Deaths
[.A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices may appear in this issue or may appear in a later number.]
Ball, Wooster 0., '77, Apr. 11. Currier, Richard S., '85, Apr. 18. Rollins, Walter H., '94. Metcalf, Frank A., '00, Apr. 23. Forbes, Irving E., '01, Apr. 29. Huchting, William E., '02, Mar. 11, 1921. Wight, David E., '07. Bales, Harold C., '09, Apr. 19. Pelton, Edward A., '23, Apr. 12. Wright, Robert S., '33, Tan. 31, 1038. Clark, Paul F„ '38, May 4. Osborne, Laurence J., med. '97, Apr. 30.
Necrology
1877
WOOSTER ORLIN BALL died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Watertown, N. Y., April 11, 1939, dropping dead at the dinnei table.
The son of Henry Morris and Mehitabel (Burnham) Ball, he was born in Rutland, N. Y., September 26, 1853. In 1856 the family removed to Watertown, where he prepared for college at the local high school. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.
He left college at the end of sophomore year to enter his father's produce business in Watertown. In 1887 he left this for the hardware business, in which he remained only one year. In 1884 he had become secretary and treasurer of the Maud S. Gear Company, manufacturers of carriage gearing and woodwork. This firm was reorganized in 1886 as the Union Carriage and Gear Company, and he remained with them until 1891. From the last date to 1900 he was a manufacturer of wood pulp as sole owner of the Black River Wood Pulp Cos. In 1897 he became secretary and treasurer of the Carthage Tissue Paper Mills of Carthage, N. Y., and in 1901 its president. In 1915 he gave up manufacturing, and for the next two years was a dealer in paper mill supplies at Watertown. In 1917 he retired from active business.
Throughout his life Mr. Ball was devoted to outdoor sports. He is remembered as an accomplished skater in college days, and he continued skating until his 80th year. At 65 he took up golf*and played daily for the rest of his life. Bowling and fishing were other recreations.
June 23, 1881, he was married to Kate L., daughter of George and Cynthia (Matteson) Baker, who died October 17, 1936. Their three children survive: William Burnham Ball of Greenwich, Conn.; Margaret (Mrs. Philip Bartlett) of St. Joseph, Mo.; Gladys M. (Mrs. John K. Williamson) of Bridgeport, Conn. There are four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
1884
WARNER JOSEPH HUTCHINSON died at Buffalo, N. Y., March 9, 1939, from a complication of diseases incident to advanced age. His remains were taken to Barre, Vt., where funeral services were held March 13 at the Hooker Funeral Home and were largely attended by relatives and friends. He was buried at West Topsham, Vt.
Hutchinson was born at East Orange, Vt., September 1, 1859, the son of J. D. and Mary Hutchinson, entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1880, and was a roommate of Fred Laird, with whom a lasting friendship developed that continued during their lives. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
Upon graduation, he engaged in teaching and was principal of the high school at Fair Haven, Vt., for some five years. In 1889 he entered the Albany, N. Y„ Law School, graduating in 1890 with a degree of LL.B.
He began the practice of the law in Buffalo, N. Y„ where for nearly forty years he devoted himself to its active participation, trying many important cases in both the equity and civil divisions of the courts.
At one period he was associated with Wadsworth & Cole, one of the influential law firms of Buffalo, and to Hutchinson's diligence and painstaking investigation of the law many of the successful results attained in litigated cases by that firm were due.
From lack of means, he was compelled to work his way through college, and this served to keep him self-reliant throughout his life.
He was a believer in Buffalo, and enthusiastic about its growth and development,—a good citizen who interested himself in the progress and welfare, both material and moral, of the community. His quiet demeanor, studious habits, and tolerance of others' opinions endeared him to everyone with whom he came in contact.
In 1931, on account of illness, he was forced to give up much of his law practice, and had been in partial retirement since. Some two years ago he came to Barre, Vt., to care for an aged sister, Mrs. Cora Boyce, who preceded him in death a few short months.
