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 numberJ

Comstock, John M. '77, October 30 Sargent, Harry C. '87 Chase, Frederick H. '88, August 9 Kellar, John G- '93, October 21 Foss, Calvin W. '00, October 23 Douglass, Douglas B. '03, June 20 Tobey, Walter H. '03, October 14 Chase, Joseph T. '06, November 9 Holdman, Oro E. '11, October Baxter, J. Welles '12, September 18 Sanborn, John W. W. '18, October 1 Eaton, Dana H. '20, November 9 Climenko, David R. '27, October 9 Wheelock, Harry E. Jr. '34, October 12 Winant, John G. '2511, November 3 Feldman, Herman '29h, October 16

In Memoriam

1880

Word has only recently been received o£ the death of EDWIN GOULD MOORE, on May 16, 1944, in Laconia, N. H.

"Deacon," as he was called in college, was born in London, England, August so, 1857. After graduation he taught in a private school in New York City until his retirement in 1927. At that time he moved to Belmont, N. H., to make his home with a sister. "Deacon" never maintained any contact with the class or the College and persistently refused to answer any communications from the secretary. He never married and is survived only by a brother, Frank, of Barnstead, N. H.

1881

HERBERT BLAKEMORE MAYNARD died in Waterloo, lowa, March 23, 1943. He was born

in Washington Court House, Ohio, February n, 1859, the son of Bardwell H. and Clarissa (Blakemore) Maynard.

"Moxie" prepared for college at St. Johnsbury Academy and spent only his freshman year with our class. He then transferred to Amherst where he spent two years.

After leaving college "Moxie" was continuously associated with public utilities operations in lowa, having served as vice-president of Eastern lowa Electric Co. and secretary of Citizens Gas and Electric Co.

On October 19, 1887, he married Margaret Marie Palmer of Washington Court House, who died in February 1935. There were seven children, five of whom survive.

Although with us only a short time, "Moxie" maintained keen interest in the class and he and his wife were welcome members of our fiftieth and fifty-fifth reunion groups.

1882

HARRIS COMER died at the George Ben Hospital, Abingdon, Va., December 5, 1946.

He was born in Springboro, Ohio, January 11, 1861. He attended Miami Valley College in Ohio for two years, and transferred to Dartmouth in his junior year. Due to the fact that he was with the class for only two years, he never kept in close touch with the class or the college. In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

Following his graduation, for over fifty years Mr. Comer was engaged in the manufacture of scientific apparatus of glass, with the Precision Thermometer and Instrument Cos. of Philadelphia. In 1944 he retired and moved to Virginia, where he made his home with a daughter, first in Bristol and later in Wytheville.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Rapp of Wytheville.

1888

FREDERICK HARRISON CHASE died in Brooklyn, N. Y., August 9, after a long illness. He was born in Newport, R. 1., May 14, 1866, the son of Charles Frederick and Mary Louise (Otis) Chase. His home address during college days was North Easton, Mass., and he prepared for Dartmouth at the Easton High School.

Chase was a good student with a flair for music, and was Class Chorister. He was also a choir leader at St. Thomas Episcopal Church of Hanover and active in church affairs. He was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity.

After graduation in June 1888 he spent the summer in Hanover and in the fall entered the law office of his uncle, Charles H. Otis of Brooklyn, where he acted as a law clerk and also studied at Columbia Law School, where he finished the course. At that time no degrees were granted, but in 1925 Columbia gave him the degree of LL.B., as of the Class of 1890.

He practised law in Brooklyn all his lite, and for thirty-five years under the firm name of Chase and Cahoon, which was terminated by the death of Mr. Cahoon. He afterwards continued the work by himself, until illness forced him to retire and enter a nursing home. He was President of the Board of Trustees of The Polhemus Memorial Clinic of Brooklyn, and during World War I was a member of the Legal Advisory Board of the State of New York.

Chase attended many reunions, but a friend writes us that he considered the Fiftieth one of the high points of his life. He was loyal to the college and his class, and his passing is deeply regretted by our lessening band of survivors.

GEORGE FISKE HARDY died at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, on October 2. He had passed a busy lifetime without illness, but the extremely hot weather of the past summer lowered his resistance and a terminal pneumonia proved fatal in a few days.

