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]
Rose, Samuel '86, May 27 Strong, Arthur M. '92, May 18 Johnson, Hiram L. '96, June 12 Chandler, Edward D. '98, June 1 Lena, William J. '02, September 8, 1949 Varney, Laurence D. '02, April 23 Reed, George A. '03, May 14 Kelly, Harry G. '07, May 5 Howe, Luther M. '08, May 31 Nelson, Earl C. '10, March 24 Kilbourn, Albert S. '13, May 20 Bean, Harold C. '14, May 21 Davison, Norman H. '14, March 13 Wilcox, Winthrop '14, May 13 Hayes, Ernest L. '15, May 18 O'Day, Bernard V. '15, June 1 Wayman, Charles C. '15, January 8 Fletcher, Ralph L. '16, November 8, 1949 Norton, Donald H. '17, May 31 Taylor, Dodge '22, May 13 Holt, Kerchival R. '23, June 4 Pope, E. Donald '23, June 1 Mayeda, Toshimitsu '30, 1946 Tucker, Samuel C. '93 m, May 30 Smith, William W. '94 m, May 30 Hahnloser, Robert G. '35t, date unknown Robinson, William A. '19h, June 10 Bradley, Howard A. '3611, May 24
In Memoriam
1886
SAMUEL ROSE was born in England December 6,1860. When he was ten years old his family moved to Connecticut and Sam worked in the mills at Poquonnock until he was 19, when he left the mill and went to Kimball Union Academy to prepare for Dartmouth, and entered with our class in 1882. At the close of freshman year he was obliged to leave college, but finished the preparation for his life work at the Hartford Theological Seminary. Reasons of health compelled an early ministry in the South and West, and enforced early retirement. But he had over 35 vears of fruitful service, and lived to be one of the grand old men of the Class. He died at his home in Greenfield, Mass., on May 27, 1950, at the advanced age of 89 years.
In spite o£ his short student career at Dartmouth, Sam was a strong admirer of the College and a loyal member of the Class. Whenever possible he attended reunions, always responded to the Class secretary's appeals for news of himself and family, and was a constant reader of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. He made his last trip to Hanover in company with his son, Philip, to attend our 50th reunion. He was one of the five survivors of the Theta Delta Chi delegation who attended.
He married Miss Grace M. Chamberlain of Sharon, Vt., in 1886. She died in 1946, almost 60 years after their marriage. Their oldest son, Rev. Dr. Philip Rose, Dartmouth '09 magnacum laude, has been pastor of the Bucking- ham Congregational Church of Glastonbury, Conn., for the last 13 years. A second son, Col. Edward Rose, West Point '12, has had a life career in the Army, with heavy overseas duty in both wars, and is now on duty in the Pentagon Building and living in Alexandria, Va. Miss Elizabeth Joy Rose, Middlebury '15, lives at home and teaches in Greenfield High School.
Rose's life was that of the typical Christian minister, who overcame interruptions of precarious health and the handicap of small resources, and left a legacy of cultivated children who are able to carry on a service for God and Country in a spirit akin to his own.
After a private funeral he was buried in the Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass. A memorial service followed on June 25 in connection with the Communion at the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield, at which his son, Dr. Philip Rose, was the principal speaker.
The Class of '86 sent to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund a contribution in his memory.
1888
FRED LEWIS PATTEE died May 6 at his home in Winter Park, Fla., after a long illness. He was born in Bristol, N. H., March 22, 1863, son of Lewis F. and Mary P. (Ingalls) Pattee: prepared for college at New Hampton Institute; and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1884.
No one of the Class made more conscientious use of his time, but he was no bookworm. He filled Class offices; was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Casque and Gauntlet, Class Historian and Class Day Poet, also one of the editors of the Dartmouth LiteraryMonthly. He won final honors in English, The First Grimes Prize and Phi Beta Kappa rank. Fifty years later he spoke for the Class at the Alumni Dinner.
After serving in 1889-90 as Principal of Mendon, Mass., High School he became Principal of the High School at Eatontown, N. J. but poor health obliged him to resign and go to Lakewood, N. J., Sanitarium with a diagnosis of tuberculosis. He recovered his health and after a summer in the White Mts., became Principal of Coe's Academy at Northwood, N. H., where he spent four happy years.