Faithful and true to his clients, his associates in the law, his friends and family, he set a high standard of integrity in all his relations of life. As a lawyer he attained the goal that only those who strive earnestly and unceasingly may hope to attain. He never denied his services or advice to clients who were without means, and he held the affection and high regard of many in the largest spheres of activity in the city of Buffalo, where his whole professional life was spent. Courtesy, kindliness, and patience, whch he never failed to display on every occasion, marked him as a type of a true gentleman.
1885
WILBUR JEROME ROCKWOOD died at his home in Everett, Mass., 011 April 9, 1939. He was recovering from a ten weeks' serious sickness when he was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage the day preceding his death and did not regain consciousness.
He was the son of Charles and Julia (Chase) Rockwood and was born in Blackstone, Mass., on September 21, 1861. He prepared for college at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., and later at the high school of Methuen, Mass., where he gave the valedictory at graduation, and entered Dartmouth with the class of 1885.
During his college course he was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and served as secretary and president of his class and as one of the editors of The Dartmouth; in his sophomore year he received honorable mention in Natural History, and won the prize for dramatic speaking at the annual Commencement Prize Speaking held that year. During his college course he earned money by teaching school three winters and serving as head waiter at hotels for three summers.
Upon graduation he considered studying law, but temporarily decided to take up teaching, which later became his lifework. For the three years immediately following his graduation he was principal of the Jones School in Portsmouth, N. H., for the next five years he was submaster of the English High School in Lynn, Mass. In 1893 he was called to be principal of the high school of Everett, which position he thereafter filled with increasing success until he reached the age limit and retired in 1931. His service as principal was distinguished, not only for its length of 38 years but also for his great efficiency as an educator and the universal regard and respect in which he was held.
The citizens of Everett on various occasions gave ample evidence of the high esteem with which they regarded him; on the completion of 25 years of service, more than 700 graduates of the high school honored him with a reception, in connection with which resolutions adopted by the school committee were presented which included the following glowing tribute: "That we express our esteem for him whose firm and loving guidance has influenced the lives and enshrined him in the hearts of thousands of his pupils, and our admiration for his character and example as a responsible man, a distinguished educator, and a loyal citizen, who for a quarter of a century has stood foursquare in a position of vital importance—a man of convictions, the proponent, advocate, and sterling champion of whatever he has conceived to be for the best interests of our pupils, our teachers, our city, our state, and our nation."
In November 1923, when he had served 30 years as principal, the city of Everett erected and dedicated a new high school building, the large assembly hall in which was named in his honor as "Rockwood Auditorium." In connection with his address on that occasion Principal Rockwood said: "Tonight, my memory reaches out to the thousands of splendid lads and lasses that have gone out from this school; their friendship I hold most dear, but I am looking forward, as well as backward, down the coming years to the long procession of youth through these corridors, aflame with the great adventures of life."
His retirement as principal in 1931 was again made an occasion at which 500 graduates, the school faculty, and friends paid him a farewell tribute at a testimonial banquet, at which he spoke in part as follows: "This is one of the greatest heartthrobs that I have ever had. I appreciate your presence and presents. It's such a pleasing and splendid thing to see and greet you; everyone of you who have graduated under me are my children and are deeply enshrined in my heart, but we are not particularly interested in the past. However splendid memories may be, it is always the future that holds our inspirations and our interests. It hasn't been the principal that has made the high school what it is, it is the teachers who have made it into the fine educational institution which I am regretfully about to leave."
His own high purpose in life which he sought to inculcate in the lives of his pupils was well and briefly expressed by him in his address to one of his graduating classes, in the following words: "Look out upon life and see that it is splendid; always place the good above the evil; see the best in your fellows, not the worse; let your eyes rest on the sunlit hills, not on the valleys of shadow; the world always swings outward toward the light to him, who has the light in his own soul." Actuated by such a high standard, to which he held himself, it is no wonder that he accomplished the success he did in the instruction of the youth who came within the influence of his life.
Shortly after his retirement the school committee, as a further tribute to his long and efficient service for the city, made him principal-emeritus of its Senior High School.
