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]
Sanborn, Nathan W. '80, July 8 Wales, George W. '86, March 30 Cobb, Walter D. '91, March 26 Ruggles, Edward F. '94, March 12 Staples, Seldon L. '96, March 29 Brown, Nelson P. '99, April 9 Sargeant, Moses M. '99, Feb. 26 Willard, Harley R. '99, March 27 Goodell, Robert H. '02, March 12 Brooks, Eugene C. '07, April 2 Bedell, Arthur S. '09, March 30 Hawley, Jess B. '09, March 20 Enright, Harold B. '13, March 2 Harlow, John McA- '14, December Smith, Holton A. '14, March 28 Winship, Roger '15, March 29 Gray, Harvey D.'19, March 13 Hall, Gardner S. '22, April 10 O'Brien, Arthur F. '23, March 23 Potts, George W. '26, June 20 *Buttfield, William S. '40, April 7, 1945 *Dorney, William A., Jr. '41, Oct. 16, 1944 *Nate, William H. '45, June *Taylor, Robert B. '45, Feb. 17, 1945 * Died in war service.
In Memoriam
1880
NATHAN WILLARD SANBORN died July 8, 1945, at his home in Gainesville, Fla., after a long period of failing health, the result of two paralytic shocks, the first about ten years ago and the second seven years ago, which made him an invalid for the rest of his life.
He was born in Marblehead, Mass., May 7, 1859. He was with the class only one year, having become a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).
Entering the Medical School, he graduated as M.D. in 1880, and received the same degree at the University of New York in 1881. He practiced in Wellesley and Bellingham, Mass., until 1908, and then left the profession and engaged in the poultry business, first at Holden, Mass., and later at Gainesville. He joined the faculty of the University of Florida in 1918 as poultryman with the State Agricultural Extension Service. In 1921 he became professor of Poultry Husbandry in the College of Agriculture, and so continued until his retirement in 1935. In 1929 he attended the World's Poultry Congress at Ottawa, Canada, as a delegate from Florida, and the next year attended a similar meeting at London, England.
December 4, 1883, he was married to Anne Seward Mathewson of Providence, R. 1., who survives him. Of their four children only a daughter is now living.
Dr. Sanborn was a Presbyterian in religion, and was for many years a generous contributor to the Alumni Fund.
1886
GEORGE WILLIAM WALES died March 29 at the home of his niece, Mrs. W. W. Harmon, in Old Orchard Beach, Me.
He was born in Brentwood, N. H„ January gs, 1863, the son of John H. Wales and Abby F. (Wood) Wales, and prepared for Dartmouth at the Manchester, N. H., High School from which he graduated in 1881.
At Dartmouth, he was a student of the Chandler Scientific Department. In July 1886, immediately upon graduation, he entered the City Engineer's office in City Hall, Manchester, where he remained for 47 years, winning a high reputation in his profession. He retired in March 1933, and thereafter made his home in the winter in Manchester and in the summer at Old Orchard Beach or at Hampton, N. H.
During his college days, he distinguished himself as catcher on the '86 team, and his hobbies throughout his life remained baseball and football. His clubs were the Thayer Society of Engineering and the Calumet Club of Manchester.
For more than sixty years he maintained a keen interest in his Class and in the College. As was said of him in the Fiftieth Year Report of the Class of 1886, "We all felt something of his Old Granite State reliability and support."
ALLAN P. RICHMOND '86,
1890
WILL EUGENE REED, born March 16, 1867 at Weeping Water, Neb. (near Omaha), died at Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 26, 1946.
Preparing at St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy he joined at Dartmouth D K E, and lived in their rooms on the "Golden Corner" (site of our College Hall, over Davison's store, formerly the Balch family mansion). Junior year he was an editor of the Aegis for D K E; senior year President of Y.M.C.A.
In 189s he was ordained pastor at Avoca, lowa (60 miles from Weeping Water, Neb.),
and married Mary E. Slade, graduate of Oberlin and ardent missionary. After a short, sue cessful pastorate, they moved to Dallas, Texas where he was pastor until 1896. Then tbev volunteered as missionaries to Eucador, with out salary. Mr. Reed and two other pioneers reached Guayaquil in January 1897; Mrs Reed and her young son, Albert, soon followed.
