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.]
Ely, Richard T., '76, Oct. 4. Parker, Robert P., '82, Aug. 15. Hale, Edwin E., '84. Cleaves, Fordyce P., '87, Sept. 30. Wentworth, Fred W., '87, Oct. 3. Smith, Carson A., '91, Sept. 21. Fitzpatrick, Louis J., '02. Hazen, Freeman 8., '06, Oct. 12. Williams, Arthur P., '15, Oct. 14. Morrison, Robert F., '18, Oct. 16. Waterman, Philip G., '30, Sept. 8. *Westerlind, George C., '43. *Phillips, Robert K., '45, Sept. 12 Davis, Homer A., m' 92, June 29. Toye, John E., m'01, Sept. 17. Ripley, Alfred L., h'36, Oct. 13. * Died in war service.
In Memoriam
1887
The death of FRED WESLEY WENTWORTH, at his home in Paterson, N. J., October 2, removes one of the distinguished members of his class. Following his graduation, Mr. Wentworth, after a period of preparation for six years, established an office, at Paterson, where he began a career of much distinction as an architect.
He was born at Boxboro, Mass., August 22, 1864, the son of William Trickey and Lucinda Phipps (McDonald) Wentworth. He was fitted for college at Dover (N. H.) High School. His family had moved to Dover, when he was very young. He was married, May 9, 1893, to Florence Agnes Maria Hulburt of Jericho, Vt. Mrs. Wentworth died a few years ago. There were no children.
Mr. Wentworth's ancestry dates back to the Norman Conquest, the celebrated Wentworths of the titled English, furnishing one of the outstanding royal governors of New Hampshire in colonial times. His mother was descended from the Scottish clan McDonald.
Mr. Wentworth attained great distinction in his profession and considerable wealth. The American Institute of Architects in 1926 conferred on him its highest honor by making him a fellow.
His earlier work was residential, and several of the elaborate homes at Paterson were designed by him. Some of these included the homes of Kimball C. Atwood, president of the Preferred Accident Insurance Company, Ex-Attorney-General John W. Griggs, and Garret A. Hobort Jr., vice president of the United States. He also was the architect of his own fine home. While a permanent resident of New York City, the writer passed many happy week-ends there.
Later his work broadened, and he designed many important public structures and made a great deal of money. His fee for one movie house in Jersey City was $75,000. One of these buildings was the Passaic County Tuberculosis Sanitarium, a project costing $4,000,000. Others were the Paterson Masonic Temple, the Paterson post office, the Broadway Baptist church, the Jewish Temple Emanuel, the Passaic County Welfare Home, accommodating 400 beds, the Y.M.C.A. building, and several schools. He enlarged and restored the Casque and Guantlet house and built the Psi Upsilon house at Hanover.
His business had been a one man affair until in 1923 he chose Frederick J. Vreeland as an equal partner. Mr. Vreeland had been his head draftsman for many years. The firm of Wentworth & Vreeland will probably cotinue to carry on. His own work will give his of architectural art.
In college he was a member of the Phi Zeta Mu fraternity (now Sigma Chi), and one of the founders of the Casque and Guantlet and designed its pin. He was a Universalist, a Republican, and a Mason, Scottish Rite and Shrine. His clubs were the Hamilton Club of Paterson, the North Jersey Country Club, a charter member of the Rotary Club. He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution, and of the New Jersey State Board of Architects.
STANLEY JOHNSON
1891
JOHN ABBOTT died September 15 at the Gifford Memorial Hospital, Randolph, Vt., where he had entered for rest and treatment following an attack of cardiac thrombosis about three weeks before.
The son of John James and Mary Augusta (Hall) Abbott, he was born in North Berwick, Me., February 16, 1869, and prepared for college in Rochester, N. H. In college he was a good student, and for three years was a member of the varsity baseball team, playing at third base and as captain in senior year. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
After a year in New York he entered Harvard Law School, graduating in 1895 and being admitted to the Massachusetts bar. For years he headed the Boston law firm of Abbott, Drew, Rogerson, and Carr, two Dartmouth and two Harvard graduates. For twenty years his practice was principally court work, and since in general practice in behalf of individuals, corporations, and estates, and the care of trust properties. He has been for 30 years counsel for the Massachusetts General Hospital.
