Deaths
[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]
Oilman, Zeeb '63, June 5 Hunt, Theodore C. '76, July 8 Lawrence, John B. '82, June 26 Ellis, Benjamin F. '89, June 17 Hayes, Frederick L. '92, July 7 Claggett, Fred P. '94, July 4 Young, Philip '96, June 20 Marshall, Benjamin T. '97, June 30 Pringle, James N. '97, July 23 Martin, Arthur '00, July 4 Trude, Daniel P. '01, July 24 Wilson, Earle.E. '03 Buckbee, Neil S. '06 Wallace, James W. '07, June 6 Cooper, Frederick A. 'OB, May Rugg, Robert B. 'OB, May 29 Clough, John '10, June 10 Jones, Wallace T. '12, May 28 Jones, Herbert W. '13, June 18 Millar, Ronald '13, May 26 Buswell, Holt W. '14, .May 15 Needs, Ulysses S. '14, Sept. 9, 1943 Noe, Ralph D.'14, June 17 Berry, Paul B. '15, August 10, 1945 Curtis, Edgar A. '15, June 15 Stewart, Mead '22 Strong, Robert C. '24, June 8 Keegin, S. Warwick '24, May 20 Imbs, Wilbur E. '27, May 30 Erskine, Horace O. '30, December 1943 *Braun, Martin H. '34, November 13, 1942 Shoemaker, Arthur F. '38, 1942 Bourn, Theodore S., Jr. '39, May 27 *Melanson, William C., Jr. '42 Aldrich, William L. '46, June 7 *Kent, Henry M. '46, June 20, 1945 * Murphy, John B. '46
In Memoriam
1888
FRANK JUSTUS DAVIS died in Oakland, Calif., March 25, 1946. He entered Union College in September 1884, but changed to Dartmouth Jan. 1, 1885, and was a member of the class of '88 until April 1887, when he left college. While there he was a roommate of Spalding in the famous old Rood House, on the present site of Webster Hall.
After leaving college Davis followed general engineering in his early years, doing railroad work with several western systems. In July 1913 he became superintendent and secretary of the Ansonia, Conn., Water Co., and remained with them until his retirement October 1,1934
He was born June 13, 1865, at Stanfordville, N. Y., the son of Daniel M. and Eliza (Justus) Davis. He married Emma R. Kees December 23, 1897, in Salt Lake City, Utah. A son, Philip K., born Jan. 27, 1899, graduated from Worcester Tech., and is now with Austin Co. of Cleveland.
Upon .retiring from active business, Davis went to Oakland, Calif., where he has since lived and where his widow now resides. In college Davis was most likable and earnest in his work, a characteristic he no doubt held in all his long, active career.
1892
On July seventh, at his summer home in Wells Beach, Me., FRED HAYES died suddenly from a heart attack. He had hospital treatment in June for his heart and the improvement was enough to make him feel that it would mean more gain if he could get down to Wells Beach but evidently his condition was too serious. The burial was at Forest Glade Cemetery, Somersworth, N. H. on July 11.
Frederick L. Hayes was born March 1, 1870, at Great Falls (now Somersworth), N. H., son of Dr. John A. Hayes and Mary (Rollins) Hayes. He fitted for Dartmouth at the Great Falls High School, entered with '92, took his A.B. (and later an A.M.) and then went on to the Jefferson Medical College from which he was graduated in 1895. After practicing in Somersworth two years he moved to Brookline where he practiced until his death. He was a member of the Congregational Church, the American Medical Association, past President of Brookline Kiwanis, past Exalted Ruler of the Brookline Elks, Assistant Medical Examiner in Norfolk County, and physician to the Brookline Fire Department.
Fred's eyesight has been failing of late and he was almost totally blind with no hope that there might be any improvement. He was also much worried about the condition of Mrs. Hayes who has had a severe nervous breakdown but whose ultimate complete recovery is expected. Besides Mrs. Hayes (who was Carolyn Rinkels) he is survived by two sons, Clifford B. Hayes, of Lyman, South Carolina, and Fred L. Hayes, of Columbia, South Carolina, a stepson, Victor Rintels of Newton, and a brother, John E. R. Hayes, Dartmouth '95, of Boston.
ARTHUR M. STRONG '92
1896
PHILIP YOUNG, retired investment banker of Boston, died suddenly on June 20, 1946, as he and his wife were preparing to attend the 50th reunion of our Class.
He had a home at 8 Louisburg Square in Boston and a summer home on the North Shore at Nahant. Both homes were beautifully furnished with carefully chosen antiques, his lifelong hobby. During the war years he lived at the Hotel Tudor in Boston, where he died. His wife Ann survives him.
Philip was born in Portsmouth, N. H., November 16, 1874, son of Aaron Young, long employed by the Federal Treasury Department. He graduated from the Portsmouth High School.
He left college early in his sophomore year to accept a position in the investment firm of E. H. Rollins and Sons of Boston, selling bonds throughout New England. His industry and personality early brought him large success.
