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]
Hadlock, Albert E. '87, Aug. 5 Avery, F. Charles '88, Aug. 15 Hazen, Frank J. '89, March Campbell, Clifford W. '90, Aug. 13 Merrill, Walter H. '94, July 23 Read, J. Irving '94, July 18 Gile, Ernest S. '95, July 22 Dearborn, Henry H. '99, July 20 Barrows, Nathaniel H. '00, Sept. 8 Rollins, Daniel A. '01, July 19 Harrison, Charles H. '02, June 25 Foster, Amos P. '04, Aug. 7 Hamblin, Frank S. '04, July 17 Langley, Clarence E. '07, July 14 Reed, Dwight T. '09, May 29 Rose, Arthur '09, Aug. 5 Grant, William B. '10, July 4 Scott, Irving O. '10, Aug. 13 McCoy, Jackson '12, June 27 Adams, David E. '13, Sept. 6 Randall, Philip L. '13, July 12 Wyman, Rodney E. '16, June 22 Samuels, Fred E. '18, Aug. 8 Colton, John B. '20, June 26 Kerwin, Charles C. '21, July 30 O'Connor, William B. '21, Sept. 3 Nigh, William H. '26, July 28 Jones, Leslie F. '27, July 18 Deal, Joseph W., Jr. '30, Aug. 12 Churchill, John B. '44, July 16 Walli.s, Robert N., Jr. '47, July 17 Zimmerman, Milton M. '47, Feb. 7 Hathaway, James N. '82m, June 23 Niles, Edward H. '91m, Aug. 18 Stone, Edward M. '94th, July 5 Sullivan, Mark '28h, Aug.
In Memoriam
1887
ALBERT EMERSON HADLOCK was born at Amherst, N. H„ February 9, 1863, the son o£ John and Sarah Elizabeth (Carlton) Hadlock. He died in White Plains, N. Y., on August 5.
Educated at schools o£ Milford, N. H., and at Phillips Exeter, he entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1883 and graduated in 1887. He played baseball on his class team, was a substitute on the varsity; president of his class in freshman year; in senior year he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated as valedictorian. After three years' employment in a school of tutoring he entered Harvard Law School and graduated in 1893, cum laude.
From 1893 to 1929 he held six positions that involved legal practice: law clerk in the office o£ Evarts, Choate and Beaman in N. Y. City; formed law firm of Pinney, Thayer and Hadlock; secretary to the president of the Borough of Richmond, N. Y.; assistant corporation counsel in Law Department of New York City; political candidate for Municipal Court Justice, and for Court Judge of Richmond; in charge of the Bureau of Law and Adjustment of the Finance Department of the City of N. Y.; Treasurer of the U. S. Realty and Improvement Cos. and officer in various subsidiary companies.
In 1929 began the position that he filled to the end of his life, secretary of the Lawyers' Club and its Lunch Club at 115 Broadway. He had many and varied responsibilities; he filled them faithfully and creditably for 23 years, until his death.
During his life he was a member of many clubs and law associations. At the time of his death he was an active member of the Lawyers' Club, Whitehall Lunch Club and Dartmouth Club. He was especially fond of Dartmouth and served his class as president and agent. For many years he has spent his two-week summer vacation at Hanover.
He was married in 1902 to Marion Canfield o£ Burlington, Vt., who died in March, 1949. He is survived by two sons and a daughter. His sons, who were in World War 11, are Albert '24, a Major, and Canfield '26, a Lt. Col. Albert is now employed in U. S. Army research: Canfield, a Ph.D. from M.1.T., holds an important managerial position with Du Pont Cos. His daughter Marion, previously in Red Cross service, is now Mrs. John Enoch, Jr.
1888
FLORIZF.L CHARI.ES AVERY died at his home, Overbrook Drive, Stamford, Conn., on August 15. He was born at Tunbridge, Vt., Apr. 14, 1861, the son of Charles and Judith (Moody) Avery. He was the fourth oldest living graduate of Dartmouth College when he died. In college he was a member o£ Psi Upsilon and received an A.M. degree from Dartmouth in 1906.
After graduate work at New York University he taught for a time at Wells River, Vt., and then at Athol, Mass. In 1904 he went to Stamford High School, first as a teacher and then became principal. He retired in 1931 and was made Principal Emeritus. During his active years as teacher and principal he was deeply interested in the promotion of college entrance for young people, as well as interscholastic athletics.
He married Mabel Hatch of Strafford, Vt., the sister of Royal Hatch 'oo, and her sister was the wife of Benjamin T. Marshall '97. She was the niece of Lemuel Hastings '7O. She passed away July 26, 1922 in Dorset, Vt.
After his retirement Avery occupied much of his time with wood carving and built several grandfather clocks. He is survived by several Dartmouth nephews-Gilbert G. Sykes '36, Royal Hatch '37, Andrew Marshall and '22, and Benjamin Marshall Jr. '32.
His funeral was held on Monday, August 18, at the Bouton & Reynolds Funeral Home, Stamford, and interment was at Strafford, Vt.
1889
FRANK JOHNSON HAZEN died last March in Richfield, Utah. He was born May 24, 1867 in Newbury, Vt., and was a son of Louis T. and Frances (Johnson) Hazen. He prepared for college at St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy. "Fush," as he was known in college, was a member of Phi Delta Theta and C & G.
Following graduation, he remained at his father's home in Whitefield, N. H., for two years, then for a few years he was associated with a real estate office in Boston. On October 2, 1895 he married Lillian M. Weston in New York City:
About 1899 he went West and took up his family residence in Lewistown, Mont. For a few years he was cashier of the Empire Bank and Trust Cos. of Lewistown, and from 1906 to 1909 served as an alderman. In 1918 he became interested in a ranch at Acushnet where he devoted himself for the following ten years to raising cattle and grain.
