerland, on September 7, 1919. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Montpelier Seminary, from which he graduated valedictorian of his class. In his senior year at Dartmouth he was awarded the Class of 1926 Fellowship and under it studied in Washington the government regulation of the nation's milk industry. At College he was member of the varsity debating team, the Forensic Union, Germania, and the Corinthian Yacht Club.
Adrian enlisted in the Marines after one year at the Yale Law School, and received his commission in June 1943. Although he hated war and felt deeply its shame for humanity, he tackled his task and duty in it with the same vigor he put into everything he undertook. The sadness he leaves behind was prophetically expressed in the words from Horace quoted after his name in the seminary's graduation roster, "When shall we look upon his like again."
He is survived by his parents at Alburg Springs, Vt., and by his brother Peter '45.
Capt. JOHN MADO CRAFTS, was killed in action on August 10 while fighting with an armored infantry unit in France.
He was born in Manchester, N. H., September 2, 19x9, the son of Otis Thompson (Dartmouth 1910) and Una (MacDonaldj Crafts, and prepared for college at Manchester High School. He transferred to the University of New Hampshire after freshman year, and graduated there in 1942. At Durham he was a member of Theta Chi and of Mask and Dagger and Scabbard and Blade.
He is survived by his parents.
Mado trained at Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp Cook, Calif., and later completed maneuvers in the California's Mojave Desert. He went to England in February as the commanding officer of his company. Prior to going overseas, Mado was stationed at Nashville, Tenn., Pine Camp, N. Y., and Indian- town Gap, Pa., where he earned his promotion to Captain.
1942
LT. RICHARD ADAM KERSTING, AUS, was killed in action in France on July 26, a few days after he and Pfc. Max Nimphie had captured singled-handed 34 Nazis. The story of the exploit was told in the October issue of the MAGAZINE. It ranks as one of the great chapters in Dartmouth's war annals.
Lieutenant Kersting, the son of Alphonse Adam and Mary Leslie (Frey) Kersting, was born in Ottawa, Ohio, August 2, 1921 and prepared for college at William McGuffey School, Oxford, Ohio. At Dartmouth he was a member of the football squad and of Beta Theta Pi. He enlisted in April, 1942 and was sent to England as a combat engineer. He was a part of the great D-Day invasion force, fighting his way into France until his death in Normandy.
He is survived by his mother and three sisters.
LT. RICHARD BURGESS STANTON was killed in action in the Southwest Pacific, September 2, 1943.
He was born in Chicago, Ill., August 3,1919, the son of Howard Clinton and Lulu Wing (Rider) Stanton, and prepared for college at Morgan Park High School and the Peddie School.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps October 1, 1941, was commissioned Second Lieutenant and later First Lieutenant, and was pilot of a P 38.
1943
LT. JOHN HENRY CARD died in Algeria June 30, as the result of an injury received ten days before.
He was born in Brockton, Mass., June 8, 1921, the son of John Henry (Dartmouth 1911) and Elizabeth French (Platts) Card (and grandson of John H. Card, Dartmouth 1879), and prepared for college at Holbrook, Mass., High School. He was a member of Theta Chi.
He left college in January 194 a to enlist in the Army Air Corp. After training at several air fields he was commissioned Second Lieutenant December 26, 1942, and joined a Flying Fortress crew, going to England in April 1943. Flying from England he made 26 missions over France and Germany, receiving the Air Medal, three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. In November 1943 he was commissioned First Lieutenant and sent back to this country to serve as instructor at Mac Dill Field. He requested to be returned to active combat duty, and left this country in June 1944, not long before the fatal accident.
He was married to Agnes Louise Higgins of Brookville, Mass., who survives him.
1944
Ensign JAMES MCFADDEN HAYS was killed October 2 in a plane crash in California.
Jim prepared for Dartmouth at Kimball Union Academy, where he was a standout in athletics. At Dartmouth he played freshman hockey and baseball and was goalie on the varsity hockey team. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
He left school to enter the Navy Air Corps, and after the regular course of training was commissioned and received his wings. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. F. W. McGowan of Cape Elizabeth, Me.
2d Lt. RICHARD REDINGTON was killed on August 20, shortly after he had left the United States for duty in England, when the Liberator bomber on which he was co-pilot crashed in Iceland.
The son of Theodore Towne (Dartmouth 1907) and Katherine May (Sherer) Redington, he was born in Evanston, Ill., October 31, 1921. His home when in college was at Pasadena, Calif., where he fitted at Pasadena Junior College. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
He left college in May 1942 to enter the Army Air Corps, and received his commission at Blytheville, Ark., March 12, 1944, completing his operational training at Westover Field.
In addition to his parents, two brothers and three sisters survive him.
1945
Ensign PHILIP JOHN DERMODY was killed on his twenty-first birthday, August 28, .1944, when the bomber he was flying crashed following a collision with another plane at the Miami Naval Air Station, Florida.
The son of Winchester Everett and Marie (Friedricks) Dermody, he was born in Boston, August 28, 1923, but came to college from Sewickley, Pa. He graduated from the Augusta Military Academy in 1941 and was at Dartmouth until February 1943, when he was called to active service. He received his Navy pre-flight training at the University of Pennsylvania, and received his wings and Ensign's commission on August 1, 1944, at the Pensacola Air Base.
Lt. PHILIP MARR LILLIE was killed July 31, 1944, at Bluthenthal Field, Wilmington, N. C., when his P-47 crashed during a routine training flight.
Phil graduated from Episcopal Academy in 1941, and left Dartmouth when he enlisted as an aviation cadet in February 1943. He received his wings March 12, 1944, at Aloe Field, Victoria, Texas. He leaves his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Walter I. Lillie of Marion, Pa.
FLETCHER PAYNE BURTON JR. was killed June 6 on a landing craft while participating in the invasion of France.
The son of Fletcher Payne (Dartmouth 1910) and Elizabeth V. (Mackey) Burton, he was born in Providence, R.I., August 19, 1922, and prepared for college at Moses Brown and Taft Schools.
FIRST MEMBER OF '30 to lose his life in this War, Lt. (sg) Ralph B. Hartmann USN was killed in the Port Chicago explosion.
A PLANE CRASH over Iceland, Aug. 20, took the life of Lt. Richard Redington '44, youngest son of Theodore Redington '07.