September 2, 1897 he married Grace Richmond Sanford of Randolph, Vt„ who survives him with two daughters, Winsome and Joan, both Vassar graduates, now Mrs. Fulton Brown and Mrs. Herman F. Pike. There are five grandchildren, Michael and Jean Brown and Fay, Dixon, and John Pike, all of Winchester, Mass.
In Winchester, where John Abbott had made his home for 46 years, he had been a member of the Appropriations Committee and of a Committee for the Abolition of Grade Crossings.
DR. CARSON ABIJAH SMITH died suddenly at his home in Strafford, Vt., September 21, from coronary embolism.
The son of Nelson and Evalina Elizabeth (Gibson) Smith, he was born in Braintree, Vt., November 24, 1865, and prepared for college at Randolph High School. He took the course of the Chandler School, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
After graduation he began the study of medicine at Dartmouth and continued it at the University of Vermont, where he graduated as M.D. in 1895.
He began practice at Weston, Vt., and continued there until November 1930, when he removed to Strafford, where he has since practiced his profession.
During his long residence in Weston he served in many of the town offices, and represented the town in the state legislatures of 1908 and 1929. He was active in the Grange and the Odd Fellows, a 32d degree Mason, and had been a Worthy Patron of the Eastern Star. He never married.
At the funeral services the class was represented by E. J. Bugbee and E. W. Tewksbury.
1897
WARREN WINN HART died at his home at Bryantville, Mass., August 28, 1943.
He was born in Milton, N. H., January 26, 1872, the son of Mark H. Hart. He was with the class only through freshman year.
He studied law at Boston University, graduating as LL.B. in 1899, and practiced there-after in Boston, where he had an office at 53 State St.
He never married, but lived with his sister at Bryantville in the town of Pembroke, where he had a fine orchard of Macintosh apples, in which he took pride and pleasure. Some years he sold 1000 bushels. He was fond of bridge, and died suddenly while at the bridge table.
He was president of the Cobb Library Corporation of Bryantville, and had been president of the Mercantile Library Association of Boston and the Appalachian Mountain Club. He was also active in the Canadian Alpine Club.
1901
HENRY SALOMON passed away at his home at Little Compton, R. 1., September 7, 1943, after a long illness. He was born in Groveton, N. H., October 29, 1879, the son of Charles and Frances (Bloch) Salomon, and was a member of this class through freshman year. He then transferred to Brown University, and was graduated with the class of 1902, and received his LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1905.
After practicing law in Providence he became interested in banking, and served as vice president of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company. This position he resigned in 1932, and established his own business as an investment counsel. He was a director and member of the executive board of the American Wringer Company of Woonsocket, a former vice president of the Title Guarantee Company, a director of the Providence Boys' Club, and a member of the Rhode Island School of Design and the Rhode Island Historical Society.
Solly was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, was a Mason, and belonged to the University Club, the Agawan Hunt Club, and the Seaconnet Sea Club. Although a Brown graduate, he maintained his interest in Dart- mouth and the class of 1901, and was a loyal contributor, and participant in all class functions.
He is survived by his wife, Lucia, and three children, Henry Salomon Jr., an ensign in the U. S. Navy, a daughter in Washington, and a son Roger, who is in his second year at Philips Andover.
1902
Louis JOHNSTONE FITZPATRICK died August 2, 1943, at his home in Montreal, Que., after a month's illness.
The son of J. W. Fitzpatrick, he was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, August 17, 1879. The family early removed to Portland, Me., where he prepared for college at Portland High School.
After graduation he was for a time in insurance business in Portland, and then returned to Canada, and was in business at New Liskeard and Haileybury, Ont. About eight years ago he removed to Montreal in poor health.
He married Ethel C. Pinkham of Portland, who survives him, with their two sons, SubLieut. James W. Fitzpatrick, RCNVR, and Second Lieut. Louis F. Fitzpatrick, RCE.
For further items of interest see the Class Notes in the October MAGAZINE.
