Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the -past two months. Full notices mapappear in this issue or may appear in a later number.]
Kincaid, Herbert T., '83, Oct. Johnston, Walter A., '88, June 12, 1941. Fairfield, Arthur P., '00, Nov. 1. Geraghty, James M., '03, Oct. 7. Gibbons, John 8., 'O8, Oct. 29. Kuech, Russell N., '14, Nov. 3. Balch, James M., '19, Nov. 10. Lowe, Lloyd E., '21. Ridlon, Gardner R., '21, Nov. 1. McClure, Frank H., '22, Oct. 21. *Zimmerman, Harry J., '27, Nov. 2. *Thornton, Philip E., '42, Nov. 3. *Ward, Willard C., '42, Oct. 9. Brown, Frederick N., med. '99, May 23. * Died in war service.
Necrology
1883
I am now furnishing an obituary of William E. Cushman of our class, which is very late because of my inability in due course to get suit- able data for it, but is submitted as a matter of record. Mrs. Cushman died in 1940 and they had no children, so that no data could be obtained from the immediate family. Through the kindness of Kenneth E. Wilson, Esq., of Hyannis, Mass., I was referred to distant relatives in California, and finally Herbert F. Waterman, Stanford University 1912, kindly sent me quite full information, which supplied the data, which, added to what record I had, gave me the data that I needed.
WILLIAM EDWARD CUSHMAN, the son of James E. and Abbie M. (Wadleigh) Cushman, was born in Middleboro, Mass., February 18, 1859. He was a direct descendant on both his father's and mother's side of the first old families of Plymouth Colony. Robert Cushman was the first preacher in Plymouth.
He obtained his early education in the public schools of Middleboro, graduating from Middleboro High School and entering Dartmouth College in the class of 1883, graduating in regular course with the A.B. degree.
Among his classmates he was exceedingly popular and was recognized as an outstanding player in baseball, his favorite sport. His nephew now holds a bat on which is a metal band with the following inscription:—
'83 Presented to Capt. W. E. Cushman, By his classmates As a mark of their appreciation And high esteem.
He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
After graduating from college, through the influence of Thomas Flint 'BO, a resident of California, he went to that state and commenced teaching in the grammar schools of San Benito County, eventually becoming principal of San Juan Bautista Grammar School. But teaching was not according to his liking, and he successively engaged in farming, ranching, and the real- estate business from 1900 to 1902. In these activities he did not meet with satisfactory success, and in 1902 he returned East to his native state and took up farming at Middleboro, Mass.
He married Helen (Robbins) Kelley of Hyannis, Mass., April 29, 1908, and thereafter made that town his home. They had no children. He passed to the "Land of the Hereafter," January 5, 1941.
In religion he was a Protestant; in politics a Republican, but he never cared for or sought public office.
His record as a man was above reproach. Honest and square with every one, generous and kind to his family, he was loved and respected by all who knew him.
During his entire life after graduation, he cherished a high regard for his Alma Mater.
1886
DR. GILMAN DU BOIS FROST, emeritus professoi of medicine at Dartmouth and a resident of Hanover for over 71 years, died at his home on October 8, at the age of 78. He had been in failing health for some time and succumbed to pneumonia.
Dr. Frost was born in Randolph, Vt. ,on May 7, 1864, the son of Dr. Carlton Pennington Frost (Dartmouth 1852) and Eliza Anne Du Bois. He attended Hanover High School and then came to Dartmouth, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, and the salutatorian of his class. In 1892 he graduated from both the Dartmouth and the Harvard Medical Schools.
Dr. Frost taught at Dartmouth for exactly 50 years before retiring in 1937. He first joined the faculty as tutor in Latin and German in 1887, became lecturer in anatomy in the Medical School in 1893, an(3 successively held professorships in anatomy, obstetrics, and clinical medicine, the latter from 1910 to his retirement. He was secretary of the Dartmouth Medical School from 1896 to 1909.