In 1930 he was elected county commissioner of Fergus County, Mont., on the Democratic ticket. He served the full term of six years. Somewhat later he gave up his residence in Lewistown and he and his wife went to Logan, Utah, to live in the home of their son. Mrs. Hazen died there in the fall of 1949. Since then no communication has been received from him by the class secretary. Hazen was present in Hanover at the 25th and 50th reunions of his class.
Surviving is a son, Richard E. Hazen '20,who now lives in Richfield, Utah.
1893
DR. HENRY CLAY SANDERS died suddenly onJune 7 at his home in Claremont, N. H., wherehe had lived and practiced medicine for fiftyyears.
The son of Henry Clay Sanders and EmmaMorgan, Harry was born November 27, 1871,at Claremont where he attended the publicschools, graduating from Stevens High Schoolin 1889.
Enrolling at Dartmouth that fall with the Class of '93, he became a member of K K. K, president of Athletic Association, member of "Tiger" Senior Society, won the Grimes Prize, and gave an exceptionally good address to undergraduates on Class Day. He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa ranking. Quiet, unassuming and studious he commanded the respect of his fellow students and teachers.
After graduation he was principal of the high school at Charlestown, N. H., for three years, after which he entered the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his M.D. in 1899. For the next year he was resident physician at the Philadelphia Methodist Hospital. In 1900 Dr. Sanders opened his oftce in Claremont and became one of the most important medical men of the state. At various times he served on Claremont School Board, was secretary-treasurer of Sullivan County Medical Society and later vice-president; was vice-president of New Hampshire Medical Association- was president of Claremont General Hospital Staff and for many years physician for the County Home at Unity, N. H.
Oil May 7, 1904, Dr. Sanders and a classmate at Stevens High School, Ellen Permelia Jones, were married. Mrs. Sanders died October 26, 1944.
Their daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders Jones of Brookfield, Vt„ survives, as well as a granddaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Johnson of Claremont.
The funeral services were held at the Stoughton-Davis Funeral Home and burial was at the Union Cemetery in West Claremont.
1894
WALTER HIBBARD MERRILL was born February 17, 1873, in Marlboro, N. H., and died in Washington, D. C., July 23, presumably of a cerebral hemorrhage brought on by the intense heat.
If ever a man was predestined for Dartmouth it was he. With his brother '93, father '67, uncles '56 and '5B, and grandfathers in '2B and '36, what else could he do? He was one of eleven to come to our class from St. Johnsbury Academy.
The first year after college he spent in Hanover studying chemistry and biology. After teaching for two years in the Fitchburg (Mass.) High School he spent two years at Georgetown University in Washington studying medicine and then went to George Washington University where he graduated in 1901 with the degree of M.D.
Let him now speak for himself in his letter for the Class Report of 1934:
Since graduation from medical school my professional work has been devoted primarily to the application of the X-rays, and in the more recent years have specialized in its application for the early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Several thousand children and adults who have been exposed to, or have contracted this disease go through my hands each year, for this part of their examination. A monotonous routine for me though vitally important to them.
Have written several scientific articles some of which have been read and quoted in medical literature.
Roentgenologist to the Emergency Hospital, the Garfield Memorial Hospital, lecturer on Radiology George Washington Medical School; now Roentgenealogist to Tuberculosis Hospital, Health Department Chest Clinic and visitor to St. Vincents Home and School.
Membership in the usual medical, scientific societies, and the University Club. Member of Region 111 Scout camping committee. Chairman District of Columbia Council Camping Committee, Member Executive Board D. C. Council. Was awarded last year the medal Silver Beaver from N. Y. Scout Headquarters "for meritorious work with boys in Scouting."
In addition it should be said that he alsodid X-ray work at the Glendale Sanitoriumand that he is credited with discovering theuse of X-ray for treating cancer, receivingcredit abroad as well as in this country.
Unmarried, he is survived by his brother Joe Merrill '93, and by four sisters, Margaret Merrill and Mrs. Arthur G. Sprague, both of St. Johnsbury, Vt., Mrs. Arthur E. Howard, Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. Joseph Fairbanks, Washington, D. C.
Funeral services were held in the Church of the Epiphany in Washington in whose Sunday School Walter had had a class of incorrigible boys.
At the 20th Reunion of this Class EDWARD MONROE STONE was elected an affiliate member and as such he attended every reunion following. He also frequented the Matt Jones Roundups and was a constant writer for our Reports. He contributed liberally to the 25th Year Fund.
"Stub" Stone, as the class came to call him, was born in Marlboro, N. H., October 12, 1870, and died July 5, in Colchester, Conn., where he had been in a convalescent home for some months. The end came from a paralytic shock. He graduated in 1892 from the N. H. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and from Thayer School in 1894.
After the unusually thorough training which Thayer School gives, Stub took an apprenticeship with various concerns in Boston and Littleton, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., and then in 1906 set up for himself as architect and engineer in Hartford. This continued until 1925 when his son Lawrence joined him, and E. M. Stone and Son carried on until the senior's retirement in 1944.
During his life in Hartford he became known as an expert in property management. He designed and erected several large structures, including an eight-story office building and the City Club Building.
For .seven years he was president of the Hartford Yacht Club Corp., three years master of West Hartford Grange, and vice president of the Connecticut Congregational Club. For many years he was superintendent of Chinese Americanization work. In 1907 he was one of seven to organize the Connecticut Dartmouth Alusnni Association. Later he was president.
He married in 1898 Hattie M. Boardman of Norwich, Vt., who survives him. He is also survived by two sons, Lawrence B. Stone '23 and John C., a daughter Margaret, and two grandchildren.
