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. ]
Mason, Lucius J. '93, Feb. 9 Matthews, Archibald J. '94, Feb. 15 Hotchkiss, Robert J. '97, Dec. 19, 1942 Luce, Charles L. '03, Feb. 15 Dudley, William W. '12, March 7, 1938 ''" Hogle, Kenneth W. '22, Feb. 22 *Lyons, William M. '23, Feb. 14 *Hobart, Morgan L. '32, Feb. 23 *Upton, John R. '40 *Gratz, David '41, Feb. 9 *Shapiro, Richard D. '43, Dec. 20 *Boyd, Robert W. '46, Jan. 11 *Cortright, William A. '46 *Zuck, John M. '46 Bidwell, Edwin H. '84m, Nov. 13 * Died in War Service.
Hods In Memoriam
1893
DR. LUCIUS JULIUS MASON passed away at St. Petersburg, Fla., February 9, after a lingering illness of nearly a year.
"Roller," as he was familiarly known during his college career, was most popular with his classmates, loving the College and all connected with it, and his removal leaves a void in the hearts of all those who were fortunate enough to have known him, not only in college but also in after life.
Dr. Mason was born March 21, 1871, at Granville, N. Y., the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Mason. At an early age the family moved to Brattleboro, Vt., where he prepared for college at the Brattleboro High School. Entering Dartmouth in the fall of 1889, he immediately entered into college and campus affairs. Was a member of Psi Upsilon; '93 class football team; officer of the Tennis Association; and Y. M. C. A. Tennis was his most engrossing sport, although he was greatly interested in all types of athletics. He was a conscientious student, and at graduation the College granted him the degree of Bachelor of Letters.
After graduating from Dartmouth Dr. Mason attended the International Y. M. C. A. Training School at Springfield, Mass., later becoming assistant physical director at the Milwaukee, Wis., Y. M. C. A. and at the same time attending classes at the Milwaukee Medical College. Later he attended and in 1900 was graduated from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. After the usual hospital service he joined the staff of the DeWitt Clinton School, teaching biology and hygiene, at the same time establishing himself in private practice. During the succeeding forty years he was an important factor in New York City schools' health life. He retired in October 1941.
His summer home was at Northfield, Mass., while his winter residence has been 2505 Driftwood Road, St. Petersburg, Fla.
He was a devout and consistent Christian gentleman, affiliated with the First Presbyterian church of St. Petersburg, to which he transferred from his church in New York City of which he had been a deacon and a member of the board of trustees. He was a member of various associations in which his influence for all things good was felt.
On September 19, 1900, Dr. Mason married Lillian Barnett Thatcher of Milwaukee, who survives him. Their children are Dr. Lester Barnett Mason, Dartmouth '28, Professor of European History and International Relations at the New York State Teachers College in Buffalo; Mrs. Eleanor Phyllis Eckley of New York City and Lake Placid, N. Y., wife of Capt. Donald W. Eckley of the Medical Corps, U. S. Army. There are two grandsons, Robert Flint Mason and Donald Otis Mason of Buffalo.
1894
EDGAR CORBETT HODSDON ("Ed Hodsdon"), who left college at the end of his sophomore year, died at his home in Orange, Conn., January 9, after a long illness. He was born in Great Falls, N. H., April 15, 1871, the son of Daniel and Phoebe (Shapleigh) don. He prepared for college at the local high school and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was also a Mason, Rotarian, and for many years a menjber of the National Acidophilus Milk Co-operative Association.
After leaving college he became affiliated with the Boston & Maine Railroad, and advanced by successive stages from freight brakeman to a position on the paymaster's staff. In addition to his routine duties as a railroader he was instrumental in improving the automatic switching system and traveled extensively as an inspector of automatic switching installations. His official connection with the Boston & Maine Railroad was followed by an association for seven years with the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, and in 1906 he began his career of 30-odd years in the milk business. For nearly twenty years he was associated as vice-president and manager with the Walker-Gordon Laboratory Company of New York City, producers of high grade certified milk. In 1925 he became officially connected with the Fairlea Farms Certified Milk Company of Orange arid New Haven, Conn., where he remained until his retirement.
June 15, 1903, he married Eva Helen Merrill, who died some years later. In June 1930 he married Ruth Annis Baird. His widow, his son Merrill (a member of Dartmouth '28), and two grandsons survive him.
Funeral services were held from the funeral home of Beecher and Bennett, Inc., 100 Broadway, New Haven, Conn., Thursday afternoon, January 11. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. Frank R. Loper, pastor of the Congregational church. Burial was in the Orange Center Cemetery, Orange, Conn. Floral tribute in behalf of the Class was secured by Lovejoy, who also represented the Class at the funeral.