Guayaquil in those days was "the pest hole of the Pacific." A large proportion of visiting foreigners died of yellow fever and bubonic plague. Here, from 1903 on, Reed helped American doctors nurse hundreds of such cases.
The first destination of the missionaries in 1897, however, was Quito, the upland capital. By river boat and on horseback, the Reeds and two other missionaries left the coast and climbed up to Ambato. Here they were warned by the American minister at Quito not to go further. Just a year after reaching Ambato, a mob of several thousand roughs gathered in front of the Reeds' first dwelling, threatening him, but fortunately there were friends in the crowd; and soldiers, sent by the sympathetic governor, dispersed the mob.
Warned by President Alfaro not to risk going to Quito, and in spite of the many indignities suffered at Ambato, they went on, finding there a few Spiritualists, who offered them shelter and protection against the too ardent Romanists.
Returning to Guayaquil in 1903, they found conditions extremely discouraging. A young son, Bernard, died that year; another, Roger, 15 years later. For several years (1910-20) Reed supported his family by teaching English at the Vincente Rocafuerte College of Guayaquil. "This gave him contact with the leading families of the city, and won for him the friendship of many young men who today are leaders in the political and economic life of the country." He also taught his six sons, of whom Albert, the eldest, is now vice-president of the W. S. Tyler Cos. at Cleveland, Ohio. Three others are still in South America. R (obert) Alan and John Mark are associated in a large importing and publishing house, "Reed and Reed," at Guayaquil, with branch offices at Quito, Ambato, and elsewhere in Ecuador, Harry, Dartmouth '3l, next to the youngest, became consul at Quito and is now secretary of the U. S. Embassy at Santiago, Chile.
As reported in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE of February 1938, Reed said: "My four daughters-in-law are each of a different nationality, Canadian, American, Mexican, and Ecuadorian." There were in 1940 four grandchildren. He had reason to be proud of what he called his "international family."
About 1920, the Reeds were urged to return to Dallas, but Mrs. Reed, in spite of delicate health, bravely chose to remain at Guayaquil, where she died in 1935.
A little book, "Ecuador," by W. F. Jordan tells of Reed's wise tolerance in adapting himself to the customs of the country regarding marriage and the Catholic religion.
From 1924 to 1930, Reed was superintendent of the Ecuador Christian and Missionary Alliance. "Within short periods four different halls had been rented, each in turn abandoned for a larger one as the congregations grew." In 1925 he undertook, by his own private means, the construction of a beautiful Protestant church, and in 1945 he saw established his projected "Confederation of the Churches of Ecuador." A primary school bearing his name was founded in 1944, with an enrollment of 150.
Opposed at first by the Catholic clergy, they came to admire him and to approve of his work. The enthusiastic tributes they and his numerous friends of all classes and persuasions paid to his memory at his death were in sharp contrast to the treatment received when he began his work and was "stoned, insulted, refused food and lodging," In superlative degree he was felt to be the well-beloved "Good Neighbor."
J. H. GEROULD
1891
On the 25th of March, WALTER DAVIS COBB passed away following a long period of ill health, suffering from Hodgkins' disease.
Born in Hanover, N. H., on August 13, 1870, the son of Samuel Webster and Caroline (Emerson) Cobb, Walter had an unusual opportunity to know Dartmouth men of the eighties and nineties, for his father was the owner of the general store in Hanover; and for the men Walter knew during the many years he lived in Hanover, he had a fund of anecdotes that entitled him to a hearing from his many Dartmouth friends of that era in his life. Walter was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and received the degree of Bachelor of Letters.
October 28, 1903 he married Leola A. Whitney, who bore him a daughter, Caroline, and a son, Nathan. Mrs. Cobb passed away several years ago.
