Deaths
[A listing of deaths of whith word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number]
Salinger, Alex D. '92, January 29 Howland, Henry J. '94, February 3 Ailing, Benjamin W. 'O2, January 24 Batchellor, Stillman 'O5, January 22 Preston, Harry B. 'O5, February 9 Reilly, James C. 'O7, January 24 Floyd, Harry R. 'O9, January 12 Bartlett, John F. 'll, January 28 Forbes, Charles A. 'll, January 27 Shambow, Wallace A. 'l5, December 29, 1949 Zint, Karl B. 'l6, December 1949 Wilson, Walter T. 'l7, February 6 Mairs, David K. '23, January 4 Mickey, Frank J. '24, January 10 Strauss, Jack M. '26, January 20 Whitman, Max '26, January 4 Irvin, James K. '35, January 22 Wood, David '36, February 6 Kingsford, Howard N. '9Bm, February 9 Tanch, Joseph W. 'agh, January 17 Wilder, Charles E. 'goh, February 9
In Memoriam
1890
HOWARD EVANS NUTT died in WinstonSalem. N. C., on December 29 as the result of a stroke suffered several days before.
A native of Glencoe, 111., he prepared for college in the public schools there. His freshman year he roomed with Sam Bartlett, the son of the president. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
After graduation he studied at Johns Hopkins, specializing in History and Politics. He then turned to the study of law and in 1893 received his LL.B. from the Chicago College of Law. He was admitted to the Illinois bar but never practised law, devoting most of his time to banking and real estate. He was connected with the American Exchange Bank in Chicago for many years, and for a time was interested in real estate in Glencoe.
In 1895 Nutt was married to Florence Sprinks of Chicago who died in 1943. He is survived by his daughter Martha, Mrs. Odin B. Dodd of 721 N. Forgeus Ave., Tucson, Ariz., with whom he made his home; and his son David D. Nutt of 6704 18th St., S.W., Seattle. Alfred Nutt 'B4 and John J. Nutt '94 were brothers.
Keenly interested in Dartmouth and in his class, Nutt had been looking forward with great anticipation to attending our 60th in June. He will be greatly missed by all the members of his class.
1892
ALEX DAVID SALINGER died at his home at the Hotel Beaconsfteld, Brookline, Mass. on January 2g. He had a long hospitalization in 1945 and never fully recovered but carried on within narrow limits until within a tew hours of his death.
Salinger was born in Rochester, N. H. January 15, 1872; fitted for college at the Rochester High School; and entered Dartmouth with the Class of '92. He was a high ranking scholar throughout his course and attained SBK and Commencement rankand joined the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and the Casque and Gauntlet Society.
Salinger went from Dartmouth directly to the Harvard Law School from which he was graduated in 1895. He immediately became affiliated with the Boston law firm of Fish, Richardson and Storrow (which became Fish, Richardson and Neave) and was with them for over fifty years becoming a member of the firm in 1902 and being the active senior partner at the time of his retirement. He specialized in patent law.
In 1900 Salinger married Alice Dennison and they settled in Newtonville where two sons were born, Robert D. (Dartmouth '26) who lives in Newtonville, and Roger B. (Dartmouth '27) who lives in Waban. Both are married and there are four grandchildren. Mrs. Salinger died in 1943.
These are prosaic details of a life that was far from prosaic. For it was lighted by the inner glow of a spirit that was never dimmed. Lovable, friendly, generous, he found his greatest satisfaction in a most delightful home life with his family and near friends but he was always responsive to the wider call of his civic responsibilities. Only those who knew him most intimately appreciate how widespread were his sympathies and his benefactions.
To Dartmouth his loyalty was unfailing and he answered her every call. For thirtyfive years to the day he was President of the Class of '92 and took an active part in all its doings. His last time in Hanover was when he spoke for the Class at our Fiftieth Reunion.
Funeral services were held at the Central Congregational Church, Newtonville on January 31 and burial was at the Newton Cemetery. The Class was represented by Lamprey and Weston.
1993
WILLIS TUCKER SPARHAWK died on October 29 at the Chronic Disease Hospital, Cincinnati, after an illness causing his hospitalization for six years due to chronic bronchial asthma and a weakened heart condition.
He was born August 6, 1867, at West Randolph, Vt., the son of Luther Tucker and Josephine (Bean) Sparhawk. He prepared for Dartmouth at the West Randolph High School, and entered college with the class of 1892. Illness caused his withdrawal for a time but he re-entered later and graduated with the class of 1893. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta; was active in athletics and prominent in religious affairs.