1895
ERNEST SIDNEY GILE died at the Pierce Nursing Home in Enfield, N. H., on July 22 after a protracted illness. He had previously been a patient at Dick's House in Hanover after suffering a paralytic stroke.
He was born in Lebanon, N. H., June 30, 1871, the son of Nelson and Amelia (Dresser) Gile. He prepared for Dartmouth at Lebanon High School and was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.
After graduation Gile was New England representative for several trade journals. In 1909 he established a Weekly Bulletin ofLeather and Shoe News which he continued to own and manage until his illness. He was proud of his editorial policy which always advocated free competition in the leather trades.
In November 30, 1899 Gile was married to Emma L. Cobb of Brookline, Mass., who died in October 1929. On July 22, 1939 he married Marion Bowman Welch, who survives him with a daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Lund of Orleans, Mass., and two grandchildren Ann and Robert Lund.
Although his business headquarters were in Boston, Gile always made his home in Lebanon where the funeral service was held on July 25, conducted by the Rev. Fred Berthold of Hanover. After cremation the ashes were placed in the family lot in the School Street cemetery in Lebanon.
Gile was always a loyal worker for the College and his class. He was vice-president of the General Alumni Association 1914-15, class secretary 1915-24, and class agent 1915- 19-
1897
WELD ALLEN ROLLINS died on June 7 at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. He was born in Portland, Maine, August 11, 1874, the son o£ Franklin J. and Arabella (Jordan) Rollins.
"Pa" Rollins was one of the best loved men in the class. A member of the "Rood House Gang" in college, he managed the football team, ran the 100-yard dash, and introduced skiing at Dartmouth. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Sphinx. After graduation he attended Harvard Law School and received his LL.B. in 1900. He immediately began practice in Boston where he continued until his death. He was known as a lawyer ample in knowledge, firm in his decisions and courteous in his professional contacts.
He was a member of the Harvard Club, the American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations. As a long time member of the cavalry division of the Massachusetts State Militia he saw service during the Boston police strike. He was a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club for many years and had spent much time climbing and hunting in the Rocky Mountains.
Devoted to Dartmouth, which so many members of his family attended, "Pa" was secretary of the class 1939-46 and treasurer of the Dartmouth Loan Association. Edward A. Rollins, 1851, donor of Rollins Chapel was his uncle, as was Daniel G. Rollins 1860. Jordan J. Rollins '92 was a brother.
He leaves his wife, the former Isabel Wardner, whom he married in October 1920, and a daughter Mary. Their home is at 94 South St., Needham, Mass.
1899
JOSEPH HENRY HARTLEY died at a hospital in Manchester, N. H., on June 4. He had been a resident of that city for a number of years and owned his own home at 592 Belmont Street.
Joe was born in Lawrence, Mass., January 17, 1874, and attended public schools there. Following graduation from Dartmouth he taught at the Union Street School in Lawrence, of which he was principal for more than ten years. At the conclusion of that period he went to Cuba where he taught school for about two years. He then returned to his home city of Lawrence and after remaining there for a short time, went to Barre, Vt. He taught school there and later at Greenfield, Mass.
On June 28, 1924, he married Maude Hardy of Lowell, Mass., who was also a school teacher.
After Joe worked for the du Pont Company for a few years, the Hartleys had an opportunity to become caretakers of the Paine Memorial in New Rochelle, N. Y. They remained there about eight years and then moved to Lowell, and later to Manchester. When Mrs. Hartley died last March, Joe decided to remain at his home and carry on alone. Following an infected sore throat he developed leukemia.
Funeral services were held June 7 and were attended by George Clark, Dave Parker and A. D. Wiggin. There was a floral offering from '99. Survivors are his brother, Percy Hartley, of Lawrence and four sisters, Mrs. Hiram L. Mellor, Mrs. Albert .Morgan, and Mrs. Eliot Spooner, all of Lawrence, and Mrs. William E. Emery of St. Petersburg, Fla.
1901
DANIEL ASHTON ROLLINS ("Pa" as he was affectionately known by all his college friends) passed away July 19 at the Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Mass., after severe abdominal operations.
He was born January 27, 1879 in Washington, D. C., the son of George F. Rollins who was then connected with the U. S. Treasury Department. He graduated from Washington High School and entered Dartmouth with this class. After graduating in 1901 he entered Harvard Law School, receiving his law degree in 1904 and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar the same year.
For nearly 50 years he had been associated with the Brookline Court and was active in its town affairs. He had served as selectman, six years as chairman, and was formerly the town moderator. He was made probation officer 48 years ago, and then became assistant clerk of the Brookline Municipal Court. Governor McCall appointed him a special justice in 1917 and he was made presiding justice in 1939 by Governor Saltonstall. He had served as chairman of the Brookline Republican Town Committee and was a past master of Beth Horon Masonic Lodge.
"Pa" Rollins was one of the popular men in the class and active in all its affairs. An enthusiastic Dartmouth man, he and his wife were regular attendants at all class reunions and gatherings. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and was on the class and varsity track teams. "Pa" will be missed by his classmates. His greetings were always warm and hearty, his smile and laugh contagious, and his friendship will always be cherished. He was a fine family man, devoted to his children and his ten grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Helen G. Rollins of 21 Willow Crescent, Brookline; two sons, Daniel G. Rollins '33, Brookline town counsel, and Chester Rollins of New York; and two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Logan and Mrs. Dorothy Frankenberg. The funeral services were held in the Harvard Congregational Church in Brookline.
ORLANDO SAMUEL STETSON died at his home in Shirley, Mass., on May 17. He was born in Boston, August 6, 1877, the son of Orlando Samuel and Emily (Arnold) Stetson.