Until the fall of 190 a Walter lived in Hanover, and during that time was precinct commissioner, chief of the fire department, and tree warden. In the last capacity he felt he was sofiiewhat instrumental in saving or prolonging the lives of Hanover's beautiful trees.
In 1904 he entered the employ of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, where he remained until pensioned in 1933.
He had made his home in Dorchester, Mass., for most of the time since leaving Hanover. He was much interested in civic improvements in Dorchester, belonging to the Board of Trade and the Upham's Corner Improvement Association, the latter of which he served as secretary for twenty-five years.
Walter was an ardent Episcopalian and his funeral took place at St. Mark's Episcopal church. The secretary represented the Class.
1894
EDWARD FLETCHER RUGGLES died in San Francisco March 12, 1946, from pneumonia and a weak heart. He had been in ill health since last October, when he had an attack of bronchitis, but had been up and around most of the time until a week before his death.
Ted, as he was known by his classmates, was born in Hanover, N. H., January 28, 1872, the son of Edward R. and Charlotte (Blaisdell) Ruggles. His father, a graduate of Dartmouth in the class of '59, was Chandler Professor of modern languages at Dartmouth from 1864 to 1897, and his maternal grandfather, Daniel Blaisdell, Dartmouth 1827, was Treasurer of Dartmouth from 1835 to 1875.
He fitted for Dartmouth at the Hanover High School, and in college was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Casque and Gauntlet.
At Washington, on May 6, 1912, he was married to Lucy Allen of Baltimore, Md., who survives him. He is also survived by a brother, Dr. Arthur H. Ruggles, Dartmouth '02, and by a sister, Mrs. Helen R. Hodgkins, whose husband is a Dartmouth '99 man. Another brother, Daniel B. Ruggles, Dartmouth '90, and another sister, Mrs. Mabel R. Enton (wife of "Bob" Enton '92) are now deceased.
Ted was an engineer, practically all his life having been devoted to highway engineering. He was resident engineer of Massachusetts Highway Commission from 1894 to 1900. Then, after two years in a manufacturing business and one year as engineer for a contractor, he became engineer for the Park Department of Baltimore in 1904, engineer of construction for Maryland Geological Survey in charge of road building 1905 to 1908, and first assistant engineer for the State Roads Commission of Maryland 1908 to 1914. During the next three years he was an engineer and contractor.
In February 1917 he became highway engineer with the United States Bureau of Public Roads, and remained with them until his retirement, January 31, 1946. During the first nine years of his service with the Bureau he was highway engineer for District 9, which in eludes Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and was then transferred to the Regional Office in San Francisco, where he spent the rest of his life.
Ted reached retirement age in January 1942, but on account of the war was asked to continue at his desk as long as he felt able to do so, with the distinct understanding that whenever his health made it wise for him to retire, his request for retirement would be promptly granted. He did not make such request until the end of last January, although he had been on sick leave the previous three months.
Ted was a man of sterling character and an efficient engineer. He was highly regarded by his professional associates and everyone who knew him. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and active in its work. He loved his home, enjoyed his friends, his garden, and walking with his dog.
He was loyal to his College and to his Class, "one of our solidly loyal men—not so vociferous as some—but solid to the core," to quote his Class Secretary. He usually responded promptly to requests for class letters, attended as many of his class reunions as his work would permit and was a "Dartmouth Regular" as contributor to the Alumni Fund.
J. A. T.
ROLLA WILLIS BARTLETT died on March 7, 1946, at Longwood Towers, Brookline, Mass., after a brief illness following an attack of angina.
He was born at Eliot, Maine, on September 2, 1869, the son of Sylvester and Clementine (Raitt) Bartlett. His boyhood was spent on a farm, and his glimpses of the occupants of the trains on the Boston & Maine passing his home brought to him the resolution that some day he would be able to ride in a Pullman.
He prepared for college at Berwick Academy, South Berwick, Maine, and entered Dartmouth with the class of 1894. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
After graduation he entered Boston University Law School and received the degree of LL.B. with the class of 1897, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. He never practised law, but became associated with the Boston office of the firm of N. W. Harris & Company, with whom he remained until 1908. From that time until his retirement in 1919 he was en gaged in the sale of investment securities under the name o£ Rolla W. Bartlett & Company It was one of his later prides that no one had suffered a loss from the purchase of any secu rity that he> had sponsored.