1910
WAYNE DUDLEY STEWARD died May 31, 1943, at Lisbon, La.
He was born at Marshalltown, lowa, February 19, 1888, the son of Alfred Fremont and Mary Elizabeth (Mills) Steward.
"Babe," as he was universally known, was one of the best known campus figures of his time. He played football on the varsity squad and class team, was a member of the Glee Club and of Kappa Kappa Kappa, Sphinx, and Paleopitus. His brother Ted, who died several years ago, was a classmate.
In May 1917 he enlisted in the Aviation Section of the Signal Reserve Corps, attended the U. S. School of Military Aeronautics at the University of Illinois, and was commissioned second lieutenant in February 1918. From September 1918 to February 1919 he was overseas as a pilot of the 96th Aero Squadron, First Day Bombardmant Group, A.E.F.
After returning to this country he was connected with the Portland Cement Association as district engineer for many years, later becoming a concrete contractor, and since 1937 had been proprietor of Readymix Concrete and Supply Cos. at Lisbon, La.
October 30, 1912, he was married in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to Beatrice Maud Farnham, who survives him, with their children: Bettygene, born April 11, 1914; Chadbourne (named for Horace Chadbourne), May 17, 1915, now a captain and squadron commander in the Army Air Forces; Barbara, January 27, 1921.
"Babe" was one of those grand, hail-well-met fellows, who made friends easily and helped to make the world a cheerier place to live in each day—for he lived each day, not piling up deferred enjoyment for the day that might never come.
1913
RALPH KENNETH STONE died suddenly in New York on September 13,. 1943.
He was born in Providence, R. I., December 20, 1891, the son of John Henry and Sarah Elizabeth (Dingee) Stone, and prepared for Dartmouth at Providence Classical High School. As an undergraduate, Ralph played hockey, sang in the choir and the Glee Club, was manager of the varsity track team, and an honor student. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
Upon graduation he became traffic supervising assistant of the American Tel. and Tel. Co. in Chicago. From Chicago he went to Cleveland and then to Pittsburgh with the company as assistant traffic chief. In 1917 he became a partner in the firm of Markham and Stone, manufacturers of jewelry, and served as director of the U. S. Manufacturing Jewelers' and Silversmiths' Association and "of the Association of American Manufacturers of Artificial Pearls and Specialties in Fusible Enamels. In 1938 he went with the Ralston Company, manufacturing jewelers, and in 1930 with Holcombe and Harris.
At the time of his death Ralph was in foreign trade, importing hides, skins, and raw fiber, mostly from South America and India, with the New York firm of FlemingJoffe, Ltd. He had charge of raw fiber purchases and sales and all South American correspondence and the issuance of all formal contracts.
He married Mildred Annie Hatch of Riverside, R. I., on June 23, 1914, and had two children, John Ward, born December 31, 1915, and Barbara, born June 3, 1917.
Ralph's sunny disposition and genial humor will be greatly missed. His wife and two children, now in Dayton, Ohio, survive him.
1915
JOHN RUFUS HURLBURT was one of victims of the appalling wreck of the Congressional Limited near Philadelphia on Labor Day, and as a result of injuries received in that disaster died the same day, September 6, 1943.
Funeral services were held in Philadelphia on September 8, after which the body was removed to his native Hudson, Mass., where on September 10 a solemn high mass of requiem was held in St. Michael's Church and burial was in St. Michael's Cemetery, in Hudson.
Jack came to Dartmouth from Hudson, where he was born July 11, 1894, and was a graduate of Hudson High School in the class of 1910. He was the son of the late Rufus P. and Lottie Hurlburt, and in his high school days was a star football player. He attended college from 1911 to 1915 but left prior to graduation, and for many years has not been in close touch with the class.
At the time of his death he was with "The Magazine o£ Modern Coal," in Washington, D. C., and prior to that for some time had been with the American Mining Congress in Washington.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter Charstepmother, Mrs. Rufus Hurlburt of North Brookfield, Mass.
1918
JAMES EDWARD MCMAHON died September 1 of a heart attack.