He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Clark University before transferring to Dartmouth in 1900. Living off campus he took little part in class activities. Studious and retiring, he graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank.
After graduation he was associate professor of mathematics at Syracuse University until 1909 and published a number of articles in the American Mathematical Monthly. From 1909 to 1942 he was manager of N. Y. Stock Exchange firms in Worcester, first Malcolm & Coombe and later J. S. Bach & Cos. In 1942 he purchased a general store in Shirley Center, Mass.
In 1903 he was married to Flora Dearborn Clark who died in igiB. He later married Alma Miville Deschenes who survives him with a son William C. Stetson and a daughter Emily.
1902
At the beginning of our senior year CHARLES HARVEY HARRISON joined our class. We were impressed by his dignity and the fact that he was older than we and was already a graduate of Bangor Theological Seminary. We who came to know him found that back of this facade of dignity and age attainment was a great, kind boyish heart and a youthful sense of humor that quite matched that of his classmates. Though he rarely found it possible to get back to Hanover he was a loyal Dartmouth man.
Harrison was born in Mangerville, N.8., Canada, the son of James and Hannah (Bridges) Harrison on April 3, 1871. When he was nine the family moved to Saint John where he attended the local schools.
At Dartmouth Charles had a much higher regard for his academic opportunities than of his classmates and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank. The year 1902 and 1903 he attended Yale Divinity School and was graduated with the degree of B.D. In 1930 he received from Pacific School of Religion the honorary D.D. degree.
In 1903 Dr. Harrison became pastor of the Free Church in Portland, Maine. At one time he was Professor of English and Philosophy at New Hampshire State College. Later he went to the Pacific Coast and for ten years was pastor of the Federated Church in Pullman, Wash. During World War I he served overseas with the Y.M.C.A. For many years he was superintendent of the Congregational Conference of Oregon.
Harrison married Mabel G. Barbour of St. John, N.8., who died January 1, 1932 in Portland, Ore. He later established a home at 30 Lansdowne St., Fredericton, N.8., where he went to live after his retirement. Here he died on June 25, 1952. He is survived by a niece, Mrs. Helen W. Hunt of the Fredericton address.
1904
FRANK SAMUEL HAMBLIN died on July 17 while working in his garden at North Berwick, Maine.
Hammie was born in Somerville, Mass., December 8, 1881, and prepared for college at Somerville English High School. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi and Turtle.
Hammie had been a salesman in and around Danvers, Mass., but for several years had suffered from a serious heart ailment. His wife died in 1920. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. John Myer, with whom he made his home in North Berwick; another daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins of Baltimore, and a son Edward. His son Samuel died in service during the war.
Ralph Sexton represented the class at the funeral and Pete Maguire and Matt Bullock attended the committal service at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
1907
RICHARD HENRY GOODE died on June 14 at his home in Somerville, Mass. Dick's age was 69. He had lived in Somerville most of his life, and entered Dartmouth from the Somerville High Schaol. In 1908 he taught school in Puerto Rico and coached baseball. In 1909 he was boxing instructor at Middlebury College. Then he attended Yale Forestry School, and later operated the Imperial Lumber Company in Boston. In his later years, he was a lumber and fuel salesman.
Dick leaves his wife, a son John Richard, a sister, and a brother.
CLARENCE ERWIN LANGLEY died in Boston on July 14, at the age of 70. Born in Wilmot, N. H., he entered college from the Wolfeboro High School. After graduation, he attended Thayer School but did not complete the course.
Employed as a civil engineer for the State of North Carolina for many years, he also served the Federal Government for an extended period. Prior to retirement in 1951, Clarence made his home in Jackson, Miss., but planned to become a Florida citizen.
He leaves several nephews and nieces. Burial was in Manchester, N. H.
PERCY LAWRENCE YOUNG died at Chaddas Ford, Pa., on May 30, and was buried in Boston. Efforts.to contact his family have been unsuccessful. Percy entered Dartmouth from the Stone School, Boston. He was 67 years old, and is survived by his wife.
1908
HOWARD HOYT HILTON, of Belleair, Fla., passed away on June 8 at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, Fla., from a cerebral hemorrhage. He formerly lived at Glen Ellyn, Ill., and Lake Geneva, Wis. Howard, the son of Ada Woods and George Victor Hilton, was born February 9, 1886 at Paw Paw, Mich. He prepared for Dartmouth at University High School, Chicago. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Dragon.
After college, Howard entered the banking business with the Chicago Trust Cos., becoming assistant cashier in 1910 and assistant vicepresident in 1931. In 1932 he became vicepresident of the Central Republic Bank & Trust Cos. and in 1933 he was named vicepresident of the Chicago Title & Trust Cos. In October of 1933, he and Robert Wingard founded the Great Lakes Mortgage Corp. and he became vice-president of that company and Winton Realty Cos. He was elected president of Great Lakes in 1944. Upon retiring in January 1948, he was recognized as one of the leaders in his field, as expressed in the resolution of his board upon his death.
Howard was an ardent golfer, baseball fan and amateur rose grower, a member of Glen Ellyn's Glen Oak Golf and Country Club and Pelican Golf Club in Belleair. He was a member of the Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn, Glen Ellyn Lodge F. & A.M. and the Chicago Athletic Association. He was long a director of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago and will be very much missed by his many friends who will remember him as kindly, generous and loyal.
Services were held at the Moss Chapel in Clearwater. Surviving are his widow, Carolyn Purviance Hilton, whom he married June 11, 1914; a son, Howard Jr. '48; daughters Jessada Ashley, Caroline Young, and Edith Cooke; a brother Lucius Hilton, and ten grandchildren.
