Deaths

[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear inthis issue or may appear in a later number]

DeWitt, Edgar A. '82, Sept. 7 Bacon, Alvin H. '90, July 18 Smith, Lester F. '90, July 20 Pond, Erasmus A. '90, July 8 Bugbee, Arthur G. '95, Aug. 18 Loud, Henry M. '05, Aug. 21 Duffy, Walter F. '96, July 5 Mosher, Loren A. '97, June 11 Nolan, George H. '98, Sept. 4 Kimball, Arthur E. '99, July 28 Erwin, Clayton L. '03, June 29 Houlihan, John F. '03, July 27 Knibbs, John W. '05, July 5 Hadden, Arthur A. '09, Aug. 17 Lord, Richard J. '09, Aug. 13 Spokesfield, Guy C. '10, Dec. 29, 1949 Groat, Carl D. '11, July 26 Steeves, Guy C. '11, July 25 Perry, Dwight L. '12, June 17 Castle, Lester D. '15, Aug. 4 Tuck, Leon P. '15, Sept. 2 Turner, Harold S. '15, Aug. 15 Walcott, Harold B. '15, Aug. 17 Wing, Howard B. '15, Aug. 25 Gascoigne, Ransom M. '21, Aug. 4 Fitz, Harold S. '23, Aug. 14 Huff, Richard S. '23, Aug. 6 Steinhilber, Frederick '23, July 30 Fermoyle, Norman F. '23, Aug. 28 Girouard, Louis P. '23, Dec. 31, 1952 Buettner, William O. '24, Sept. 6 Chapin, Howard M. '28, August 13 Loucks, Jack '29, July 29 Jones, Louie S. '46, August 10 McKinnon, Carl R. '46, August 5 Lally, Francis H. '02m, August 4 Grover, Donald B. '36s, August 2 Wood, William H. '17h, Sept. 1 Tobey, Charles W. '29h, July 24

In Memoriam

Faculty

DR. NATHAN TOWNLEY MILLIKEN, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Dartmouth Medical School, died August 9 in the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital after a long illness, at the age of 47. A staff member of the Hitchcock Clinic since 1936 and also senior consultant to the Veterans' Hospital in White River Junction, Vt., Dr. Milliken specialized in internal medicine. He was known as a brilliant diagnostician, whose patients came to depend upon his genuine interest in them, as well as in their afflictions, and his skill in administering treatment.

Dr. Mllliken was born on May 4, 1906, in Canandaigua, N. Y. After attending Hotchkiss School he was graduated from Yale College in 1928. Four years later he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Yale Medical School, cum laude.

After intern service at the New Haven Hos pital and the Children's Hospital in Boston, he returned to take up private practice in Canandaigua, where he acted as superintendent of Oak Mount Sanitarium and was a staff member of Thompson Memorial Hospital. In he came to Hanover and practiced internal medicine until his death. In 1940 he was acting director of the Dartmouth College Health Service. During World War II, Dr. Milliken served with the rank of lieutenant colonel as a member of the Yale Medical Unit in the South Pacific theater, stationed in New Zealand and Saipan, for four years.

His marriage to Mary Margaret Elder of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, took place in 1938. He is survived by his wife; a daughter Ann. 13; and two sisters, Charlotte Milliken of Canandaigua and Mrs. Ernest F. Randall of St. Louis, Mo.

Dr. Milliken, a resident of Norwich, Vt., was a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Medical Association, the New Hampshire Medical Society, the American College of Physicians and the American Trudeau Society.

Funeral services were held on August 11 in the Norwich Congregational Church.

1890

ALVIN HENRY BACON died on July 18 in a hospital in Dorchester, Mass., where he had been a patient for the last year.

Allie Bacon was born in Cumberland Mills, Maine, on November 25, 1868, the son of William Henry and Hannah Ann (Leigh ton) Bacon. He prepared for college at Limingion Academy. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. After graduation he attended Boston University Law School from which he received his LL.B. in 1895.

After being admitted to the Suffolk Bar, Bacon lived in Melrose and practised law in Boston for many years. He had always had a keen interest in the tropics. In 1909, on the advice of his physician, and armed with letters of introduction from John Barrett '89 who had been U.S. minister in Bogota, he went to South America. Here he remained until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. when he returned to the states. It was Bacon who recommended that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge be given an honorary degree by Dartmouth and he accompanied the senator to Dartmouth in June 1917, when the College conferred the degree of LL.D. on the senator. Returning to South America Bacon remained there, practising law and representing various business interests until 1940, when he returned to Boston and resumed the practise of law.

