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.]
Shafter, Theodore S., '75, July 8. Tripp, George H., '76, Sept. 2. Foster, Warren W., '81, Aug. 8. Abbott, John, '91, Sept. 15. Woodcock, Fred W., '91, Aug. 11. Abbott, Winthrop P., '93, July 25. Coakley, Frank M., '97, Sept. 2. Hart, Warren W., '97. Patterson, Griesser K., '05, June 26. Ricker, G. Roscoe, '05, May 12. Brown, Thurmond, '06, Aug. 1. Hancock, Walter A., 'OB, Sept. 15. Steward, Wayne D., '10, May 31. Hitchcock, Charles Y., '12, Aug. 13. Stone, Ralph K., '13, Sept. 13. *Hazelton, Paul H., '14, Aug. 1. Hurlburt, John R., '15, Sept. 6. Kiley, Edward L., '16, Aug. 26. Stickney, Robert C., '17, Sept. 7. McMahon, James E., '18, Sept. 1. Johnson, Franklin D., '20, Aug. 28. Branch, Guy F., '23. Miller, Frank A., '23, Aug. 15. Pearson, Chauncey W., '27, May, 1940. *Handly, Oscar, '31, Aug. 14. Needham, Robert A., '31, Aug. 2. *Morris, John J., '37. *Whidden, Robert G., '39, Aug. 19. * Cooke, James H., '40. *Anderson, Walter T., '43. *Stein, Arthur H., Jr., '43, July 23. *Emerson, Roger D., '46, Aug. 16. Smith, Harry W., 'oom. Hutchinson, John D., '86, July 16.
In Memoriam
1876
GEORGE HENRY TRIPP died at his home in Fairhaven, Mass., September 2,
The son of Hiram and Louisa (Gifford) Tripp, he was born in Fairhaven, December 28, 1853, and prepared for college at the local high school. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
After graduation he was principal of the Hyannis, Mass., High School for four years and then for one year of the Fairhaven High School. In 1881 he was appointed principal of a grammar school in New Bedford, and continued in this position until 1901, when he became librarian of the New Bedford Public Library. He retired in 1937. His home had remained all these years in his native town.
For several months in 1918 he had charge of library activities at Camp Dix, New Jersey, and during the war was chairman of the New Bedford Red Cross organization. He had been a trustee of St. Luke's Hospital and president of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society.
April 8, 1885, he was married to Helen E. Covell of New Bedford, who died in August 1937. Their two children survive, Mrs. Grace Vinal of Mercer Island, Wash., and Dr. Curtis C. Tripp (Dartmouth 1918) of New Bedford. There are six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
1881
WARREN WILLIAM FOSTER died August 8 at the Norwalk, Conn., General Hospital. The son of Nathaniel W. and Fanny (Miller) Foster, he was born at Riverhead, N. Y., July 26, 1859, and prepared for college at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. He came to Dartmouth at the beginning of junior year from Williams College. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.
After graduation from Columbia Law School in 1883 he began the practice of law in New York City. In 1900 he was elected a judge of the Court of General Sessions of New York for a term of fourteen years, and acquired a high reputation by his service on the bench.
Active in politics, he was chairman of the Democratic Campaign Committee from 1895 to 1900 and for the last two years of the District Committee. In 1899 he was secretary of the citizens committee for the reception of Admiral Dewey by the city of New York. In 1899 also he was a member of the Change of Grade Damage Commission. On his return from travels in the Far East in 1903 he was given a public banquet by leading citizens of New York.
Since his retirement from the bench he has given much of his time to business interests. Among the corporations with which he had close connections were the American Light and Traction Company, the Cities Service Company, Buffalo Elevators, Inc., the American Commercial Alcohol Company, and the River Rouge Corporation.
Judge Foster never married, and made his home in later years with two sisters in Norwalk, Conn.
1883
JOHN THADDF.US CRESSEY died July 19. 1943, at the Cambridge (Mass.) City Hospital.