He was born in Poquonock, Conn., February 12, 1865, the son of George F. and Jane (Smyth) Hardy. He entered Dartmouth in 1884 and graduated in 1888 with a B.S. degree, being one of the few men who knew what he wanted to do for a life work. He planned to be an engineer and was a hard working student and prize winner during all his student days. He was a member of Phi Zeta Mu Society, Casque and Gauntlet and an editor of the famous Aegis of 1888.

Following graduation he went with the A. B. Tower Cos. of Holyoke, Mass., specialists in pulp and paper mills, as draughtsman, then foreman and in 1903 as junior partner. In 1898 he became chief engineer for the International Paper Cos., but resigned in 1901 to acquire the A. B. Tower Cos., which had moved to New York. From then on his business increased and he became known as the "Dean of the Paper Industry." He built a large number of paper and pulp mills and power plants, including the 275,000 horsepower hydroelectric plant at Abitibi Canyon, Ont.; and also designed the plant of the Spruce Falls Power and Paper Cos. and the Kimberly Clark Cos.

Many other mills were constructed not only in the United States but in Newfoundland and in Mexico. Since 1932 he has been engaged largely in the development of the kraft, pulp and paper industry in our southern states, which included mills in Georgia, Florida and Louisiana. He designed the first mill to make newsprint from southern pine at Lufkin, Texas, and recently completed the first modern sulphate pulp mill in Mexico.

Hardy was a director of the St. Croix Paper Cos. of Woodland, Me., and in 1918 he was N. Y. District Manager, Division of Supply, Emergency Fleet Corporation. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and of many engineering societies here and abroad, also a member of the Union League and University Clubs of New York City. Dartmouth honored him with the Degree of Doctor of Science in 1936.

On January 29, 1896, Hardy was married to Johnetta Beall of Zenia, Ohio, who died Nov. 3, 1925. Their children are George Fiske and John Alexander Hardy '22, who is now the partner of the firm of George F. Hardy and Son. He also leaves seven grandchildren.

It is hard to think of 'BB without George F. Hardy. He was a loyal member for 59 years, supporter of the Alumni Fund, and attendant at reunions when possible. Self-made, even in student days, he advanced to outstanding success in the development of great enterprises. His classmates rate him as the most modest of men, but possessed of integrity that could not but make him great.

1893

FRANK WILLIAM MILLER died September 27 at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.

He was born January 23, 1866, on a farm on Eaton Pike, six miles west of Dayton, the son of John and Anna Marie (Seim) Miller. He prepared for College at the Dayton Central High School and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1889 with the Class of '93.

Somewhat older than the majority of the class and of a studious nature, "Dayton" was respected and looked up to by his classmates. He became a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and senior Society of Sphinx. He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa ranking and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1896 he achieved a Master of Arts from Dartmouth and in 1912 Miami University of Oxford, Ohio, granted him an honorary Doctor of Pedagogy degree.

Following his graduation he taught Algebra at the Steele High School, Dayton, until 1908, when he left Steele to become principal of Stivers High School, a post he held for two years. In 1910 Dr. Miller was elected State Commissioner of Education, a position he held until February 1916 when he became Superintendent of Schools at Dayton. In 1921 he joined the staff of the Kiser High School, retiring from this post in 1933 when he reached the 65 year age limit. He was a Mason, Unitarian, and Knight of Pythias.

He was the author of text books published through Charles Scribner Sons, and he established a school for crippled children. A life long Democrat, he was elected for two terms to the Ohio General Assembly. He also served two terms as a member of the Dayton Board of Education.

August 19, 1897, Dr. Miller married Nettie Burnett of Arcanum, Ohio. Their children are Audrey Frederick '23 of Dayton and Mrs. Catharine Marie Aiderson of Metuchen, N. J., Smith '21.

Funeral services were held Oct. 1 at Ullmer Funeral Home with burial in Bear Creek Cemetery, Dayton.

1895

ALBERT LYMAN 30WERS died August 30, in Woodstock, Vt. He was born in Northfield, Vt., August 31, J 8/1, the son o£ Lyman and Frances (Howe) lowers. He came with his family to Woodsto:k while he was very young. Attending the 10:al schools, he graduated from Woodstock High School in 1891. He attended Dartmouth for one year, and also attended the Medial College of the University of Vermont.