One of the most loyal of alumni, Bacon always attended class and alumni gatherings whenever possible. On the death of Jimmie Reynolds in February 1948 he took over the secretaryship of the class and continued to serve the class as secretary until he became ill in May, 1952.

In September 1929 Bacon was married in the Canal Zone to Ruth Dingley from whom he was divorced some years ago. He is survived by his son Donald D. Bacon, a chemist with the Bell Telephone Cos. in New Jersey and by a sister, Mrs. May A. Lane of 64 Upham Lane, Melrose,

ERASMUS ARLINGTON POND died in St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., on July 8. He had practised medicine in Brooklyn for sixty years and made his home at 857 Prospect Place.

Born in Rutland, Vt., September 9, 1869, Rame spent one year in Chandler School and then transferred to the University of Vermont where he received his M.D. in 1889. The following year he also received an M.D. from Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He did graduate work in Harvard, Vienna, Zurich and London. He was successively house surgeon at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; assistant surgeon, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital; assistant professor, New York Post Graduate Medical School; chief of staff, West Side Hospital; and ophthalmologist at Hamilton and Adelphi hospitals. In 1921 he developed a serum which was widely used in treating blindness caused by partial atrophy of the optic nerve.

Rame was first married to Annie Hart of Builington, Vt. Their sons John and William survive him. He was later married to Mary Beale of Baltimore. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ann Mannion Pond, and besides his two sons, two daughters, Mrs. Henry Zealand and Mrs. John Cain.

LESTER FULLER SMITH died July 20 at his home in Winchester, Mass., after a short illness. Lester, eldest son of Josiah and Frances (Locke) Smith, was born July 26, 1869, in the Smith homestead and was a descendant of the earliest settlers who were living on land owned by the Lockes in 1638. He attended the Winchester schools and Dartmouth College from which he was graduated in 1890, the youngest member of the class. After teaching school for a few years he entered the employ of Ginn and Cos., publishers, whom he served loyally and energetically for 55 years.

Smith found time for his hobbies of weather forecasting and word study, and in the latter he became such an expert that his correction, in some instances, of the Webster Unabridged Dictionary was gratefully acknowledged by the publishers. Because of Smith's modesty and retiring nature his talents were not recognized by his associates and in college his knowledge of his subjects did not receive the distinction he deserved.

In 1903 he married Mary Florence Cox of Cambridge who died two years ago. Surviving are two sons Richard M. of Winchester and Howard B. of Melrose; two daughters, Mrs. Malcolm F. Goodwin of Oklahoma and Mrs. W. G. Chapman of Winchester; sixteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Lester was a member and constant attendant at the Congregational Church where services were held July 24. Interment followed in Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester.

1891

FRANK ELEAZAR ROWE died suddenly on Tune 26 at his home, 30 Vine St., Winchester, Mass.

Frank was born in Winchester on August 10, 1869, the son of Alonzo Ephraim and Almira Amanda (Coffin) Rowe. He prepared for college at Winchester High School. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and as a member of the track team established several records.

After serving for a short time as master of the Winchester Grammar School, Frank went into the insurance business. Joining the Union Central Life Insurance Cos. with offices in Boston, he was for more than 55 years general agent for the company. He was one of the oldest employees of the company countrywide, m point of service. He was also for more than fifty years associated with the Hartford Fire Insurance Cos.

During his entire life Frank had taken an active part in town affairs. He had served Winchester as a member of the Finance Committee, 1904-05, 1908-09; selectman 1905-06-secretary of the Planning Board 1915-52; mem- ber of the Town Insurance Committee 1927-28 and of the Committee on Names 1930-52; and Town Meeting member 1929-52. He served the First Congregational Church as treasurer and deacon. He was a past president of the Field and Forest Club of Boston and a member of William Parkman Lodge of Masons. At the time of his retirement from the Planning Board the members wrote to him, "Thirty-seven years of distinguished unpaid public service to one's town, in the same elective office, is an honor that should not pass unnoticed without a word' of warm appreciation... Winchester has grown from a semirural town to one of the outstanding well governed municipalities in the Commonwealth. You have played an important part in that development. Your deep interest and generous participation in countless town activities have been a force for good over the years, and merit the esteem and good will of all your fellow townsmen."