He later was one of the founders of the investment firm of Baker, Ayling, and Young, now Baker, Young and Company, of which he has been the directing head for many years. He had an outstanding success in the investment field.
Dartmouth recognized his ability and his loyalty to the College and conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Arts, which he much prized.
He gave Hanover its underground feed lighting system. But such was his innate modesty that he would not permit that generous gift to be known. Now that he has gone this information is made public.
He was a trustee of Emerson College, president and director of the Eliot Street Garage, and director of the Central Pennsylvania Gas Co., Atlantic Ice Manufacturing Company of Delaware, and the Mead Corp. of Ohio.
He was a member of the University Club, Nahant Club, Union Club, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Beacon Hill Club, and the Republican Club.
Philip was a most loyal Dartmouth alumnus, and no man was more beloved by the members of his class.
So passes one of God's noblemen.
1903
EARLE ELWIN WILSON died suddenly of a heart attack at the old homestead in Corinth, Vt., on June 27, 1946.
He was born May 4, 1880 at Corinth, the son of Charles and Lunatte (Fisher) Wilson and passed his boyhood on the farm at Corinth. He attended Bradford Academy in preparation for Dartmouth College which he entered in the fall of '99. In college he was a hard working student, quiet and unassuming. In 1909 he received his A.M. degree from Dartmouth and in 1917 took post-graduate courses in pedagogy under Prof. Home at New York University, receiving the degree of Pd.M.
After graduation he began his teachingcareer in Vermont, and remained there until 1912, and then became principal of the High School and superintendent of schools at Westboro, Mass. In 1915 he became principal of the Rogers Junior High School at Stamford, Conn., remaining as such until his death, a period of 31 years.
At Stamford he was very successful, the school growing to 1600 pupils and a corps of 55 teachers. At the close of his 25th year he was tendered a testimonial dinner, which was a mark of the appreciation of the city of his services.
On June 22, 1904, he married Grace Elliott Cleveland o£ Moncton, New Brunswick, by whom he had five children: Dorothy, Marian, Lucille, Earle Jr., who served in World War II for four years, and Paul who died in 1925. Mrs. Wilson died October 31, 1925.
On August 11, 1926 he married Carrie M. Merchant of Wendell, Mass., and had four children: Elaine, age 19 years, Roger age 13, Lois age 12, and Elwyn age 10 years.
Earle was a deacon of the Glenbrook Union church (Congregational), a member of the Masonic bodies and of the Odd Fellows.
Funeral services were held in the church at Corinth Center June 29, 1946, and burial was in the family lot at Corinth Center.
Deeply interested in character building, Earle took the greatest pride in his school work, refusing offers of higher positions because he felt his field was rich in opportunities. His family was his greatest joy, and his love of nature carried him back to his Vermont homestead and gave him the fun of planning for the later years of his life. A Christian gentleman gone to rest.
1906
NEIL STANLEY BUCKBEE entered Dartmouth with the class of 1906 from French Mountain, N. Y., where he was born September si, 1883. After graduating he attended the Thayer School, from which he received the degree of Civil Engineer in 1907.
At the time of his death, from a heart atack, in April 1946, Neil was living at 192 Elm St., New Cumberland, Pa.
After graduation Neil went to work for Durkee, White, & Towne of Springfield, Mass. After leaving them, he worked in Youngstown, Ohio, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, N. Y., before settling down in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1929. As chief engineer of the Cannett, Fleming, Cordry, & Carpenter Co., he played an important part in the development of water works, airfields, and army camps, and was highly regarded for his engineering skill and ability.
In 1909 he married Miss Alice Loud of Osceola, Mich., and they had three sons Don aid, Dartmouth 1934, Neil Jr., and John. "
Neil died while in high school, and Donald passed away in December 1945. John is a re search engineer with the Farnsworth Televi sion Company of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mrs. Buckbee plans to remain in New Cum berland so as to be near her daughter-in-law and.the three grandchildren.
1907
JAMES WILLIAM WALLACE died on June 6 at his home at Stormville, Dutchess County, N. Y„ following several years of critical illness.
He was born in St. Louis, Mo., July 16, 1884 and came to college from that city. A popular undergraduate, he participated in track athletics, and became manager of the varsity baseball team.
After graduation Jimmy and his wife made their home in New York City and at Stormville, N. Y. His wife, Myriam, who survives him, is a sister of Halsey Loder '05. There were no children.
Throughout his mature life Jimmy had been identified with the theater as actor, director, and dramatic author. Several nephews, sons of his sister, attended Dartmouth.
1912
WALLACE THAXTER JONES, JR., died on May 28, 1946, in Brooklyn, N. Y.. of a heart ailment with which he had been recurrently afflicted for several years.
He was born in Brooklyn on March 12, 1890, the son of Wallace Thaxter and Helen (Swift) Jones and was a descendant of Peter Faneuil, the merchant who gave the original Faneuil Hall to Boston in 1740.