In the letter he wrote as background material for "Fifty Years After" he revealed the interesting fact that his connection with the Walker-Gordon Laboratory Company was due to his "having to heat midnight bottle for my baby boy." This urged him to contrive a "contraption" cutting the time to two minutes. Patent for this brought him to the Walker-Gordon people, an experience for which he was extremely thankful since he was convinced that "there is nothing finer for a businessman than a fairly lengthy New York business experience."
The last '94 get together which Ed attended was a threesome in New Haven last April, the others being Lovejoy and the Secretary. If he had spent the entire four years in College with us, he could not have been more appreciative of the Class. He was not able to attend our 50th, but his heart was there.
At the funeral his minister remembered him "for the iron strength of his will-power .... for the spice of his humor, for his intellectual zest and for his kindly interest in the difficulties of others for his stern conviction that the cure for the world's troubles lay in the spiritual realm and not in the material.... for his steadfastness in prayer and the loyalty with which he prayed for others."
1896
The death of Judge HENRY STURTEVANT RICHARDSON of Claremont, N. H., occurred early Sunday morning, February 4, at the Claremont General Hospital.
Born in Brandon, Vt„ September 19, 1873, the son of the late Sidney K. and Ella (Sturtevant) Richardson,-he had resided in Claremont about 30 years, moving there from Cornish. A graduate of Kimball Union Academy in 1892 and of Dartmouth College in 1896, he had served as principal of high schools at Walpole, N. H., and Wells River, Vt., before entering upon the study of law. Admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1903, he opened a law office in Claremont in 1905 ai!fl made his home there since that time. In the following year on July 12, 1906, he married Miss Valina Darling of Newport, whose death occurred in December 1941.
Judge Richardson's civic interests were many and varied, and he was active in nearly all phases of community life. He was elected representative from Claremont to the state legislature in 1911, and played an active part in community affairs in World War I, and was town counsel for a number of years. At his death he was president of the Claremont National Bank and also president of the Claremont Savings Bank. He was a former member of the Claremont school board—a long time member of the Claremont Rotary Club—director of the Claremont Chapter of the American Red Cross, and a member of the board of trustees of the Fiske Free L ibrary.
His term as judge of probate of Sullivan County began July 29, 1917, and continued until September 1943, when he retired on his 70th birthday. A member and past president of the Sullivan County Bar Association, he was honored at a dinner in July 1942 upon completion of a quarter of a century as probate judge. A year later he re-entered private practice.
Announcing his candidacy for state senator from the Bth N. H. Senatorial District on the Republican ticket in the last campaign, he won the party's nomination at the 1944 primary and was named to the senate seat at the November election.
Surviving him are his daughter, Miss Barbara Richardson of Springfield, Mass., and a brother, Chas. S. Richardson of Claremont.
1897
BURPEE CALDWELL TAYLOR died in the Evanston Hospital on February 12, 1945. Two months before he wrote Temple:
"I have been home from the hospital for two weeks now, and while trying to get my strength back have been able to get my correspondence up to date. I had my gall bladder and appendix removed, and will return to the hospital next year for another operation.
"Bob (his son) is back in the South Pacific after spending several months on the Pacific Coast while his battle wagon was being repaired. He was in on the bombardment of Saipan and his ship took a terrific pasting from the shore batteries. I know Bob feels that if he finally returns he will have given up five or six years of the most productive part of his life."
Burpee was seventy on January 15 of this year. I wrote him a letter on that occasion and got back a cheerful reply without self-pity, say- ing that he had been too weak for the addi- tional operation. Gibson is quite correct when he writes,
"Burpee was brave under all the circumstances of life, and faced every situation with courage."
Taylor, born in Nova Scotia, was a graduate of Marlboro High School in Massachusetts, a Sigma Chi in Dartmouth, and for 35 years a wholesale candy manufacturer in Chicago. His candy business has been prosperous.
He is survived by his wife, Claudine; his son, Lieutenant Robert D. Taylor of the Navy, a survivor of the sinking of the Carrier Wasp; and two brothers, Col. Franklin G. Taylor of West Palm Beach, Florida, and Harry Taylor.
1903
CHARLES LYMAN LUCE died at his home in Nashua, N. H., February 15, 1945, of heart disease. Funeral services were held at the Episcopal church on the 17th, and burial took place in the Nashua cemetery.
Charles was born in Manchester, N. H., March 12, 1882, the son of Thomas Dunham (Dartmouth 1875) and Sarah Elizabeth (Nichols) Luce. He prepared for college at Nashua High School.
He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1906, was admitted to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire bar, and opened an office at Milford, N. H., where he remained for 19 years. He became special justice of the District Court, and from 1913 to 1923 was tax collector. During the later years of his Milford residence he opened a law office in Nashua, and was appointed assistant clerk of the Superior Court for Hillsborough County. He was a member of the Nashua, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Bar Associations.
In college Charles was familiarly known as "Pa Luce." He was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. In the 1920's he was secretary of his class.