After graduation he taught for a short time at Rochester, Vt., and then for four years was sub-master of Hitchcock Free High School at Brimfield, Mass. Graduating from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1899, he was ordained to the ministry in 1900 while preaching at Putney, Vt.
11l health made it necessary for him to work outdoors and so in 1902 he accepted a position as toll collector for the Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Company in the mountains at Wawona, Mariposa County, Calif. While there he made many pictures and worked up an illustrated lecture on the Yosemite and surrounding country, which later he delivered in various parts of the country.
In 1903-4 he was pastor of the Congregational Church at Villa l'ark, Calif. Returning to Vermont in the fall of 1904 for a visit, he was again taken sick and was unable to return to California.
He supplied pulpits throughout Vermont, as he became stronger, until 1908 when he became pastor of the Congregational Church at Cabot. In 1910 he entered the Sparhawk Sanitarium at Burlington and later the Clifton Spring Sanitarium. It was while there that he was able to engage in some light missionary work and to prepare a lecture on the Adirondack region.
1911 to 1917 found him supplying pulpits in Vermont and Massachusetts. During the first World War he entertained, with his lectures, the service men at Camp Devens, New London, Portland and Boston, acquiring the title of Captain during this work.
Giving up the ministry completely in 1920, he resumed teaching and taught at the High School, Williamsburg, Ohio, the Miami Military Institute, Germantown, Ohio, and the Caney Creek Community Center, Pippapass, Ky. Again his health forced him to give up his work. He settled at the YMCA in Cincinnati, doing a limited amount of work at the Library.
Being obligated to give up his room at the YMCA to the Army in 1943, he took up residence at the Mount Airy Sanitarium where he remained almost two years. His physical condition becoming worse, his physician decided he needed specialized attention for his asthmatic and heart condition, so he was removed to the Chronic Disease Hospital in February 1946. Seeming better at times, recurring attacks weakened his heart and he passed on after an unusually severe one.
His body was returned to West Randolph. He never married and his only near surviving relatives of whom we have knowledge are John B. Sparhawk, a nephew of Breckenridge, Pa., and Mrs. Howard H. Calkins, a niece of Willsboro, N. Y.
1897
ARTHUR WINFIF.LD DAY died at his home, 369 97th St., Brooklyn, N. Y., on September 6.
Arthur was born March 23, 1876, in Athens, N. Y„ but came to college from Brooklyn. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. For four years he roomed in 10 Dartmouth Hall on that dark, squeaky corridor which for a century had been called Bed-bug Alley. It was indicative of the profession he was to choose for his life work that Day's room was always cleaned and scrubbed to make it shine in its surroundings.
After receiving his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1901, Day began practice in his home town of Brooklyn, where he remained the rest of his life, except for a short period when he was in Buffalo.
Occupied with his practice and his family, Day never had time to keep in touch with his classmates. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Irene Smith Day; two sons, Robert H, and Scott Day, and a daughter, Mrs. Roy R. Rail.
1902
BENJAMIN WILLARD ALLING died at his home in New Britain, Conn., on January 24. He was born at Berlin, Conn., November 7, 1879, and prepared for Dartmouth at New Britain High School. At Dartmouth, he played guard on the varsity football team and on the basket ball team in 1899 and 1900. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Sphinx.
After leaving Dartmouth, Ben enteredHarvard Law School, graduating in 1905. Hethen led a busy and eventful life in NewBritain, as lawyer and legislator. In 1909, hewas prosecuting agent for the County ofHartford, and from 1920 to 1927 was judgeof the City and Police Courts. In the Connecticut House of Representatives he servedas majority leader in the 1923 and 1925sessions and was Attorney General of Connecticut from 1927-1931.
In 1929, he was stricken with a cerebralhemorrhage from which he never fully recovered.
On February 7, 1910, Ben was married toEllen I. Lappan who survives him at theirhome, 405 Hart St., New Britain.
1904
EARL LESLIE HERMAN'S long and discouraging illness ended on December 29 when he died at his home, 809 Washington St., Woodstock, 111.
Earl was born in Woodstock, July 12, 1880. After graduating from Elgin Academy in 1899 he entered the employ of Western Electric Cos. There he met Lewis Blanchard and Walter McCornack of the Class of 1897, who persuaded him to go to Dartmouth. He graduated with our class in 1904.
After graduating from the Chicago Business Law School in 1906, Earl went into the real estate business in Chicago where he continued until ill health some years ago forced his retirement. A member of D.K.E. at Dartmouth, he was active in the fraternity's Northwestern alumni association. A life member of the Chicago Realty Club, he was a member of the Chicago Athletic Club and A.F. & A.M.