11l health forced him to give up his studies, but in 1897 he went to Boston and passed the State Board of Registered Pharmacists, and in September a'cceptei a position as prescription clerk in Wiswell fharmacy in Northampton, Mass. He retired after thirty-five years in the drug business, haing worked in the Woodstock Pharmacy ind been associated with Ernest Wright in the latter's drug store.

On July 27, 1901, he married Josephine Hubbard who ditd in 1937. Mr. Powers is survived by one diughter, Mrs. Lucile Powers Thomas, of Brattbboro, Vt., three grandchildren, and one broiher, Nelson D. Powers.

"Doc" as he was affectionately called by his many friends was a lover of sports, especially fishing, and many hours of pleasure were enjoyed by him at his private pond, Crystal Pond on Hartland Hill. For the last ten years he had spent his vinters in Brattleboro with his daughter, ami his summers at Crystal Pond. He was a nember of the Brattleboro Masonic Bowling Team, and to hundreds of members of the Lnights of Birmingham, he was known as "Dec T.1.0.J." He was a member of the WoodsDck Lodge of Masons.

He loved peope, enjoyed dramatic work, being very active in the Woodstock Alumni Association and Universalist Church, and was the gayest o£ men. He contributed to the "Vermonter" from timt to time in years past.

1898

LESLIE ADAMS HATCH died at Desert Hot Springs, Calif., on August 2. He had been ill but a very few days but was a very sick man and did not have the strength to fight through.

He was born in Littleton, N. H., January 17, 1875, the son of Oscar and Flora (Adams) Hatch. After preparing at Phillips Andover Academy he was a member of the class of 1898 at Dartmouth from 1894 to 1896 and while in college was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

After leaving college he was for a time a photographer in Orange, N. J. Later moving to California, he became an accountant for District Bond Cos., Los Angeles, and of Rancho Santa Fe Corporation. He later became Auditor and Water Superintendent at Manhattan Beach, Calif. For the past several years he had been retired and was living at Desert Hot Springs at the time of his death.

He married Helen W. Filer at Littleton, N. H. on June 7, 1896, who survives, with their two children, Lawrence Leslie and Marie Louise.

While Leslie had not attended reunions he was always a very loyal member of the class and of Dartmouth.

1899

JAMES LEONARD BARNEY died suddenly at his home in Dorchester, Mass., September 3. He had risen as usual and was about to dress for breakfast when he collapsed and succumbed in fifteen minutes. The cause was a ruptured blood vessel within the heart. Up to that time he had been in good health with no premonition of illness.

Jim Barney was born in Hyde Park, a suburb o£ Boston, on February 8, 1877. He graduated from the Hyde Park High School and entered Dartmouth with the class of 1899. Contemporaries from the same town and school who entered with him were Dan Ford, Jack Sanborn and Horace Sears. His family and Hyde Park friends called him Leonard.

In college he was unassertive, well liked. He had a pleasing personality and was highly respected for his sterling character. He won second prize in free hand drawing and in competition won prominent parts in the Dramatic Club. His fraternities were Phi Delta Theta and Casque and Gauntlet. He was an active member of the Y.M.C.A. and never lost the interest of his youthful days in his church. By nature he seemed to be adapted to the ministry or teaching but before leaving college he was apparently determined to enter the lumber trade as a career and to start from the bottom.

Though he had worked at various jobs in college vacation periods for as much as sia a week, he started to work in July, 1899, for the lumber firm o£ Andrew F. Leatherbee of Boston, lumping, piling and tallying lumber on the wharf for $5 a week. He worked hard and advancement was constant even if remuneration was small.

In 1901 he entered the employ of the Northern Lumber Company of St. Johnsbury, Vt. He became head of the Boston office of the company in 1905, the year of his marriage to Helen Balkam, a sweetheart of his school days.