He was born in Dover, N. H., January 13, 1861, the son of Thaddeus P. Cressey., and prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy. He entered and graduated with the class. He was a member of Psi Upsilon. He did not participate in any of the extra-curricular activities of his college days, although in after life he was an enthusiastic baseball fan.
After graduation he was engaged in the millinery business in Dover, either in association with or succeeding his father. He was later in the restaurant business in Cambridge, and taught in New York and Pennsylvania, his last teaching position being at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., where he taught science and mathematics. Later with his daughter he operated the Crest-Court Inn in Cambridge.
In 1894 he was married to Amy P. Robinson of Dover, who has died. Their daughter, Mary R. Cressey, survives her parents.
1891
FRED WAYLAND WOODCOCK died August 11 at his home in Ashburnham, Mass.
The son of William Lansford and Susan Jane (Stratton) Woodcock, he was born in Winchendon, Mass., May 17, 1868, and prepared for college at Cushing Academy, Ashburnham. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and of the class and varsity baseball teams. He left Dartmouth at the end of junior year, and completed his course at Brown, where he graduated in 1891. At Brown he was a member of the baseball team, and had a distinguished record as pitcher.
For a short time after graduation Woodcock played on the Pittsburgh National League ball team, on which Connie Mack was one of the catchers. In the fall of 1893 he entered the insurance business in Boston, and until his death was associated with the same general agency.
For 42 years he served as a trustee of Gushing Academy. For many years he lived in Winthrop and Newton, serving on the school committee in Winthrop and later four years as alderman in Newton.
In June 1893 he was married to Josephine E. Greenwood of Ashburnham, who survives him, with their two children, Edmund G. of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mary, the wife of Melvin H. Partridge, Dartmouth '27, of New Rochelle, N. Y. There are two grandsons and three granddaughters.
At the funeral services J. Frank Allison rep resented his Dartmouth class.
1893
WINTHROP PORTER ABBOTT died suddenly at his home in Greenfield, Mass., July 26, 1943.
The son of Royal and Nancy T. (Newton) Abbott, he was born July 15, 1868, at Brookfield, Vt., and prepared for Dartmouth at the Randolph High School.
He graduated with the class of 1893, receiving the degree of A.B. and in 1896 the degree of A.M. Quietly but sincerely active in all college and class affairs, Abbott was a member of Psi Upsilon, Tiger senior society, the Y.M.C.A., and other college organizations.
For two years after graduating from Dartmouth he was principal of the White River Junction High School. During 1895 and 1896 he was at Brookfield, the illness of his parents necessitating his assistance at home.
In 1896 he accepted the principalship of the Proctor, Vt., High School and later was superintendent of schools there until 1907. It was during this period that he was married to Miss Cornelia Pierce—(November 1, 1898) a former Randolph High School schoolmate, who survives him. They had no children.
From 1907 to 1912 Mr. Abbott was superintendent of schools for Proctor, Pittsford, Rutland (town), and Chittenden. While serving in this capacity he was president of the Vermont State Teachers Association and examiner of teachers for Rutland County.
In 1912 he was called to the superintendency of schools at Greenfield, Mass., continuing in this important work until 1929. Greenfield Schools became noteworthy under his direction.
I" illness affected his voice somewhat, and in 1929 he retired from school work to operate a teachers agency until 1933, when he suffered a severe shock, which left him inactive and confined to his home.
Although almost helpless during the last ten years of his life, nevertheless his Christian faith was sublime, and he was cheerful up to( the very end.
Funeral services were held July 28, at the Second Congregational church, Greenfield, of which he was senior deacon for many years.
1894
EDWARD SHERMAN LINDSEY was born in Warren, Pa., December 17, 1872, the son of Judge Wilton Monroe and Emma (Sherman) Lindsey. He died at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, April 25, 1943.
He prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy and was with the class of '94 during its freshman year. He is recorded as having entered the Dartmouth Medical School in 1892. However, he soon turned to his father's profession and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the New York Law School in 1893. He practiced law in his native town from 1895 to 1943, was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1915, and president judge of the 37th Judicial District from 1920 until 1922.