On January si, 1911 Earl was married to Florence Grund who survives him wkh their son, Laurence T. Herman '34. Raymond E. Herman 'O6 was a brother.
1907
JAMES CROWLEY REILLY died at his home 120 Holyrood Ave., Lowell, Mass., on January 24. A native of Lowell, Jim made his home there throughout his life.
After graduating from Dartmouth, where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx, Jim entered Harvard Law School and received his degree in 1910.
Jim was associated for a time with a Lowell firm but when the late E. P. Saltonstall became District Attorney for Middlesex County he became one of his assistants. As a result of this connection Jim was invited to join as a partner the well-known Boston firm of Caston, Snow, Saltonstall & Hunt. He remained with this firm, which later became Gaston, Snow, Hunt, Rice & Boyd, until forced to retire by ill health.
On October 21, 1916 Jim was married to Eugenia Poole who survives him with their daughter Elizabeth, and his two brothers, Walter B. 'll and Peter W. 'lB.
An able and successful lawyer, Jim was actively interested in his city, his state and his church.
1909
HARRY RABARDY FLOYD died on January 12 at his home in Byfield, Mass., from a cerebral hemorrhage.
Harry was born in Byfield on Jan. 4, 1887, and so had just passed his 63rd birthday when stricken. He entered Dartmouth from Manchester, Mass., High School and at once was marked as one of 1909's most active and beloved members. The official record shows him serving as a member of the executive committee from 1934 and as Secretary from 1939 until ill health forced his retirement in 1948. However, from college days, he was ever an ardent worker for the class living up to his nickname of "Sunny" and his Aegis prophecy "Good nature and good sense must always join."
Having been associated with the College Bookstore during undergraduate days, it was natural for him to enter the employ of DeWolfe and Fiske upon graduation. In March 1912, he joined the Wm. Filene's Sons organization and spent the rest o£ his business career there except for a two-year period, 1919-1921, when he was merchandise manager of the Retail Research Association. Among the various responsibilities he carried were secretary to A. Lincoln Filene, Clerk of the Corporation, Director, Research Director, Manager of Restaurant and Divisional Managef of Services Department.
He is survived by his wife, the former Louise Phillips, his two sons, Richard P. of Manchester and Henry W. of Detroit, and two brothers and one sister.
Funeral services were held on January 15 at the Orthodox Congregational Church, Manchester, and the class was represented at the services by Burns, Catharin, French, Hawes, Newton and Scully, who acted as bearers, and Blake, Lord and Weinz.
1911
JOHN FOSTER BARTLETT died during his sleep on the night of January 28, following many years of a serious heart ailment which had made it necessary for him to be extremely moderate in his business and personal activities. He had enjoyed the ownership and operation of a farm outside of Niagara Falls for a number of years and recently had been building a new home which he planned to occupy in March.
John was born in Hanover, N. H., November 17, 1889, his father being our beloved "Bubby" Bartlett, Professor of Chemistry at Dartmouth. His grandfather was Samuel Colcord Bartlett, former President of Dart- mouth College. .
Following his graduation from Dartmouth, [ohn went with Butler Bros, in Chicago for three years, and then to the Hooker Electrochemical Company of Niagara Falls, with which company he was associated the rest of his life, eventually becoming Treasurer and Assistant Secretary. He resigned from this position last December planning to live in retirement in his new home.
During the first World War, he was a Ist Lieutenant in the Air Service, and was in France from July 1917 to March 1919, during the latter part of which he was in command of the 469 th Aero Construction Squadron. wprp hplH in Niagara
Funeral services were held in JNiagara Falls on January 31. Following cremation, the ashes will be returned to Hanover to be placed in the family lot in the old cemetery next spring.
John always was an active member of the class and ready to do his part for Dartmouth. He was a member of Psi Upsi'on fraternity, Niagara Falls Country Club. Niagara Club, and the University Club of Niagara Falls.
He is survived by his brothers. Let win K. 'O4 and Samuel C. 'O7, and by his sister, Mrs. Moses B. Perkins ('O2) of Hanover.
The REVEREND CHARLES ABBOTT FORBES, S.S.J.E., died in Boston on January 27. Friar Foibes had been a member of the Society of St. John the Evangelist for the last 34 years, the last half of this period in the Church of St. John the Evangelist on Bowdoin Street, Boston. Prior to that, he spent 17 years in San Francisco, two years in Haiti, and several years in Caribou, Maine.
He was born in Lee, N. H., the son of Reverend and Mrs. Washington H. Forbes. He graduated from Dartmouth with the class, following which he received his theological training at Nashotah House, Wisconsin.
Always frail, he was a vigorous worker in spite of frequent severe illness.
