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'}
Moore, Edwin G. '80, May 16, 1944 Blanchard, Edward B. '89, June 15 Macdonald, Forrester '90 Safford, Moses V. 'go, June 20 Allison, James F. '91, May 20 Sherman, Maurice S. '94, June 37 Townsend, James A. '94, June 24 Heald, Franklin E. '97, May 27 Simpson, Joseph O. '97, May 29 Swift, Feltcher H. '98, May 28 Edson, P. Paine '02, June 12 Parker, Murray N. '04, June 9 Blake, C. Clifton '09, Feb. 26 Chase, Philip M. '09, May 21 Dodge, Roy '09 Hoyt, Grover S. '10, June 15 Thompson, Harold A. '12, May 24, 1945 Appleyard, William S. '13, June Bartlett, Herbert L. '14, June 14 Lochmiller, William B. '33 Sargent, George W. '76 m, October 1 Walscheid, Arthur J. '97 m, June 14
In Memoriam
1897
FRANKLIN ERNEST HEALD died May 27, at the Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, Mass., after a short illness.
Sam, as he was called by his classmates, was born in Brattleboro, Vt., November 10, 1873, the son of William Franklin and Jennie (Clayton) Heald. In college he was a recognized student and was influential in forming the organization known as Delta Alpha, which put an end to the excessive hazing that had crept into college life. He was also a member of the choir, dramatic club and Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
After graduation Sam was principal of various schools in Vermont and New Hampshire until he became principal of Black River Academy, in Ludlow, Vt., from 1903-06. He was then principal of the Hanover High School, 1906-08. During this period he also did grartuate work at Dartmouth and received his A.M. degree in 1908. From that date until 1914 he was principal of Hopkins Academy, Hadley, Mass. 1914-18 he served as a specialist in agricultural education with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. In food conservation days he was Hoover's personal representative in fourteen southern states. From 1918 until his retirement in 1946 he was State Supervisor of Teacher Training (Agricultural Schools) for the Massachusetts Department of Education.
A member of the American Society for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching, he had served as its secretary and also its president.
August 28,, 1901, Sam was married to Grace E. Boyd, of Wilmington, Vt., who survives him with their sons Theodore and Kenneth, and his brother Warren W. Heald '01.
His classmates have arranged to have a memorial book of the kind that would have interested Sam given to Baker Library in his honor. Sam was greatly missed at our 50th reunion last month.
JOSEPH ORMAND SIMPSON died suddenly on May 29th, at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. E. Towle in Kingston, N. H.
Jerry was born in Greenland, N. H., January 24, 1874, the son of Joseph P. and Sarah (Frink) Simpson. In college he was one of the most active and popular members of the class, and was one of the first to introduce skiing at Dartmouth. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Sphinx.
After graduation Jerry spent some years with the Census Bureau in Washington. He then became associated with the Ames Construction Co. of Somersworth, N. H. and spent much time in Florida where he had extensive holdings in orange orchards.
Jerry never married. His sister, Mrs. Towle, is his only survivor.
1899
DR. WALTER CARLETON WOODWARD, affectionately called "Bones" by his classmates died at the Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Wash., May 3, after an illness of several weeks. The long strain of serving patients during the doctorshort years since the beginning of the second World War was the chief contributing factor. Other physicians remarked that Dr. Woodward was a war casualty because he had foregone retirement several years ago to carry on his practice when the armed forces drew away many physicians.
Bones was born at Royalton, Vt., September 4, 1876, the son of Daniel and Annie (Skinner) Woodward. In his early years the family moved to Randolph, Vt. He graduated from Randolph High School in 1895; from Dartmouth College in 1899 and from Harvard University School of Medicine in 1904. He then served a two-year internship at the Rhode Island General Hospital in Providence.
He went to Seattle in the fall of 1906 and while waiting for the annual state medical board examination was in charge of a base hospital on the right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad which was building its tracks in the Cascade Mountains. Upon passing the examination he established a practice in Seattle in which he continued for more than 40 years and up to the time of his death.
He was a member of the American College of Surgeons, past president of the Seattle Surgical Society, past president of the King County Medical Society, the College Club of Seattle and of the Inglewood Country Club where he maintained a country home.
Funeral services were held in the Bonney Watson Chapel in Seattle on May 7. Cremation followed.
Lute Oakes represented '99 at the funeral. There was a floral piece of red roses from the class.