His keen interest in law is shown by his having served as treasurer and associate editor of the Journal of American Institute CriminalLaw and Criminology, and his membership in the American and the Pennsylvania Bar Associations and the American Society of International Law. His wider interests are shown by his membership in the American Anthropological Association, American Sociological Society, American Historical Association, American Folk-Lore Society, and other scientific and historical organizations. He was the author of "Indeterminate Sentence and Parole System," 1925, "The International Court," 1931, and wrote numerous articles published in legal periodicals.
May 28, 1895, he married Mildred M. Crosby, a member of the Crosby family which is famed in Dartmouth medical circles. She was herself well known as a leader of Hanover society in her day. Mrs. Lindsey died May 31, 1937, and Judge Lindsey leaves no immediate family.
1897
After an illness of ten months, FRANKLIN MITCHELL COAKLEY died of heart trouble at the Cambridge City Hospital September 2, 1943. His health had not been good for two years.
He was born in Nahant, Mass., October 13, 1873, and prepared for college at Boston Latin School.
After graduating from Boston University Law School in 1900, he practised law in, Boston, Salem, and Cambridge. During his life in Salem he was active in politics. He was keenly interested in history, and kept up his reading until the week before he died.
Funeral services were held with a solemn high mass of requiem at St. Paul's Church, Cambridge, the mass being celebrated by his son, Rev. Mark J. Coakley.
He is survived by his wife, Mary (Lombard) Coakley, his daughters, Alice L. Coakley and Mrs. Irving N. Munroe Jr., and a son, Rev. Mark J.. Coakley, also two sisters, Mrs. D. J. Donovan and Miss Sara Coakley, both of Lynn.
1905
The sad news has been received of the death of our classmate, GEORGE ROSCOE RICKER on May 12, 1943, from hypertension. George was born in May, 1882, in Biddeford, Maine. He resided at 2012 Harlandale Ave., Dallas, Texas. He was traveling auditor for the Singer Sewing Machine Co. in the Southwest. George was a very faithful and loyal member of the class of '05 and attended almost all of our reunions. We recall with great pleasure our associations with him, both in his undergraduate days and at our reunions. His pleasant smile and friendly manner made him most welcome in any group.
The sympathy of the class is extended to his sister, Mrs. Ethel R. Nelson, 256 Jones Street, Racine, Wis., in her great loss.
1906
THURMOND BROWN died suddenly from a heart attack in New York City August 1, 1943.
Born in Louisburg, N. C., July 20, 1883, the son of Garrett and Lee (Jefferys) Brown, "T" early began his trek from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific and back. His school days were spent in St. Louis, Mo. A member of Psi Upsilon. Casque and Gauntlet, and Palaeopitus, he was assistant manager of the baseball team in 1904.
After graduating from the Tuck School in 1907 he went west and later returned to New York. In 1907-8 he was with the Prudential Insurance Co.; in 1908-9 with the Wood Harmon Co.: in 1909-14 at Prince Rupert, B. C.; in 1914-18 with the Alaska Gatineau Mining Co.
Then followed his war experience as first lieutenant of Field Artillery. Since 1919 he had been a salesman for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York. That he had made a success in this profession is evidenced by the fact that for several years he held an honorary membership in the Group Millionaires Club, the qualification for which requires sales of at least one million dollars worth of life insurance yearly.
"T" was an active member of the Dartmouth Club of New York, serving on various committees, and was captain of the Club Bridge Team. He was also a member of the Wykagyl'Country Club.
He never married, and leaves a' sister, Mrs. Berkeley Spicer of Brooklyn, and two brothers, Major Ogden Brown ('09) of the Army Air Corps and Garrett Brown of California.
Shorty Davis, Bill McGrail, Joe Nuelle, and the Secretary represented the class at the funeral service.
1912
CHARLES YOUNG ("CHUB") HITCHCOCK died in Boston, Mass., on August 13 after a lingering illness and an operation performed last September. Services were at Bigelow Chapel, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, conducted by Rev. Frank Taylor Weil '12. Burial was at Hanover, N. H.