His interests in wider fields outside of his principalship included his service as president of the High School Masters' Club of Massachusetts; president of the Middlesex County Teachers' Association; secretary of the Massachusetts High School Masters' Committee for revision of courses of study; he also served on the executive committee of the Everett Board of Trade; president of the Men's Fraternal Association of Everett, and was a member of the Masonic Order, and at the time of his death he was a director of the Middlesex County National Bank of Everett.
He was married to Ida L. Marston in Portsmouth, N. H., on November 23, 1887, who died after a long illness in 1928. In 1930 he was married to Miss Sally Maude Brown, who for some years had been the head of the English department in the Everett High School, who is his only immedate survivor. For many years he had his summer home at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
His funeral, which was largely attended, took place on April 12 with burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Everett; there were many floral tributes including a wreath from his college class, four members of which attended the services—Charles W. Floyd, Walter Mooers (since deceased), Frank L. Whipple, and Edwin A. Bayley, the latter served as one of the honorary pall-bearers.
RICHARD SAWYER CURRIER, the son of Charles Luther and Celinda (Dickey) Currier, who died at the Barre (Vt.) City Hospital on April 18, 1939, was born in Hardwick, Vt., on May 15, .1859.
He prepared for college at the Barre (Vt.) Academy and entered Dartmouth with the class of '85. He was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity, served twice as treasurer of his class, and was a member of its football team and a substitute member of the College eleven, 1884-85, and was at graduation, assistant marshal of his class. He earnemoney for college by canvassing for books and maps and by farm work.
Following his graduation he returned to Barre, where thereafter he resided and took an active part in its business and civic affairs; for some years he conducted a mercantile business and subsequently engaged in building and contracting. His long interest and service in connection with highway construction in the state o£ Vermont began in 1906, when he became county supervisor of highways for Washington County; in 1914 he was advanced to district highway commissioner, and in 1919 he was again advanced to the position of assistant state highway commissioner in charge of state machinery and the state garage, which latter position he continued to hold until he resigned in 1933, and shortly thereafter he was requested to compile a history of the Vermont State Highway Department.
Among his public and political activities he served as a trustee of Barre Academy, for several years he was president of the Barre Retail Merchants Association, a director of the City Public Library, a trustee of Barre Hospital, member of the Executive Committee of the Barre Entertainment Association, the object of which was to provide the city "with an annual course of first class musical and literary entertainment"; he served as a member of the Republican City Committee, the Washington County Republican Committee, and represented Barre in the Vermont legislature in 1894, serving on the Committee of Education and on the Committee of Ways and Means, also on the committee which drafted the first charter of the city of Barre, which was enacted by the legislature during his term. He served as a member and as president of the board of aldermen of Barre and as chairman of its board of street commissioners, he was a member and served as an officer in various fraternal organizations, and was a member and served as president of the Vermont Society of Engineers.
He had two absorbing hobbies, one was the breeding of prize poultry and he was for several years superintendent of the poultry department of the Vermont State Fair: his other hobby was the preparation of the family genealogies of his father and also of his mother, both of which he published in 1935.
In March, 1937 he suffered a serious stroke of paralysis, from which he only partially recovered.
He married Julia A. McCarthy on November 27, 1886, at Barre. Their children were George Rose, born October 8, 1887, and died February 22, 1890, and Marguerite, born January 2, 1898; the latter graduated from Smith College in 1921 and took a postgraduate course in library work at Simmons College in 1924; she served as a cataloguer in Dartmouth College Library, and later served as cataloguer in the Vermont State Library until she resigned on account of a serious nervous breakdown; she died on May 22, 1934. His wife died on December 10, 1933.
His second marriage occurred on April 28, 1935, to Miss Jessie Eastman, who survives him and he is also survived by a sister and a brother. His funeral took place on April 20, and his burial was in the family lot in Elmwood Cemetery in Barre; among the numerous floral tributes was the one from his college classmates.
1890
HENRY BEARDSLEE PRESCOTT entered Dartmouth with the class of 1890. He was a longdistance runner, winning several important races in intercollegiate track meets.