1910
WILLIAM BRADFORD GRANT died July 4 at his home, 292 Jewett St., Manchester, N. H. He had been in poor health for several months. Funeral services were held July 7 in the First Methodist Church of which he was a member and trustee.
"General" Grant was born in Dunbarton, N. H., October 28, 1886, the son of Clinton D. and Emma (Burnham) Grant. He prepared for College at Manchester High School. During college days he was 3 pitcher on the class teams.
For 21 years following graduation he was employed by the F. M. Hoyt Shoe Cos., Manchester, as advertising manager and production manager. From 1934 to 1940 he was associated with other shoe manufacturers in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Michigan. In 1942 he went with the New Hampshire State Employment Service as senior interviewer. He was affiliated with the Lafayette Masonic Lodge #4l and Webster Lodge #24, 1.0.0.F. He formed and was first president of the interchurch bowling league composed of nineteen groups representing all denominations.
The "General" was married in Manchester August 23, 1917 to Leona G. Bartlett. Survivors besides the widow are three daughters. Mrs. Barbara G. Drew of Farmington, N. H., Mrs. Elaine G. Allen of Clarksburg, W. Va., and Mrs. Norma G. Parizo of Newport, N. H.; four grandchildren and three sisters.
IRVING OSGOOD SCOTT died suddenly of a heart attack at his home on Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland, Mass., on August 13. Funeral services were held August 16 in Sharon with Mr. Leo Mueller, Reader, First Church of Christ, Scientist, officiating.
"Scotty" was born April 30, 1888 in Amesbury, Mass., the son of Norman H. and Harriet (Sawyer) Scott. He prepared at Good Will High School in Hinckley, Maine. During college days "Scotty" was in "If I Were Dean" and was a member of his sophomore relay team and the track squad. He retained his interest in outdoor recreation and was a charter member and third president o£ the Sharon Fish and Game club.
"Scotty's" first teaching assignment was at Proctor Academy. After two years in the Good Will School in Hinckley, he went to the Orono High School and this gave him the opportunity to study at the University of Maine where he received his M.A. degree in 1914. After three years with Huntington School, Boston, he began work with the Department of Vocational Guidance of the Boston schools. He was in the 35th year in this service at the time of his death.
"Scotty" was married June 9, 1916 to Leah Crowell in Brighton, Mass. Survivors besides his widow are three daughters, Mrs. Arthur J. Watzinger, Mrs. William Bryce Moulton, and Mrs. Myles E. Covey, and four grandchildren.
1912
JACKSON MCCOY, editor and general manager of the Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier and a member of the staff of that newspaper for 40 years, died at St. Francis Hospital June 27, of complications following an emergency appendectomy. His home was at 126 Prospect Ave., Waterloo.
He was born October 28, 1890 in Indianapolis, Ind., the son of Joseph Melville and Ellen (Peterson) McCoy. He was graduated from Eastern High School, Washington, D. C., and attended the University of West Virginia before transferring to Dartmouth where he was awarded his A.B. degree in 1912. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Upon graduation he was employed by the Waterloo Daily Courier, of which his uncle, A. W. Peterson, was secretary-treasurer and general manager, succeeding his uncle in those positions in 1923. His career with that newspaper was interrupted by service in the U. S. Navy during World War I.
On September 25, 1919 he was married to Marian K. Chapman in Waterloo, who survives him with three children: Robert J. Mc-Coy, Mrs. Louise McKinstry and Jane McCoy. Other survivors are two brothers, two sisters and four grandchildren.
He was prominent in such journalistic organizations as the lowa Press Association. The Associated Press, The Inland Daily Press Association and the American Newspaper Publishers Association. He was a director of the National Bank of Waterloo and a director of other Waterloo business and civic organizations.
Services were held in Christ Episcopal Church and burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery in Waterloo.
1913
HERBERT CARROLL OSBORNE died suddenly on May 12 from a heart attack in Racine, Wis. He left for the office in good spirits and only had enough warning that something was wrong to drive the car over to the side of the road and died almost immediately. His home was at 1524 Flett Ave.
He was born on January 7, 1891 in Rockland, Mass., son of Martha May Sullivan and Edward C. Osborne, and prepared for Dartmouth at the Middleboro High School.
Herbert Osborne graduated from Thayer School in 1914 and first worked with the Austin Cos. of Cleveland, and then with the Aluminum Mfg. Co. During the first World War he was stationed at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio in the Air Service Engineering Division. Later he was with the Blockmer Rotary Pump Co. in Grand Rapids, Mich., as chief engineer.
On June 19, 1920 he married Elsie Barker. Two daughters were born, Marjorie on January 25, 1923 and Carolyn on April 19, 1925. His wife died in 1932.
Herb was head of the Product Design Dept. of the Mehater Electric Co. in Racine, manufacturers of such well known gadgets as Teletalk, Webster Pickups for phonographs, fuel units and ignition transformers for oil burners.
He married again in 1937 and Dorothy W. Osborne and their daughter Eleanor, now 14, and Marjorie, Mrs. Jason Nicol of Oregon City, Ore., and Carolyn, Mrs. Rodney Hood of Lincoln, N. Y., survive him, as do two sisters and two grandchildren.
Herbie was one of the finest fellows any of us ever knew. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Thayer Society of Civil Engineers, National Parks Association, Gamma Alpha Scientific Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a loyal son of Dartmouth.
PHILIP LEON RANDALL died at North Conway, N. H., on July 12. He was born on September 6, iBgo at North Conway, son of Ida Swett and Henry H. Randall and prepared for Dartmouth at Tilton Seminary.