He is survived by his widow, the former Carrie Draper, sweetheart of his school days at Randolph who came west to marry him in 1909-
Also surviving are two sons, Robert of Manchester, Conn., an industrial engineer employed at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation of East Hartford, Conn. The other son, Walter Jr., owns a weekly newspaper on Bainbridge Island in the State of Washington but is currently employed in the publicity department of the Republican National Committee in Washington, D, C.
Also surviving are two brothers, Guy, a farmer in the San Juan Islands and Carrol, a resident of Randolph.
In college Bones roomed in Thornton Hall. He was a member of the class Athletic team in '95 and '96 and a member of the Varsity Athletic Team in '96 and '97. He was a frequent attendant at Class reunions.
He served for a time in the early days as Seattle's city physician. From this work he drew many of the experiences which he delighted telling his friends in later years-stories which won him much fame.
Because of his wit and humorous philosophy, Dr. Woodward was known as "the Will Rogers of the Medical profession."
In recent years he anonymously wrote a column under the heading "The Old Man Says" in The Bainbridge Review published by his son Walter and Walter's wife Mildred. Excerpts from it have been published from time to time in the '99 Class Notes in the ALUMNIMAGAZINE.
The following tribute is from an editorialin The Bainbridge Review of May 9 signed"Milly and Walt Woodward."
"The Old Man won't be writing about Doc any more.
The Old Man died the other day in a Seattle hospital.
He died too early, but not until after a full life of service to others.
The Old Man had in him a lot of the dry New England humor which he brought from his native Vermont to the rough, growing town of Seattle shortly after the turn of the century. His sense of humor and his seemingly endless fund of "stories" marked him as a man everyone was glad to know. If the Old Man had an enemy, we haven't met him.
That humor helped him in his profession.
The Old. Man—we never called him Doc—grew up in the sleepy little village of Randolph, nestled in a quiet valley of the lovely Green Mountains. He went to nearby Dartmouth College, then as now, a place where men learned more about the art of living than just what their textbooks said. The decency, the fellowship, the traditions of Dartmouth were with the Old Man through his last day.
The Old Man had a fine medical training and he never stopped learning the new advancements in medical science. His office and his home were filled always with the latest medical reports. But it was not his technical knowledge that made him a fine physician, a skilled surgeon and one of the best obstetricians in the Northwest.
He had a "way" with patients. Perhaps it was that sense of humor. We think it could be better described as his philosophy. Anyway, sick people just seemed to "feel better" after just talking to the Old Man.
He and his lovely lady had three children, a daughter who died when she was a child, and two sons. They gave their sons every opportunity to grow into useful citizeris. Perhaps one of the best memories possessed by the Old Man's sons was his giving them a free choice in their futures. Neither son followed the Old Man in medicine but if he felt any regret he never showed it.
He had real pride in the fact that one of his sons went to Dartmouth. He and his wife suffered—as all parents of servicemen did—when that boy flew off to war, became a prisoner of the Germans and, eventually came-home.
It was during those war years that the Old Man deliberately cut years off his life span. He experienced a serious illness and an injury which kept him in a cast for a long time. He thoroughly understood his condition and knew he should retire and rest. But he also knew that Seattle desperately needed physicians during the war. He went back to work. To us, he was as much of a war hero and casualty as any man in uniform. He paid for his war work just the other day.
The Old Man's other son got into the newspaper business and eventually bought The Review. It needed some brightening up and the Old Man innocently agreed to write a weekly column. He had no idea how difficult it sometimes is to produce something readable every week.
We will never forget his frequent grumbling, as deadline day appeared, about "that damn Review." But he always produced that column, usually laboriously written in his horrible scrawl which took hours of deciphering before it could be typed by editors.
He told most of the details of his life in his columns. Perhaps, someday, they can be gathered into a permanent record. We hope so.
Yes, the Old Man had some New England humor in him. He also had some Vermont granite in him; the granite of a character that will be as everlasting as the Green Mountains he loved so well."
1904
WILLIAM AIKEN KNEELAND, one of Winchester's prominent residents, former president of Winchester National Bank, and until his recent retirement, chairman of the Board of Health, died Tuesday, March 4, at the Wolfeboro, N. H. hospital. He had been in the hospital since Jan. 5.when he was stricken with a heart attack while at his summer home in Alton, N. H. Flags on the Winchester town buildings were at half staff in his honor.