A general practitioner in Hanover for many years, Gilman Frost took an active part in the public life of the community. For a number of years he was health officer of the precinct. He was a trustee of the Dartmouth Savings Bank for over 40 years, a trustee of the MaryHitchcock Memorial Hospital, and was for some time president of the Dartmouth Cemetery Association and superintendent of the Hanover Aqueduct Association.
Dr. Frost's hobby was genealogy, and he was indefatigable in compiling a genealogical history of all families who lived in Hanover before 1900. He was constantly consulted as an authority on local history, and the material which he assembled has been turned over to Baker Library, where it will be available tor research.
While Gil was not as brilliant as his brother Edwin, he had a persistent, almost plodding way of going directly toward his goal. It was this persistence, this devotion to the goal which he clearly set before him, which marked everything he undertook—whether it was climbing Mt. Ascutney, or seeking haunts of some bird rarely seen in Hanover and studying its nesting habits. It was this same persistence which marked his study of medicine and his success as a teacher in the Medical School and which appeared in his genealogical studies. To find a "missing link" in the background of some resident of Hanover after months, and perhaps years, of persistent effort gave him the keenest pleasure.
Of course, he was eccentric at times. The story was that he appeared at a distant house about six o'clock one morning and was greeted by the exclamation, "Oh, Dr. Frost, I have been ringing your telephone every hour during the night with no answer, and here you have come yourself!" To which Gilman answered, "You're all right; I didn't come to see you, but I couldn't sleep thinking of Mrs. X, who lives in the other apartment here."
Gilman was often gruff, but under the gruffness was a most kindly sympathy and devotion to his patients, which was often concealed.
He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret M. Thurston of Whitinsville, Mass., whom he married in 1895; two sons, Carlton P. Frost 'lB of Ridgewood and Thurston D. Frost '25 of Pryor, Mont.; and two daughters, Mrs. L. Frederick Larson and Mrs. John Hurd Jr., both of Hanover. Burial was at the Dartmouth Cemetery.
ARTHUR FAIRBANKS '86.
1889
It becomes the sad duty for the class to record the passing of its long time secretary, who since 1914 has, with characteristic faithfulness and accuracy, recorded the doings of its members, and chronicled the events in their lives.
DAVID NEWTON BLAKELY was born in Campton, N. H., March 3, 1867, son of the Rev. Quincy and Gertrude (Sykes) Blakely. He was one of six children, of whom only two survive, Miss Bertha Blakely and the Rev. Quincy Blakely, Dartmouth 1894. David studied three years at St. Johnsbury Academy. He entered Dartmouth in 1885, taking his A.B. in 1889, with Phi Beta Kappa rank. The following October he went to Aintab, Turkey, where for four years he was associated with the Central Turkey College, chiefly handling the business details of the various organizations concerned, including the hospital.
He came home in the summer of 1893 to enter Dartmouth Medical College, from which he was graduated as valedictorian three years later. The last six months of the course he had spent in the Boston City Hospital. This was followed by four full years there, two as medical interne, 18 months as assistant resident physician in the Contagious Department, and six months as executive assistant in the Superintendent's office. Early in 1900 he embarked in private practice in Boston, maintaining various connections with several of the hospitals. For one year he was assistant in histology at the Harvard Medical School, and for several years served as an instructor of medicine at the Tufts Medical School. Early in his practice he became interested in life insurance medicine, and served as examiner for the Metropolitan Life Company from 1900 to igi7, and as an office examiner of the New England Mutual Life from 1907. He became assistant medical director in 1910, on a part time basis until 1917, when he became the first medical officer in that company's history to give his full time to this work. He remained with the New England company as assistant medical director until his death on October 15 last.
On June 4, 1907, he was married to Amy Burrage in Brookline. They had two children, Elizabeth, born August 5, 1908, and John Burrage, bcrn May 25, 1912.
