1908

Men in the class will be shocked to learn of the death of Dutch Elwell, who passed away on Friday, December 13, at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He had been in the hospital for some time during the fall, had returned home where he had a relapse and his death occurred shortly after returning to the hospital again. The funeral was held at Winchester on December 16 and was attended by several men in the class. He was buried in Exeter, N. H. Dutch had lived in Winchester about ninteen years and had moved to Marblehead a few months before he died.

George William Elwell came to college from Exeter Academy and roomed freshman year in Thornton. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. Following his graduation, Dutch attended Harvard Law School where he received his degree in 1911. Following his admission to the Bar, he was associated for some time with the law firm of Choate, Hall and Stewart of Boston. Following that, he became associated with the Boston office of Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery and that association continued for twenty-five years. Dutch served in World War I. He was married on January 1, 1927, to Genevieve M. Laughery, Lancaster, N. H. During the years Dutch lived in Winchester, he was active in the affairs of the town until his illness prevented this participation. He had a genuine enthusiasm and loyalty for Exeter, for Dartmouth, and for his class. Always interested in fishing, Dutch endeavored to return to his home county in New Hampshire whenever possible as soon as the trout season opened. He is survived by his widow, Genevieve Laughery Elwell, a son, George M., a daughter, Ann of Winchester and Marblehead, and a brother, Clinton Elwell of Exeter, N. H. Dutch will be greatly missed by his many friends and acquaintances.

Information has just been received that Lt. David H. Skillin was killed in action over Japan. David was the younger son of Percy and Eleanor Skillin. He is survived by his mother and an older brother, Edward J. Skillin. We expect to learn further details on this and to report them as soon as possible.

The announcement of the appointment of Fred Schilling as vice president in charge of Labor Relations for the Turner Construction Co., was made on January 6 by Ben Moreell, President of the company, and Fritz's picture appeared at the top of the page in the New York Herald-Tribune of January 7. Fritz has been associated with the Turner Co. for 39 years and has been a vice president for a long period.

After a long, honorable career in Springfield, Vt., we regret to have to report that Queech Safford has been elected to the legislature of Vermont. Queech had served as one of the selectmen for a good many years. Perhaps the example set to Queech by one of his distinguished fellow-townsmen in being elected to the United States Senate recently, made Queech believe that he should also break into politics more actively.

Arthur and Pauline O'Shea attended the Columbia game in Hanover. Arthur is his former sturdy self after giving the doctors a little work a couple of years ago. Their son John is associated with Arthur in the business. John and his wife have a ten months old son. Jim attended medical school, was discharged from the Navy last Spring and is living and is practicing in Lawrence, Mass., where he is with the McCarthy Clinic, specializing in Pediatrics. Dr. Jim and his wife have two children, Cathy 3, and Dennis, 20 months old. Arthur and Pauline's daughter, Peg, who married Cruger C. Harrold, is living in Macon, Ga. She and her husband have one daughter, Beth. Arthur and Pauline visited them in Macon in November.

Art Rotch is still tussling with his new teeth and it is reported that his diet of oatmeal, cream of wheat, mashed potatoes and gravy, etc., have brought Arthur's waist measure and weight down to a figure approaching that of the days when he was a blocking back on the Milford High School team.

As we go to press early in January, we are looking forward to the meeting of the Alumni Council which will be held in Chicago on January 24-25. Our memory is that 1908 has more members on the Alumni Council than any other class. We hope that these men will all be able to attend the meeting, and that Jack Everett will bring with him from Maine some of those famous ice cubes taken from the river on which he lives, that Jim Norton will come on from sunkist California and that Robbie Robinson will come on from Des Moines where the tall corn grows. Dr. Fiske, the eminent physician from Pittsburgh, is coming to Chicago a day early for the annual meeting of the Academy of Something to which he belongs so that he can attend the dinner and the meeting. We reported the doctor's promised visit to the Ev Marsh's when we bent an elbow or two with them at the Dartmouth cocktail party held at the University Club in Chicago the week before Christmas. If the Hiltons are not lolling in Florida at the time of the meeting, we expect that they will augment the gathering, as will Park Stickney and other members of the class within striking distance. Lela plans to accompany the Class Notes editor to the meeting.

New addresses: Roscoe G. Frame, Meeting House Green, Ipswich, Mass.; Richard R. Peebles, Box 772, Ashland, Ky.; Walter C. Rich, 727 Cedar Ave., Niagara Falls, N. Y.

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