In 1894 he began his work at Pennsylvania State College as Professor of English and Rhetoric, succeeding Emery '87. In 1918 this title was changed to Professor of American Literature, and he is believed to be the first professor in the country to have that distinctive title. Pattee served Penn State faithfully until 1928 When he was retired with Emeritus rank. During all those years he was a favorite teacher, but broadly interested in all activities. He acted as College Chaplain, played an important part in expanding the library, wrote the lyrics for the "Alma Mater" song, and was a founder of the institution's dramatic group, "The Thespians."
In three sabbatical years Pattee took his family to Europe and studied at the Universities of Goettingen and Marburg, Germany, and in London and Edinburgh. Dartmouth honored him with a degree of Master of Letters in 1915 and Doctor of Letters in 1921. Lebanon Valley College gave him a similar degree in 1915. He voluntarily gave up his professorship at Penn State in 1928. "Having reached the age when they retire Army and Navy Officers and most College Professors," and planned to settle in Florida for leisure and literary work, but Dr. Holt of Rollins College induced him to take one class for three days a week, commuting from Coronado Beach. For nearly ten years he also served as a member of the faculty of the Bread Loaf Summer School of Middlebury College. He finally made his permanent home at Winter Park, Fla., and continued his lectures at Rollins College until 1941.
In 1889 he married Anna L. Plumer of Bristol, N. H. Mrs. Pattee died in 1927, leaving one daughter, Sarah Lewis. She married Dr. John M. Stetson, who is now Professor of Mathematics at William and Mary College. Pattee married Mrs. Grace Garee in Nov. 1928, who died in 1946. After her death and during his final illness he was faithfully cared for by her sister, Miss Ethel B. Gorrell of St. Mary's, West Va. At services held at Winter Park fine tributes were paid Prof. Pattee by the Clergy, Dr. Paul Wagner, President of Rollins College, and Dr. Willard Wattles, head of the English Dept. Miss Gorrell and a nurse accompanied the body to Bristol, N. H., where the funeral was held in the old home town May 12.
No attempt can be made in this limited space to take up in detail Pattee's great literary work of a lifetime, but it included prose, poetry and history. An early book of poems was published in 1893 as "Wine of May." He also wrote three novels: "Mary Garvin" about his native New Hampshire, "The House of the Black Ring," with a Pennsylvania setting, and "The Breaking Point," a story of college days. It was in his true literary works, however, that he acquired fame and his greatest success. "The History of American Literature Since 1870" was published in 1915, "The First Century of American Literature" in 1935, "The Development of the American Short Story" in 1923, "Tradition and Jazz" in 1925, and "The New American Literature" in 1930. He also edited Shakespeare's "Macbeth," "The Poems of Philip Freneau," poet of the American Revolution, for the Princeton Historical Society, a "Mark Twain" edition, and "American Short Stories." He has left an unpublished autobiography recently completed, "My World in My Time."
His extensive library with many first editions was divided several years ago; the books of the era before the Civil War being presented to Penn State College and the works of later date to Rollins College.
One of Pattee's most intimate college classmates in a letter to the writer summarizes his friend's career in these few words: "His was a splendid life."
1892
ARTHUR MITCHELL STRONG became ill whilevisiting in New York, but was able to returnto Boston and was taken to Phillips House.He was not considered seriously ill, but hedid not awaken in the morning and the doctors did not know exactly what caused hisdeath. He had a heart ailment that requiredthe avoidance of strenuous activity but hiscondition did not seem to be critical so thathis death on May 18 was unexpected. He hada peaceful end with no suffering. Funeralservices were held in Newton CemeteryChapel at 3:30 P.M., May 20. His wife, AliceBigelow Strong survives him.
Arthur was born February 6, 1871 in Waltham, Mass., the son of Elnathan and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Strong. His father, brother,and uncle were Dartmouth graduates. BobStrong '34 was his nephew. At Dartmouth hewas a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Casqueand Gauntlet, and Phi Beta Kappa. He wasa Republican and a Congregationalism From'92-'97 he was a teacher. On Oct 18, 1898 hemarried Alice Bigelow in New York City.From 1897 to 1905 he was with the publishingcompany of Allyn & Bacon and from 1905 to1910, with the Macmillan Co. He was withD. C. Heath & Co. from 1910 to 1940 when heretired as New England Manager and Director. In 1926-1927 he was President of theDartmouth Secretaries Association.
Artie, as he was affectionately known, was our efficient Secretary from 1912 until his death. The Strong address for some time has been Longwood Towers, Brookline 46, Mass. Mrs. Strong will probably continue her residence there.