He left college during his junior year to go into business. He was connected with the Boston Ice Co., in which his family were interested, until 1916. He then went to West Rindge, N. H., and purchased a mill, formerly owned by the Diamond Match Cos., and manufactured clothespins. After two years he left Rindge and went to New Milford, Conn., where he was connected for a short time with the Robertson Bleachery and Dye Works. After that he went into the poultry business in Gaylordsville, Conn. He went about his work as usual March 23, when he died very suddenly, apparently of heart trouble.
Prescott was a Mason, and was a past master of Eliot Lodge, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
He married Grace Tucker in 1895, and had one son, Lincoln, and two daughters, one of whom, Mrs. Plumb, is still living.
1894
WALTER HUNTINGTON ROLLINS seemed to be in his usual health when he occupied the pulpit at Riverhead, L. 1., Sunday morning, April 30. At nine o'clock that night, in his home, he was seized with a heart attack, and at ten o'clock he had gone. Members of his family have reported that they had known that such an event was not unlikely to occur, and it may be that Dr. Rollins himself was aware of it. If he had lived a month longer (until June 1) he would have been seventy years of age.
The son of Fitzhugh S. and Augusta (Hanson) Rollins, "Ajax" (as he was universally known in his class) was born in Newtonville, Mass., received his early education in the Newton public schools and in a private school, and was with the class of 1894 during the entire four years. His preparation for college was somewhat delayed on account of difficulty with his eyes. In college, while he mingled freely in social and other activities, his interests were mainly literary, and he was an editor of the Dartmouth Literary Monthly. His fraternity was Alpha Delta Phi, and he made Phi Beta Kappa.
It was during his college course that he decided to be a Christian minister and he entered Andover Theological Seminary in the class of 1898, graduating with the degree of S.T.B. During the greater part of his seminary life he was with another '94 man, Frank W. Hodgdon.
His career falls into three parts. Immediately upon graduating from Andover, he became pastor of the Congregational church at Blackstone, Mass., where he remained for two years. He then went to Wilmington, Mass., for a pastorate of six years. He was then called to the First Congregational church in Waterloo, lowa, where he remained for eight years. He was then called to the presidency of Fairmount College in Wichita, Kansas. Judging by the affection in which he was held by the people of these several parishes and by the way in which he and Mrs. Rollins were welcomed back from time to time, each one of these pastorates was a distinct success.
Fairmount was one of an interesting series of Congregational colleges located at strategic points in the Middle West. It had its challenge and its opportunity. It also had its great difficulties. For eight years our classmate maintained himself worthily in this position, finding delight in his contacts with the students, the faculty, the citizens of Wichita, and the wider constituency of the college.
But probably the most interesting and rewarding period of his life is to be found in the seventeen years which he devoted to the executive leadership of the Congregational churches of the state of New York, being technically known as "Superintendent of the New York Congregational Conference." During the last six years of this time he was also "Executive Secretary of the New York City Congregational Church Association." Time was when such an official was wholly unknown in Congregationalism and his existence would have been considered incongruous with the independence of the local Congregational church. However, in recent years the Congregational denomination has found it advisable to give leadership into the hands of men who, having executive responsibility similar to the bishops of the Episcopal and Methodist churches, have no special sacerdotal prerogative. Walter Rollins was peculiarly adapted to work of this sort. He had a natural gift for administration. He had a good business head. He did not allow details to escape him. He kept his work up-to-date. He knew how to deal with people. He had a statesmanlike grasp of the job to be done. Behind and through all this ran a profound conviction in the reality of the Christian religion. He made a place for himself among other denominations, serving for a term of years (after 1934) as president of the New York State Council of Churches and Religious Education, an interdenominational organization. He also became a real leader in Congregational affairs throughout the Nation, taking an active and influential part in the meetings of national and state Congregational executives.
On June 1st he would have reached the retirement age, and had made plans for spending his remaining years in a less exacting way.