The late Prof. James F. Colby once referred to Blakely as"one of the Lord's dependables." This was an accurate characterization. Blakely was absolutely painstaking, accurate, and reliable, and responsive to every obligation. His unfailing kindness, his abiding loyalty in all things, his keen penetrating insight, not only in the fields of professional endeavor, but in the wider aspects of life, made him a marked contributor to the thought and discussion of every group with which he was associated. In no perfunctory sense must the class record that his place will be hard to fill, that he was an exceptional man; that none knew him but to honor him.
ROBERT LINCOLN O'BRIEN.
1900
ARTHUR PERRY FAIRFIELD died at his home in Daytona Beach, Florida, on November 1, 1942, after an illness of four months.
Perry was born in Lyme, N. H., on April 23, 1877, the son of Payson E. and Caroline (Chandler) Fairfield. His ancestors were among the first to settle in that town. After passing through the Lyme schools, he entered Kimball Union Academy, from which he was graduated in 1896. He received his degree from Dartmouth College in 1900. In his undergraduate days he was head monitor for his class for four years, a member of the class baseball team and the varsity reserves, and of the Phi Delta fraternity. During his vacations he was employed in the Farragut House at Rye Beach and other summer hotels.
For two years after graduation he was a teacher in the high school at Lyndon, Vt. In 1902 the College assumed management of the hotel, then called The Wheelock, which it had built in 1888, and since that time had leased to a variety of managers, with generally unsatisfactory results. The building was entirely reconstructed, the name changed to the Hanover Inn, and Perry was placed in charge. Through this position he came into contact with most alumni and other visitors to Hanover, and became one of the most widely known of Dartmouth graduates. In 1923 the capacity of the Inn was more than doubled by building an extension to the east. In 1905 he assumed, in addition, the management of the Dartmouth Dining Association, the patronage of which, as time went on, was much increased by the growth of the College and the requirement that all freshmen must eat in commons. These heavy responsibilities Perry carried for thirtyfour years, terminating his services to the College in 1936. For almost forty years he was present at every Dartmouth commencement.
His standing among hotel men is evidenced by the fact that he was president in turn of the New Hampshire Hotel Association and of the New England Hotel Men's Association. He was continually called upon for public service. For many years he held the onerous, irksome, and thankless task of precinct commissioner, and was long a director of the Hanover Improvement Society—the organization which runs the moving picture theater in the college town for the benefit of the community. In prohibition days he was for many years town agent to prosecute violations of the liquor laws. He represented Hanover for one term in the New Hampshire legislature as a member of the House, and his district for another term as a member of the Senate. For many years he was a trustee and chairman of the board of Kimball Union Academy. He was also a trustee of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and of the Dartmouth Savings Bank.
Perry was fond of golf. He had much to do with developing facilities for that game in Hanover, and at one time was President of the New Hampshire Golf Association. He was also a devotee of contract. His fraternal affiliations were with the Masons.
Upon retirement from his position in Hanover, for two years Perry was manager for Henry Teague of the Mt. Washington Club, on the summit of that mountain, and was also employed for one season by the Venetian Hotel at Miami. More recently he has owned and managed successfully a guest house, named The Fairfield, at Daytona Beach.
He was married at Dorset, Vt., on December 23, 1902, to Amelia Griffith, a schoolmate at Kimball Union Academy. Three children resulted from the union—Marion, a physician at Nashua. N. H.; Walter ('33), in the Coast Artillery, and Ruth, wife of Dr. Emerson Day. These, with two grandchildren, survive him.
The funeral was held in the White Church at Hanover on November 4, and burial was in the older village cemetery.
1903
JAMES MICHAEL GERAGHTY, general manager of the Ticonderoga, N. Y., plant of the International Paper Company until he retired in January 1940 because of ill health, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Ticonderoga, October 7, 1942.
Born July 5, 1882, in Springfield, Mass., son of James and Mary (Casey) Geraghty, Jim prepared for college in Holyoke, Mass. After attending Holy Cross College for his freshman year he transferred to Dartmouth.