He entered the hotel business in Conway, associated with his father at the Hotel Randall and at the Sunset Inn. The Randalls were operating at the same time the Masonic Hall movie theatre until 1931, when the new Hotel Randall, now the Eastern Slope Inn, was erected following the burning of the former hotel. Phil was in the insurance business in West Newton with the Equitable Life Assurance Society for a brief period.
On June 3, 1916 Phil married Laura Campbell of Dorchester, Mass., who died a few years later.
On October 6, 1923 he married Katherine Odell of Beverly, Mass.
Phil was active and interested in town affairs all his life. He had been president and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and was instrumental in the promotion of many worthy projects including winter business before skiing was developed in the area.
He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters, his parents, a brother and sister. Funeral services were held at the Congregational Church of which he had been a member for fifty years. Burial was at the North Conway Cemetery.
NATHANIEL STERNS THAYER died on May si, of a heart attack at Richland, Wash., where he was a construction engineer with the Atomic Energy Commission.
He was born in Westfield, Mass., on August 28, 1891, son of William F. and Martha (Sterns) Thayer. He entered Dartmouth from the Somerville Latin School.
He left Dartmouth after his freshman year and for many years worked for a Boston contrading firm, employed on Army construction projects in Texas, Tennessee and Mississippi. During World War I he was a Captain in the Army.
He was active in Masonic organizations and was past patron of the Huntington Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Brockton, where he formerly lived. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the First Congregational Church in Westfield.
He is survived by his wife Doris who was with him in Richland, and four children, Nathaniel S. Jr., William H. '49, Mrs. Andrew Anderson, and Suvia A. Thayer.
His body was returned to Westfield for burial in Pine Hill Cemetery. His home was at 1 East Silver St., Westfield.
1916
ALVIN CHARLES GLUEK died suddenly on May 31 at his summer home, Lake Minnetonka, Minn. His residence was at 2000 Marshall St., N.E., Minneapolis.
"Al" Gluek left Dartmouth after his sophomore year, and it was not until the reunion of the Class of 1916 in 1936 that his classmates had a chance to enjoy his congenial personality and liberality.
He was born in Minneapolis November 17,1893, the son of Charles and Marie (Thielen) Gluek. His schooling was at Lake Forest (111.) Academy and Dartmouth. In 1912 he was married to Helen Carothers, from which union came two daughters, Mrs. Ernest E. Lack, of Mineapolis, and Mrs. Jown W. Hunt, of Wysata, Minn.; and two sons, Alvin C. '45 and Charles II '39 both of Lake Minnetonka. Surviving also are 12 grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Emma G. McDonald of Minneapolis.
"Al" had been president of the Gluek Brewing Cos. since 1939, and was a member of the third generation of the founder's family to head the brewery, said to be the oldest manufacturing firm in Minneapolis, having been founded in 1857, before Minnesota became a state or Minneapolis a city. He was a director of the United States Brewers Foundation for eight years, serving on its publicity committee, and a director of the Minnesota State Brewers Association for 19 years.
He was a member of the Minneapolis Club, Minneapolis Athletic Club, Minikahda Club, Lafayette Club, University Club and St. Anthony Commercial Club. Fraternal affiliations included Zuhrah Temple of the Shrine, Scottist Rite and Hennepin Lodge, A.F. & A.M. He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. He was also vice president of Minnesota Television Public Service Corp., a group which purchased radio station WTCN a short time ago.
The Class of 1916 has unfortunately been unable to obtain details on the career of HARRIS FOSTER MURCHIE since he left Dartmouth before graduation. He had lived in Florida for some years and his death occurred in Jacksonville on April 18.
"Murch" was born in Calais, Maine, November 14, 1893, the son of Henry S. and Harriet (Caldwell) Murchie. He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1916, after graduating from Phillips Andover Academy, and was a member of the freshman hockey, basketball and baseball teams. He played varsity hockey later, and was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
During World War I he was a second lieutenant in the Air Force. About 1985 he moved to Florida and was connected there with the Mahoney Lumber Company, later changing to the investment brokerage business.
He is survived by a son, Richard T. Murchie '44.
RODNEY ELBRIDGE WYMAN, the quiet, pleasant, handsome undergraduate 1916 knew as "Rod" Wyman, who rose to eminence in the medical circles of his adopted state of Nevada, died in Washoe Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, on June 22. Death was due to heart failure.
"Rod" was born at Hampden, Maine, July 1, 1893, the son of Frederick L. and Addie (Hammond) Wyman. He graduated from Dartmouth with the Class of 1916, after an active undergraduate career, which included crosscountry running, playing in the college band, and membership in Delta Tau Delta and Alpha Kappa Kappa. He received his medical degree from Columbia University in 1919.
After serving his internship at Presbyterian Hospital in New York he was in residency at Buffalo City Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y., and then moved to Long Island, where he had an extensive practice. Moving to Reno in 1933, Dr. Wyman had practiced there ever since and took an active part in the civic and social life of the community.
He was rated an outstanding surgeon and took an extensive interest in polio prevention. In addition to securing iron lungs for Washoe Medical Center he secured much other valuable equipment for polio treatment. He was a trustee of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. He was appointed head of the Nevada State Hospital for mental diseases in 1941, serving for several years and then resigning. He later was a member of the State Hospital Board. He had been chairman of the State Board of Health since January 1951.
He was a member of the Prospectors Club of Reno and past master of his Masonic Lodge in Long Island. He was a member of the Washoe County and Nevada State Medical Societies, the American Medical Association and was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Wyman, and three children, Majorie, Michael Rodney and Diana Toy. Burial was in Sacramento.
1918
FRED E. SAMUELS died of a heart attack August at the Flushing, N. Y., Hospital.