Bill was born Aug. 9, 1884, at Fredonia, N. Y., the son of Rev. Martin D., and Sarah (Lord) Kneeland. His father, who died recently at the age of 98, was for many years a resident of Winchester, and widely known as president of the Massachusetts Lord's Day League.
He prepared for college at Boston Latin School and was graduated from Dartmouth in the class of 1904 at the age of 19, being elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He studied law at Boston University Law School, from which he was graduated with high honors in 1907. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in that year and to the federal bar shortly afterward.
His law career was begun with the firm of Powers & Hall in Boston, and for two years he was in the law department of the Boston & Albany Railroad. He opened his own law office in Boston in 1910 and continued it until his recent illness. He was a member of the Boston and Middlesex Bar Associations, and for 10 years taught law both at B. U. and Northeastern University. He was a member of William Parkman Lodge of Masons and of the former Calumet Club of Winchester.
During his long residence in Winchester Bill was actively identified with the civic, social and religious life of the community. He represented Winchester in the State House of Representatives from 1917 through 1919, being Republican floor leader in the latter year. From 1919 to 1929 he was a member of the State Commission on the Necessities of Life. A book he published, entitled "The Massachusetts Law on Landlord and Tenant" is a standard authority on the subject.
Bill served the town as a member of the Finance Committee from 1914 through 1916: and as a member of the Board of Health, 1925 to 1947.
He was an organizer of the Winchester National Bank in 1917 and became one of the bank's original directors. He was made president in 1927, serving until 1945 when he became chairman of the board of directors. He assisted in organizing the Newton National Bank and was a former member of its board of directors.
Bill was president of Winning Home Inc., for orphan children and a director of the City Missionary Society of Boston, serving as chair- man of its investment board. He was also a director of the Lord's Day League which his father had served so ardently before him.
An active member of the First Congregational Church, he had been a deacon and a member of the prudential committee, and for 15 years had served as moderator.
He was twice married, first on Oct. 17, 1907, to Mabel M. Loomis of Westfield who died Dec. 26, 1933. On Feb. 18, 1936, he married Florence B. Laird of Cabot, Vt., who survives with two sons, William Aiken Jr., 10, and Paul M. Kneeland, 8; a brother, Paul of Worcester; and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Ordway and Miss Elizabeth Kneeland, both of Claremont, Cal.
'Another sterling '04 man has left us" were the words used by a classmate and neighbor of Bill in notifying the secretary of his death. Bill Kneeland was a loyal and devoted member of the Dartmouth family, always present at class gatherings and reunions, a respected classmate giving enthusiastic and generous support to Dartmouth needs.
Sexton, Maguire, Bullock and Lampee represented the class at the largely attended service on March 7.
ALFRED ISAAC ROE died in Detroit, Mich., March 21, 1947. He was born in Sharon, Mass., October 5, 1880, the son of John H. and Sarah (Bebee) Roe.
He graduated from the Ashland, Mass., High School and entered Dartmouth in September 1900, where he was immediately rechristened "Johnnie" Roe in the tradition that automatically tagged all comers named Roe for a popular member of the French Department during 1893-99. He had already made a reputation as a baseball catcher with the Algonquin Club of Brockton, famous at the time in amateur and semi-pro circles. Fall practice immediately established him as the catcher for the varsity of 1901. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
In the fall of 1901 Johnnie transferred to Amherst graduated in 1904, playing on the baseball team throughout his course there.
His first employment was with a glass company in Fostoria, Ohio. At the time of his death, and for many years previous, he was with the Century Chemical Products of Detroit.
He was unmarried. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. John Garand and a brother George A. Roe, both of 101 Harvard St., Brockton Mass. Burial was in Detroit on March 24th.
1905
J. WINSLOW PEIRCE died suddenly of a heart attack on May 9th at his home, 16 Court St.. Portsmouth, N. H. He had not been in good health for some time.
Winslow was born in Greenland, N. H. May 9, 1881, the son of William A. and Susan (Littlefield) Peirce. He received his preparatory work at Saint Paul's and with private tutors, entering Dartmouth in 1901 where he was graduated in 1905. In college Winslow was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and Sphinx.
After graduation he became associated with the Proctor Cook Co. of Boston where he continued for 35 years until he retired in 1941.