After graduation he entered the employ of the Holyoke Paper Mills, becoming superintendent in 1913. In 1928 he was superintendent of the American Writing Paper Company's mill in Holyoke, and in 1935 was made manager of the Ticonderoga mill of the International Paper Co.
On February 20, 1911, Jim married Mary Ryan of Fitchburg, Mass., a graduate of Wellesiey College, and to them were born five children: Mary, James, William (Dart. '37), Elaine, and Kathleen.
Funeral services were held at St. Mary's church in Ticonderoga, and burial was in Holyoke, Mass.
During his course in college Jim was a fine student, a genial fellow, and of the highest principles. His loyalty to Dartmouth has been evidenced throughout his life, and we have lost in his passing one of the fine personalities of the class.
1904
RAYMOND LINDLEY CLEVELAND, a member of this class through freshman year, died September 27, 1942, at the Boston City Hospital.
He was born in Danvers, Mass., March 15, 1882, the son of William A. Cleveland, and prepared for college at Danvers High School. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
He had been of recent years a motion picture producer, with his home in Danvers.
November 26, 1916, he was married to Gladys LeMoreaux, who survives him, with three children.
1912
HAROLD R. TREWIN, Dartmouth 1912, died at Cedar Rapids, lowa, on October 8, 1942.
"Hap" was born at Lansing, lowa, May 30, 1890, the son of James H. Trewin and Martha E. Rector. He prepared at Washington High School, Cedar Rapids. At Hanover, he was Alpha Delta Phi. Following Dartmouth, he graduated from University of lowa Law School, and practiced law in Cedar Rapids from 1915. In 1916, he became a partner in Trewin, Simmons and Trewin.
During the World War he was Ist lieutenant F. A. in the 337th Field Artillery, later going to Fort Sill to become an aerial observer. He went overseas with the 135th Aero Squadron, and was stationed in the Toul Sector. He was discharged August 22, 1919, and was later cornmissioned Captain and then promoted to Ma- jor in the Judge Advocate General's Department.
His father died in 1927, and at the time of Hap's death he was the senior member of the firm of Trewin, Simmons, Perrine and Albright.
He married Muriel Arthur at Glen Ellyn, Illinois, June 30, 1915. They had three children, Martha, born 1916; James Arthur, born 1918; and Charlotte, born 1925. Their home is at 1950 Fourth Avenue, S.E. James is an ensign in the Navy.
Harold was for two terms president of Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, for nine years a member, and for six years president of the School Board. He served as United States Assistant Attorney for the Northern District of lowa from 1922 to 1924, and as assistant County Attorney from 1921 to 1922. He was past treasurer of the Linn County Bar Association, and member of the American Bar Association, Executive Club, Cedar Rapids Country Club, Pickwick Club, American Legion,. Masons, and Elks. His hobby was making reproductions of antique furniture.
He was a prominent and loved member of the Class of 1912, and will be missed at Classreunions. He was one of the long-distance travelers who attended the 25th Reunion, and all those who were there will remember his joy in the event.
1914
RUSSELL NEWTON KUECH died November 3: at Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital.
The son of Frederick W. and Luella C. (Newton) Kuech, he was born in Brattleboro, December 2, 1890, and prepared for college at Brattleboro High School.
He remained in his native town after graduation, and was for some years cashier in the store of Goodnow, Pearson & Hunt.
He had not married, and was survived by his mother and a brother, Julius F. Kuech '17.
1922
FRANK HENRY MCCLURE, member of this class during freshman year, died at his home in Albany, N. Y., October 21, 1942.
He was born in Albany, February 13, 1900, the son of Henry J. and Rachel Ruth (Conrad) McClure, and prepared for college at Albany High School.
For many years he had been associated with the piano distributing firm of McClure & Dorwaldt, and became the treasurer of the firm.
October 3, 1932, he was married to Alida P. Ballagh of Albany, who survives him with four children.