He was an ardent Republican and an outspoken opponent of the New Deal and of government regimentation. He took pride in his College and class associations. He was one of the Class group which underwrote the raising of the fund that made it possible for the Class of 1894 to be the first class to make the 25th Year Fund contribution to the College. In an answer to a class questionnaire he stated that he went to Dartmouth because "I thought it would be a good place to go."
On June 25, 1912, he was married to Mary Moulton, who survives him, and he also is survived by a sister and two brothers, one of them being Ralph S. Bartlett '89.
He was one of the older members of the Class, but he continued to be one of the youngest in physical appearance, and in retaining his early impulses. His genial and cheerful disposition ever made him a welcome member in the class fellowship.
1899
MOSES MOTLEY SARGEANT of New Bedford, Mass., died February 26, 1946, at St. Luke's Hospital in that city, following an intestinal illness in the course of which two operations were performed during a five and one-half week hospital stay in an unsuccessful attempt to correct the condition.
Born in Candia, N. H., on October 3, 1876, he was the son of Jesse W. and Lydia Ann (Emerson) Sargeant. Mot was one of five children, of whom two brothers and a sister survive him. His education prior to entering Dartmouth was in the public schools of Candia and Manchester.
Following a long line of Emerson uncles and cousins to Dartmouth, he entered at Hanover immediately after his graduation from Manchester Central High School in 1895. Among his close relatives in the Dartmouth tradition were Rev. John D. Emerson, class of 1853, and his two sons, Edwards D. Emerson '84, of Buffalo, and Rev. Stephen G. Emerson '87, of Kennebunk, Maine. Dr. W. R. P. Emerson '92 was a cousin, as was Natt W. Emerson '00. French P. Sargeant '09 and Paul E. Sargeant '15 were nephews. Luther W. Emerson '62, of Brooklyn, N. Y., youngest brother of Mot's mother, was another Dartmouth predecessor.
At Dartmouth, Mot roomed with Walter Sydney Adams '98, with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. During college, he continued his high-school interest in tennis, as well as in later life, and took a keen interest in track, his specialties being the 100 and 220 yard dash. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Sphinx.
On graduating from Dartmouth, he was first associated in Boston with the Burbank brokerage and real estate firm. During the winter months he taught in the evening school of Cambridge. Subsequently, he worked for Glaeser, Thompson Company in Boston, and for Edgerly & Crocker. He then moved to New York City to represent Edgerly & Crocker. During his residence in New York he was engaged principally in stock brokerage, and was ccessively associated with Shoemaker & ComSU wjth Hollister, Lyon, and Walton, and Francis Marden. He was active as a member of the Broadway Tabernacle and of the Jew York Athletic Club.
On November 17, 1909, Mot married Grace Kdgerton Howland of New Bedford, who survives him, as do three children: Howland H. (Dartmouth '32, and likewise a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Sphinx); Miriam (Mrs. Kenneth N. Packard of New Bedford); and Anne (Mrs. Thomas W. Farnsworth Jr., also of New Bedford). Two grandchildren, Miriam Packard, aged 4, and Craig Newell, aged 21/2, were his particular delight.
He was an active member and one of the original founders of the Pilgrim Church of New Bedford, and was a resident of that city from 1918. In 1920, Mot became the proprietor of the long-established firm of Paisler & Willis, dealers in building materials and masons' supplies in New Bedford, which he continued as his business until his retirement in 1942. Among his other interests was his membership in the Old Dartmouth Historical Society.
Mot's greatest interests were his family, Dartmouth, and his friends. His loyalty to his Alma Mater and to his friends never wavered throughout his life. He followed the Dartmouth football team each year through its schedule, and attended the games whenever possible. Just before his death, he was looking forward eagerly to the prospect of an early reunion with his college roommate, Dr. Adams. His loyalty and his natural kindliness won and held for him a number of lifelong friendships which he counted as a great happiness.