His family life was a singularly happy one. September 13, 1898, he was married to Mabel B. Stone of Haverhill, Mass., who survives him. Six children were born of this marriage, two of whom died in infancy. Two daughters, Phyllis and Lois, are married, one living in White Plains, and the other in Macon, Ga. A son, Walter H. Junior, is in business in San Jose, Calif. The youngest daughter Helen, is at home. He is also survived by another classmate, his brother, F. S. Jr., who is retired from the United States government service, and is living at Alameda, Calif.
He was honored with the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Grinnell College in lowa in 1911 and by the degree of Doctor of Laws by Fargo College in North Dakota in 1920. He was at one time chaplain of the lowa Grand Lodge of Masons.
He was a loyal member of his class and a loyal son of Dartmouth. As he traveled about the state of New York he entered into the relations with '94 men throughout the state. He came back to reunions, he was at the Newton Centre round-up, he wrote for the class reports. Class friendships meant more and more to him as the years went on.
Funeral services were held at the Ridgeview Congregational church in White Plains, May 3. The body was cremated and the ashes were interred at Wilmington, Mass., the next day. Three of the class were present at White Plains and six at the brief service at Wilmington, which was conducted by the class secretary.
1896
HUBERT LISCOM COX died in Los Angeles, Calif., July 16, 1938.
He was bora in Conneaut, Ohio, November 10, 1873, the son of Allen M. and Julia E. (Liscom) Cox, prepared for college at the local high school, and entered college with his brother, James A. Cox, who died in 1903.
He was with the class only through the first term of freshman year, but returned to Hanover the next year to remain for a time in the Medical School. There is no record of his later activities beyond his serving as assistant postmaster at Conneaut from 1900 to 1917.
October 9, 1897, he was married to Charlotte Margaret Baeffle of Cleveland, Ohio, who survives him, with three children.
1897
When in 1936 HAROLD BEMIS SHATTUCK: retired from active work at the Pennsylvania State College he was made professor emeritus, and faculty and townspeople, by a banquet and public exercises, showed their appreciation for able years given to the building up of a college and the development of a high-class college town.
Shattuck began work at State College in 1901. In 1909 he was married to Elizabeth M. Stuart. They had no children, and Mrs. Shattuck died in 1934. He had suffered from cardiac weakness for some time and his death occurred on April 25, 1939. The funeral was very largely attended, and the burial was in the town whose development as an engineer he had planned. He was 65 years of age.
Shattuck had membership in professional and academic associations. He was a Kiwanian and active in the Presbyterian church and the Masonic fraternity.
Members of the class have seen but little of him for forty years, but recall well his college career. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. He was editor of the Aegis. For a time he studied medicine, but a period of ill health led him to select the active work of a civil engineer, and from the Pennsylvania State College he obtained degrees in science and in civil engineering.
He came to Dartmouth from Nashua, and he is survived by two brothers and two sisters. The brothers are Arthur and Roger of Nashua and the sisters Helen of Burlington, Vt., and Fannie, who for several years had made a home for her brother in State College.
A Pennsylvania paper has paid this very happy tribute: "Harold Shattuck belonged to that group who made the Pennsylvania State College—faculty members who were different from present-day faculty members because the institution of those days made necessary broader interests and personality traits. Shattuck was a bit of New England acclimated to these Pennsylvania hills—a kindly, genial gentleman and scholar."
1900
FRANK ARTHUR METCALF died at the Springfield (Mass.) Hospital on April 23, 1939, at the age of 65 years. He had been suffering from a paralytic affection for over five years and, for the most part, was confined to his home during that period. The funeral was held at Byron's Funeral Parlors at Springfield on April 25, and burial was at Enfield, N. H., on the following day.
Arthur was born in Acworth, N. H., on December 14, 1873, the son of Frank M. Metcalf, a farmer of that town. After a preparatory course at Kimball Union Academy, he entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1896. Older than most of his classmates and, as an undergraduate, entirely dependent upon his own efforts for support, his way was not always easy, but he faced the difficulties with which he was confronted without repining and with entire courage. His mental gifts were high, so that he soon took a place among the scholastic leaders of the class, while his qualities of personality were such as to win the liking and respect of his associates. He was interested in debating, and, after twice serving as an alternate, represented the College against Brown in his senior year. He won the second prize in the Free Trade League Essay contest, he received honorable mention in English, and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a member of the Aegis board, he delivered the address to the Old Pine on Class Day and, in addition, acted as one of the Commencement speakers. He was a founding member of the local fraternity, Alpha Alpha Omega, which afterwards became a chapter of Chi Phi.