Frank's amazing characteristic of sticking to the job was exemplified nowhere so much as the years of devoted service he gave to his class and college. Elected secretary of the class at graduation in 1891 he continued to serve until his death. In 1950 he was declared to be the "Class Secretary of the Year" at the meeting of class officers in Hanover, which he had attended each year since the group was organized.

On August 25, 1892, Frank was married to Nellie Rebecca Dodge of Wilmot, N. H., who died on December 24, 1908. Their three children survive him: Frank E. Rowe Jr., Mrs. Jackson B. Hayden and Mrs. Francis J. Foster. On August 29, 1910, Frank married Alice Clementine Friend of Danvers, Mass. Mrs. Rowe. who was seriously ill at the time of Frank's death, died three weeks later. He is also survived by two brothers, Walter W. '90 and Brainard A. Rowe '97. Herbert A. Rowe '96 was also a brother.

The funeral was held at home and was conducted by Rev. Charles C. Merrill '94, who now inherits from Frank the role of the oldest class secretary in years of service. Dr. Merrill read Dartmouth Undying and he also used the Apostle Paul's, "I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith" which was singularly true of Frank Rowe.

1896

WALTER FRED DUFFY died at his home in Franklin, N. H., on July 5 after a long illness. He was born in Franklin June 17, 1872. He attended the Franklin schools, Tilton Academy and Phillips Academy at Andover. At Dartmouth he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

After graduation Fred returned to Franklin and like his father Michael before him, became connected with the manufacture of hosiery, knitting machines and needles. He early became associated with the Acme Knitting Machine and Needle Cos. He began to buy stock in the company and soon acquired control. Through the years he held the offices of president and treasurer, and the company produced a knitting machine which was a leader in its field. Fred financed the development of the Acme Ball Bearing Spindle Cos. and in 1944 the Duffy interests bought control of the Franklin Needle Cos. Fred was vicepresident of the George E. Duffy Manufacturing Cos. of which his brother George E. Duffy '94 was president. Fred was also former president and director of the Tilton National Bank.

In 1916 Fred was elected to represent his ward in the state legislature. His term was so successful that his party leaders were grooming him for a prominent place in the state political picture. However, the following year he was defeated for reelection to the legislature. He was so deeply hurt by this experience he niver took an active part in politics again.

Little publicity was ever given to Fred Duffy s charitable works but they were myriad. He supplied the funds to help many Franklin boys and girls go to college. He had been chairman of the board of Tilton School and made large contributions to the school. He had served as a member of the board for the Daniel Webster Home for Children, and for a time was treasurer of the Golden Rule Farm. He and his brother presented a public library to the town of Belmont and he was a trustee of the Franklin Public Library for 38 years.

Fred was married on April 12, 1906 to Emma May Calef of Lowell who died in October 1941. He is survived by his nephew, Ralph E. Duffy '23 of 2 Massachusetts Ave., Worcester, Mass., and by two nieces, Mrs. Ed win H. Cummings Jr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Pew Jr.

1897

LOREN AUGUSTUS MOSHER died at his home at 3009 North Second St., Phoenix, Ariz., on June 11.

Loren was born in Sharon, Vt., June 2, 1874. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi. After graduation he became connected with Western Electric Cos., first in Illinois and later in New York state. He made his home in Warrensburg, N. Y., for many years! In 1938 he retired and moved to Arizona spending his winters in Phoenix and his summers in Greer.

Loren married Cora Cameron of Athol N. Y., who survives him with their son Hush C. Mosher.

1898

JOHN ROLAND SPRING, affectionately known to his classmates at Dartmouth as Jack and to his many other friends as Judge, died June 23 at the Memorial Hospital, Nashua, N. H. In June 1951 he had suffered a most serious coronary thrombosis which was later followed by edema and in February of this year he had a cataract removed from each eye.

Jack was born in Lebanon, N. H., on December 16, 1875. After receiving an A.B. from Dartmouth in 1898 he was graduated from Boston University Law School in 1901. At Dartmouth he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Theta Nu Epsilon. Since 1943 he had been class agent for '98 and in each of the ten years he had exceeded his quota both in participation and in objective. He had completed the 1953 campaign before his death.

In 1902 he was married to Eunice Dunbar Denmson who died in 1950 and he left four children, Dr. John D. '25, Elizabeth C., Eunice E. Roy and Richard D. '37. A grandson, John, will enter Dartmouth this fall and will be of the third generation of Springs to enter Dartmouth.

