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]
Currier, Charles S. '89, April 25 Hopkins, Arthur W. '99, April 30 Mahoney, Cornelius J. '00, April 20 McMillan, Edward N. '01, April 3 Scudder, Harold H. '03, April 19 Wiley, Ralph N. '04, April 21 Evans, Percival 8. '07, April 16 Savage, John D. '08, December 7, 1949 Whitney, Ralph H. '12 Parker, Charles E. '13, April 19 Shirai, Ryuichiro '16, October, 1950 Galletly, James A. '23, April 5 Crane, W. Warner '30, April 13 Herrera, Julio G. '30, April 10 Mertens, Adolph A. '31, April 7 King, Stanley '32, April 28 Colby, Ralph M. '35, April 9 Clark, Myron G. '36, February 26 Bethune, Charles W. '40, September 17, 1950 Bronson, George L. Jr. '46, May 3 Vandenberg, Arthur H. '49h, April 18
In Memoriam
1896
RALPH DOLBEAR BLANPIED died at St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, N. Y., on March 16, after a long illness.
After a year at Harvard he transferred to Dartmouth where he spent a year with the Class of 1896. He then joined the staff of the Brooklyn Eagle as a sports writer, later working in the sports department of the New YorkTribune. In 1918 he joined the staff of the New York Times covering baseball, football and racing, retiring in 1930.
He is survived by a sister Miss Ethel Blanpied of 30 Daniel Low Terrace, Staten Island, N.Y.
1900
CORNEXIUS JOHN MAHONEY succumbed to a heart attack in the Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital on April so after a brief illness.
He was born in North Andover, Mass., March 12, 1878, the son of Jeremiah and Ellen (Foley) Mahoney. A graduate of Johnson High School of that town, he entered Dartmouth in the class of 1900. Dependent almost entirely upon his own efforts for his support (as was true later in Harvard Law School), he maintained a high scholastic standing. He was especially interested in philosophy in which he received honorable mention and later graduation honors. He was a Rufus Choate Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
He entered Harvard Law School from which he graduated in 1903. He established himself in the practice of law in Lawrence, Mass. Upon the graduation of his brother Jeremiah (D.C. '03) from Harvard Law School the two formed a partnership under the firm name of C. J. and J. F. Mahoney, and this name was retained to the time of his death, although the brother had died in 1926. One of the outstanding lawyers of the city he was thus characterized by the Lawrence Evening Bulletin, "a scholar by instinct and ability, he was some- times referred to as a lawyer's lawyer, frequently being sought for his opinion on legal matters. He was a court room lawyer and a familiar figure in the various courts of Essex County." At one time president of the Laurence Bar Association, he served as a Massachusetts delegate to the International Bar Association London Convocation in 1926.
At North Andover, which throughout his life remained his residence, he served the town in a variety of offices. He had been tax collector, moderator and town counsel, and also trial justice of the district court. In World War II he was a member of the selective service board. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name Society of St. Michael's Church. At one time he was president of the Mercantile Library Association of Boston.
He was married in 1912 to {Catherine B. Regan of North Andover, who had been his schoolmate from his earliest years. Mrs. Mahoney died in 1948. Three children were born to them, of whom one died in infancy. He is survived by a son John R., a lawyer in New York, and a daughter Mary, the wife of Assistant District Attorney Peyton H. Moss of New York County.
Solemn high requiem mass was held in St. Michael's Church, North Andover, and burial was in Immaculate Conception cemetery in that town. Rankin, McDavitt and Trull were present as representatives of the class.
1901
EDWARD NEIL MCMILLAN passed away April 3, at the home of his son, Edward Jr., 223. Idaho Ave., Santa Monica, Calif., after a short illness.
Mac was born in South Boston, Mass., July 12, 1877, the son of Archibald and Katherine (Livingston) McMillan. He graduated from: Hyde Park High School, and entered Dartmouth in 1897 and graduated with his class-in 1901.
Most of his business career was spent in Philadelphia, in the investment business, first with Barclay, Moore & Co.; then there was formed a partnership of McMillan, Rhoades in 1928, and the firm of McMillan, Rapp and Co., in 1932. This latter firm was a-member of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and the Investment Bankers Association. After his retirement some years ago, he moved to Portland, Ore., to be near his son.