W. F. G.
1899
ALVAH GUY SLEEPER died at his home in Somerville, Mass., April 30, after a long illness.
He was born October 23, 1872 in Franklin, N. H., the son of Charles Wellington and Clementine Harris (Thompson) Sleeper. After early education in the grade schools of Franklin, he prepared for college at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, later known as the Tilton School for Boys.
In college he was a member of DKE and was the organist in Rollins Chapel and the College Church.
After graduating wth the Class of 1899, he studied at the Harvard University Law School for one year and then transferred to the Boston University Law School from which he graduated in 1902. Following admission to the Boston Bar Association in that same year, he became associated with the law firm of Baker, Hickey, Morse and Wentworth and later in the practice of law with Alfred S. Hayes.
He was a member of the Masonic Order AF and AM and Past Master of Somerville Lodge in 1922 and 1923 and High Priest of Mt. Vernon Chapter in 1909.
For a number of years he was the organist and a trustee of the Bromfield Street Methodist Church in Boston and for twelve years was the organist at the Copley Methodist Church in Boston. In the early 1920's he taught a bible class in the College Avenue Congregational Church in West Somerville.
He owned a summer home in Dennis on Cape Cod.
Acting as an attorney in behalf of his clients, he was associated with various business enterprises and real estate interests. He never married.
Two years ago last February he had pneumonia and from that time steadily failed in health. For nearly eight months he had been in a semi-coma, unable to speak enough to be understood and seldom able to recognize anyone who called to see him.
Funeral services were held on the afternoon of May 3 at the A. E. Long Memorial Chapel in North Cambridge. There was a floral offering from the class. Classmates attending were: Clark, Dearborn, Hoban, Huckins, Irving, Lynch, Osgood, Rogers, Smith and Watson.
Up to the time of his illness, Alvah Sleeper had always taken an active interest in the affairs of '99, regularly attending class reunions and the annual Roundups, ever ready to give freely of his musical talent at the piano or organ at which he presided in reunion memorial services.
J .W. G.
1902
WILLIAM JAMES LENA died September 8, 1949 in Lawrence, Mass. He was born in Lawrence March 7, 1876, the son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Lennon) Lena. He prepared for college at Lawrence High School.
After a year at Dartmouth he transferred to Boston University graduating there with the LL.B. degree in 1902. He practised law in Lawrence for many years.
He is survived by his brother Fred T. Lena '07 of 48 Glenwood Gardens, Yonkers, N. Y. Hugh F. Lena '12 was also a brother.
LAWRENCE DELANO VARNEY died April 23, 1950,in a hospital on Long Island, New York, from a coronary occlusion. He was born August 9, 1880 at Dover, N. H. and prepared for Dartmouth at Dover High School.
In college he was one of the most beloved members of the class of 1902 and known to all as "Dike" Varney. He was a natural athlete and one of the greatest baseball pitchers in Dartmouth history, pitching the first baseball game in which Dartmouth had ever beaten Harvard. He was champion of the college in tennis each one of his four years, played on the class football team and won the driving contest in golf his Senior year. His first year out of college he pitched for the Cleveland Indians.
After this he worked as Civil Engineer for the O'Rourke Construction Cos. and while working in the New York tunnel had a severe case of the "bends" from which his nervous system never recovered. He married Agnes M. Madden in Brooklyn in 1903, who survives him. Their home was at 440 6th St., Brooklyn.
1903
GEORGE ALBERT REED of 4 Holmes Court, Montpelier, Vt„ died May 14 at Heaton Hospital after a lingering illness.
George was born in Barre, Vt., on August 18, 1879, the son of Albert C. and Alfarette (Wheaton) Reed.
He graduated from Spaulding High School, Barre, and Dartmouth College '03 and Thayer School '04. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. .
In 1905 he was appointed assistant city engineer of Barre. In 1906 he went to Klamath Falls, Ore., where he was in the U. S. Reclamation Service. He returned to Barre in 1907 and served as city engineer until 1915, also as park commissioner the last three years. His work attracted the attention of the state authorities and he was made assistant state engineer in 1917 and elevated to the position of state engineer in 1922. He became assistant chief engineer in the state highway department in 1925. In recognition of his engineering abilities he was appointed Commissioner of Public Works of Montpelier in 1928. He remained there for 13 years. Since 1941 he owned and operated the Green Mountain Reinforced Concrete Pipe Co.