In 1906 Jim became Boston representative of the Rice and Lockwood Lumber Company and the following year left that company and entered the employ of Pope and Cottle, Chelsea, Mass. In 1911 he became Secretary of the Pope Lumber Company of Dorchester. He was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Lumber Trade Club of Boston in 1915 and was afterwards President. At a later time he was a Director, then Vice President and then President of the Dorchester Board of Trade; Director and later President of the Massachusetts Cooperative Bank; a Director of the Dorchester Trust Company and President of the Dartmouth Club of Boston; member of the Finance Committee of the Dorchester Branch of the Y.M.C.A. and the Finance Committee of the Second Congregational Church of Dorchester. In February 1922 he organized the business of Barney and Carey Company and was its Treasurer.

Helen, his wife, died in 1937 and in 1938 he withdrew from active business, selling his share in the Barney and Carey Company to the other two partners in the corporation.

Surviving are two sons, Wendell, Dartmouth 1929, who is a member of the firm of Leach, Calkins and Scott, certified public accountants of Richmond, Va. Another son, Roger, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1937, is now rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Ashland, N. H. Wendell has one son and Roger has a daughter and a son.

Funeral services were on the afternoon of September 5 at the Second (Congregational) Church at Codman Square, Dorchester. Classmates attending were: Clark, Donahue, Irving, Lynch, Rogers, Silver, Sleeper and Smith.

J. W. G.

1900

CALVIN WHITTEN Foss died at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., on October 23. He had been in bad health for many years, but his final illness lasted but two weeks.

Calvin was born in Pittsfield, N. H., on May 30, 1876, the son of Horace M. and Abbie (Green) Foss. Graduating from the local high school, he entered Dartmouth in 1895 with the class of 1900. As an undergraduate he was an effective student, sober-minded and liked by all, and much esteemed by a selected group of friends. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Interested in debating in the days when that form of activity was more in the undergraduate eye than it is at present, he served as alternate in the Dartmouth-Williams debate of 1899 and was a Class of '66 prize speaker. Upon his record he was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa and received honors in philosophy upon graduation.

For some years after graduation he was a teacher in the schools of New Hampshire and Vermont and attended for a period the Harvard Divinity School. At this time he retained his residence in Pittsfield and served as chairman of the Board of Education. He then turned to library work and was employed by the Amherst College Library from 1907 to 1908. In .the latter year he became assistant reference librarian and in 1911 reference librarian in the Brooklyn, N. Y., Public Library, a position which he retained until 1929. He was then librarian of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden until ill health forced his retirement in 1933. Since that time he has been unable to do any active work.

In 1912 Calvin was married in Pittsfield to Agnes Drake, a graduate o£ Lasell Seminary, who survives him as do his two daughters, Agnes (Smith '35) the wife of Joseph S. Bender (D. C., '34) and Christine (Smith '40). He is also survived by two brothers, George E. (D.C., '97) and Ervin H. and by two sisters, Mrs. Newman H. Seldon and Mrs. Mark A. Davis.

His funeral was held on October 25 in the Baptist Church at his birthplace, Pittsfield, N. H., and burial was in that town. The class was represented by Butterfield and Dunlap.

1902

LAWRENCE RICHARDSON HILL died July 31, 1946, at Togus, Me. He was born in Concord, N. H., February 3, 1878 and prepared for college in the Concord High School.

In college he sang in the Glee Club and in the Chapel and Church Choirs. He played on the class football team and was a member of the class and varsity athletic teams, frequently winning the 440 and 600 yard runs in track meets, He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

After graduating from Dartmouth he attended Harvard Medical School from which he received his M.D. in 1907. During World War I he served in France as a Captain in the Medical Corps, serving with the British Forces. Following the war he practised for some time in California, and then returned to New Hampshire, practising in Wolfeboro and later in Sanbornville.

March 19, 1930 he was married to Ruth Ful ler of Rochester, N. H. There were two daugh ters, Irma and Ruth. Josiah F. Hill '84 was a brother.

CLARENCE DANA MOONEY died at his home in Laconia, N. H., on August 6. He was born in Newport, N. H., June 30, 1878, the son of Dana Jay and Mary (Meserve) Mooney.

Although he was with the class only one year, Dick, as he was called, will be remembered by his classmates for his musical ability. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

After leaving college Dick became connected with the Peerless Manufacturing Co. in Newport. About twenty years ago he moved to Laconia and became associated with Scott & Williams Inc., manufacturers of knitting machinery.