Eddie McMillan was a most loyal member of the class and he loved Dartmouth. He rarely missed a reunion, and was a generous contributor to the Alumni Fund. For many years he was the spark plug of the Philadelphia Alumni Association, and served as its secretary for ten years and as president for five. After he moved West he continued his interest in alumni affairs and was a member of the Portland and the Southern California Dartmouth Clubs.
Long active in Kiwanis affairs in Philadelphia, he was chairman of the Youth Work Committee. For 40 years he participated in activities of the St. Paul's Presbyterian Church serving as Elder and Superintendent of the Sunday School. Other civic activities included his work as director of the Community Fund Campaign for West Philadelphia, president of the Business Science Club, and committeeman of Troop 30, Boy Scouts of America. He belonged to the Penn Athletic Club, University Club, City Club, and Bankers Club of New York.
In 1905 he married Luna H. Dickson, who passed away in 1933, and he lost his son Archibald in 1937. He is survived by his son Edward Neil Jr. '41, two sisters, and three brothers, including A. L. McMillan, '16. Robert L. McMillan '23 is a nephew.
Eddie McMillan was one of the substantial men of the class, always dependable, well liked, genial and friendly. He played in the college band and was in the Dramatic Club, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He will be greatly missed by all his many friends, but we can all say the world is better because of Eddie McMillan's kindly deeds and his devotion to all that was good and right.
1903
HAROLD HUNGERFORD SCUDDER died at his home, 78 Madbury Rd., Durham, N. H., on April 19 following a short illness. Born in Washington, D. C., January 10, 1880, he came to Dartmouth with Paul and Mechlin. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
From 1904 to 1913 he was a reporter on papers in Manchester, N. H., Salem and Worcester, Mass., and Spokane, Wash. In 1913 he joined the faculty of the University of New Hampshire and taught continuously until his retirement in 1949. From 1941 to 1944 he was Acting Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He did graduate work at Harvard and Cambridge University, England.
Professor Scudder's classes in American literature were so popular they frequently had to be held in the college auditorium. Under his tutelage students whose academic horizons had seldom extended beyond the football field turned into scholars. He transmitted to his students his enthusiasm for his subject—he was simply incapable of being dull. Generations of students and associates remember him for his kindly wit, unfailing courtesy and genuine hospitality.
His range of interests was astonishing—a skilled photographer, competent potter, amateur botanist, championship chess player, bee keeper, book binder, and baseball fan almost everything, sooner or later, seemed to come under his scrutiny.
In 1912 he was married to Delia Ida Pike of Calgary, Alberta, who survives him with their daughter, Mrs. Francis E. Robinson, and their son Capt. James H. H. Scudder.
1905
On March 23, the cause of education and the fields of economics, institutional administration, and of guiding large civic and government enterprise through difficult problems, all lost a great leader when DR. EDMUND E. DAY died at the wheel while riding with his daughter. He had packed four lives into his 67 years.
Not only did he educate himself well in the specialized field of economics, but he taught it well, administered education and research in this subject ably, and then administered creatively in the whole field of higher education. In addition to and parallel with this career he played leading parts in an extraordinary variety of major civic enterprises.
In his 44 years in education Dr. Day taught economics at Dartmouth for three years and at Harvard for thirteen years, finally as chairman of the department there.
Unfolding a career in administration, in part simultaneously with this teaching career, in 1919 he directed the planning and statistics division of the U. S. Shipping Board, and served the War Industries Board in a more or less similar capacity. Changing from teaching at Harvard, Dr. Day went to the University of Michigan to be the first Dean of its new Graduate School of Business Administration. Then he was advanced to be administrative dean of the University. After five years in this capacity, from 1928, for nine years he served the Rockefeller Foundation as Director of its Social Sciences Division, having to do with public administration, international relations and social security legislation.
At the same time he served the State of New York's General Education Board as Director of General Education. Then in 1937 came the call from Cornell University to be her President. After twelve years of tremendous accomplishment, and following an illness, Dr. Day resigned the presidency, but was immediately appointed Chancellor of the University with duties limited to relations with the State and National Governments and raising capital funds. In another year (1950) he gave up this office too, amid wide acclaim and fine tributes. He was made President Emeritus and given a new home in Ithaca. He continued active, however, as consultant to the new university of the State of New York, until, tired out, he fell asleep, with his great work wonderfully well done.