A charter member and former president of the Vermont Society of Engineers, he belonged to the Knights of Pythias and was a member of the Vermont Society of Mayflower Descendants. He was a member of Bethany Congregational Church.
His first wife, the former Nellie A. Coburn, died in 1916 and he later married Miss Lela Devries who survives him. Also surviving are two sons, Dr. Sheldon C. Reed '32 of Minneapolis and Fay A. Reed '35, an instructor at Kimball Union Academy; two daughters, Mrs. David (Dorritt) A. Edgar Jr. of Montpelier and Miss Arlene W. Reed, a student; also three grandchildren, John and Catherine Reed and David George Edgar.
George was a good Dartmouth man and attended many of the class activities. Those of us who were at the 1946 reunion remember that he came despite his difficulty in getting around, because of arthritis.
1907
HARRY KELLY died on May 5 at his home, 617 South 37th St., Omaha, Nebraska. He had apparently been as well as ever in his life and passed away in his sleep. Harry was always well, strong and active.
President of the Adams and Kelly Company, he was also secretary of the Retail Credit Men's Association, member of the Omaha Manufacturing Association, and an officer of the Retail Lumbermen's Association. In addition, he had been a vestryman of Trinity Cathedral, a former member of the trustees of Clarkson Hospital, a Knights Templar and a past president of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
He is survived by his wife, Olive; two daughters, Mrs. Daniel B. Dowling, Bronxville, N. Y., and Mrs. Percy A. Rideout, San Francisco, Cal.; and four grandchildren.
Ben Washburn writes of Harry, "I have had the good fortune to see harry every summer in recent years and have been able to keep closely in touch with him. Harry's business career was highly successful, but not to the exclusion of other claims upon him. His family was his pride and joy, and as a husband and a father he was devoted, loyal and true. He had a keen sense of personal integrity and honor, and always fulfilled his responsibilities as a citizen. He was a Christian and a gentleman. We may be proud to have been his classmates."
1909
RICHARD BALDWIN LOCKE, born in Boston, Mass., on August 2, 1885, died at the Palmer Memorial Hospital on February 18, 1950, after a short illness.
Dick prepared for Dartmouth at Cushing Academy. In college, he was a member of the freshman mandolin club and Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
Upon graduation, he joined the SulphoNapthol Co. of Boston and advanced through the various departments until he became President-Treasurer and continued in that position until his death. He took time out of his business career to serve as a 1st Lieutenant, Ordnance, U.S.A. during 1917-1919. He was a Trustee of the Belmont Savings Bank and a life member of Columbian Lodge A.F. and A.M.
On October 7, 1913, he was married to Helen H. Joyce who survives him with children Jane 8., Richard Jr. '41, David Joyce, Joyce Wendell, Frederic Winslow and five grandchildren. William M. Locke '11 is a brother and Harold W. Joyce 'OB a brotherin-law. The family home is at 43 Howells Road, Belmont.
Funeral services were held in the Unitarian Church, Belmont, on February 21. The Class was represented by Farley, French and Scully as 1909 paid its last respects to another Regular who has travelled to that undiscovered country from which no traveller returns.
1910
EARL CARLTON NELSON, a sufferer from a heart ailment, died suddenly in a dentist's chair in Augusta, Me., on March 24 while having teeth extracted. A physician had accompanied Earl but was unable to revive him.
Earl was born in Palermo, Me., July 21, 1880, the son of Wesley A. and Netta (Wood) Nelson. Graduating from Coburn Classical Institute, he entered Dartmouth in 1906 to graduate with 1910.
Older than the rest of the Class, having taught school in the years between and Dartmouth, and knowing what he wanted to do in life, he made a serious work of his college course, and upon graduation entered teaching to spend his entire lifetime in that profession. He taught at E. Providence, R. 1., 1910-14; Arlington, Mass., 1914-16; and Watertown, Mass., 1916 to 1946, when he retired because of his first wife's ill health, taking her to his old home in Palermo where she died the following December. Earl had been Principal of his grammar school in Watertown for many years prior to retiring, and was widely recognized for his genuine interest in youth.
In 1948 he married Beatrice B. Bowler who survives him.
At the time of his death he was active in his town's affairs, being first selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, as well as a member of the Grange and Volunteer Fire Department. He was a member of the Congregational Church.
In college he roomed with Ed Higbee, Wayland Wood and Ralph Norris '11. Friendly, hard-working, he won the respect of all, and made lasting friends. A grand fellow gone to his reward!