He prepared for Dartmouth at Erasmus Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y.. graduating in the class of 1912. He then entered the employment of Rockwood & Co., Brooklyn, manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa products, a concern founded by his father in 1886 and of which he had been president since 1933.
He was a trustee of the East Brooklyn Savings Bank, a Director of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Association of Cocoa and Chocolate Manufacturers of the United States, and a member of the Dartmouth College Club of New York and the Economic and University Clubs. In the first World War he was an infantry major.
He was married to Josephine Traer at Chicago on November 29, 1917. Two children were born of the marriage, a daughter who died in 1932 at the age of twelve, and a son, Wallace Thaxter Jones, 3d, Dartmouth '41, a pilot of a naval bomber who was killed in action on a mission in the South Pacific.
Besides his widow he is survived by a brother, Carter F. Jones, and a sister, Mrs. W. Merton Rice.
At Dartmouth he was a member of Psi Upsilon, a member of the track and cross-country teams, and active in class affairs. "Wally" as he was affectionately known by his classmates, maintained an active interest in all matters pertaining to the College and the Class, and his genial personality and ability gained him the affection and respect of a host of friends.
1917
SYLVESTER GILBERT WHITON died suddenly April 21, 1946, at his home, 689 East Nineteenth St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. Although he had not been in robust health for some time because of a heart condition, the end came suddenly and the news of it is a severe shock to the class.
He was born in Brooklyn, October 29, 1895. and came to Dartmouth from Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn. He was a member of Kappa Sigma, always active and always well liked and respected by all on the campus. He will be long remembered for his Work in the Dramatic Association and in the Prom shows of our Hanover springs. He was quiet and unassuming among his classmates, but was always admired for his conscientiousness and industry.
In his senior year, Ves was one of the first to volunteer his services in the war. He joined the American Field Service in France in April 1917, and, while in Paris in October, transferred to the American Ambulance Corps. Thereafter he served in the actions at Champagne, Aisne, Rheims, and in the Argonne. He was with the Belgian and French Armies of Occupation, and received the Croix de Guerre with citations in March and November, 1918. He was discharged at St. Aignon, France, on April 16, 1919.
Thereafter Ves returned home, and has maintained his residence in Brooklyn ever since. He was always prominent in Masonic and welfare activities, and always loyal to Dartmouth alumni undertakings. His pro fession was insurance, starting with the Sun Indemnity Company, and ending as an independent broker with offices at 111 Fulton St.
On July 23, 1919, he married Mildred Holman in Brooklyn, and she and their three children survive him,—Lt. Sylvester G. Jr., USNR, Elizabeth, and Charles. We extend our sincerest sympathy to them.
The class was represented at the funeral by Don Brooks, Sumner Emerson, and Gene Towler.
1920
RAYMOND MOODY died April 29 at the home of his brother, Elliott E. Moody, in Cranford, N. J. His death followed an illness of several months and a courageous attempt to resume his work with the Railway Express Agency in Albany, N. Y.
Born April 22, 1898, in Bayonne, N. J., Ray came to Dartmouth after graduation from Cranford High School. He was with us two years in Hanover; then entered the Army and served with the A.E.F. for two years until the end of World War I. In 1920 he moved to Gloversville, N. Y„ where he was married to Lillian Gage and resided for many years. More recently the Moodys had lived in Port Henry, X. Y., on the shore of Lake Champlain.
At various times Ray was a writer, a farmer, a guide in the Adirondacks and a representative of the Internal Revenue Bureau in Albany; but for the last 12 years he had been continuously with the Railway Express Agency. He had many hobbies and many ways of drawing quiet satisfaction from life—writing poetry and stories of railroading, organizing clubs for the study of astronomy, gardening, church choir singing.
The Moodys' only son, William Gage Moody, served with the Marine Corps and was killed on Iwo Jima in March 1945. In addition to his wife and brother, Ray is survived by his father, William Moody of Plainfield, N. J., and two sisters, Mrs. Constance Hodges of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Mrs. Pauline Lindsay of Railway, N. J. Funeral services were held on May 1 and burial was in the Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield, N. J.
1930
Word has just been received that HORACE ODELL ERSKINE died in December, 1943, presumably in Colombo, Ceylon, where he had lived since 1937, as assistant manager of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.
"Hod" was born in Gloucester, Mass., December 6, 1908, the son of Herbert O. and Rachel S. Erskine. He entered Dartmouth from Gloucester High School. He majored in economics and was on the freshman and varsity football squads. Hod was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Ever since graduation, Hod has been associated with the Standard Oil Co. of N. Y. He first went to Madras, India, for two years and then returned to Lowell, Mass., until he left for Ceylon. Little has been heard from him since 1938. Although he has been more or less out of touch with his classmates most of the time since leaving Hanover, Hod will be remembered as a quiet, modest, and popular member of the Class of 1930.
* Died in war service.