Jack in 1901 located in Nashua for the practice of law and continued there until his death. During this time he had been Associate Justice and Justice of the Nashua Police Court, served two terms as Hillsboro County Solicitor, and had been a member of two state Constitutional Conventions. In 1925 he was appointed to the State Tax Commission and in 1926 was made its chairman, holding this office until 1951, when he resigned from the commission because of ill health. He was nationally known as an authority on tax matters. He had been honored by various tax associations both state and national by presidencies, chairmanships and directorates. He had been a member of the Board of Library Trustee of Nashua since 1924 and had been honored by membership on various boards of trustees of institutions of the city.

No man exceeded Jack in his love for Dartmouth and for the Class of '98. No member of this class was more esteemed and loved by his classmates than was Jack.

An editorial in the Nashua Telegraph truthfully said of him, "He could be gruff and formidable to those who did not know him or who took opposite sides of the fence with him. He espoused unpopular causes which he believed in and there was a determination and tenacity to his make-up that a u Persons did not understand. When he thought he was right nothing could budge him from taking a stand, regardless of how others felt or what it might mean to him personally. There was a greatness about him which his associates felt, even though a lot of them disagreed with his ideas and theories. But never, as far as we can ascertain, did one who disagreed with him ever lose respect for him, or refrain from admiring his espousal of the cause he believed in. He is a member of that great vanishing segment of our populartion - independent souls, ready and willing to fight for causes which they believed in. popular or unpopular though they may be."

1899

ARTHUR ELWIN KIMBALL died July 28 in Pasadena, Calif., where he had lived for the last 35 years. He was born in Lynn, Mass., June 29, 1876, and graduated from the Lynn High School. After his college graduation he worked for a real estate firm in Boston until 1903, when he went West for the benefit of his health and located in Denver, Colo., where for two years he was a reporter on the DenverRepublican. In 1905 he was sports editor on a newspaper in Butte, Montana. The following twelve years he was engaged in farming: first in Greeley, Colo., for two years, then for two years at Fayette, Idaho, and at Ontario, Ore., until 1918. Then because of ill health he sold his farm there and moved to Pasadena, where he purchased the house in which he lived until his death.

Although far from well, "Kimmie," as his classmates called him, was fairly active, driving his own car and working occasionally in his garden. He was greatly cheered by and enjoyed meeting classmates, several of whom visited him from time to time. As theyears passed he became less active. Following a series of operations he gradually lost strength and for the last two years was confined most of the time to his home, except during frequent periods in the hospital.

He was married to Emma L. Spaulding of Denver, in 1906, who survives him.

Burial was beside his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Kimball, in Mountain View Cemetery in Pasadena, August 1.

1903

CLAYTON LEMUEL ERWIN, 73, former State Deputy Commissioner of Education and president of the Vermont Retired Teachers Association, died suddenly at his home on Henry St., Bellows Falls, June 29.

He was born in Piermont, N. H., September 2, 1880, the son of Lemuel S. and Marion (Rood) Erwin. He prepared for Dartmouth at Bradford (Vt.) Academy and Montpelier Seminary. He had been pointing for Thayer School until a sawmill accident disabled his right arm. Then he took an extra year in prep school to prepare for the classical course and a career of teaching.

The following citation, accompanying the Service Citation of Honor, was given at the State Normal School at Castleton, Vt., on June 3, 1946:

Native of New Hampshire; Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College; Student of Education in State Normal School, Columbia and Vermont Universities; Elementary and secondary school teacher; Superintendent; State Deputy Commissioner of Education; Teacher, Supervisor, Administrator, Community Worker:

Recognition is made this morning of your forty years service to Vermont's public education, continuous except for one short year. You have left your mark upon all levels of State education; as an elementary teacher, then as a secondary school teacher and administrator and finally as Deputy Commissioner of Education in Vermont. Here you became known, within and without the State, as one possessing clear vision and a purposeful understanding of the road ahead. You left this post self-sacrificially, the degree of which only your closest associates have come to understand.

As a person, you command the respect and honor that is accorded only to one whose standards are consistently high and whose ideals shine burnished bright.

As an administrator, you have kept your selfrespect and at the same time worked tirelessly with those in authority whose viewpoints were short-sighted and misunderstanding, to the credit of the respective programs entrusted to you.