The son of James Edward and Delia (Duggan) McMahon, he was born in Clinton, Mass., September 23, 1893. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi. In freshman year he was out tor football, playing center, and roomed with Harold Rowan, who died while we were in college. He had come to college from Clashing Academy.
From December 10, 1917, to January 6, 1919, he was in the Air Corps, having the rank of second lieutenant. After the war he became advertising manager for Graton and Knight of Worcester, later becoming general sales manager, and still later was with the Howard Sprinkler Company of Worcester. He had also studied law to help him in his work.
Jim had not married. He was a natural and loyal friend, and we know that he gave his job and all of his intimate friends the same fine spirit that he showed in Hanover. We shall all miss him.
1930
PHILIP GOMER WATERMAN died suddenly of a heart attack in his room at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago on September 8, 1943. A few months ago he had passed a physical examination for additional life insurance, and so far as is known had not had any heart trouble before.
Phil was born in Elyria, Ohio, January 27, 1906, the son of Frederick Walter and Ivy (Walters) Waterman. A twin brother, John, is a member of the class of 1930 at Lehigh. He attended Elyria High School and entered Dartmouth from Exeter Academy. After graduation from Dartmouth, Phil spent a year at the University of Berlin. He majored in Sociology at Dartmouth and was a member of Chi Phi.
Gomer, as he was affectionately called by his fraternity brothers, was married to Virginia Chariot at Eagle River, Wis., July 31, 1933. They had three children, Philip Gomer Jr., nine, Electa Louise, seven, and Virginia Blodget, two years old.
At the time of his death, Phil and his family were living in a recently purchased home in Edgeworth, Pa. In August, 1941, he became associated with the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Prior to that he was with the National Tube Company.
Phil was well known in the class, particularly for his dry humor and facility for drawing laughs from those around him. His presence will be missed and his memory respected at all future meetings of the class.
1931
Flight Officer OSCAR HANDLY JR. was killed in action in the South Pacific August 14.
The son of Oscar and Franklin Lublock (Miller) Handly, he was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., September 23, 1910, and prepared for college at Sewanee Military Academy.
Leaving college at the end of freshman year, he went into business in a family department store in Chattanooga, of which he in due time became manager. He left business to enter the Glider Corps, with which he was serving at the time of his death.
His widow, who was Laura Hutcheson, survives him, with a daughter, Laura Franklin. His mother also survives him.
ROBERT ANNABLE NEEDHAM died August 2 in Charleston, W. Va., where he had been for some time employed in defence work. His death was due to a heart attack brought on by exhaustion from overwork.
He was born in Manchester, Mass., June 2, 1909, the son of Alfred Carter and Bessie (Knight) Needham, and prepared for college at Beverly (Mass.) High School. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Leaving college before graduation, he entered business, and was for some time assistant to the director of purchases with the 8.8. Chemical Co. of Cambridge, Mass. At the time of his death he was assistant purchasing agent for Ford, Bacon & Davis, construction engineers for synthetic rubber plants. He was an ardent skier and yachtsman, and considered an expert in these sports.
He had not married. His parents survive him.
1940
The death of JAMES HENRY COOKE has been reported at Osaka, Japan, at an unknown date.
The son of Harrison Aldrich and Mary Cole (Tanner) Cooke, he was born in Burlington, Vt., June 13, 1918. In college he was a member of Green Key, the Band, and the Athletic Council, and was manager of varsity baseball.
After graduation he entered the Army Air Corps as a meteorologist, and studied that subject at M. I. T. In June 1941 he was commissioned second lieutenant, and a year later was promoted to first lieutenant. In August 1941 he was stationed at Clark Field in the Philippines, and was taken prisoner at the fall of Bataan. He had been transferred to Osaka shortly before his death.
PETER JOSEPH LINDEN JR. died suddenly at Ann Arbor, Mich., June 4, 1943.
He was born in Albany, N. Y„ October 2, 1918, the son of Peter Joseph and Jessie Katherine (Weller) Linden, and prepared for college at Albany Academy. He was with the class through freshman year, and later entered the University of Michigan.
He had just completed a course as an airplane tester at the Willow Run bomber plant.
His parents survive him.