In 1916 he was married to Edith Catherine Cochran of Nashua, who survives him, with two daughters, Elizabeth Cochran, born December 24, 1917, now Mrs. Joseph Seraichick of Keene, N. H., and Isabel Dunham, born April 15, 1925, now a student at Wellesley.
1907
CHESTER TENNEY WOODBURY died of coronary thrombosis at his home at Salem Center, N. H., January 28, 1945.
The son of John and Hannah Jane (Kimball) Woodbury, he was born in Salem, January 6, 1885, and had lived all his life in that town. He prepared for college at Pinkerton Academy, Derry.
After graduation he studied law at Boston University, receiving the degree of LL.B. in 1911. He practiced his profession both in Salem and in Haverhill, Mass., and in both communities he was active in public service and was a highly respected citizen. In 1915 he was appointed special justice of Salem Municipal Court, and last September became presiding justice.
April 12, 1913, he was married to Blanche H. Webster, who survives him, with four sons and a daughter. The late Charles T. Woodbury '95 was a brother.
1910
HOITT NEWTON CHARLTON was born in Marlboro, Mass., November 12, 1885, the son of George M. and Abbie (Witherbee) Charlton. He attended Marlboro High School, and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1906 to enter Dartmouth with the class of 1910. While in college, he played on the freshman baseball and sophomore football teams—was a member of the Webster Club, Dartmouth Congress, and Sigma Nu.
Until his illness started about three years ago and left him with a blood pressure which was well over 300 at one time, he led a full and active life in the business world. From 1914 to 1917 he was assistant registrar at Dartmouth. Leaving there he entered the Army, but was discharged later because of defective eyes. However, he went with the Y. M. C. A. in June 1918, and remained until September 1919, spending most of the time in England and France. He retained his military interest and was in the Massachusetts State Guard many years until health compelled him to withdraw. Hoitt died in the Quincy City Hospital, January 30. .
During his business career he was with Library Bureau, State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Batchelder Bros., Yawman & Erbe, and Claredge & Keville. At intervening periods in 1917 and in 1933, he farmed and lumbered in Nova Scotia, which he enjoyed very much. Full of vitality, Hoitt loved outdoor activities.
He was a member of Marlboro I. O. O. F. and the American Legion.
On October 7, 1922, he married Marion Frances Cutter of Dorchester, who survives him. To them were born Betty May, May 25, 1924, who was an honor student at Wollaston High School, and Robert Parker, November 15, 1927, now a senior there.
1919
WILLIAM MCCAFFREY BURROUGHS died at the Veterans Hospital,.New York City, February 6.
The son of James DeForest and Kate (McCaffrey) Burroughs, he was born in Champlain, N. Y., November 24, 1897. He was with the class for a year and a half.
Enlisting in the Army, he was transferred' to the Air Corps. On May 9, 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant and was sent to France, where he piloted a bomber plane until after the armistice, when he went to Germany with the Army of Occupation.
At the time of his illness he was with the Telephone and Radio Corporation in Newark N.J.
1921
REV. CHARLES FIELD ATKINS died December 27, 1944, at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, after an illness of two months.
The son of Charles and Martha (Field) Atkins, he was born at Yonkers, N. Y., November 12, 1880, and attended the public schools of Yonkers and of Paterson, N. J. Finally deciding to prepare for the ministry, he entered Bangor Theological Seminary, graduating in 1916.
He was pastor of the Congregational church at Orford, N. H., 1916-21, and it was during this pastorate that he was a member of '21 through its junior year. He was then pastor at Milford, Conn., until 1930. For the next few years he was engaged in educational work, and in January 1936 became pastor at Fairlee, Vt., a position which he held until his death.
November 16, 1910, he was married to Irene Fenn of Utica, N. Y., who survives him, with two daughters and two sons.
1923
CAPT. WILLIAM MICHAEL LYONS died February 14 at the Percy Jones Hospital, Battle Creek, Mich., where he had been a patient for three months.
The son of Richard Francis and Sarah (Donlan) Lyons, he was born at Carthage, S. D., December 28, 1898, and first attended the University of South Dakota, whence he transferred to Dartmouth. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
After graduation until 1930 he practiced public accounting at Hanover with his brother-in-law, Archie M. Peisch. He then entered the staff of the Rock of Ages Corporation, Barre, Vt., and became its comptroller in 1936. He meanwhile studied law, and in December 1940 he resigned this position and opened an office as attorney and accountant. He was commissioned in the Army August 18, 1942, and had since been in service.
April 18, 1927, he was married to Irene Barton of Hanover, who survives him with three daughters, Ann, Mary, and Jill.
"Bill" was always interested in Dartmouth and rarely missed a Dartmouth meeting in Vermont. At the funeral services, three of his close Dartmouth friends, Leslie Ladd '23, Laurence C. Campbell '22, and Lester E. Richwagen '23, were among the bearers.