1911
JOHN JOSEPH RYAN died in St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee on April 7, following a long illness. ,
Jack was born in Waterbury, Conn., October 22, 1889, graduating from Waterbury High School and entering Dartmouth with the class of 1910, but taking his degree with the class of 1911. As an undergraduate he was a letterman in football, baseball and basketball, and captain of the football team in 1910. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Turtle, and Sphinx.
Following graduation, he became Director of Athletics at St. Thomas College, St. Paul, then for two years was in the sales division of Washburn-Crosby Company until 1916, when he became head football coach at Marquette University. In 1921 he took over as assistant coach of football at Dartmouth for one year, after which he became head football coach at the University of Wisconsin for the following two years. This was followed by being end coach at Northwestern from 1925-1929, and an assistant coach and scout for that institution until 1939. In 1917, he developed a fidelity and casualty insurance agency, which he actively operated until his death.
In 1914 Jack was married to Mary F. Healey, who survives him together with two daughters and two sons. His son Jack was a star quarter-back at Northwestern during the last days of Jack's coaching there. He was also voted the most popular man in the class of 1939. The family home is at 2861 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee.
Jack's fame was well-known. He turned out many winning teams against the best that the Middle West could produce. He was one of Milwaukee's highly regarded citizens and prominent in its affairs. He had been a member of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors since 1940. In the words of a sports writer and great admirer of Jack, "Fortunate indeed were the many who knew the former Marquette and Wisconsin football coach. He was everything one could possibly hope for in mortal man—loyal friend, wonderful family man, deeply religious, leader in civic affairs which brought out his great interest in all mankind. He was a straight shooter, a leveler who LIVED the good game instead of merely talking it. A success in the real sense of the word."
1913
ALBERT SIDNEY KILBOURN died suddenly on May 20, at Denmark, lowa. He was stricken while attending a church conference, passing as he would most desire, at his work. He was born on August 24, 1882 at Townsend, Mass., the son of Abby C. (Turner) and Eugene R. Kilbourn. He graduated from Townsend High School in 1900, from the Fitchburg Normal School in 1904, the Bangor Theological School in 1909, and Dartmouth College in 1913.
While attending Dartmouth, he held a pastorate at Enfield, N. H., was a member of the Wheelock Club and the Webster Club.
After graduation, he taught history and social science in the Eddyville High School until 1917 when he became Pastor of the Congregational Church, Eddyville, lowa.
He was Professor of Social Sciences at Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama in 1925 and 1936, when he accepted a call to the First Congregational Church, Elkader, lowa.
He had a pastorate at Eagle Grove, lowa and then took over the historic Congregational Church at Denmark, lowa, where he was happily located until his death.
On May 22, 1923 Al married Jessie Miller, who survives him with three daughters, Jessie Alberta, born in 1924, Mary Louella in November 1926 and Margaret Anne in April 1932. Dorothy Elizabeth, who was born in October 1928, died in 1945. Three brothers, Ralph and Farley of Townsend, Mass., and Ellery of Waterbury, Conn, also survive. Al will be greatly missed, for we heard from him often especially at the time of call for the Alumni Fund—one of God's grand fellows.
1914
WINTHROP B. WILCOX passed away very suddenly in Boston on May 13, of an overwhelming coronary thrombosis, while on a business trip for the Farm Bureau Insurance Company.
He was Assistant Controller for three Farm Bureau Insurance Companies and was in charge of the Fiscal Planning and Procedures and the Fiscal Analysis and Reports Department. He had served the Farm Bureau for more than twenty years.
Win was bora June 18, 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pa., the son of Frank and Annie (Brett) Wilcox. He prepared at Blair Academy. From May Ist, 1917 to March 6th, 1919 he served, first with the Dartmouth Unit with the French Army, then with the A.E.F. In college, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
To his wife, the former Gertrude Clark, and daughter, Nancy, the class extends its deepest sympathy in this our mutual loss. The family home is at 1914 Chatfield Rd., Columbus, Ohio.
MILTON DELOS POMEROY died at his home, 56 Suffolk St., Holyoke, Mass., on May 28, after an illness of many months. Only a few weeks before his death, he had expressed himself as hoping to return to reunion.
In college Dee was a member of Chi Phi and although ..only with us for two years, he became one of Dartmouth's most ardent and loyal sons. I doubt if he ever missed a year without returning at least once.