One of the evidences that Dr. Day was a great administrator at Cornell is statistical. During his tenure the University expanded from 6700 students to over 10,000 and from a faculty of 600 to one of nearly 1200. Plant was built for eight specializing schools, five other buildings and faculty housing. He lived to see the million Greater Cornell Fund, which he" had initiated, fully attained. Cornell's campus became state-wide.
Excellence as teacher and administrator was only one of Dr. Day's achievements. He had become distinguished meanwhile as an economist and it was in this capacity that he was called into service by the two branches of the U. S. Government in World War I. In 1927 he was chosen by the American Statistical Association as its president. He was a member of the Royal Economic Association of Great Britain, and of the American Economic Association. In 1932 he was chosen as one of the two U. S. experts on the Commission to prepare for the World Monetary and Economic Conference. In 1933 he was a member of the National Commission to study emergence from the depression. He presided at the Model World Economic Conference comprising representatives of eleven colleges. He gave importance to the human and social aspects of economics.
But in his busy life Dr. Day was even more than an educator, an economist, and an administrator. As a wise counsellor and civic servant he was a statesman with world-wide vision and high ideals, whose counsel was in constant and wide demand in many fields. In 1927 the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Fund borrowed him for a year to counsel it in the distribution of millions of dollars annually to important world-wide research in the social sciences. Leaders in high positions in education, government and the press constantly turned to him for advice, which he gave with unassuming friendliness. Governor Thomas E. Dewey says of him, "He was an outstanding force for good in the education of the youth of our state and nation. His tremendous ability and his administrative genius were also frequently requested in public service, where his wisdom was of tremendous value."
Here are some of Dr. Day's civic services: In the 1930's he was president of the Bronxville, N. Y., Board of Education. In 1934 he was one of three assigned to study the possible merger of two Chicago universities. He was a member of the Young Commission to study the need for a state university of New York. He was President of the New York State Citizens' Council on Education, and a member of educational policies committee of the National Education Association. He was a Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a councillor of the important and respected National Industrial Conference Board, and a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He was chairman of the State Mediation Board which ended a long and bitter strike in Buffalo. He was chairman of the American Council on Education and President of the Association of land-grant colleges of upper New York. It can hardly be doubted that Dr. Day made "significant contributions—to the principles by which we live," as Cornell's Trustees appraised his career. And surely into one busy lifetime he packed four lives, those of a great teacher, great economist, great administrator, and great public servant giving "magnificent guidance" to our time.
Beginning in freshman year, when he was selected as a Rufus Choate Scholar at Dartmouth, honor after honor came to him captain of the college debating team, manager of the track team, Phi Beta Kappa, salutatorian. A.M. degree in 1906, Ph.D. at Harvard in 1909, and honorary degrees from both colleges and thirteen other colleges and universities. Friends he had everywhere, by the thousands. Upon his retirement the New York press editorially paid him high tribute.
Dr. Day married Emily, daughter of Dartmouth's forty-five-year Dean Charles F. Emer son in 1912 Mrs. Day, a Smith graduate, and their four children and seven grandchildren survive. Their four children are Dr. Emerson Day '34, Mrs. Frederick C. Copeland, Martha Elizabeth Day and David Allen Day.
1908
THOMAS JEROME GRIFFIN passed away on December 4, 1950. He was born in South Hadley Falls, Mass., on May 29, 1885, and prepared for Dartfnouth at Cushing Academy.
He made high school teaching his life career and was located in Plymouth, N. H., Williamstown, Mass., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and New Rochelle, N. Y., before going to Evander Childs High School in the Bronx. He taught chemistry there until his retirement in 1948.
He and his wife Julia Maher Griffin, who survives him, lived at 306 E. Mosholu Parkway in New York City.
ALBERT JAMES WHEELDON of Wilmington, Del. passed away February 11 in St. Augustine, Fla., after a lingering illness of heart trouble and Brights disease.
He was born in Worcester, Mass., March 14, 1884. He was left an orphan at 12 and his later career was an example of the "Great American Story," as his wife writes. He sold papers to keep himself in high school and worked his way through college. He attended Massachusetts Agricultural College two years and then changed to Dartmouth to become an engineer, taking the first year Thayer School course. He returned to Worcester with the U. S. Steel Corporation and spent some time in Alabama before going to Sydney, Nova Scotia, where he met and married Emily Bernal Kendall in August, 1912. From Sydney he went to the American Steel and Wire Company in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1917, as superintendent of an old steel mill which he modernized and put in peak production during the first World War. In 1923 he joined the staff of the WickwireSpencer Steel Company of Buffalo, N. Y., as manager of the Kenmore Steel Plant. The rigors of a steel mill told on his health and at the end of World War II he retired.