In Winslow's death, Dartmouth loses a loyal alumnus and the class a well beloved member. He is survived by his wife Constance Heffenger Peirce, a son. William A. and a daughter, Mrs. John H. Rice.
1906
CHESTER MCKENZIE EVERETT died in New London, Conn., December 31, 1946. Chet was born in Burke, N. Y„ July 9, 1883, the son of Oliver and Anna (McKenzie) Everett. After graduating with our class, he returned to Thayer School and received his C.E. degree in 1907. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta?
Immediately after graduating from Thayer School he became associated with Hazen & Whipple, Engineers, and in 1915 became a member of the firm. The firm name changed several times, and Chet eventually carried along alone under his own name.
In March 1919, Chet was married to Ruth D. Melius, of Yonkers, N. Y., who survives with their sons Theodore and Robert and one grandson. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Thurston of Delhi, N. Y.
JOHN WILLIAM HASLAM died in St. Petersburg, Fla., September 9, 1946. Jack was with our class only two years. He was at. one time connected with the Adams Laundry Machinery Co., of Troy, N. Y. and later with Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Cos., in Providence, R. I.
Because of ill health Jack went to Florida to live in 1933. After two years he had improved to such an extent that he and Mary started a book and gift shop. The business, prospered to such an extent that they gave up the gift end and concentrated on new and used books. At the time of Jack's death their shop carried the largest stock of books south of Atlanta.
July 10, 1906, Jack was married to Mary E. Shepard of Providence, who survives him with two sons John and Charles. After being released from service Charles became associated with them and is now carrying on the shop with his mother.
1909
CHARLES CLIFTON BLAKE died at his home on February 26, 1947. He had retired from business in August, 1946 and had gone home to Hudson Falls, N. Y., to see if he could regain his health. He was in a very nervous condition, and couldn't seem to get a grip on himself. The doctors tried to help him find some hobby or light work to take up his mind. It is thought he might have had a brain tumor but before he could get into good physical condition something snapped in his system which caused him to take his own life-
He was born in Hudson Falls, N. Y., on June 5, 1885, the son of William J. and Leonora (Harris) Blake. After graduating from college he became traveling representative for the International Correspondence Schools; 1912-19.14, Junior Topographer with the U. S. Geographical Survey; 1915-17, Civil Engineer with the Delaware and Hudson R. R.; 1917-18, Engineer in charge of construction of paper mill at Cheboygan, Mich., for the Union Bag and Paper Corp.; 1919, Assistant Engineer on Valuation for Michigan Central R. R. at Detroit; 1920-21, Supt. of Construction for Lock wood and Green, in Detroit; from 1923 until his retirement in 1948 with James A. Moynes & Co. as Secretary and Treasurer.
He and his brother took a course in commerce and finance at the University of Detroit from which he received the degree of B.C.S. in 1922 and M.C.S. in 1983. He is survived by his father and a brother, Bentley H. Blake.
PHILIP MINOT CHASE died at the Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn, on May 21. Phil had been in very bad health for several years with asthma and heart trouble. However, in spite of these various troubles he died of acute pneumonia.
He was born in Lawrence, Mass., May 11, 1885 the son of the late Dr. Henry and Mary (Hamilton) Chase. He prepared for college at Worcester Academy, and entered with the class of 1909 where he was a member of C & G and Phi Kappa Psi. Unfortunately, his experiences with Math I did not permit him to get his degree with the class. In fact Phil's experience with Math I was one of the outstanding jokes in the class, arid everybody was always interested to hear Phil tell of his trials "With this particular subject. His treatment of Math I was characteristic of his treatment of all phases of life. During his sickness when he knew he was on borrowed time he was still able to jest about it and his spirit has helped many in the class with really nothing to worry about compared with Phil.
Phil went to work for Raymond Whitcomb, a travel agency in Boston, shortly after he was graduated from college and early in the twenties he opened a travel agency in Boston known as the Chase Associates, one of the first firms to advise on and expedite plans of travelers. With the advent of the war he retired when he saw that civilian traveling had ceased for some time. He was active in war work in Hartford until his health gave out.
On December 28, 1920 he married Dorothea Deming, daughter of the late Edward and Ella Griswold Deming of Wethersfield, who survives him, with their two sons, H. Hamilton and Philip M. Chase, students at Dartmouth; a sister, Mrs. Herbert Tucker; and a brother, Dr. Henry M. Chase of Boston.