Throughout his life Dick continued his interest in music. He had served as organist in the Congregational Church in Newport and in Laconia. He had been employed as pianist in various summer hotels and had served as accompanist at music festivals throughout the state. Until forced to resign by ill health he had served as organist for his Masonic lodge. He had arranged for the first community concert program in Laconia and was president of the Community Concert Association.

April 7, 1904, he was married to Edith Sargent of Manchester, N. H., who survives him with their two sons, Richard D. Mooney '27 and I homas C. Mooney, both of Laconia.

SEWALL EDWIN NEWMAN died on May 31, 1947. at the Osteopathic Hospital in Jamaica Plain, shortly after an operation.

He, was born August 2, 1879, in Beverly, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Worcester Academy. In college he was prominent in athletics, winning his "D" in track. Because of his fine frame and stature he was known to his classmates and friends as "Rock." He had a lot of college spirit and was beloved by his classmates. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

August 2, 1906, Rock married Mabel Dexter Corey and they made their home in Winchester, Mass., where he served as selectman and played baseball on the town teams. Mrs. Newman was burned to death in a tragic accident in 1939. Rock then gave up his home in Winchester.

For most of his life Rock was in the real estate business in Boston. During the war he spent ten months at the Fore River Plant and later ran a mica mine in Grafton, N. H. For years he spent his summers on Vineyard Sound, Cape Cod, and was active in the sale and development of summer cottages near Falmouth, Mass.

He leaves two daughters: Margaret, with whom he made his home, and Elizabeth (Mrs. Edwin Dubois); a son, Sewall Henry Newman '34; and four grandchildren.

1903

DOUGLAS BURNS DOUGLASS O£ Fort Wayne, Ind., died June 20.

He was born in Fort Wayne, March 24, 1879, and graduated from the Fort Wayne High School. In college he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, a member of the Aegis Board and of the Choral Club. At graduation he was Class Poet.

In the summer of 1903 he began newspaper work and became successively cub reporter, sports editor and exchange editor. During these years he sang in church choirs and studied law. In 1910 he was admitted to the practice of law in the state of Indiana. He formed the firm of Douglass & Helmke, which in 1940 became Douglass & Douglass, the latter member being his son, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1937 and in 1940 from the Indiana Law School.

Interested in politics he was elected State Representative in 1907 and was subsequently made prosecuting attorney of the City Court. In 1923 he became Judge of the Court. Always a great worker in Masonry, he became in 1937 Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Indiana and a member of the Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree. He was a member of the Plymouth Congregational Church.and for manyyears was active in many community projects.

In 1911 he married Marion L. Bridgeman of West Hampton, Mass., who survives him, together with his son, William, and two daughters, Dorothy and Patricia.

1912

JOHN WELLES BAXTER died on September 18: at his home in Arlington, Va., after a fourmonths illness.

He was born in Hartford, Conn., September 22, 1890, the son of William Gilbert and Addie (Ransom) Baxter. Upon graduation from Hartford public high school he entered Dartmouth, graduating with the Class of 1912 and in 1913 received his degree of M.C.S. from the Tuck School.

After serving a year as an auditor for the Travelers Insurance Company at Hartford, he entered a long service with the National City Bank of New York, which included opening and operating a branch of that bank in Port of Spain, Trinidad, 8.W.1. In 1920 he was appointed auditor of foreign branches, traveling in Venezuela, Cuba and Colombia. During World War I he served in the Army Ordnance Dept.

In 1930 he entered the public accounting field, receiving his degree in Connecticut as a Certified Public Accountant. After serving as Deputy Farm Loan Registrar of the Second Federal Loan Bank District in Baltimore for a year he returned to his former accounting firm at Hartford. In 1941 he was appointed principal accountant for the Chief Signal Officer at Washington, D. C., by his classmate, Colonel Conrad E. Snow. He served in this capacity until the end of the war when fye became accountant with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He was then transferred to the Industrial Accounts Branch of the War Assets Administration which position he held at the time of his death.

On June 15, 1929, he was married to Dorothea Fraser of West Hartford, who died in December, 1937. On August 23, 1941, he was married to Martha Trust of West Haven, Conn., who survives him, together with his thirteen-year-old daughter by his first marriage, Mary Jane. Burial was at New Haven, Conn., on his 57th birthday.