1901
WALTER STEVENS YOUNG, who retired in 1943 as superintendent of schools of Worcester, Mass., and since that time has been in poor health, passed away at his home in Derry, N. H., March 6, 1946.
He was born in Derry, September 29, 1878, the son of James F. and Elizabeth V. (Wilkins) Y'oung, and prepared for college at Pinkerton Academy. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1901 and for the next two years did graduate work in Hanover.
In 1903 he was appointed to the faculty of the Worcester South High School and, in 1912 was .made assistant superintendent of schools. He became superintendent in 1923, and continued in this office until his retirement. During his administration as superintendent he gained wide recognition as an educator. He made improvements in the grading and promotion system and was influential in introducing courses for hard of hearing and crippled children, as well as for the mentally deficient. He supported -strongly a campaign to build up the physical properties of the school department so that "every child would have a seat." He was an enthusiastic advocate of physical education, and backed the development of programs of athletics throughout the school system.
Walter Young was always a student of history, and was especially interested in European history of the middle 19th century. Clark University recognized his work in education in 1938 by awarding him the honorary degree of Doctor of Education.
He was active in Masonic and Rotary circles, and was a member of many educational organizations. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Board of Trustees of Pinkerton Academy.
On June 25, 1910, he was united in marriage with Miss Harriet Nute, who survives him. The funeral services were held in the Church of the Transfiguration in Derry, and the burial was in Valley Cemetery, Londonderry, N. H.
1905
W. LEONARD SAMPSON, 589 High St., Somerset, passed away recently at his home. The son of the late Wallace and the late Adrianna (Canedy) Sampson he was born in Lakeville and attended Middleboro public schools and Dartmouth College. He has made his home in Somerset for the past 20 years. Mr. Sampson was at one time employed by the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Cos., and the Mt. Hope Finishing Cos., in Dighton. He was a member of the Middleboro Lodge, 100F, and the Mayflower Lodge of Masons in Middleboro.
Surviving him is his wife, Mrs. Arline (Simmons) Sampson.
Rev. Peter L. Cosman, pastor of the Federated Church, Somerset, conducted funeral services. The body was taken to Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, for cremation.
1906
ARTHUR NEWELL BURNIE was born in Portland, Maine, on November 24, 1882, the son of James and Elizabeth C. (Weeks) Burnie, and died in the same city on February 12, 1946.
Upon graduation from Dartmouth in 1906 Arthur entered the public utilities field and was for years vice-president, and treasurer of the Beaver Falls (Pa.) Water Cos. In 1941 he returned to Portland as an official of the Consumers Water Company. He was also treasurer of the Dartmouth Realty Company of Portland.
Arthur was married June iB, 1921, to Mrs. Elizabeth Tatterson Gallup, who survives him, and he also leaves a daughter, Mrs. James Weyand of Beaver, Pa., and a stepson, Perry M. Gallup (Dartmouth '34) of Hartford, Conn.
1908
CHARLES GREENLEAF BENNETT died in Harper Hospital, Detroit, Mich., January 29, 1946.
The son of William Edward and Miriam Sawyer (Colby) Bennett, he was born in Plymouth, N. H., October 25, 1884, and prepared for college at Tilton Seminary. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
He went to Detroit soon after graduation, and lived there continuously until his death. He was with the Cadillac Motor Cos. until 1911: with the Paige-Detroit Motor Cos. until 1914; owner and manager of the Enterprise Electro-Plating Cos. from 1914 to 1931; and since the last date district sales manager for the Wallace Press Cos. of Chicago.
September 25, 1917, he was married to Ruth Elizabeth Schaper of Madison, lowa, who survives him, with a daughter, Marian, and a son, Charles Greenleaf Jr. (Dartmouth '43). Also surviving are two sisters, Mary Bennett and Mrs. Hall Bailey, both residents of New Hampshire.