A high mass of requiem was sung at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Boston, and interment was in the Society's cemetery in Foxboro.
1914
HERMAN DAVIDSON passed away on December 2, after a short illness, only five months after his wife's death.
Born November 12, 1891 at Great Village, N. S., he was the son of Martha (Graham) and Henry F. Davidson. Red prepared for Dartmouth at City College of New York and entered with the class in the fall of 1910. He was always popular with his classmates and gained for himself the esteem and affection of all of us.
Red was of a deeply religious nature and, as might be expected, was very active in the church of his choice. An elder in the Presbyterian Church, he was Superintendent of its Sunday School and Clerk of its Session. It was only a short time ago that he and his wife took a trip as delegates to a church conference on the West Coast.
At the time of his death he was VicePresident of the Patent Scaffolding Cos., in charge of the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington, D. C., area.
Red has always been an ardent Dartmouth man and since graduation has been one of the active and enthusiastic class members. His loss will be felt by all of us, particularly at class gatherings, at which he has been invariably an attendant.
The class takes this opportunity to extend its profound sympathy to his son Richard, Dartmouth '5O, and to further express its own feeling of loss and regret in losing an outstanding and inspiring classmate.
1915
WALLACE ADELBERT SHAMBOW passed away December 29, 1949, at the Soldiers Home in Chelsea, Mass. The cause of his death was given as broncho-pneumonia.
Wally was born in Woonsocket, R. I., January 15, 1891, the son of Christopher G. and Florence (Gay) Shambow. He prepared for college at Woonsocket High School and Hanover High School. He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1915, but remained only one year.
At one time he was a hotel manager in Boston; worked in a drugstore in Tampa, Fla.; and in partnership with his mother manufactured neckware at Franklin, Mass., under the name of Rochambeau Cravat Studios.
During the First World War, Wally served in the United States Navy. Since 1941, due to recurrent ill health, he spent considerable time as a patient in various veterans hospitals.
An enthusiastic musician, Wally had composed several songs that were sung over the radio. He also "headed his own music publishing company. His health prevented him from taking an active part in class affairs but his letters always showed the interest he maintained in the doings of his classmates.
Wally is survived by his mother and by a brother, John C. Shambow '10. To them the Class of 1915 extends its deepest sympathy.
1923
DAVID KELSO MAIRS was born July 28, 1901, the son of Mrs. Grace Reed Mairs and the late J. Kelso Mairs. His death, which was caused by throat cancer, took place January 4, and he was buried in Waltham, Mass.
He is survived by his wife, Katherine Delaney Mairs, two daughters, Mrs. Carroll T. McBride and Julie I. Mairs, and two sons of school age, James Kelso and William C. Mairs, all of Washington, D. C. His mother, Mrs. J. Kelso Mairs, his sister Eleanora, and hjs brother William are all residents of Waltham.
Kelso attended Waltham schools, Wilbraham Acadsmy, Dartmouth for two years, and graduated with the class of 1924 at Harvard.
He went into the insurance business after his Harvard graduation, and was group manager for the Boston Casualty Company until 1942, when he went to Washington to serve with the W.P.B. For a period during the war he was a petty officer in the Army Transport Service. After the war he engaged in foreign trade, insurance, and was a manufacturers representative.
Kelso was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Harvard Club of Boston.
1926
JACK MILTON STRAUSS died suddenly on January 20, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Born on March 1, 1904, in Chicago. Jack was the son of the late Milton L. Strauss, Chicago tailoring company head, and Minnie (Woolner) Strauss. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Harvard School in Chicago.
Jack left Hanover in 1924, before completing his course, and entered the real estate business in Chicago. In 1928 he moved to California and became a successful real estate broker in the Los Angeles—Beverly Hills area. Except for a brief period during the last world war when he was employed by Bethlehem Steel Company in San Pedro, Calif., he had continued in the real estate field.
In May, 1931, Jack married actress Claire Dodd, from whom he was divorced in 1937. Subsequently, Jack remarried and, at the time of his death, resided in Banning, Calif., with his wife, Eve, and a son John Richard, who survive him. The sincere sympathies of his classmates are extended to his survivors.
MAX WHITMAN died quietly in his sleep on January 4, at his home, 608 E. Gibson St., Scranton, Pa.
Bora on March 27, 1902 in Philadelphia, Max was the son of Samuel and Hannah (Leavitt) Whitman. He prepared for Dartmouth at Jessup High School in Jessup, Pa., and Dunmore High School in Dunmore, Pa. While in Hanover he won his Phi Beta Kappa key, was a member of Beta Alpha Phi and a member of the 1926 Green Book board. He later attended Columbia Law School from which he received his LL.B. degree in 1930.