1918

JOHN WOODBURY WALES SANBORN died in Sioux City, lowa, on October 1, after a brief illness.

Sandy was born in Sioux City, May 17, 1896, the son of Woodbury and Anna (Wales) Sanborn. He prepared tor college at Culver Military Academy.

In college he roomed in N. H. Hall with Ken Jones and was a great pal of "Doc" Ed McDowell. Sandy loved his friendships in the Outing Club, of which he was the Vice President. After a long hike over the trails he would settle down happily before the fire in one of the cabins, well fed and puffing contentedly at his pipe. During World War I Sandy served in the Army Ambulance Service.

Following his discharge from service Sandybecame associated with his father in the operation o£ the Sanborn-Kinney Furniture Cos. in Sioux City. In 1924 he formed the Sanborn Insurance Agency and continued in the insurance business until his death.

June 22, 1929, he was married to Elizabeth Nelson of Sioux City who survives hiffi with their daughters, Anne and Cynthia, and his mother. To them '18 extends its deepest sympathy for the loss of Sandy, but he will live ever in our memory.

1928

RICHARD WHITBY CHAPMAN died September 9 at the Yonkers, N. Y., General Hospital. He was born in Glens Falls, N. Y., February si, 1907, the son of Frank Elmer and Eloise (Whitby) Chapman. He was educated in the public schools of Bellows Falls, Vt., and remained at Dartmouth for two years.

He then worked for the International Paper Company at Three Rivers, Quebec, as an electrical engineer and later went to NewYork for the same company. In 1937 he resigned to accept a position with George F. Hardy & Son, consulting engineers, with whom he remained until his death. The senior partner of this firm, George F. Hardy '88, died on October 2.

Dick was a member of the Yonkers Male Glee Club and had sung in various choirs. He was a member of the Boys' Committee of the Y.M.C.A. Surviving are his widow, Suzette, a son, a daughter, a sister and his parents.

1934

CHARLES FISCHER LIPPE passed away suddenly, August 25, in Fort Logan, Colo. Death came without warning, of a heart attack, during sleep.

Chuck Lippe entered Dartmouth from Mount Vernon (N. Y.) High School and majored in Economics. His activities included The Bema, Dartmouth Christian Association, and Cabin and Trail. After graduation, Chuck took some chemistry courses at Columbia and entered New York University Medical School, receiving his M.D. in 1939. He then became resident physician at Sea View Hospital, Staten Island.

The new doctor was commissioned a medical officer in the Naval Reserve and his service was varied and long. After almost two years on a destroyer doing convoy duty in the North Atlantic, he served a considerable stretch of shore duty at the Naval Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas. Then came more overseas duty, this time at various Naval hospital installations in the Philippines. After his discharge from the Navy in April of this year, with the rank of Lieutenant Commander, Chuck received a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Fort Logan.

There had been no preliminary indications of any heart difficulty. Who can say that the untimely passing of this skillful young surgeon was not the price of five hard years spent in unswerving devotion toward saving the lives of countless of his fellows?

Chuck, who was unmarried, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Lazarus.

S. GORDON WATTS passed away in Memorial Hospital, New York City, on August 23, a victim o£ Hodgkin's Disease. Gordie finally succumbed to the relentless foe only after a courageous battle which found him in and out of the hospital over a period of two years.

Gordon Watts entered Dartmouth from Kingston (N. Y.) High School. He engaged in freshman football and baseball, and won his varsity letter as a member of the soccer team. A member of Theta Delta Chi, he majored in sociology.

Upon graduation from college, Gordie joined the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company of Germantown, Pa., an association which continued until his death. For several years he worked in the shop, familiarizing himself with the procedures, and then advanced through various steps into the publicity and sales activities of the company. He represented the Budd Company at the World's Fair in 1939. During the war he was put in charge of salary stabilization, covering the procedure under governmental regulations. After the war he performed responsible duties in the treasurer's office until the time of his demise. A release from the Budd organization announcing the death praised Gordie's analytical mind, pleasant personality and great popularity.

Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth Duryee Boeve, and two children, Bets) and Dick, besides a brother, John M. Watts '32.

JAMES LEONARD BARNEY '99

SAMUEL GORDON WATTS '34