Since 1915, he has been Resident Agent and on the Company Honor Roll for The Connecticut General Life Insurance Company of Holyoke, and has been Secretary almost continuously of The Dartmouth Club of Holyoke.
He was born in Amherst, Mass., December 21st, 1886, the son of Edward E. and Flora I. (Neugeon) Pomeroy. He prepared for Dartmouth at Worcester Academy. Dee attended Second Congregational Church, was a 32d degree Mason, and a member of Melha Temple Shrine. He was always active in the Y.M.C.A., and was a charter member and past president of Holyoke Kiwanis.
The class will miss Dee Pomeroy, and it extends its deep sympathy to his wife, Orra, his son, John and his daughter, Mrs. Robert Craft.
The class was represented at the funeral by John Hazen and Ted Main.
DR. HAROLD C. BEAN died May 21, at the Salem, Mass., Hospital following a succession of coronary thromboses over several years. He was born in Portland, Maine, on January 8, 1892, the son of Charles Addison and Lillian Etta (McNelly) Bean. In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Alpha Kappa Kappa. Completing his course at the Dartmouth Medical School, he transferred to Harvard and received his M.D. with the writer in 1918. He shortly joined the U.S.N. Medical Corps, serving from July 1918 to July 1919 as a Lt. (j.g.). Remaining in the Naval Reserve, he was again called to duty on April 21, 1941 as Lt. Commander.
Although first taken ill in April 1943, he continued on active duty until January 1946, having been promoted to Commander, May 4, 1941.
Harold was an orthopedic surgeon in Salem, Mass., a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He not only served on the staff of the Salem Hospital, but also of the Essex Sanatorium and North Shore Babies Hospital. He was a member of the Essex Lodge of Masons, the Military Order of the World War, the American Legion, and the Salem Kiwanis Club.
Services were held at the Grace Episcopal Church.
Dr. Bean is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Follett, and two daughters, Ruth F. and Barbara L. Stowe. Their home is at 25 Beckford St.. Salem.
The class recognizes its deep loss and extends its sympathy to his wife and two daughters.
NORMAN HEWITT DAVISON passed away in Chambersburg, Pa., on March 13. He was born January 19, 1891, in Chambersburg, the son of C. M. and Maude (Hewitt) Davison, and prepared for Dartmouth at Mercersburg Academy. He was with us in college but two years and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He has rarely been seen at Dartmouth gatherings, but is well remembered by many of the class.
Living in Chambersburg all of his life, he became an orchardist which occupation he followed until his death. To his wife, the former Helen Speer, the class extends its deep sympathy and the recognition of our mutual loss. Norm's home was at 675 Philadelphia Ave., Chambersburg.
1915
ERNEST LEROY HAYES passed away May 18 after being stricken with a heart attack.
He was born June 13, 189 a in Lynn, Mass. and lived there all his life. He attended the Lynn public schools and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1915. After leaving college he entered the employ of the U. S. Government and for 37 years was an employe of the Lynn Postal District. At the time of his death he was the Postal Supervisor of the Lvnn Central Post Office in charge of route inspections. He was a widely known member of the Post Office Supervisors, being President of the Lynn Branch, National Association of Post Office Supervisors. He was a member of St. Pius Holy Name Society and known throughout the membership in the Essex Deanery. He also held membership in the North Shore Dartmouth Club.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice G. (Jennings) Hayes; a son, Robert V. Hayes, connected with the Travelers Insurance Co.; two daughters, Lucille M. Hayes, a teacher at the Connery School, and Ruth M. Hayes, a member of the senior class at Lynn English High School' five brothers, Charles, Clarence, Edward, Joseph, and George Hayes; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Hennessey, all of Lynn.
The funeral was held Saturday from the Garrett J. Wall Funeral Home with a Solemn Mass of Requiem in St. Pius Church. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Chan Foster and Walt Maeder represented the Class
The Class of 1915 extends its heartfelt sympathy to the family.
TERRY COX VASCONCELLS passed away on April 17, in Denver, Colo, after a lingering illness.
He was born December 3, 1892 in Lyons, Kansas, son of F. Q. and Anna (Dunbrack) Vasconcells. He prepared for college in the East Denver High School and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1915. After one year he transferred to the University of Denver where he graduated in 1916 with the degree of LL.B. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
During the First World War he served as a Major in the First Pursuit Group and was Colorado's only War Ace.
