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']
Richardson, Dan C. '91, January 31 Rollins, Fitzhugh S. '94, January 13 Coombs, Daniel S. '97, December 6 Rodgers, Bradley C. '98, January 20 Richardson, Harry W. '00, February 3 Blair, Hugh '04, January 28 Brooks, Addison G. '06, February 3 Everett, Chester McK. '06, December 31 Haslam, John W. '06, September 9 Norton, John A. '0B, January 22 Kilburn, Ira N. '09, February 3 Watson, Daniel E. '09, January 28 Coburn, Richard A. '16, February 7 Pounds, Lewis C. '18, January 23 Morse, Robert F. '20, January 24 Sparhawk, Sam '22, January 22 Jarmon, Walter H. '23, December 10 Morcroft, George E., Jr. '27, August 24 Stubbs, Frederick D. '27, February 9 Woodworth, Donald M. '27, February 12 White, Herbert A. 'Oim, February 5
In Memoriam
1891
In the passing of DAN CARL RICHARDSON on January 31, the class loses one of its best known and most popular members. He was born in Waterbury, Vt., November 20, 1867, the son of Carlos E. and Lavinia Richardson. Educated at the Green Mountain Seminary and St. Johnsbury Academy, he entered Dartmouth in the autumn of '87. He roomed the entire four years with Trull. They were joined in the last two years by DuRois. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Casque and Gauntlet.
Richardson served the First National Bank of Concord, N. H., for several years, and in 1898, went with the Western Electric Company, serving as clerk, cashier and auditor and retiring in 1931 as General Auditor, a position of great responsibility. For a short time after retirement he was connected with a bank in Hanover, to which he had removed. but failing health led to his abandonment of that work. In 1904 he had married Gertrude H. Byers of Fort Worth, Texas, who survives him, as does one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, the wife of John D. Evans, of Montclair, N. J. They have two children, the younger bearing his grandfather's name.
Richardson served three years in the New Hampshire National Guard, was active in Masonry in the various cities where he lived, and was a member of the Glee Club in each of the communities with which he was identified. He had very discriminating tastes in art, literature and music, and impressed his associates everywhere as a man of marked cultivation and personal charm.
1894
FITZHUGH SMITH ROLLINS JR., was born May 28, 1871, in Newtonville, Mass. His mother was Augusta Hanson. His father was a Boston merchant. He was one of six children, four sons and two daughters, of whom one is living.
He fitted for college in the Newtonville public schools and in Cutter's Private School. He came to college with his older brother Walter, who had been kept back by the condition of his eyes. In college he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx. During a large part of his college course he roomed at the Alpha Delta Phi house and is remembered as a very genial companion and friend. He was given the sobriquet of "Punch" because for the entertainment of a crowd he would once in a while make a contortion of his face and with a cigar in his mouth would remind the boys of the figure which the English magazine Punch used as its masthead. The fact that this name became so universal and that everyone to this day speaks of him as "Punch" Rollins is a tribute to his popularity.
He went to Boston University Law School and graduated in 1897. He established himself in Cannelton, Ind., but as time went on it became clear to him that law was not his natural bent. So in 1900 he went to the San Francisco region of California and became connected with the United States Postal Service, and in this connection continued until he retired in 1936.
In Cannelton he had found his future wife, Kate Vaughan. It was a happy marriage. His first boy died in infancy, but three others lived to adult years and are now well established in the Bay region. The oldest, Eugene, is an underwriter with the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. The second, Fitzhugh Smith Jr. is a research engineer for the California Company (Standard Oil). Alfred, the youngest, after five years in the Army and coming out as a major, is now engaged in Home Construction.
Punch was happy in his home and his children. After retirement, he became a good carpenter (on his own house) and a good gardener. The Class Secretary remembers an evening when he and Rollins, Townsend, Read and Ruggles got together at Townsend's home in Berkeley and had delightful hours of reunion and reminiscence. This was only one of several contacts that the Secretary had with him, as from time to time he visited the West Coast. Punch was always glad to talk about old times and about his present satisfactions.