During the vacation period of the college course he had achieved remarkable success in the sale of subscription books, and, upon graduation, the King-Richardson Company, of Springfield, Mass., publishers of such works, was glad to engage him as a member of its staff. Some years before, that firm had established the Home Correspondence School, and Arthur was now given an active share in its management. Four years later he became principal owner and president of the school, and continued in that capacity to the time of his death. The school soon developed into a decided success, having had an enrollment of over 100,000 students during the 42 years of its existence. In its early days devoted mainly to commercial subjects, in later years it added training in agriculture and in academic and preparatory work. Best known, however, were its efforts in the training of writers of short stories and other forms of fiction. In connection with this work the Writer's Monthly was established, and also a series of books published under the name of the Writer's Library.
Of all this work Arthur was the directing head. While closely tied down by these business interests, he found time, nevertheless, to serve as secretary and later as president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Western, Massachusetts and to be active in the work of the Lions Club. He was a member of the Congregational church of Meriden, N. H.
He was married on August 7, 1901, to Miss Jenny Louise Bryant of Enfield, N. H., who survives him.
1901
IRVING ELLSWORTH FORBES, a member of this class for two years, died during his sleep at his home, 181 Milford St., Manchester, N. H., April 29, 1939.
Born in Groveton, N. H., Feb. 9, 1880, the son of William H. Forbes, he attended Colebrook and Lancaster Academies, and entered Dartmouth College with the class of 1901. Here he remained freshman and sophomore years, and then entered the office of Gen. John Andrews in Manchester to study law, becoming a member of the New Hampshire bar in 1902.
He was a highly respected member of the bar, and was especially well known throughout the State for his integrity and high code of ethics. Few of the class have seen him in late years, although the Secretary occasionally saw him in Manchester, and Bill Cheever was intimate with him. Forbes maintained his interest in the class and the College, as is attested by his annual contributions to the Alumni Fund, and occasional attendance at local Dartmouth functions.
The funeral was held from his late home, and was largely attended by members of the Manchester city government, and large delegations from the Masonic bodies, and the Superior Court recessed to allow the attendance of the justices, together with a group of attorneys hearing current cases, and also 40 members of the Hillsborough County Bar Association.
Irving Forbes married Cora Maxwell, August 24, 1902, who survives him, together with four daughters.
1909
HAROLD CAMPBELL BALES, superintendent of School Supervisory Union No. 40, died April 19, 1939, with tragic suddenness at the Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital in Boston. Death was caused by embolism, believed to be the result of an operation for acute hernia a week before.
Harold C. Bales was born in Wilton, N. H., April 16, 1887, the son of the late Charles A. and Mary C. Bales. He graduated from Wilton High School and from Cushing Academy. After graduating from college he taught in Concord High School from 1909 until 1912. Then, until 1914, he was principal of the high school at Dalton, Mass. From September 1914 to January 1916, he was instructor in the State College at Amherst, Mass., and did graduate study. He took his Master's degree there in 1917. He took advanced degrees in education at the University of Vermont and the University of New Hampshire.
When the war broke out, Mr. Bales served on the advisory committee of the local draft board. He enlisted from Wilton, March 5, 1918, as a second lieutenant in the ordnance department, and was honorably discharged December 23, 1918, at Aberdeen, Md.
He was at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia immediately after the war, and in 1919 became superintendent of the school supervisory union that included Milford, Amherst, Brookline, and Mount Vernon, and was later to include Hollis.
Harold and Miss Edith Lawrence were marlied in Cambridge on June 26, 1912. They have made their home in Milford since 1921, and both have been extremely active in local organizations.