Though his residence was listed as 5 Cedar Ave., Roselle, a section of Wilmington, he spent much time in Florida and loved the charm and background of St. Augustine, where he spent many hours watching the marine life of Matanzas Bay.
He leaves his widow and three married daughters: Mrs. Albert M. Pratt, of Wilmington; Mrs. Kenneth A. Martin of Massena, N. Y.; and Martha, who married Donald C. Campbell, Dartmouth '46 last July. He also had three Martin grandchildren.
1910
LESLIE SHERWOOD WIGGIN died in his sleep during the night of December 11, 1950, at the Georgian Hotel, Santa Monica, Calif. He had been in ailing health for many years.
Les was born in Brookfield, Mass., November 25, 1888, the son of Joseph A. and Laura (Sherwood) Wiggin. He prepared at Somerville Latin High School.
An accomplished pianist, he was very active in undergraduate affairs, being a member of Beta Theta Pi, Casque and Gauntlet, Junior Prom Committee; a composer of "Pea Green Earl"; floor director of Senior Ball.
Upon graduation he entered the leather business, later being associated with Steinert in Boston; Timken-Detroit Axle in Detroit; Petroleum Heat & Power Co., Boston; concert management, Boston; other lines of work in Washington, D. C., and California.
During World War I he served 18 months as Ist Lt. with the Quartermaster Corps. He belonged to the Masons.
Les Wiggin was really a swell follow, hail, well-met, enthusiastic and full of fun, and how he could play that piano! Never having to be teased, he would play in The Commons or anywhere else, soon to be surrounded with a happy, singing gang.
The Paul Felt '06, Fat Dillingham 09, Les Wiggin '10 country orchestra really rates with Dartmouth's all-time fun-loving, hell-raising combinations. Their yarns are legend.
Les' life had its ups and downs, but through it all his love for Dartmouth never wavered, even in remembering the College in his will. A grand guy, it was one of life's privileges to have him for a classmate.
1913
CHARLES EDWARD PARKER died on April 19, after a long illness, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Peter Signa, 249 W. Passaic Ave., Rutherford, N. J.
He was born in Cliftondale, Mass., in 1887 and entered the Dartmouth Medical School in 1909, but stayed only one year.
Parker joined the staff of the Boston Post in the College Sports Section in 1910 and remained there until he enlisted with the 76th Division in 1917 as a private. He rose to the rank of Captain and served with the 76th Division, the 14th Replacement Battalion and the sth Division.
He was in the College Sports Section of the Boston American from 1919-1923 when he went to New York with the New York WorldTelegram, as Editor of College Sports.
Charlie was an expert on track and field sports and one of the earliest football authorities, gaining his background at Dartmouth.
During recent years he wrote books and magazine articles and handled several charity drives.
He is survived by his wife, the former Elise Travers, and his daughter.
1925
HARWOOD CHURCHILL BACON died in Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, on March 8 after a long illness.
Church was born in Washington, D. C., on December 19, 1902, the son of Harwood and Ethel (Churchill) Bacon, but came to college from Cleveland where he attended University School. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Dragon.
After graduation he went to work as a real estate salesman for the Van Sweringen Co. in Cleveland. In 1936 he became a partner, and later president, of Bacon, Boykin and Lloyd, real estate mortgage loans. He was also vicepresident and treasurer of Allied Mortgages, Inc.
He was a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association, the Society of Residential Appraisers and the Mid-Day Club.
On April 17, 1926, Church was married to Mary Gallagher of Cleveland, who survives him with their daughter Barbara Ann and son Richard C., Dartmouth '51, now in the U. S. Air Force. Their home is at 3119 Chadbourne Rd., Shaker Heights, Ohio.
1930
W. WARNER CRANE died suddenly of a heart attack at his home, 1301 Beechwood Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa., on April 13.
Warner was born January 30, 1909, in South Orange, N. J., the son of Mrs. Hedwig Crane and the late J. Warner Crane. He prepared for Dartmouth at Columbia High School where he became active in a wide variety of extracurricular activities that culminated in his election during his senior year to an officership of the Student Council.