He died January 13, 1947, in his sleep, with his wife at his side. The cause was blood poisoning.
C. C. M.
1897
DANIEL STICKNEY COOMBS died of a heart attack December 6, 1946, in East Sutton, Mass.
Coombs was with '97 only a few months. He roomed with Christophe in Wentworth Hall the winter of '93, after which he transferred to Middlebury College, where he spent one year. For the next twenty years he taught school in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. Retiring from that profession in 1916, he devoted himself to dairy farming in East Sutton, Mass., in which town he lived for forty-one years.
His wife, Emma Porter Coombs, survives him, with their eight children, tour boys and four girls.
1898
BRADLEY RODGERS suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on January 6, 1947, and on January 20 died at the Portsmouth, N. H. Hospital.
Bradley was born in New Bedford, Mass., April 14, 1874, the son of Michael Carleton Rodgers, Dartmouth 1871, and Laura Jane Chamberlin. He prepared for college at Bridgeport (Conn.) High School. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and on the editorial board of The Dartmouth. He also was Secretary to President Tucker.
After graduation he was principal of several high schools in Vermont until 1911 when he became Junior Master in the History Department, Mechanics Arts High School, Boston. He continued in this school until 1944 when he retired. After his retirement from the Boston schools he was connected with the Dedham (Mass.) school system, first as a substitute principal of the Oakdale School for six months and then in a supervisory capacity in the Oakdale district.
After his retirement from active teaching he began work on a History of. Current Events which was uncompleted at his death.
He is survived by his widow, to whom he was married in August 1933, and by two daughters by a former marriage.
In the spring of 1946 Bradley had a very severe surgical operation and upon his recovery he gave up his home in West Roxbury, Mass., and moved to York Beach, Maine, where he resided at the time of his death.
1909
DANIEL EDWARD WATSON died on January 28, 1947, of a cerebral hemorrhage. He became ill very suddenly and died within twentyfour hours. He was born on January 6, 1887 in Roxbury, Mass., the son of Thomas Michael and Adelaide T. (Maguire) Watson. He prepared for college at Roxbury Latin School where he made quite a reputation as an athlete, and was graduated with the class of '09 from Dartmouth.
He was President of the Watson Cut Sole Company; Manager of the Cut Sole Department of Proctor Ellis Company; an officer of the Boston Boot and Shoe Club, and member of the New England Shoe and Leather Association. He was an axdent yachtsman and was Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club for some years, and was on the Board of Governors of the North American Station of the Royal Swedish Yacht Club.
Dan was very musically inclined and a good entertainer and story teller. He was the type of fellow who is welcomed at all gatherings where he really kept things going. At college he was leader of the Mandolin Club, ran with the varsity track team, and was manager of the sophomore basketball team. Dan was an excellent organizer as well as a student. He was active in all college politics and worked well with people. While of strong character himself he was very tolerant of others who had weaknesses. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
He is survived by his widow, the former Geraldine F. Nash; a daughter, Margery; a sister, Mrs. Arthur O'Keefe of Chestnut Hill, and a brother, Francis J. of Belmont.
1912
SHAW NEWTON died at his home in New Canaan, Conn., January 11, 1947, after a long illness. He was born at Portsmouth, N. H., on January 10, 1892. Receiving his preparatory education at Portsmouth High School he entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1912, graduating cum laude, and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Until 1920 he was copy director of the H. K. McCann Company in New York City with a leave of absence to serve in the United States Navy in 1918. In addition he lectured on advertising and market research at Columbia University. Upon the merger of H. K. McCann Company with the Erickson Company he remained as copy and creative director of McCann-Erickson Company until 1934 when he became Vice-President in charge of the New York office of Brooke, Smith & French. In 1937 he became Executive Vice-President of Morse International, Inc. and in 1944 he was associated with Donahue & Coe, Inc. as account executive. Last year he retired from business by reason of illness. He was a member of the Lotus Club, New York City, and the American Society of Swedish Engineers.