Of long and distinguished Dartmouth ancestory, he was born at Hanover on May 7, 1891, the son of the late Prof. Hiram A. (Dartmouth 1879) and Eliza (Young) Hitchcock. Preparing at Hanover High School, he entered college with the class of 1912 and was of the fourth generation to graduate from Dartmouth College. His grandmother was the donor of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and his grandfather's second wife, Mary Howe, was the donor of Howe Library at Hanover.
His grandfather, Charles A. Young, '53, was a member of the faculty at Dartmouth and later Princeton University, serving during part of Woodrow Wilson's administration there. "Chub" spent his childhood years in Princeton and was a playmate of the Wilson children.
After the death of his parents he made his home with his aunt, the wife of his father's brother whose generous donations are well known to Dartmouth. The home stood next to the old KICK House, "Chub's" fraternity, almost on the spot where Hitchcock Hall now stands. Professor Charles A. Proctor is an uncle.
September 26, 1914, he married Alice Raisbeck Bliss of Maiden, Mass. During the first World War he was a government wool administrator and is really a casualty of that war, having worked himself to a nervous breakdown. After several years of complete rest, he engaged in the wool business in Boston, and later was identified with an insurance company there.
He is survived by his widow and a son, Ensign Charles Y. Hitchcock Jr. '38, USNR, now serving overseas.
"Chub," as he was familiarly known to his many Dartmouth friends, was of a quiet and unassuming disposition and one of those rare characters who ask nothing of others, but was dependable and ready to serve to his utmost in anything that was asked of him. Throughout his life he was the ideal scholar and gentleman, and was always just that.
1914
The members of the class of 1914 reverently pause along their several paths in silent tribute to their first casualty in this present war. LT. COL. PAUL H. HAZELTON was killed in the much discussed glider crash at St. Louis, Sunday, July 31, 1943.
A flyer in the last war, Paul became a first lieutenant and was for a period based at Foggia, Italy, where his commanding officer was Fiorello H. La Guardia, now mayor of New York. After studying French and Italian Aircraft, he flew on both the Italian and French fronts, returning to the United, States in 1919.
Paul Hazel ton was the son of Arthur Sargent Hazelton o£ Plymouth, N. H., former senator from the state of lowa. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Dartmouth College.
During the peace years, Col. Hazelton was associated with the City Bank Farmers Trust Co., an affiliate of the National City Bank. His home was in Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. He was a member of the New York State Bar, having received his law degree from St. John's Law School in Brooklyn, in 1937.
When this war broke out, Paul was re-commissioned and rapidly rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel. His work in the Air Corps had been concerned with procurement in Detroit and more recently with glider development work in St. Louis.
Col. Hazelton is survived by his wife Mildred who resides at 7045 Northmoor Drive, University City, St. Louis. Interment was at the National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Nineteen fourteen will treasure his memory, and with the North Winds "keep a record of his fame."
1916
EDWARD LAWRENCE KILEY died on Thursday, August 26, after an operation performed at the Nassau Hospital, L. I. Funeral services were held at Fairchild Chapel, Garden City, on Sunday, August 29. The deceased had resided at 77 Magnolia Avenue, Garden City, since 1940.
He was born at Lawrence, Mass., on August 5, 1895, the son of George H. and Ella O'Neill Kiley. He was a graduate of the High School, Dorchester, Mass., and Dartmouth College, with the degree A.B. in 1916, and of the Tuck School with the degree M.C.S. in 1917.
Upon the completion of his formal education he was employed by the Lewis Manufacturing Co. of Walpole, Mass., but in September, 1917, he enlisted in the Army and was inducted at Fort Slocum, N. Y. He served in the Field Artillery at Ft. Upton, N. Y., Camp Hancock, Georgia, and Camp Wordsworth, South Carolina. He was made sergeant on April 19, 1918, commissioned as and Lt. on June 1, 1918, and discharged from service on Dec. 13, 1918.