Living in Wentworth Hall, Little Sammy Samuels, little in stature but with a big heart, worked his way through college selling magazine subscriptions in the summer and playing the organ in the church down at Wilder. He made a lot of friends in the American Field Service in World War I, during his two years in France. These last few years, he had taken a tremendous amount of pleasure in knowing his son, Frederick, now a sophomore, would be at Dartmouth.
Fred was senior accountant of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. First he joined Western Electric Cos. in 1919, transferred in 1925 to I.T.&T. and from 1948 to 1950 was Asst. Comptroller of International Standard Electric Corp., an affiliate of I.T.&T. In 1948 he went to Japan in the company's interest for a year or two.
He is survived by his wife Mrs. Alice C. Samuels and his son Frederick. Their home is at 144-54 35th Ave., Flushing, N. Y.
Sammy is another good man who will be missed, but we will always count him a part o£ Dartmouth and a member of the class of 1918.
1919
REGINALD DUBOIS HUDLER passed away on May 16 in his office at the American Chain and Cable Cos., in Bridgeport, Conn., as the result of a heart attack.
Born on June 22, 1896 in Mt. Vernon, N. Y„ Reg attended New York Military Academy in Cornwall, N. Y., and entered Dartmouth with the class in 1915, remaining until February, 1916. He resided at 191 Brooklawn Terrace, Bridgeport.
The class extends its most sincere sympathy to his widow.
1920
JOHN BOWNE COLTON, lifelong resident of Worcester, died June 26 at the home of his son, John B. Colton Jr. of Woods Hole, Mass., where he had been visiting. He had been in ill health for some time and had been retired from business for about two years.
Jack was born in Worcester on May 20, 1897, the son of Elizabeth (Slater) and Samuel H. Colton. He came to Dartmouth from Bordentown Military Institute, but had previously been graduated from Moses Brown School of Providence. During his one year at Hanover he roomed with fellow-townsman Ben Ayres and joined Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
During World War I Jack served in the Navy aboard the USS Mount Vernon. After the war he returned to Worcester, engaged in business there, and married Alice R. Cohan. His most recent employment was as a salesman for United Engineering and Constructor Cos. Besides his wife and son he is survived by two daughters, Joan (Mrs. George F. Barber) and Susanna B. Colton, both of Worcester.
Funeral services were held June 28 at the family home, 138 June St., and burial took place in Rural Cemetery.
1926
THEODORE WESTGATE MCFADDEN died May 1 of a heart attack in Greybull, Wyoming. At the time of his death he was Senior Examiner for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board with offices in Portland, Ore. He and his wife, the former Dorothy Tripp of Canton, Pa., traveled throughout the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. In this area he examined Savings and Loan Associations during the past 10-year period. Prior to that he worked in the Los Angeles area in a similar capacity and previously was employed as a National Bank Examiner and receiver on both the east and west coasts.
Thede, as he was called by his friends, was born in Canton, Pa., in 1901. He attended George Washington University and the University of Pennsylvania before coming to Dartmouth with his brother Les. He left college after his freshman year, but always remained a loyal alumnus, often devoting much of his time on his extended trips to contacting Dartmouth men.
He had no children and is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. L. T. McFadden of Chevy Chase, Md., and his sister, Mrs. H. M. C. Luykx, also of Chevy Chase. His brother Les, also of the class of 1926, resides in Santa Barbara, Calif.
WILLIAM HENSHAW NIGH died in San Francisco after a few hours' illness July 28. The cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage following a period of several years of poor health.
He was born in Ironton, Ohio, October 16, 1903, and after attending high school there for two years graduated from Culver Military Academy and entered Dartmouth with outclass in the fall of 1922.
Heading west he joined the McCloud Lumber Company at Shasta, Calif., where he became assistant sales manager. He moved to the Wendling Nathan Cos., wholesale lumber, in San Francisco in 1936, becoming a partner in 1940.
He was married in 1930 to Kate Boardman who survives him together with a son William Jr. and a daughter Kate. The familyhome is at 3636 Jackson St., San Francisco.
During World War II Bill rose from first lieutenant to major in the Army Air Force and became commandant of cadets at an Air Force school in Big Spring, Texas. His first health difficulty occurred during army service and subsequent to medical discharge in 1945 he suffered a partial paralysis with aphasia (speech difficulties).
Bill never worked at anything so hard in his life as he did to recover his health and faculties. He was determined to get back to his office and a normal life. Those who have seen Bill on the coast, or who enjoyed having him and the family back for our 25th reunion, will testify to his courage in surmounting troubles that would have made invalids of most men.
During college years, Bill was widely known in the class and a member of Sigma Chi. He ardently supported everything concerned with Dartmouth and was an active member of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Northern California.
Private services were held in San Francisco Tulv 30 with internment at the Cypress Lawn Cemetery.
1931
HUGO FRANK BEZDEK JR. died on February 27 in Washington, D. C. He was born in East Chicago, Ill., January 22, 1909, the son of Hugo F. and Victoria (Johnson) Bezdek. He prepared for college at the Tome School and Exeter.
Hugo spent only one semester with the class and had not kept in touch with us. He was for some time connected with the Brookings Institute in Washington. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Robert McKinstry of Golf View Rd., Doylestown, Pa.
ANDREW LEFFERTS EDSON died suddenly on October 31, 1951 in New York City from a tooth infection.
Andy was born in Newark, N. J., June 28, 1908, the son of Pearl P. Edson 'O2 and Rosetta Lefferts. He prepared for college at the Jamaica (N. Y.) High School and Clark School. He was a member of Sigma Chi.
Most of Andy's career was spent in the theatre business as a press agent and later as manager of the Trans-Lux Theatre in New York. He later became the manager of the Yorkville Museum. He was inducted into the army in March 1942 and served with the 305 th Infantry.