Mr. Bales was at one time Master of Clinton Lodge, A. F. and A. M.. in Wilton, and was a member of Custos Morum Lodge, I. O. O. F. He was a director in the Red Cross, active in scout work, and prominent as a member of the Congregational church. He was a trustee and deacon of the church, and served on many important committees. He was always a leader m promoting modern educational methods in the schools.
Harold leaves his mother, Mrs. Mary C. Bales; a sister, Miss Bessie F. Bales; his wife, Edith C. Bales, and son Lawrence, a sophomore at Dartmouth.
1919
HOMER IVES CALHOUN died at Auburn, Calif., March 16, 1939, of pneumonia.
He was born at Ottumwa, lowa, April 8, 1897, the son of John W. and Jennie W. (Ives) Calhoun.
He was at Dartmouth only during freshman year, and then was for a time at Grinnell College. He entered the United States Air Service in August 1917, and went overseas the following December. He was in active service during the remainder of the warand with the Army of Occupation in Germany until July 1919, being cited three times during the Argonne and Verdun offensives.
From October 1919 to January 1935 he was Western manager for the Titeflex Metal Hose Cos, of Newark, N. J., with headquarters in Chicago. He then returned to Ottumwa to manage the family estate. How he came to be in California at the time of his death has not been told.
July 27, 1921, he was married to Marion Hallberg of Ottumwa, who survives him, with two daughters, June and Martha.
1923
EDWARD AVERY PELTON died of blood poisoning at the Hartford, Conn., Hospital, April 12. 1939.
He was the son of Charles Edward and Anna Louise (Davenport) Pelton, and was born in Lowville, N. Y., April 22, 1902.
He was at Dartmouth only through freshman year, and completed his course at Syracuse University, where he graduated in 1924.
For ten years prior to his death he had been with the National Fire Insurance Cos. as an examiner.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Helen W. Pelton, a son James, and a daughter Mary. Leonard D. Pelton 'lB is a brother.
1933
Word has just been received of the death of ROBERT SPENCER WRIGHT at his home in Newton Highlands, Mass., January 31, 1938.
He was born in Bangor, Me., July 17, 1911, the son of Emory Merrill and Ethel May (Spencer) Wright. He came to college from Darien, Conn., where he fitted at the local high school. He was with the class only during freshman year.
After leaving college he was for a time a salesman for the Dennison ManufacturingCompany, and later was a clerk in the Bowery Savings Bank in New York City. Other details have not been learned.
1938
It is with regret we note the passing of one of us, PAUL FRANKLIN CLARK of Worcester, Mass., who was stricken with a heart attack on May 4 at Claremont, N. H.
He was born in Worcester, March 4, 1915, the son of Frank and Elsie Maud Clark, and prepared for college at Worcester Classical High School. A French major, he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
Paul suffered injuries in an automobile accident at Ascutney, Vt., on March 11, 1937, and on May 12 he married Regina Alberghini of Newport, N. H. He is survived by his mother, and a daughter, Sally, born March 9, 1938, as well as by his wife.
Those of us who knew him will remember him for his subtle humor and for his interest in the things that went on around him. We shall miss him in the days to come.
MEDICAL SCHOOL
1897
DR. LAWRENCE JOSEPH OSBORNE died at his home in New York City April 28, 1939, from a heart attack received two hours earlier as he was leaving his house to respond to a call to see a patient.
The son of Joseph and Ellen (Cassidy) Osborne, he was born in St. Sylvester, Que., November 12, 1868. His early education was received in the schools of Littleton, N. H„ where the family had removed. In 1896 he received a medical degree from the Eclectic Medical College of New York, and that fall came to Dartmouth for a final course of lectures and graduated with the class.
He began and continued practice in New York City, and was for 13 years on the staff of the Board of Health of the city, being occupied principally with the establishment of direction of health stations. During the World War he served in the Medical Corps, being stationed at Fort Totten in New York. He was noted on the West Side for his charitable treatment of poor patients. He was a charter member of the Regina Coeli Council, Knights of Columbus.
December 30, 1925, Dr. Osborne was married to Mildred Lillian, daughter of Joseph George and Mary Veronica (O'Connor) Osborne of Hartford, Conn., who survives him. They had no children.