In February 1919 he was employed by the Goodyear Rubber Company. A few years later he entered the service of the Clinton Carpet Co. of Chicago and was active in the interests of this firm until his death, being engaged in business in various areas including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York. In 1934 he was made Eastern Sales Manager of the firm with office in New York.
In 1926 he was married to Miss Eva Mussina Hockenburg, a graduate of Lockhaven Teachers' College. He is survived by his widow and their son, James Loudon Kiley, born February 13, 1931.
Ed's friendship has been prized by 1916 throughout our life as a Dartmouth class. For us he has been above all, a gay and charming companion whose wit was always scintillating but kindly and intelligently controlled, whose richly deserved success we respected. We felt that affection for the College and for us was ever-present in his loyal heart, and it is in this spirit that we lament his passing and convey our heartfelt sympathies to his family.
1911
DR. CHARLES MARC GILMORE died on May 1s' 1943» at Craig House, Beacon, N. Y., a sanitarium which he had served as director and vice president.
Born in Effingham, 111., June 22, 1895, the son of Thomas Nixon and Lula (Cooper) Gilmore, he moved to Cranford, N. J., in 1906, and there attended public schools, graduating from Cranford High School in 1913. In Dartmouth he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Dragon, and with his work in Medical School, of Alpha Kappa Kappa. He enlisted in the Medical Reserve Corps on December 20, 1917, but was never called to active duty.
From Dartmouth, upon graduation, Chuck went to Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he received his M.D. degree with the class of 1919. His internship was served at Newark, N. J., City Hospital, following which he studied for six months in Queen's Hospital, London, England, and, subsequently, for a year at the New York Neurological Institute. In January, 1922, he took up the work at Craig House which occupied him throughout the balance of his life. He was a member of the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, Duchess County Medical Society, and the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases.
During his preparatory and undergraduate days, Chuck was a capable athlete, earning his varsity letter in track at Dartmouth. In high school he had at one time or another played on Cranford's teams in all sports. He maintained his active interest, in athletics throughout his professional life.
Chuck served his class and college well. He was secretary of 1917 tor the five-year period from 1932 to 1937, and during that time did much more in the way of research on his classmates than secretaries normally feel called upon to do. He considered himself always available for any call which Dartmouth or his classmates made, regardless of the professional demands on his time. It can be truthfully said that Chuck loved Dartmouth. No doubt it is the memory of men like Chuck which makes our own small efforts for the College and for 1917 a pleasure. Although the serious nature of his illness had been known for some time, word of his death came as a distinct shock.
On December 30, 1921, he married Elisabeth M. Towl in Westfield, N. J. To her and their two sons, Charles Mark Jr. and Thomas Burr, and their daughter Jane Mandeville, we of 1917 extend our sincere sympathy.
1920
FRANKLIN DANA JOHNSON died at his summer home at Prospect Point, Ontario, August 28, 1943, of heart disease. Although he had been in good health he passed away five minutes after the attack.
The son of Burt Leon and Alice (Cummings) Johnson, Frank was born in Portland, Me., October 30, 1897. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Portland grammar and high schools, where he gained state-wide fame as an athlete.
In college Frank was one of the most popular members of the student body. He played on the football, basketball, and rifle teams, and served a term as secretary. He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and Casque and Gauntlet senior society. However, Frank will not be remembered because of these honors but because of his magnetic personality and his spirit of good fellowship.
After graduation he entered the employ of the Ryerson Steel Company, and was still with them at the time of his death. He started in New York City, but was shortly transferred to Buffalo, N. Y. He had been credit manager for several years. Frank's activities in Buffalo were varied. He held practically every office in the University Club, was a member of various charitable organizations, and above all loved to hunt and fish; in fact he was rated as one of the best game shots in western New York state.
Frank is survived by his wife, Margaret Mills Johnson, whom he married October 16, 1929, and a son, Merrill, 12, who live at 805 Auburn Ave., Buffalo. His father and two brothers, Harold and Leon, also survive.