Phil was a 32d degree Mason, a member of Bezaleel Lodge, of Hanover; St. Andres's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Concord, N. H.; Sullivan Commandry, Knights Templar, of Claremont, N. H.; New Hampshire Consistory of Nashua, and Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine of Concord, N. H.
Private funeral services were held in Hartford and burial was in the family lot in Lawrence where Allen Newton and Harry Floyd represented the class and presented a memorial wreath in behalf of the class.
1916
The death of WILLIAM WALTER BANTON, a hearty and friendly man, on May 14, came as a shock to his Dartmouth classmates and to friends in the business and civic life of Bangor, Maine, where he made his home. A lifetime of service to his community, of charitable endeavor in the interests of others, and of hard, self-sacrificing work, was terminated suddenly when failing health and worry that went with it, led him to take his own life.
Bill was born in Bangor, April 9, 1893, the son of George and Abigail (Smith) Banton. He attended Bangor High School, and went on to Dartmouth, where he was prominent in the Rifle Club, the Wheelock Club and in the Dartmouth Christian Association, of which he was a cabinet member.
After graduation Banton went to Siberia with the Y.M.C.A., spending two years there, and performing such constructive work that he was honored by the Russian Government with the Cross of St. George. Upon his return to the United States he entered the insurance business, and rose to the position of General Agent for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company in Bangor. Previously he held the position of supervisor of the company, with offices in Newark, N. J.
His chief services to his community were performed as a director of the Y.M.C.A. and as chairman of the wartime Greater Portland War Chest Campaign in 1944. He had been chairman of the chest budget committees for the previous two years. He also served as chair- man of the Portland USO Council, and was a past president of the Portland Lions Club. He was, in 1944. president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Maine. In addition to the Lions, he was a member of a Masonic lodge and was a Knight of the Mystic Shrine.
In 1916 Banton married Nellie L. Bullock of Bangor. In 19,35 he married Barbara Smith who survives with three children, William W. Jr., 27; Judith May, 23; and John B., 22. Harold E. Banton '21 and Leon G. Banton '17 are brothers.
William W. Banton made an indelible mark upon the life of the community in which he served throughout his life.
1919
LAURENCE WELD ALDRICH died suddenly at his home, 97 Bradford Ave.,, Rye, N. Y. on April 22.
Larry was born in New York City, March 2, '-he son of Lovell Moody and Amanda (Whidden) Aldrich. In college he captained the soccer team and was on the track team. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Beta Kappa.
After graduating from Dartmouth, Larry served as an accountant with various firms, including Electric Bond & Share Co.; Croft Brewing Co.; Haskins & Sells and Baldwin Todd and Young. He then attended Columbia and Brooklyn Law Schools and established a law and accounting practice in New York, as a partner in the firm of Aldrich and Campbell. He was a member of the American Institute of Accountants, and of the Lawyers and Dartmouth Clubs of New York.
September 14, 1934, Larry married L. Jane Burton of Boston, who survives him with a son and daughter.
JOHN WILLIAM POTTER died of a coronary thrombosis at his summer home on a lake near Minocqua, Wisconsin, on May 17. John and his wife with four friends had gone to the summer place for the week-end. John was taken ill in the night and died within a few hours.
John was born in Rock Island, Ill., June 3, 1896, the son of John William and Minnie (Abbott) Potter. He graduated from Rock Island High School and St. Alban's School in Washington, D. C., and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1019 where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
When the war broke out John made repeated efforts to enlist, and finally in October, 1917, he was accepted and left college to serve in a machine gun company. Following his discharge in 1919 he did not return to college but became immediately associated with the Rock Island Argus, a paper which had been owned by three generations of Potters. John became editor and co-publisher with his brother, Ben H. Potter '20. John was also president of the Rock Island Broadcasting Company, owners of Station WHBF. He was a director of the Public Recreation Companies of Illinois and Iowa; secretary of the Real Estate Improvement Company; director of the Black Hawk Federal Savings and Loan Association and the Fort Armstrong Hotel Company. He served as a vestryman of the Trinity Episcopal Church and was treasurer of the Episcopal diocese of Quincy. He had served as president of the Rock Island Chamber of Commerce and campaign chairman for the community chest. Always avoiding the spotlight, there were few enterprises designed to improve his community with which John was not associated.