Surviving him are his wife, Norma Karr Newton, and three sisters, Mrs. Charles A. Mac Lucas and Miss Florence Newton of Newton Center, Mass., and Miss Martha Newton of New Haven, Conn.
19,17
DR. CHARLES MARSHALL DAVISON died December 16, 1946, at his home, 900 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago. He had for a number of years been head of University Hospital, an institution founded by his father, Dr. Charles Davison. He was only fifty years of age. To those of us who were privileged to see him at Hap Mason's funeral, the news comes as a severe blow.
Red, as he was affectionately known on the campus, was a member of Psi Upsilon and Alpha Kappa Kappa. He did not graduate with the class, but left to serve as a hospital apprentice, ist class, in World War I. He later resumed his study of medicine at the University of Illinois, from which he graduated in 1920. Thereafter he served his internship in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, subsequently becoming a member of the staff of that institution. He later became its Medical Director and served in that capacity until 1943 when he resigned but continued on as Chief of the Surgical Staff. He was an Associate Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University Medical School, and Professor of Surgery at the Cook County Graduate School of Medicine.
His widow, Esmerelda, survives him, and to her the class extends its sincerest sympathy. Services were held in River Forest Methodist Church. Interment was in Forest Home Cemetery.
1918
LEWIS CHARLES POUNDS died suddenly at his home, Larchmont Woods, New Rochelle, N. Y., January 22, of a heart attack. The son of Lewis H. Pounds, former President of the Borough of Brooklyn, and Carrie E. Stilson, he was born in Brooklyn August 25, 1896.
Lew left Dartmouth in the spring of 1917 to join the American Field Service, later returning to this country to go into Naval Aviation. In college he was active in many things and a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet. Upon graduation he went into accounting work, and was associated with Boyce, Hughes and Farrell of New York City.
June 1, 1920, Lew married Lena McClement in Brooklyn. Their two boys, Arthur and Lewis are now in Dartmouth: daughter Peggy, Mills College graduate, is married; daughter Carol is in college on the West Coast.
Lew had a host of friends, in and out of college. "Cous" as Stan Jones called him (and they were related) was at his best the very night he died. Stan and Mary Olive, Ernie Earley and Mary Ellen had gone out that evening to see Lena and Lou and had a delightful dinner and evening together. At Stan's suggestion, he and Ernie Earley arrived with their pajama coats on, as a little burlesque on Lew, who had sat around on previous occasions in a smoking jacket, or Mandarin coat, as Stan would call it. It was a happy and delightful evening. Lew looked fine and felt better. About ten the Joneses and Earleys left for New York and in the stillness of night, outside, as they left could be heard the warm goodbyes as Stan called out "So long, Cous." Shortly after,-while listening to a radio broadcast, Lew had a heart attack and was gone.
Those who have looked in on the beautiful relationship between Stan Jones and "Cousin Lew" as Stan was wont to call him, have shared an enrichment in their lives. Here was something fine, sweet and genuine, with all the comedy that went with their every meeting.
When we broke the sad news to Frank Clahane, he said "Well, some fellows in college go through life and make a lot of noise and attract considerable attention. Others are quiet and unassuming and glitter ever so much more brightly, but in their own quiet way. I shall never forget how impressed I was, in college, with Lew Pounds, and how unassuming and gentlemanly he was. He never seemed condescending and patronizing to anyone but had those deep seated qualities that just naturally seemed to make up a good guy and a fine fellow." That was Lew. All who knew him loved him. Their lives will be richer for sharing a friendship with Lew. He will be missed, but never forgotten.
1922
SAM SPARHAWK died suddenly of peritonitis at the University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich., on January 22, 1946.