1923
GUY FRANKLIN BRANCH died December 29, 1942, at the home of his parents in Champlain, N. Y. He had returned there in failing health in July, and spent some time without benefit in a hospital in Montreal.
He was born in Champlain September 4, 1901, the son of William F. and Mary (Eddy) Branch, who survive him.
He was connected with the class only during freshman year, and then was for some time in the employ of the Associated Gas and Electric Company at Plattsburg, N. Y. For the last ten years he was associated with the Stanley Products Company of Massachusetts, and for the last five years sales manager for the company for the state of Delaware, with his office at Wilmington.
FRANK AUSTIN MILLER died August 15 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, N. Y.
He was born in New York City August 30, 1901, the son of Alfred and Sarah F. (Cosse) Miller, and was with the class only through freshman year.
From 1923 to 1926 he was in the bond department of the Mechanics and Metals National Bank of New York City; in 1926-8 assistant secretary of the Provident Building and Loan Association of Haverstraw, N. Y.; in 1928-30 with the American National Company of New York; in 1931-4 a salesman with the Northwestern Life Insurance Company; and since 1934 an investigator for the welfare department of Haverstraw, where he made his home. He had not married.
Despite the brevity of his direct' association with the College, he was always a loyal and enthusiastic Dartmouth man.
1927
WILBUR FREDERIC PARKER died May 13, 1943, in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City. The son of Edward Byron and Minnie Louise (Edson) Parker, Fred was born April 7, 1905, in Franconia, N. H., where he spent his early boyhood and received his preparatory education at Dow Academy.
With his love for the hills of New Hampshire it was natural that he should become a Dartmouth man. In college he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi.
After graduating he entered Harvard Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B. in 1931. He then practiced law for five years in Manchester, N. H. In 1936 he removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he practiced for six years as junior member of the firm of Conant and Parker. He also served for some time as state's attorney for Caledonia county.
In the fall of 1942 Fred was called to the Berkshire Life Insurance Company of Pitts- field, Mass., as attorney. His fine work with this company predicted a brilliant future, and it was while attending a meeting of the Association of Life Insurance Counsel, of which he had just been elected a member, that he suffered a heart attack.
June 22, 1935, he was married in Wellesley, Mass., to Elizabeth Shirley, a graduate of Wellesley College and a native of Goffstown, N. H., who survives him, with their six-yearold son, Chandler Brooks Parker.
His classmates will remember Fred as a quiet, sincere, and friendly member, a fine student, a good citizen, and a gentleman.
1935
ROBERT NELSON LAVERS lost his life somewhere in the South Pacific on April 24, 1943.
The son of James William and Hazel Kirk (Bingham) Lavers, he was born in Norwood, Mass., September 27, 1911, and prepared for college at the Boston English High School and the Huntington School. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and The Players.
After graduation he studied at Boston University Law School, graduating in 1939, and began legal practice in Boston.
He volunteered for army service, and was inducted January 16, 1941. He was with Headquarters Cos., 26th Division, at Camp Edwards, Finance Department, and went overseas in August, 1942. He had the rank of first lieutenant at the time of his death.
1937
Sergeant JOHN JOSEPH MORRIS was killed in action in the South Pacific on July 16.
The son of Andrew and Alma (Farrelle) Morris, he was born in Raymond, N. H., June 25, 1914. The family early removed to Hartford, Vt., and he prepared for college at Hartford High School. He entered college with the class of '36, but his longer connection was with '37.
After leaving college at the end of junior year he went into business at White River Junction with his father, since deceased. In May 1941 he was inducted into the Army, and went overseas in October 1942, and was on the U.S.S. Coolidge when it sank in that month.