From the Denver, Colo., Rocky Mt. News comes the following:
"Jerry Cox Vasconcells, Colorado's only flying ace of the first World War, died yesterday at his home, 425 Humboldt St., after a lingering illness. Death came quietly to the man who was credited officially with shooting down five German planes and an observation balloon during the pioneer flying days of World War I. He had escaped violent death many times in those days when an airplane was little more than an egg crate bound together with piano wire. In repeated skirmishes over the battlefields of France, he had come away unscathed. Many times he had walked away uninjured from wrecked planes.
"Captain Jerry, as his friends of the war days knew him, was at one time one of the nation's best aviators. He was one of a score of fliers who received the official designation of 'ace'. Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, the first war's leading ace, was one of Jerry's close friends and flying companions during the war. Jerry took a leading part in the opening of air service in and around Denver, and helped former Mayor Ben F. Stapleton establish Denver's municipal airport. In 1937 he was named head of the State's aeronautic commission by Governor Teller Ammons. His war feats gave him France's highest medal, the Croix de Guerre, the Hanar Medal of the Aero Club of America, the Nieuport Medal, and a distinguished order citation by General John J. Pershing."
At the time of his death he headed the trading department of Sidlo, Simons, Roberts & Co., a Denver bond firm. He was also a director of Piggly Wiggly, Nebraska Telephone Co., and chairman of Colorado Aeronautics Commission.
On October 18, 1922 Jerry married Marietta Cassell who survives with a sister, Mrs. A. E. Peckinpaugh, South Gate, Calif., and a niece, movie actress Mary Astor of Hollywood.
To you, Mrs. \asconcells, the members of the Class of 1915 extend their deepest sympathy in your loss, and to Jerry from his comrades in arms, a salute and farewell.
1916
RALPH LELAND FLETCHER died in Birmingham, Mich., on November 8, 1949.
Born in Augusta, Maine, December 29, 1892, he was the son of Charles W. and Jennie S. (Black) Fletcher. The family moved to Dorchester, Mass., and he graduated from Dorchester High School.
During the '20's he was engaged in the paint business in Boston, and in this activity was employed in both sales and accounting work. Later, in Lockport, New York, he was a sales engineer for an industrial concern. Moving to Detroit, he became Comptroller for Insulation Industries. At the time of his death he was Vice-president of Win-Sum Window Corp.
He is survived by his brother William L. Fletcher '14 of 551 Boylston St., Boston.
1917
DONALD HINDES NORTON died at the Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, Vt., on May 31.
Nort was born in Vergennes, Vt., June 2, 1895 the son of Arthur W. and L. Augusta (Hindes) Norton. He prepared for college at Bordentown Military Institute.
In April, 1917, Nort entered the Army and was commissioned at Plattsburg and served with the A.E.F. from July 1918 to July 1919. After his discharge he returned to Vergennes where he became associated with the family firm of E. G. and A. W. Norton, grain and lumber dealers. Active in community affairs he served Vergennes as an alderman for eighteen years and represented the town in the state legislature for six years. In October, 1941, he introduced a bill in the Vermont legislature which made Vermont the first state to adopt a resolution recognizing a state of war. He served as state commander of the American Legion in 1938.
Nort had kept his reserve commission and on April 3, 1942 he was called to active duty as a Major. After serving at Camp Devens for a year he was transferred to the Military Government School at Fort Custis, Mich. Here, as the result of overwork, he suffered a coronary thrombosis on November 14, 1943. He was retired in May, 1944, with total disability and with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He returned to his home in Vergennes.
In January, 1923, Nort was married to Gertrude Piper. A daughter Patience was born in 1923 and Catherine in 1925. In 1941 he was married to Lucile Guyett, who survives him with his two daughters and a stepson. He is also survived by two Dartmouth brothers Ralph G., '18 and Spencer L., '28.
1918
DR. CLARENCE HARVEY MILLS, called by '18ers "Skippie" and much enjoyed because of his ever pleasant disposition, educator, scholar and teacher at Wilberforce University for 13 years, died suddenly April 13, 1950 at the Veterans Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Mills was widely known as an educator and scholar of high repute. At the time of his death, he was professor and chairman of the division of humanities at Wilberforce.
Skippie had a truly distinguished life of service. At Dartmouth he received an A.B. degree; Harvard gave him his M.A. in 1920 and the University of Chicago conferred the Ph.D. degree in 1928. As a prominent educator, he had occupied teaching positions in Howard University, Talladega College, A. & T. College, and Crispus Attucks High School.