Sam was born in Burlington, Vt., June 4, 1899, the son of Dr. Sam Sparhawk, Dartmouth '90, and Frances Hall. He prepared for college at Burlington High School, and Staunton Military Academy.
A graduate of the two year Dartmouth medical course he received his M.D. from the University of Vermont in 1926. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Chi Phi and Alpha Kappa Kappa.
Sam devoted his life to medicine in the North Country. For years he was physician at the Mary Fletcher Hospital of Burlington and was active as local medical examiner and in other phases of his profession in northern New England.
During World War II he became a Captain in the Medical Corps, U. S. Army Air Corps, and served actively and with distinction. He received his discharge early last year and became administrator of the Lewis-Pacific District Health Department in Washington State, and recently decided to study for his doctorate in Public Health at the University of Michigan. It was there that he became ill.
April 28, 1928, Sam was married to Mary Louise Purington of Beverly Hills, Calif., who survives him with their son, Sam, seventeen, and daughter Mary Frances, fourteen.
A. M.
1923
WALTER HERBERT JARMON died on December 10, 1946, after an illness of three months. Born in New York, N. Y. on May 6, 1902, the son of Herman Herbert and Amelia (Weisl) Jarmon, he graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and entered Dartmouth in 1919, graduating in 1923.
Immediately after college Walter entered his family's dairy products business which was purchased by the Borden Company in 1927, at which time he became sales manager of the Borden Cheese Division. In 1940 he left Borden to go with the Virginia Dare Extract Company as advertising and merchandising manager, and, in 1946, vice-president. He was also first vice-president and director of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Bush Terminal, Brooklyn.
Walter's pleasant nature and ready friendliness which we knew so well were also treasured by his business associates in the Virginia Dare Company, who write, "Walter had a great capacity for making friends, as is evidenced by the loyalty of our sales force to him and by innumerable friends in the Bush Terminal area, the Borden Company, the Flavoring Extract Manufacturers Association, and all those with whom he had contacts in business."
November 17, 1933, Walter was married to Elizabeth Kobler, who survives with their son Richard, aged twelve, daughter Mary, aged nine, and his mother and father, to all of whom his Class extends its heartfelt sympathy.
1942
WILLIAM CHARLES MELANSON JR. was born on May 2, 1918, in Dorchester, Mass., the son of William Charles and Amelia (Klipp) Melanson. He died on January 16, 1946 in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., as a result of injuries received in a plane crash while instructing a student pilot.
Before coming to Dartmouth, Bill attended Winthrop High School, Winthrop, Mass., and Worcester Academy. At the latter school he played football and lacrosse and captained the hockey team.
While at Dartmouth, Bill was a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity of which he was President during his senior year. He was also a member of Sphinx Senior Society. Many of his classmates will remember Bill as an outstanding lacrosse player during several of Dartmouth's most successful years in this sport.
Immediately following Bill's graduation with the class of 1942, he entered the Naval Air Corps with many of his class in the "Dartmouth Unit," originally stationed at Squantum Naval Air Station near Boston. He served in the Naval Air Corps with much credit to his College and his class until his untimely death a year ago. At that time he was a Lieutenant, senior grade, in the United States Naval Reserve.
Bill was married on March 10, 1945 in Detroit, Mich., to Miss Andrea Roberts of that city. He is survived by his wife, Andrea; a daughter, Andrea Leigh; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Melanson, of Winthrop, Mass.; and a brother, Robert Melanson of East Gloucester, Mass.
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Bill will always be remembered as a very likeable and popular friend Of a great many of the Class of 1942 who knew him intimately. His loss will be deeply felt by the class, which extends sincerest sympathy to his wife, Andrea, and members of his family.
LT. DAVID H. SKILLIN '42, was reported missing in action on April 24, 1945, following a B-29 raid on Japan. In view of the fact that months have now expired without receipt of evidence to support a continued presumption of survival, the War Department has terminated absence by a presumptive finding of death.