1926
"ERNEST W. BAUER JR., 427 Main St., Lewiston, Maine," was the way he was registered in the College records, but we all knew him as Ernie. He was hard-working; he was friendly; he had a warm, genuine smile for everybody. He was a good Kappa Sig.
Ernie died in the Lewiston C. M. G. Hospital on the 12th of October after a two months' illness. He and his family were vacationing last August when suddenly he was taken ill. After three weeks in a Boston hospital, where a brain operation was performed, Ernie was brought back to the Lewiston hospilal. But all to no avail.
Almost his entire business career was devoted to the Bauer Hardware Co. of Lewiston, of which Ernie was treasurer and co-owner. His interests were many, and they all involved helping others. The Salvation Army and the Boy Scouts were two in which he was especially active.
Born in Lewiston, December 10, 1903, the son of Ernest and Marie (Simion) Bauer, Ernie married Pauline I'ulsifer on February 18, 1929. Their two daughters are Joan Pulsifer and Mary Cornelia. In addition to his parents, his wife and daughters, Ernie left a brother, Alfred, and Elsa, his twin sister.
There is yet another gone forward.
1942
LIEUTENANT PHILIP EDWIN THORNTON was killed November 3 in an airplane accident at Greenville, Miss., while on duty at Kaye Field, Columbus, Miss.
He was born in Fitchburg, Mass., May 31, 1920. the son of Edwin Charles and Marguerite (Phillips) Thornton. His home from childhood was in Hanover, and he prepared for college at Hanover High School, where he was prominent in athletics. In college he was a member of Delta Upsilon.
During his sophomore year he received his Civilian Pilot Training Certificate, and in February 1941 he enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps. He received his commission as first lieutenant in September 1941.
He was a member of the Church of Christ in Hanover and of the local scout troop, attaining its highest honor, that of Eagle Scout.
January 20, 1942, he was married to Marjorie M. Burns of Bethel, Me., who survives him, as do his parents and a brother, Allen J. Thornton.
Second Lieutenant WILLARD CURTIS WARD, United States Army Air Force, was killed in an airplane accident in the British Isles on October 9, 1942.
Willard didn't stay with our class for the distance at Hanover. Perhaps he was more foresighted than some of us: or perhaps he was more anxious to get into the scrap than most of us. After two years at Dartmouth, he left school to become a flying instructor at the Parkes Air College in St. Louis. Two days after Pearl Harbor he joined the famous Eagle Squadron, serving as a pilot officer in the Seventeenth Eagle Squadron, R.A.F., until recently when the squadron was inducted into the United States Army Air Forces. He was among the first of us to reach active combat service; now he has become one of the first to give his life to the cause. We know that he will not have died in vain.
The son of Walter S. Ward and Beryl Curtis, Willard was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on January 19, 1920. Before coming to Dartmouth, he attended the Choate School and the Leßosey School in Switzerland. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu.
He is survived by his parents and by a sister, Mrs. Betty W. Kelsey of Montclair, N. J.
Medical School
1900
DR. CLARENCE PRESSEY BALLARD died from an apoplectic stroke at his home in Penacook, N. H., March 4, 1941, after six months' illness. His death has only recently been reported.
He was born in Concord, N. H., February 9, 1877, the son of Charles Ezra and Cynthia Viola (Dunlap) Ballard, and received his early education in the schools of that city. His entire medical course was taken at Dartmouth.
After an internship in a New York hospital he began practice at Gilmanton, N. H., where he remained 19 years, removing thence to Penacook, where he was in practice for the rest of his life.
Dr. Ballard was an active member of the Penacook Congregational church, and sang in its choir.
He was married in 1907 to Maude E. Gilman, who preceded him in death by five months. They left five children: Edna of New Haven, Conn.; Robert and Arthur of Lynn, Mass.: Henry of Penacook; and Horace of Milford, N. H.
ARTHUR PERRY FAIRFIELD 'OO Former manager of the Hanover Inn andthe Dartmouth Dining Association.