Charlie was always a very active and loyal alumnus, and was one of the leaders in the Detroit group, being secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Detroit in 1921-4. He will be greatly missed by his classmates and a host of friends.
1914
JOHN MCAVOY HARLOW died December 18, 1945, at the Chelsea Memorial Hospital, following a short illness.
He was born September 23, 1891, at North Easion, Mass., the son of Hugh Harlow. He prepared for Dartmouth at Oliver Ames High School, in North Easton. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Jack enlisted July 3, 1917, in the Army; and was promoted to sergeantcy on his birthday of the same year, later being commissioned as 2d lieutenant in August 1918. From October 13, 1917, to October 6, 1919, he was with the A.E.F., being discharged on October 13, 1919.
Shortly after his discharge, he returned to Paris, where he studied art and literature at the Sorbonne. It was while in France that he met and married his wife, Renee.
Returning to this country, he devoted most of his life to secondary education, teaching successively at Powder Point Academy, Duxbury, Mass., Powder Point on-the-Hudson, and the Cranbrook School at Bloomfield Hills, Mich., after which he returned to his native town in 1933, where he taught for a while. He spent a year with Nations Business, leaving to go into insurance work with the Automobile Legal Association, with whom he stayed until entering defence work shortly after the outbreak of the war. He was employed at the Hingham-Bethlehem Shipyard at the time of his death.
Jack is survived by his wife, Renee, and five children, John Joseph, 18, U.S.N., Mary Grace, 17, and Patrick L„ 16, both in high school, Renee, 14, in junior high, and Leo, n, in grammar school.
The Class extends their sincere sympathies to his family in our mutual loss.
1915
ROGER WINSHIP, one of the outstanding athletes of the College of his era, died suddenly at his home in Melrose, Mass., on March 29, 1946.
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, April 24, 1893, the son of Addison and Hannah Maria (Johnson) Winship, he prepared for Dartmouth at Melrose High School, where he was outstanding in interscholastic athletics. He entered college in the fall of 1911, and soon indicated his future varsity caliber by making the freshman football team, and later in the same year, the freshman basketball team. The following two years found him playing regularly on the varsity football team at end, and on the varsity basketball team at guard, and at the conclusion of the season of 1914 he was named captain of basketball for his senior year.
Active in class affairs from the start of his college career, Pete never lost touch with the College and the Class and since graduation he never failed to take active part in all the gatherings, events, and reunions of 1915 both in the Boston area and in Hanover.
In college he was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity and the Sphinx senior society, and in the first semester of freshman year was vice-president of the Class. During the First World War, he was overseas nearly the entire duration, having entered the American Field Service in June 1917, and later transferred into the United States Army, and became a Second Lieutenant in Aviation and Infantry.
He was married on June 13, 1919, to Ruth Sanders of Medford, who survives him, together with two daughters, Mrs. Patricia Crance of Geneva, New York, and Miss Jacqueline Winship of Melrose, and one son, Addison L. Winship 11, who followed in the footsteps of his father at Dartmouth. He spent his entire life in the business field after grad uation, and for the past thirteen years was sociated with the Gulf Oil Corporation. S
Funeral services were held in the Unitaria church, Melrose, Monday, April i, with the Rev. Chadbourne Spring officiating.
Present from the Class at the services were; Foster, Henderson, Huntress, Meader, Mil' more, Simpson, Tuck. Leon Tuck, also officiated as one of the bearers.
1919
HARVEY DOUGLASS GRAY died at his home in Springfield, Mass., March 13, 1946.
The son of William Harvey and Marion Pendre (McLeod) Gray, he was bom in Burlington. Kansas, June 13, 1898. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
After graduation he went into business, being successively with Acorn Hosiery Mills, Inc.; Infants Socks, Inc.; Patchogue-Plymouth Mills; F. D. Bausher Cos. of Reading, Pa.; and for the past five years manager of the Hodges Fiber Mills of Holyoke.
He was a member of Berkshire Country Club, Holyoke Rotary Club, the Industrial Relations Group of Springfield, and Faith Congregational church of Springfield. He was also active in social affairs of Springfield and in the Red Cross.