Skippie was an outstanding student of humanities. For his top-ranking scholarly work as a student, he was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa. Numerous additional academic honors followed. According to the records, he was the first of his race to receive the Ph.D. degree in Romance Languages and Literature. In addition, he was a Dartmouth scholar on the New Hampshire Grant for 1916-1918; a Harvard University scholar 1919-1920; and the Daniel Webster Prize Winner.
Skippie was a member of such learned societies as the American Association of Teachers of French; National Federation of Modern Language Teachers; American Association of Teachers of Italian; American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese; American Association of Teachers of German; American Association of University Professors; American Folklore Society and the American Dialect Society. He was also a member of such fraternal organizations as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Masonic Lodge, Elks Lodge, and the American Legion.
On September 12, 1922 Skippie was married to Julia Plaine who died in 1939. He is survived by his son Clarence Harvey, Jr. a graduate of Wilberforce.
At '18's 30th Reunion in '48, the grand color films of George M. Davis gave a splendid picture of the smiling Skippie. He'll be missed and long remembered.
1922
DODGE TAYLOR, chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission and one of that State's leading growers in the citrus industry, died suddenly at his home in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, on May 13, 1950, at the age of 48. Although he had suffered from a heart ailment his condition had seemed considerably improved following treatment at the Mayo Clinic a few months ago. After breakfast on the day of his death, Bud went to read the newspaper in his bedroom where his son later found him collapsed in his chair.
The son of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Taylor, Bud was born on January 6, 1902, in Jackson, Mich., and prepared for college in the high school of that city. After graduation at Dartmouth, Bud returned to Jackson for a brief period and then moved to Florida to become a fixture in the citrus industry there. He went to Florida as sales manager for the extensive W. J. Howey Co. citrus interests and became executive vice president when he and an associate bought the assets of that company in 1940.
Bud became a vigorous and influential leader in his field and worked tirelessly to bring about higher standards of quality and greater market stability for Florida's major crop. It was due largely to his energetic support and active campaigning that the Florida Citrus Code was enacted.
Many tributes were paid Bud at the time the sad news of his death was announced, among which and typical was that of Fuller Warren, Governor of Florida, who called Bud's death "a great loss to Florida" and said, "The tremendous prosperity the citrus industry now enjoys is due in a considerable degree to Dodge Taylor. He worked very hard to bring the citrus code into being. He had a very keen mind that enabled him to quickly and accurately analyze the most complex problems."
Bud was married on August 13, 1938, in Tallahassee, Florida, to Mary Lane who, on the day of his death, was to have undergone an operation at the Mayo Clinic. Although the anesthetic had been administered, when the ill news arrived the operation was cancelled and Mrs. Taylor returned to her home.
Besides his widow, Bud is survived by two sons, William and Nelson, and two daughters, Mary Jane and Sue.
1927
FARRINGTON PALMER PHILLIPS died suddenly at San Angelo, Texas, on March 11.
Bud was born in New Haven, Conn., June 7, 1902, the son of Arthur V. and Charlotte (Palmer) Phillips. He prepared for college at Loomis Institute.
With our class for two years, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. We know little about his career except that he was connected with a shoe manufacturing concern in Marlboro, Mass.
GEORGE DAVID RITCHIE collapsed and died while having dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on March 6. He was attending a convention of the U.S. Trotting Association.
George was born October 4, 1903 in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., the son of Aibert D. and Emily (Olmsted) Ritchie. He prepared for college at Saratoga Springs High School. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
After leaving college George worked on the Saratoga Springs Saratogian until 1930 when he became a reporter for the N. Y. Sun. Although best known as a political reporter covering City Hall, George was assigned to Europe in 1936 where he spent some time covering conditions in Spain. In 1947 George and his wife purchased the New Enterprise, a weekly paper, in Corinth, N. Y. In January of this year George moved to Hamburg, N. Y. to accept the position of publicity director for the Buffalo Raceway, a trotting track at Hamburg.
In 1942 George entered the service and was commissioned a Captain at the School of Military Government at Charlottesville, Va. He was sent overseas with the First Army and became public relations officer at General Patton's headquarters.
On October 22, 1932 George was married to Mary T. Mallory who survives him with his brother Albert D. Ritchie, Jr. '30.
FRED LEWIS PATTEE '88
ARTHUR MITCHELL STRONG '92
HARRY KELLY '07
JACK RYAN '11, who died April 7, shown in Florida with his friend, Joe McCarthy of the Red Sox.