At Dartmouth, Warner became a Chi Phi - and attended Tuck School. In addition, he devoted a large part of his time to working his way through college. In that work, he gravitated quite naturally to jobs that required someone who made friends easily. On more than one occasion, when the quality of food in his eating club slipped far below par, Warner was the lone waiter who always had plenty of loyal customers; and it was only the most preoccupied person who entered the portals of the Nugget without at least a smile after stopping to buy popcorn and peanuts from "Cranie." Yet while many people were first attracted to Warner by his ready, kindly wit, they also quickly found in him a person of great depth and maturity—a person of fine character and penetration.
During the first year after his graduation, Warner worked for the Colortype Company in New York City. He spent the next five years as salesman, first for the S. S. Kresge Company and later for Stephen. E. Raube, Inc., both in Newark, N. J. In 1936, he joined the staff of the Acheson Manufacturing Company where he was Sales Manager until his death. He interrupted his service with Acheson in 1943 when he enlisted in the Navy. Shortly after enlisting he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Supply Corps and thereafter until his discharge from active duty Warner was stationed at Oakland, Calif. Upon his return to civilian life, he changed his place of residence from Maplewood, N. J., to Pittsburgh, his company's headquarters.
Warner was married on October 6, 1934 to Margaret Van Nest, who survives him with their three sons, Peter Warner (age 14), Jay Van Nest (12) and Richard Westervelt (9). He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Hedwig Crane, and by his sister, Mrs. Eldridge Hiller, both of Marion, Mass.
FRANK SPENCER FOSTER died at his home, 675 North Terrace Ave., Mount Vernon, N. Y., on February 37 after an illness of less than a day's duration.
"Spen" was born in Mt. Vernon, June 3, 1904. He attended Mt. Vernon High School and was a member of the track and basketball teams during his junior and senior years.
At Dartmouth Spen was active in track, being on the freshman team during his first year and on the varsity team during each of the other three years of his college career. His major department was Economics. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and was elected to Green Key and Dragon.
Spen was one of the few remaining bachelors in the Class. After graduating in 1930, he was affiliated for several years with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, of which his father, the late Frank M. Foster, was for many years the Assistant Treasurer. Spen was a member of the Museum's Egyptian Expedition in 1932. In 1935 he became associated with Harlem Savings Bank. During World War II he served in the Pacific as a lieutenant commander in the Navy and thereafter was associated for a period of time in the Personnel Bureau of Hollywood Canteen. More recently he was engaged as an executive of the Television Division of the National Broadcasting Company.
Spen is survived by his mother, Mrs. Frank M. Foster.
JULIO GUILMORE HERRERA died in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on April 10, during an operation which followed a brief illness.
Julio was a member of a prominent Guatemalan banking and plantation family. He was educated in Paris and attended Lycee Janson De Sailly. He was in attendance at the College only during the years from 1926 to 1928. After leaving Hanover, he became affiliated with the Chase National Bank and prior to 1937 was with the Paris Branch of that bank. In 1937 he returned to Guatemala City and assumed supervision of the family's coffee and sugar plantations, but he returned to New York City in 1938 where he became an executive with the investment banking firm of White-Weld & Co. in their Foreign Department. In recent years he took an active part in the management of Saudi Arabia Industries, Inc., a corporation formed to develop and operate industries in Saudi Arabia, particularly a cement mill and Coca Cola bottling plant. Julio had returned to Guatemala for a rest and vacation of about two months duration when his fatal illness occurred.
Julio is survived by his widow, Margot; three sons, Julio R.,-aged 18, Philip M., 17, and Jack G., 13; his brother, Raoul, of the qiass of 1932; his mother, Comtesse de Fleury; and two married sisters.
1931
ADOLPH ARWIN MERTENS died at his home, 25 East 8th St., Erie, Pa., on April 7. He had been afflicted with multiple sclerosis for ten years and for the past few years had been bedridden and completely helpless.
Dolph was born in Erie January 23, 1909, the son of Charles A. and Anna (Claus) Mertens. He prepared for college at Erie Central High School.
Not until Dolph wrote a long letter to his class agent in 1946 did his classmates ever know that in college he suffered severely because of deficient hearing. Too proud to explain to the Dean that he could not hear his professors, his grades were low, when, if he had been able to hear properly, he might have made a Phi Beta Kappa average. In the one class in which he heard every word the instructor said he maintained an "A" average with no difficulty. Similarly, when he did not return greetings from classmates, which he did ot hear, he soon found himself with an undeserved reputation for being "snooty."