Max practiced law with various firms in New York for several years and was an attorney with the State Banking Department from iggn to 1936. He served as tax attorney and accountant for Central Stamping Company in Buffalo for approximately five years before resuming independent practice in 1946. At that time, Max began to have trouble with his eyes and lost the sight of one eye as the result of a detached retina. In 1948 he and his family moved to Scranton but his eye troubles continued and in November 1949 Max underwent a third operation in New York in an attempt to save the sight in his other eye. He was at home recuperating from this operation when a violent coughing spell apparently placed an undue strain on his heart and caused his untimely demise.
Max is survived by his wife Mildred (nee Schwartz), whom he married in 1926, and two children, Ravina Lea, aged 20, and Sanford Martin, aged 16. The heartfelt sympathies of the class are extended to them.
1927
Jot JAKRETT HILL died January 9 at the Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Joe was born in Fayetteville, W. Va., on May 17, 1905, the son of Joseph Spencer and Grace (Gosling) Hill. He prepared for college at the Charleston (W. Va.) High School.
In college Joe was a member of The Arts, Glee Club and Choir and of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He composed the music for the Carnival show Dancing Princess.
Joe left college in 1926 and went to New York as assistant music director of the old New York Sun. Later he worked in the radio departments of Lord & Thomas, Young & Rubicam, and Castor, Farrell, Chesley & Clifford, advertising agencies. He also served as music director for both the NBC and CBS networks and directed a number of radio shows, including We, the People.
On April 12, 1926, Joe was married to Lindslay Vinson, who survives him with their son, Joseph Vinson, a senior at Dartmouth. Their home is at 71 West 11th St., New York City.
ARNOLD STICKNEY HYATT died in Andover, Conn., on September 7. Arnold was born in Pittsburgh, November 14, 1905, the son of Willard Isaac Hyatt '99 and Jessica Crowell. He prepared for college at Tisbury High School, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
A high ranking student and a leader in his class, Arnold was forced to leave college in senior year because of ill health. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.
For a time Arnold was with the Hastings Quicksilver Mining Co. in California. The last .ten years of his life he was employed as a spectroscopist for the United Aircraft Co. in East Hartford, Conn. He was a member of the American Society for Metals and the Society of American Engineers. He was founder and treasurer of the Andover Volunteer Fire Department and president of the local Red Cross chapter. He was an enthusiastic philatelist and fisherman.
On August 16, 1941, Arnold was married to Mildred T. Travis of Andover, Conn., who survives him. Mrs. Hyatt is now making her home at 40 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.
1935
JAMES KEE IRVIN passed away on January 22 in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., following a prolonged illness. He had returned to New York for treatment last July from Caracas, Venezuela, where he was Sales Manager for the U.S. Rubber Company's Export Division, and where he founded the Dartmouth Club of Caracas.
Jim began working for U. S. Rubber Company in 1937 as a sales representative. One year later he married Jane Patteson of Tarrytown, N. Y. and took his bride on a wedding trip to South America where they settled in Caracas. In 1940 he was returned to the United States and worked out of the New York office, living in Tarrytown and later in Irvington-on-Hudson. Two years ago he returned to Caracas for U. S. Rubber as Sales Manager.
Jim was born in Chicago in 1912, and attended the Chicago schools. After graduating from Deerfield Academy he attended Dartmouth in 1931-32 and again in 1933-34. He was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity.
Besides his wife he leaves two sons, James K. Jr., 9, and John, 7. They are making their home at Sunnyside Lane, Irvington-onHudson, N. Y. Jim is also survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Arba J. Irvin '02.
1941
Very belated word has been received of the death of RICHARD ADAMS MESSINGER in a plane crash over Germany on July 24, 1946.
Dick was born in Lynn, Mass., July 3, 1918, the son of Harry Leo and Jean (Adams) Messinger. He attended the Marblehead High School and Kiskiminetas Springs School.
Dick left college to enlist in the Army Air Corps in March 1942 and received his wings and commission in February 1943. He was the pilot of one of the first jet fighters sent to the ETO, and received the Air Medal with six oak leaf clusters.
Dick's body was returned to this country and he was buried in Marblehead, Mass., on September 1, 1946.
He is survived by his parents of 30 Empire St., Lynn, Mass.
CORRECTION. The In Memoriam notice last month concerning Thomas Mayhew Killick '47, fatally injured December 17, was in error in using the nickname "Larry." This was not the nickname of Tom but of his surviving father and brother.
DAVID KELSO MAIRS '23