June 24, 1929, he was married to Lillian Vetter, who survives him, with a son, Malcolm Douglass.
Shorty, whose friendly, pleasant personality endeared him to a large number of friends, entered the business life of Holyoke, where he quickly became popular. His death came after a long illness contracted more than a year ago, when he was forced to retire from business and enter a sanitorium at Saranac.
1926
GEORGE W. POTTS died in Greensburg, Pa., cn June 20, 1945, of coronary occlusion.
He was born in Greensburg, Pa., December 2, 1903, the son of D. R. and Jennie (Walthour) Potts. He attended the Greensburg public schools and High School, and entered Dartmouth with the class of 1926, remaining for one semester.
After leaving Dartmouth he entered Lafayette College at Easton, Pa., with the class of 1927, and graduated" there in due course. Upon graduating from Lafayette he became assistant trust officer of the First National Bank of Greensburg, where he remained until his death, having risen to the position of trust officer.
He leaves a widow, Sara Branthoover Potts living in Greensburg, and two children, Caroline Walthour Potts, aged nine, and George Walthour Potts, aged seven.
He was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity at Lafayette College and played football both for Greensburg High School and for Lafayette.
1945
ROBERT BENSON TAYLOR, previously reported missing in action February 17, 1945' on a mission over Hanau, Germany, has recelltiy been declared dead by the War Denartment.
Bob enlisted in the Air Corps February 21, 194and was a First Lieutenant and first pilot of a B-17 bomber, his squadron having been attached to the 388 th Bomber Corps.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 1903, the son o£ Vernon Frank and Ruth Hallock' (Campbell) Taylor, and prepared for college at Texas Military Institute and Taft School. At Taft he was active in football, wrestling, and track, and continued these interests successfully at Dartmouth. Vernon F. Taylor Jr., '39. is a brother.
WILLIAM HENRY NATE died in Germany on June 19, 1945' of a streptococcus infection of the throat.
Bill was a member of the 329 th Engineers of the 104 th Division, and after seeing much action during the war left his comrades two days before his outfit left for the United States.
He was born in Colorado Springs, Colo., September 22, 1923, the son of Emile Henry and Grace May (Pennington) Nate, and prepared for college at Milburn, N. J., High School. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
Medical School
1892
DR. JOHN WESTALL died March 15, 1945, at his home in Fall River, Mass.
He was born at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England, May 10, 1861, his parents being William and Betsy (Grimshaw) Westall. His early education was obtained in the village schools. In 1881 he came to America.
For a time he was in the grocery business and was employed in a mill. For a long time he had held in mind an early desire to become a physician, and at last it became possible to carry out this purpose. After graduating he was for a time an intern in a hospital in Philadelphia, and in 1894 began practice in Fall River, where he continued in active practice until two weeks before his death.
In 1882 he was married to Elizabeth Hargreaves of Haslingden, Lancashire, England, who died in January, 1930. They had one daughter, Lillian Gertrude, now Mrs. Harold Horton.
1912
DR. JOHN WILLARD WESLEY died January 8 at his home in St. Johnsbury, Vt., o£ cancer of the lungs, after an illness of about six months. He was born in Bethlehem, N. H., January 5, 1886, the son of Rev. John Luther and Minnie (Danforth) Wesley. He was a direct descendant of Charles Wesley, the brother of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. He graduated at St. Johnsbury Academy in the class of 1907.
After graduation he served as intern in the Brockton (Mass.) City Hospital, and then took special training in obstetrics at the Lying-In Hospital in New York, after which he began practice in St. Johnsbury. He specialized in obstetrics and later in physiotherapy, and devoted himself closely to his profession, engaging very little in outside activities. He was a member of the Masonic order and an official member of Grace Methodist church.
September 8, 1915, he was married to Emma, daughter of Rev. J. M. and Mary (Putnam) Frost of Auburn, Me., who had been his classmate in St. Johnsbury Academy. She survives him, with a daughter, Marian Danforth, and a son, John Willard, now a student at the University of Vermont.
