1889
This month's news is saddened by the death of James A. Wellman of Manchester, N. H., November 3, at the age of seventy-seven. He had been in poor health a long time. "Squire" Wellman, as he was affectionately known by us, early rose to prominence. His career not only embraced his large interests in life insurance, in which he was a leader in New Hampshire, but he long and ably associated himself with the civic and educational problems of his city and state, to which he gave unsparingly his time and careful study. See obituary notice.
We now can announce that every living member of our class is receiving the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. It keeps Dartmouth men, wherever located, closely in touch with each other and with the College, itself. It brings the real Dartmouth spirit into every home it enters. Its class notes—the backbone of every issuestimulate class solidarity. No better proof of these advantages exists than the present enrollment under the 100 per cent subscription plan of nearly every class of the alumni.
To show that we have no "tired old men" in our class, Doc Warden this fall made another one of his frequent business trips to New York and Washington, D. C., from his home in Great Falls, Montana; and Hardy Ferguson the middle of October was called on professional business to Vancouver, B. C., and other points on the Pacific Coast, from which he returned to New York on November 8.
Our late classmate, Frederick J. Allen, a pioneer in the cause of vocational guidance, in -which he won distinction for outstanding achievement, was twice married. His first wife was Maria P. Hitchcock, daughter of the late Professor Charles H. Hitchcock of Dartmouth. She died August 12, 1895. His second wife, whose maiden name was Wilhelmina Pingree, of North Conway, N. H., is living at 150 Arthur St., Framingham, Mass. She has long been in ill health. By the first marriage there were two children: Marie Charlotte, Boston University A.B. 1917, A.M. 1920; in 1923 a student at University of Besancon, France; formerly wife of Dr. H. H. Purinton, deceased; now married to Clarence E. Storer, instructor in Bryant and Stratton Commercial School, Boston. Residence, Melrose, Mass. Charles Francis Hitchcock, Boston University A.B. 1919, A.M. 1920, honorary degree of Doctor of Science 1944; Harvard University A.8,. 1924, Ph.D. 1924; assistant superintendent in charge of Synthetic Organic Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Cos., Rochester, N. Y.; married Miss Alberta Currie of North Cohasset, Mass., Boston University, class of 1917; two children, Phyllis and Ruth. By second marriage there were three children: Wilhelmina Frances, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Course in Design 1917-20, special course in jewelry 1921-2, skilled in making arts-and-crafts jewelry, at present living with her sister Theodora in Framingham, Mass. Frederick Chase, Boston University B.S. 1927, A.M. 1934; head of English Department of Lawrence High School, Falmouth, Mass.; married Miss Ruth R. Pearson of Newton Center, Mass., Boston University, class of 1928; two sons, Frederick C. Jr. and Charles H., 13 and nine years and members of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts respectively, also a year-old daughter, April. Residence, 53 Siders Pond Rd., Falmouth, Mass. Theodora Bea trice, graduate of Massachusetts Normal Art School in 1927, former designer with Dennison Mfg. Co.; married to Howard A. Pierce; one son, William. Residence, Framingham, Mass. Such is the family record of our classmate whose dominating purpose for his children was expressed in a letter to James Chester class secretary, in 1909 (his youngest child then being less than three years), in these words: "I have a family of five children, all of whom will go to college, the gods permitting. Two of them are now in the high school."
The latter part of October Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hazen left their home in Lewistown, Montana, for Southern California, where they expect to spend the winter.
Mrs. Nellie Doane Dunning, sister of Charles E. Doane, our late classmate, spent last summer at her old home in Harwich Port on Cape Cod. This winter she is with her daughter, Miss Harriet Dunning, a teacher in the Wakefield (Mass.), High School. They live at the Colonial Inn in Wakefield. Mrs. Dunning attended her brother's graduation at Dartmouth and has since taken much interest in our class. She is a subscriber to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Secretary and Treasurer, 108 Mt. Vernon St., Boston 8, Mass.
