CLASS OF 1913

Lyman Hinckley Thomas died of influenza in Naples, Italy, January 4.

He was born in Walpole, Mass., April 27, 1891, being a son of Lyman Porter and Evelyn Willard (Small) Thomas. His father is a Dartmouth graduate of 1884. He fitted at Middleboro (Mass.) High School. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, and received the Pray prize for excellence in French at graduation.

On account of his proficiency in foreign languages he sought work where this knowledge might be of value. After graduation he entered the service of the George E. Keith Shoe Company of Brockton, and early in 1914 was assigned to one of their stores in Paris, France. In September of that year, when the Germans were at their nearest point to Paris, he and his wife came home to America. Three, months later he went back to Europe, and opened at Naples a store for the same company, remaining as its manager until his death. In this work he had been very successful.

February 13, 1914, he was married to Elsie H., daughter of Charles S. and Clara Dunham of Middleboro, Mass., who survives him, with their two children, Lyman Willard, born November 17, 1916, and Clare Evelyn, born August 21, 1918.