His many friends paid him tribute at the services, for Bill was admired and respected for his forthright nature, his sense of humor, and his ability and good judgment.
1924
BURCHARD UPDYKE WRIGHT died suddenly of a heart attack while driving his automobile a block from his home in Scarsdale, N. Y., on January 26, 1945.
He was born in Waldo, Wis., February 20, 1901, the son of Rev. Peter Clark and Alice Eugenia (Mclntyre) Wright.
After working for a number of paper carton companies in New York, including eleven years with the Robert Gair Co., he established his own firm.
June 25, 1927, he was married to Marjorie E. Stenson of Hartford, Conn., who survives him, with a son, Foster, and a daughter, Gail. Two brothers and his father also survive him.
1932
ALEXANDER MCCAI.I. YOUNG was killed in a hunting accident in Panama, November 4, 1944. No further details are available.
Born November 30, 1909, at Kilmarnock, Scotland, a place made famous by Bobby Burns, Alex prepared at Bloomfield High School, and at Dartmouth was a prominent member of Psi Upsilon, Green Key, Dragon, and the Glee Club, and won his letter in varsity lacrosse. Beginning as a law clerk, he studied further at the University of Newark, receiving his LL.B. in 1936, and subsequently was employed by the Fruit Dispatch Co., of New York and Baltimore.
In March 1942, he married Miss Maria Luz Garcia, secretary to the Nicaraguan Minister in Washington, and at the time of his death was serving as Marine Superintendent for the Army Transport Service at the New Orleans Port of Embarkation.
LT. MORGAN LINDER HOBART was killed in the crash of an American Airlines transport plane near Cedar Springs, Va., February 24, 1945.
The son of Henry Morgan (Dartmouth '05) and Elsie (McCall) Hobart, he was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 9, 1910, prepared for Dartmouth at Deerfield Academy, played varsity lacrosse, sang in the Glee Club, and helped put out the Aegis, while belonging to Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and majoring in English.
Since 1935 Morgan had been active in the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, had managed the New York office, and served as sales manager of the company.
He reported for active duty April 27, 1943s as a Lieutenant (jg) and spent the next two months in indoctrination courses at Quonset, R. I. He was then ordered to duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, but upon arrival was transferred to the Bureau of Ships. He had technical and administrative duties in connection with the design and procurement of highly specialized radio and radar equipment. At the time of his death, according to Rear Admiral E. L. Cochrane, Chief of the Bureau of Ships, he was "engaged in carrying out a mission of extreme importance to our Pacific fleet." He had been promoted to lieutenant in 1944.
For a year before joining the Navy Morgan was with the War Production Board in the Motion Picture Section. He left a position as general manager of Criterion Products Corporation in New York to accept a call from the WPB.
He was unmarried. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elsie Wright of Hollywood, his father in New York, and his sister. Funeral services were held on March 2 at Fort Myer Chapel, Fort Myer, Va.
1933
CAPTAIN MAYO RUSSELL PURPLE lost his life in a fire that destroyed the Hotel Bishop in New Haven last January 19. Captain Purple had recently received a medical discharge from the Army Medical Corps in which he had served since August, 1942, and at the time of his death was working at the induction center in New Haven.
Captain Purple was born April 27, 1912 at East Hampton, Connecticut, the son of Norman W. and Annie K. (O'Connell) Purple. Before attending Dartmouth he went to Middletown High School. After graduating from Dartmouth he entered Yale Medical School from which he graduated in 1937. He then studied for two years at the University Hospital in Cleveland. From 1939 to 1942 he was resident physician at the New Haven Hospital. He was unmarried.
1938
LT. THOMAS HENRY ROWLAND JR. was killed in action in Germany on December 7 after nearly two years' service in the U. S. Army. At the time of his death he was attached to the Second Battalion of Rangers, a branch of the service for which he had volunteered after being sent overseas.
Lieutenant Rowland was born in Camden, N. J., on October 22, 1916, the son of Thomas Henry and Veda (McKown) Rowland. He entered Dartmouth from the Manlius School, and during his undergraduate days became a member of Zeta Psi. Upon his graduation from the College he joined the Philadelphia organization of the Campbell Soup Co., and later was a clerk in a brokerage house.
He enlisted in the Army on March 12, 1942 and was stationed for a time at the 15th Evacuation Hospital, Fort George Meade, Md. Later he was sent to O. C. S. at Fort Benning, Ga., where he received his commission as a second lieutenant. He was- retained at Fort Benning as machine gun instructor and promoted to first lieutenant before being sent overseas.
Lieutenant Rowland is survived by his wife, Virginia (Walls) Rowland, whom he married in Haddonfield, N. J., September 14, 1941, and his baby daughter, Susan Page Rowland, who was born on August 14, 1944.