After graduation Dolph worked as a time clerk for Baldwin Laboratories, at Saegertown, Pa., and was later connected with Union and Ice Co. in Erie, Standard Stoker Co. and Sterling Aluminum Co.
Even with the rather unhappy memories of his college days, Dolph always kept in touch with the class and though a helpless invalid sent in his contribution to the alumni fund
"to help with '31's percentage." He never married and is survived by a brother, Charles A. Mertens of Erie.
1935
RALPH MARK COLBY died suddenly while attending a Kiwanis Club dance in Boston, APril 9
Since 1938 Ralph had been associated with the Lewis & Shepard Corp., and at the time of his death was a.sales executive with L-S Distributors handling the New England territory.
He was born March 6, 1913, in Townsend, Mass., and attended Townsend High School and Cushing Academy before going to Dartmouth. Ralph was a member of KKK. fraternity and most recently was president of that fraternity's alumni association.
He was married while still a senior in college to Barbara Bachelder in Concord, Mass., who survives him with their two children, Nancy, 16, and Mark, 9. Their home is at 173 Claflin St., Belmont, Mass.
Ralph served as an assistant class agent for many years and was a member of the class executive committee. He was co-chairman of the fifteenth reunion held last June. A consistent and generous supporter of the College, his love for Hanover was such that in recent years he and his family spent a month each summer vacationing there. He was interested in tennis, golf and skiing and was a member of the Lake Mansfield Trout Club in Vermont.
Among those from the class attending the funeral were: Art Somers, Dan Cotton, Paul Hilli, Howard Rowe, Doug Ley, Gardner Cushman, Charlie Nayor, Dave Buxbaum, Bob Millane, Harry Reynolds, Charlie Gow, Ken Kurson, Dick Muzzy, and John Wallace. 1936
MYRON GALE CLARK died of lymphosarcoma, a form of cancer, on February 26, after undergoing a critical operation in a Philadelphia hospital.
Myron was born February 9, 1914, in Cambridge, Mass., the son of George Ames and Elizabeth (Gale) Clark. As a small boy he moved to Grinnell, lowa, where he attended grade and high school. At college he participated frequently in intramural sports and enjoyed skiing. He majored in political science and economics and further pursued the latter course at Harvard School of Business Administration from which he received his Master's degree in 1938.
"Iron Mike" had always been interested in railroading. He had become familiar with the railroad "from the bottom up" during summer work with the Illinois Central, and after receiving his degree from Harvard, entered the employ of the Pennsylvania. This association lasted for twelve years, and at the time of his passing, Myron was the Chief Clerk in the Fort Wayne Division Freight Office. A Pennsylvania official has written of Myron's career: "I well remember the day when I first met Myron a little over twelve years Ago and decided quickly that we needed him in our railroad service. The good opinion I formed of him then has grown during the intervening years until he acquired 'top-rating' as a potential future officer as well as a worthy and loyal friend."
Myron had recently purchased his own home at 1210 Nuttman Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind., and was proud of his fruit trees and garden. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church in that city.
In January 1940 Myron married Clara Smith of Metheun, Mass., and they had four sons: George Ames, 9, Talbot Smith, 6, John Capron, 1, and Edward Gale who died in infancy. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Clark and his sister, Mrs. Constance Canright, both of Winter Park, Fla.
1940
CHARLES WILLIAM BETHUNE died' of leukemia on September 17,1950, at the BuffaloState Cancer Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y.
Born January 6, 1919, at Buffalo, Charles was the son of Charles William and Wilhelmina (Dubke) Bethune. He entered Dartmouth in 1936 from Lafayette High School, Buffalo, and left in 1939 at the end of his junior year.
Until 1942, Charles acted as fencing master for Giorgio Lantelli, and at Fieldston and Riverside Schools in New York City. There after, he turned to designing, and during the ensuing four years he designed window displays for a number of exclusive New York shops. From 1946 to the time of his death he conducted his own business as a free lance designer and interior decorator.
Belated though it may be, the Class of 1940 extends its deepest sympathy to his wife, Ivy Vigder, whom he married in 1940, and to their six-year-old daughter, Zina. Their home is at 146 E. 54th St., New York City.
EDMUND EZRA DAY '05