In 1942 John was made president of the Inland Daily Press Association and president of the Illinois Daily Newspaper Markets. Known and respected by newspapermen throughout the nation, he was appointed one of the fifteen publishers of the country to the industry advisory committee of the War Production Board. He also served as one of five representatives of publishers' associations on an advisory council set up by Byron Price, director of the Office of Censorship.
November 9, 1926, John was married to Aileen Trent of Rock Island, who survives him with three children, Mary Aileen, John William Jr. and Patricia Ann.
John always maintained a keen interest in the college. His death means a great loss to the class and the college.
FREDERICK NORRIS SPAULDING died suddenly at his home, 183 Gulf St., Milford, Conn., on April 9.
Norrie was born in Manchester, N. H., January 28, 1897, the son of Dr. Fred L. and Flora (Adams) Spaulding. He attended the Manchester schools, and had made Manchester his home until about ten years ago.
At the outbreak of World War I Norrie joined the American Field Service in which he served until December 4, 1917, when he transferred to the Field Artillery from which he was discharged in December 1918. He returned to college and received his degree with the class in June, 1920.
Ever since graduation Norrie had been connected with General Electric Co. in the sales department. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dean (McNally) Spaulding and one son David.
George White, who had seen something of Norrie since he moved to Milford, described him as "a steady, sturdy soul, who' asked no odds and who did his stuff."
1921
ROY GALE POLLARD of Proctorsville, Vt., died in the Rutland Hospital on May 5 after a short illness. He was operated on for appendicitis and peritonitis followed.
Roy was 48 years old and was born in Proctorsville, Vt., the son of Fred Don and Lois (Bryant) Pollard. He attended Proctorsville public schools and was graduated from Black River Academy of Ludlow in 1917. He then entered Dartmouth where his brothers Fred '11, Bryant '14 and Rowland '19 had preceded him. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Immediately following his graduation from Dartmouth, he became Secretary of the Burlington Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 1927 he became associated with the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., and from 1929 to 1939 had charge of insurance for the Electric Bond and Share Com- pany in New York City.
When his brother, Bryant F. Pollard died in 1939, Roy returned to Proctorsville, joining his uncle, Park H. Pollard, in the operation of Pollard Brothers store. He also conducted an insurance business in Proctorsville.
Roy was treasurer of St: James Methodist Church; Selectman and Cemetery Trustee of the town of Cavendish; Finance Officer of Wallace McNulty Hoyle Post, American Legion; President of the Ludlow Checker Club; agent of the Proctorsville Fraternal Society and past master of Lafayette Lodge A. F. & A. M. He was also administrator of several estates and guardian of at least six children under six years of age.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lois B. Pollard, with whom he made his home in Proctorsville; a brother Rowland Pollard, who is with an oil company in Rangoon, Burma; two sisters, Mary V. Pollard of the Maderia School, Greenway, Va., and Erminie L. Pollard of Hartford, Conn. Funeral services were held from the home on May 7 with the Rev. E. Johnson Cambridge officiating. Burial was in the family lot in Hillcrest Cemetery, Proctorsville. The services were very largely attended with schools and businesses closed during the afternoon.
Roy Pollard will be remembered by all of us as a quiet, unassuming member of the Class who was always ready to serve any Dartmouth cause. In the language of the Masonic ritual which he loved so well, he "lived respected and died regretted" by both the class and hundreds of his friends in the north country to whom he gave so much of himself over the years. He lived a truly useful and successful life which was well summed up in the editorial column of the Vermont Tribune on May 8:
"In the passing of Roy G. Pollard, Proctorsville and vicinity has lost a respected and prominent citizen. He was beloved by both young and old, honest, conscientious and upright in all his business transactions, kind to older people and interested in the younger generation.
Since his return to the family home, following the death of his father, the late Fred Pollard, he had taken an active part in many activities benefiting the Black River valley which he loved. Both Proctorsville and Ludlow have felt his influence and become better towns because he lived.
"Roy Pollard's every day life was of such high character that the youth of today would do well to follow the ideals by which he must have lived during his short life. Every citizen in the Proctorsville area feels a personal loss in his passing."
JAMES CHESTER FLAGG '89, who died in San Diego on March 30. His obituary was in last month's issue.
WALTER CARLETON WOODWARD '99
PHILIP MINOT CHASE '09
ELBRIDGE HERBERT KINGSBURY '13