1941
Lt. (j.g.) PHLIP ALVAN SHRIBMAN, USNR, died in a PT boat action off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific the night of February 1, 1943.
Phil was born March 23, 1920 in Salem, Mass., the son of Max and Anna (Lewitzky) Shribman, and prepared for Dartmouth at Salem High School. While in college he majored in Sociology and was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
At the first opportunity he enlisted in the Navy and was inducted September 15, 1941. His tour of training at the Midshipman's School in Chicago ended with a commission as Ensign. He was immediately assigned to sea duty in the South Pacific, and subsequently was promoted to Lt. (j.g.).
Phil's PT boat played havoc with Jap naval forces, blasting one cruiser for sure to bits before enemy searchlights located them and destroyed their boat with a direct hit. The order was given to abandon ship, and when the commanding officer took a muster the next morning, Phil was missing. He had been seen to fall to the deck wounded.
His commanding officer said, "Shribman was a fine lad. When things were peaceful, he was quiet and mannerly, but once we went into action, he was one of the most determined, courageous men that I have ever seen."
An excerpt from one of Phil's letters gives a good look into the philosophy and character which were his. He wrote, "A decent liberal education based on the social sciences is all a lot of us have left No greater mistake could be made than to neglect fine, decent, really important things we had a chance to know You know it's the things I and everybody else always took for granted that are the things the country is now fighting to keep, and it's going to be terribly hard to do. .... I miss Hanover terribly, the cold, and the snow, and football games.... am wondering if I'll be a bit out of the swim when I do get back From here though it doesn't look as though I'll have to worry about that for some time."
1942
The death in military service of ERIC SAND is reported as having occurred May 22, 1943. He was born in Oslo, Norway, October 20, 1920, the son of Einer Henry and Dorthea (Olsen) Sand, and was a member of the class only in freshman year.
After leaving college he was in the employ of a printing company in New York until June 1941, when he was inducted into the Norwegian Air Force. He received his wings in April 1942, was sent to England in July, and went into combat in November as a member of the First Norwegian Fighter Squadron.
1943
ARTHUR HENRY STEIN JR. was killed in a plane crash near Harviell, Mo., July 23, 1943.
The son of Major Arthur Henry and Margaret Washburn (Smith) Stein, he was born in Albany, N. Y., December 17, 1920, and prepared for college at Albany Academy, where he was prominent both in sports and in literary activities. In college he was a member of Sigma Nu and Bait and Bullet.
He left college in December 1942, and the next month was received for training in the Army Air Corps.
Chandler Stein '45, now in the Navy Air Corps, is a brother.
Medical School
1901
DR. JOHN ERNEST TOYE died at his home in Arlington, N. J., September 17, of coronary thrombosis.
The son of John A. and Addie (Cummings) Toye, he was born in Chelmsford, Mass., August 24, 1876, and received his preliminary education at Westford and Upton Academies.
After graduation he practiced for a short time at Acworth, N. H., and then at Charlestown, N. H. In 1913 he took six months' postgraduate work at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago.
In September 1917 he entered the Army Medical Corps, and continued in service until November 1918, having the rank of captain.
At the close of his military service he became assistant orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital and Home for Crippled Children at Newark, N. J., was promoted to attending orthopedic surgeon in 1922, and from 1938 until his death was chief orthopedic surgeon and chief of staff. He was also attending surgeon at East Orange General Hospital from 1919 to 1928, and orthopedic surgeon in St. Michael's Hospital of St. Barnabas, the Hospital for Women and Children in Newark, and of West Hudson Hospital in Kearny, and head of the Orthopedic Department of the Newark Board of Education. He was a man as high rank in his profession and especially in his specialty.
Dr. Toye was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of national, state, and local professional societies. He was a director of the First National Bank of Kearny, president of the board of trustees of the First Methodist Church of Arlington, honorary life member of the B.P.0.E., and a member of Tristone Chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
In 1902 he was married to Ellen Alice Muzzy of Acworth, N. H., who survives him, with two daughters, Mrs. C. M. Stubbs of Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. F. G. Schmid Jr. of Westwood, N. J., a son, Corp. John O. Toye, U.S.A., and four grandchildren.