He is survived by his brother, Lefferts P. Edson '34, and an uncle, Carroll A. Edson '14.
1934
WILLIAM CARROLL BARRETT died suddenly on June 12 in New York City of a heart attack. Bill, who was an area manager for Williams Automatic Oil Burner Corporation, had lived in Stonington, Conn, for the last two years.
Bill was born in Youngstown, Ohio, son of J. C. Barrett and the late Mrs. Barrett, on October 1, 1909. He attended Worcester Academy where he starred in soccer, basketball and track before entering Dartmouth.
At Hanover, he played football and basketball and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.
Bill went from Dartmouth to the U. S. Rubber Company and during the war was with the Fisher Body Division of General Motors engaged in the production of aircraft. In 1946 he became assistant manager of the development department of Parker Pen Cos. in Janesville, Wisconsin, and came to Stonington in 1949. He was an occasional visitor at '34 affairs in New York and attended reunion in 1950.
Bill married Julia Robbins Davis of Youngstown in 1942. He leaves, besides his wife and father, three daughters, Judith 8, Katrina 7 andfMary 4.
The deep sympathy of the class of 1934 is extended to them in their loss.
Word has been received of the death during the spring of 1952 of DWIGHT BRADI ORD HII.L JR. who had been in ill health for some time.
Brad was born in Bridgeport, Conn, on April 13, 1912, but lived most of his early life in Winchester, Mass., where he graduated from Winchester High School.
At Dartmouth he was active in freshman footbal 1 and track, hut transferred in his sophomore year to Bates College. He later played against Dartmouth as a member of the Bates football team, but as years went by there was never any question as to where his heart was.
Brad worked for Lever Bros, in various capacities until 1947 with time out for wartime service with the AUS in which he reached the rank of Captain. In 1947 he became owner and operator of a resort on Lake Sunapee.
In 1937, Brad married Martha Kinney of Detroit and leaves, besides his wife, two sons, Dwight B. 3rd and Peter. We offer to his family the sympathy of the entire class.
1937
It was a great shock to hear that WII.LIAM VAN HORNF. PETTF.NGILL was one of two American employees of Pan American World Airways office in Stockholm, Sweden, who were killed when a convertible coupe, in which iliey were riding, went off the road and rolled over twice on June 7. Bill at the time was flight dispatcher at the Bromma Airport, and was driving home after dispatching an early morning flight.
Following graduation he joined the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Cos., then served for five years as a Navy pilot. Following the war period he worked with American Export Airlines, joining Pan American in 1952. As an undergraduate he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx.
Bill is survived by his wife, the former Edith Tuma, and two daughters, Susan 7 and Lisbeth 5, who were living with Bill in Stockholm. He is also survived by his parents Rear Admiral and Mrs. George Pettengill of Old Lyme, Conn. Bill's brother George '32, a Lt. in the Navy, went down with his ship during the invasion of the Gilbert Islands.
1944
A tragic mountain climbing accident in the Swiss Alps claimed the life of JOHN BUCHAN CHURCHTI.I. early in July. John and a companion, Penelope Moore of Geneva, apparently were swept off a ledge by a rock slide on the peak of Unnamed Man on Mount Blanc where they had set up their bivouac.
John was spending his summer vacation in Switzerland in preparation for an assault on unclimbed Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. An ardent mountaineer, he was to have represented the Alpine Club of America in the British Expedition scheduled to assail the rugged Himalayan peak later this year.
John was born in Berlin, N. H., March 23, 1922, the son of Perley W. and Esther (Buchan) Churchill. A graduate of Exeter Academy and Dartmouth College, he received a master's degree from Yale and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Columbia University. During the war, he was an Air Force fighter pilot and became a prisoner of war in Germany when he was shot down and captured five days before the end of the war in Europe. He had been in the diplomatic service in Washington, Paris, and London, and was scheduled to assume a teaching position at Forman College, Lahore, Pakistan, in September.
John was unmarried and made his home with his parents at 262 Hillside Ave., Berlin, N. H. Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Alec, now serving in the U.S. Navy.
A member of Gamma Delta Chi, John distinguished himself at Dartmouth as a brilliant student and as one of the more popular men in the class. His loss will be keenly felt by all of us.
1947
LT. ROBERT N. WALLIS was killed in a crash of the jet plane he was flying on the morning of July 17, 1952 in Norfolk, Va. On the afternoon before his death he had picked his plane up at Quonset, R. 1., set it down at Westover Field to spend the night with his family. Three days before his death, he was promoted to senior jet officer and instructor in jet flying, for his squadron^
Bob was born in Boston on Feb. 26, 1926 and attended the Center Grammar School and South Hadley (Mass.) High School. He graduated from the Taft School in 1944 and entered Dartmouth College under the V-12 Program. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1947 and at the same time received his commission as Ensign in the Navy. Following his graduation he worked for one year on the office staff of the American Writing Paper Corp. in Holyoke.
In August 1948 he re-entered active service with the Naval Flying Corps at Boston, and after training received his present rank and was assigned to the Naval Air Station at Nor- folk, Va., as a member of the Ferry Com- mand.
Besides his parents, Bob leaves a brother, Cpl. Richard W. Wallis, U. S. Army, who is in Korea.
ALBERT EMERSON HADLOCK '87
WELD ALLEN ROLLINS '97
HOWARD HOYT HILTON 'O8
HANOVER'S A BUSY PLACE: Spud Bray, in charge of the Information Booth set in front of Robinson Hall for the summer, was almost as rushed directing visitors as he was in the days when it was his strenuous duty to keep wayward students travelling on the straight and narrow road.