He had not married, and is survived by his mother, two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Kenyon of West Hartford and Miss Dorothy Morris of White River Junction, and a brother, Sergeant Benjamin Morris. Shortly before his death he wrote a letter to his elder sister, containing messages to his nephew and niece, a part of which follows:
"Tell Dickie to always remember what I told him long ago—we are fighting to preserve our country as it is, with its almighty freedom and opportunity for all. Tell him and Laurel to make the best uses of this priceless heritage and to carry on in such a manner that their own consciences never reproach them for their personal conduct. In this way they can partially atone for the sacrifices, hardships, and suffering that their fellow men, only separated from them by a few years difference in ages, are making on distant fronts all over the world."
1939
ROBERT GARDNER WHIDOEN died in the crash of an Army bi-motored plane near Hampstead, N. H., August 19.
He was born in West Newton, Mass., February 4, 1918, the son of Robert Avery and Elizabeth F. (Drinkwater) Whidden, and prepared for college at Newton High School. He was a member of Sigma Chi and Dragon.
After graduation he joined the Northeast Airlines, first as an airport manager and later as a pilot. Recently he had been serving as a civilian instructor with the Army.
He was married October 30, 1942, to Julia Giles Lamster of Detroit. They had been making their home at 24 Cotter St., Waban, Mass. His parents are living at 114 Temple St., West Newton.
Private funeral services were held on August 23 at the Newton Cemetery Chapel.
1943
ENSIGN FREDERIC PRICHETT RHOADS was killed May 4 in a seaplane accident at Corpus Christi, Texas, where he had been assigned as an instructor at the expiration of a ten-day leave after he had won his wings.
The son of Major C. Brewster Rhoads, prominent Philadelphia attorney now serving with the Marines, and Katherine (Gage) Rhoads, he was born in Philadelphia May 3, 1921, and attended William Penn Charter School before coming to Dartmouth. He left college at the end of his junior year to enlist in the Naval Air Forces. At Dartmouth he was an English major and a member of Kappa Sigma.
He leaves a younger brother, C. Brewster Rhoads Jr., and a sister, Katherine Rhoads, in addition to his parents. As yet no details have been made public about the accident.
1944
Air Cadet EARLE HENRY CUNNINGHAM JR. was killed in an airplane crash at Yuma, Arizona, on March 51, 1943.
He was born June 30, 1919, in Portland, Me., the son of Earle H. Cunningham and Gertrude (Hunt) Cunningham. Prior to coming to Dartmouth, his home was in Birmingham, Mich., where he attended Baldwin High School. He was graduated from the University of Detroit High School in Detroit in 1940.
He left Dartmouth in Nov., 1940, and volunteered for military service in August, 1941. At the time of his death he was an Air Cadet in the Army Air Forces.
Thayer School
1886
JOHN DUNCAN HUTCHINSON died July 16 at his home in Antrim, N. H.
The son of George Gates and Mary Carter (Duncan) Hutchinson, he was born in Antrim, April 25, 1856, prepared for college at Francestown and Kimball Union Academies, and graduated from Middlebury College with the degree of A.B. in 1882. He was a member of Delta Upsilon,
After graduation from the Thayer School he had various professional employment for several years, and in 1890 became assistant engineer with the Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Conn. His health having failed, he returned to his native town in 1894, and has since made his home there, doing some engineering work from time to time. He never married.
Medical School
1900
Dr. HARRY WILBUR SMITH died of apoplexy at his home in Norridgewock, Me., August 19. 1943.
He was born in Hampden, Me., May 1, 1870, the son of Sumner and Violetta (Patterson) Smith, and obtained his early education in the schools of his native town, including Hampden Academy.
After graduation he began practice at Hampden, but removed to Norridgewock in 1902. He became particularly interested in surgery, and performed many operations under difficult conditions in private homes in the earlier years of his practice, meeting with eminent success.
He was actively connected with all enterprises for the welfare of his community, and held many positions of trust. He was a member of the county, state, and American medical associations and of the Masonic order.
His widow survives him, Mrs. Grace (Perkins) Smith, to whom he was married in 1902, also a grandson, a granddaughter, and a greatgrandson. His only child, the daughter of a former marriage, Mrs. Emma Smith Staples of Worcester, Mass., died in 1941.
* Died in war service.