Dave was born on April 7, 1919 in Evanston, 111., the son of Clarence P. Skillin 'OB and Eleanor (Young) Skillin. He prepared for Dartmouth at New Trier High School and Deerfield Academy. He attended Dartmouth for one year.
After leaving college he was in the life insurance business until he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in February 1941. He was commissioned in 1945 and went to the Pacific theatre immediately. He received the Purple Heart and the Presidential citation.
Although with his class for only a year, Dave won a large number of friends. He was active in athletics, winning his numerals in freshman football. His death comes as a shock to those who knew him well.
He is survived by his wife, the former Lucy Ann Clunan of Nashville, Tenn., his mother Mrs. Percy Skillin, and his brother, Edward J. Skillin, Dartmouth '35.
Medical School
1894
DR. HENRY WILLIS HAYNES died suddenly at his residence in New York City on November 12 at the age of 73.
He was born in New York City April i6, 1873, the son o£ Archibald C. and Elizabeth (Conover) Haynes. He prepared for college at St. Luke's School, Wayne, Pa., and spent a year at Princeton and another at Amherst before entering the Dartmouth Medical School in 1894. He was initiated into Beta Theta Pi at Amherst and became a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa at Dartmouth.
Owing to poor health he withdrew from the Medical School in his third year and put himself under the care of Dr. George Cook '69 m. Dr. Cook not only restored his health but instructed him in medicine. He then went to Bowdoin where he received his M.D. in 1901. Although Dr. Haynes apparently had no intention of practising medicine, he studied in Ger many for a year and on his return passed the New York State Board examinations.
His father was a well known insurance underwriter in New York and Dr. Haynes decided to enter the insurance brokerage business which he made his life work and in which he was eminently successful. During the latter part of his career he was assisted by his son Ralph Conover Haynes 11, Dartmouth '21, who will now take over the agency.
During World War I Dr. Haynes made an excellent reputation as a Captain in the Army Medical Corps, in which he acted as inspector of purchases for the Medical Supply Depot in New York. He was later transferred to duty in the Office of the Surgeon General in Washington, from whom he received a commendation.
Dr. Haynes was a Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of the Sons of the Revolution, Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Military Order of the World Wars, and of the Veterans of the 7th Regiment of New York, which for many years, was the most outstanding military organization in the city.
He was married February 7, 1897, to Miss Mary C. Hughes of Boston who survives him, together with his son and a grandson Robert Conover Haynes, now in the Army Air Force.
DR. CHARLES MARTIN HUTCHINSON, Of 47 Garden Street, Cambridge, a physician in Cambridge for 48 years, died at the Cambridge Hospital, November 26, 1946.
He was born in Norwich, Vt., February 11, 1870, the son of William Henry and Sarah (Loveland) Hutchinson. In 1894 he graduated from Dartmouth Medical School—serving his internship at the Cambridge Hospital, and at Boston City Hospital.
In 1898 Dr. Hutchinson located in Cambridge and was soon added to the staff of the Cambridge Hospital where he served, particularly in surgery, in the Out Patient and House Departments until 1934. He was also physician for the Cambridge Schools and was attending and admitting physician for the Old Peoples Home in Cambridge. There were many years of association in the medical work of the Avon Home at Cambridge.
Dr. Hutchinson was a member of the Cambridge Medical Improvement Society; Mass. Medical Society; and American Medical Society. He served in a medical unit of the United States Army in World War One, having the rank of captain.
He is survived by his wife, Jane Orr Grant; a daughter, Mrs. Grosvenor Proctor of Cambridge; two grandchildren; and two brothersJoseph P. Hutchinson of Norwich, Vt., and William L. Hutchinson of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Funeral services were conducted by Dr. Raymond Calkins and Dr. John Leamon at the First Church Congregational, Cambridge, Friday, November 29, at 3 P.M. Burial was at Norwich, Vermont.
DAN C. RICHARDSON '9l
BRADLEY C. RODGERS '9B