As a supervisor, you have outstandingly practiced what so many have given allegiance through mere lip service: the practical understanding of individual teachers, their strengths and weaknesses, and the fitting of them to working situations that would complement their strengths, bolster their weaknesses, and bring eventually to them that essential personal happiness and satisfaction that is basic to sound professional endeavor.

Tink Erwin will be greatly missed. He attended all reunions and Vic Cutter's picnics, and left behind him a record of those events made with his camera.

He leaves his wife, the former Cora Marsh of Barton; three children: Mrs. Elizabeth M. Thomas of Springfield, Mass., Mrs. Ruth A. Bacon of Wells, Me., and Russell L. Erwin of Monticello, N. Y.

1904

GILMAN LAFAYETTE MOULTON died at York Hospital, York, Maine on June 29. He had undergone an operation a month before.

Gil was born in York on November 9, 1875, the son of Charles and Sophronia (Emmons) Moulton. He prepared for Dartmouth at Berwick Academy and was with his college class for two years. He was a member of Sigma Chi.

From 1907 to 1917 Gil was supervising principal of the Darlington School District of Pawtucket, R. I. During the summers, 1903-07, he managed the Ocean House at York Beach, Maine, and this set the pattern for his life work. From 1919-1929 he was coproprietor of the Hotel Gralyn, Boston, and from 1917 to his retirement in 1950 he managed the Marshall House at York Harbor. He remained as treasurer of the hotel corporation until his death.

Gil was prominent in the affairs of his community throughout his life. For over twenty-five years he was treasurer of the town of York, trustee of the Water District and of the library, town moderator and chairman of the trustees of York Hospital. He also served as secretary of the York Harbor Village Corporation and clerk of the First Parish Church. He was a fifty-year member of St. Aspinquid Lodge, A.F. & A.M., a member of the New England Hotel Mens' Association and the Old York Historical Society.

On April 24, 1918, Gil was married to Bertha Tidd, who survives him with their daughter Mrs. William Ropke.

1905

On June 22 in Dover, N. H„ ARLINGTON IN- GALLS CLOW, age 73, died after long suffering from a kidney affliction. Prior to his retire- ment in 1946, he had been connected with the Haverhill, Mass., public school system for thirty years — twenty as Head Master of the high school and ten years as Superintendent of all schools. During his tenure there, he was a highly respected and leading citizen.

For eight years before his Haverhill at- tainment, Mr. Clow had served as principal of several high schools: at Oberlin, Kansas, for three years; Warren, Mass., for two years; and Warwick, R. I., for two years. For the period 1906-1908, he had taught briefly at Perkins Institute for the Blind and in Laconia, N. H., and Taunton, Mass., high schools.

Arlington Clow won his education the hard way. Youngest of six children of an Orange, Mass., wheelwright, he first went to Brown University a year. Then he took a year out to earn. Reluctant to re-enter Brown behind his class, and having a liking for Dartmouth, he entered the Class of '05. Still needing to make money, he worked very hard, but did well in his studies and commanded respect as a young man of high integrity. Intending to study medicine, he remained at college for half a year in '06, but then had to leave to earn his living.

In the summer of 1907, while teaching at Laconia, he went to Germany and studied at the universities of Marburg and Jena, and in 1926 Harvard awarded him a degree of Master of Education. He was elected to the honor fraternity Phi Delta Kappa and subsequently was voted Emeritus membership.

On December 30, 1908, Myrtle Fenderson of Auburn, Maine, and Mr. Clow were married. For forty years they have summered in East Barrington, N. H., near Dover. Having no children, Mrs. Clow survives there alone.

Mr. Clow chose the hard way and went through with it. His mild-mannered sincerity and high integrity set an example which his pupils and his community will long prize.

Death came to HARRY GARFIELD DENNISON on May 9, ending nine years' stay in Worcester State Hospital for the mentally sick. Even recently, he retained his cheerful manner and his kindly thoughtfulness of others, hiding an undertone of despair.

Hairy Dennison, son of a tailor, was one of a group of seven from Somersworth, N. H., who came to Dartmouth in the Class of 1905. He had an exceptionally sunny disposition and, then or since, has never been known to speak ill of anyone or to complain of his lot. He was interested in the YMCA and in religion. He was a man of high integrity. He played cornet in the college band and sang baritone in the glee club and the college choir.

After college, Harry seemed to have difficulty in focusing attention upon the work in hand, yet his kindly and cheerful and even optimistic manner and his dreamy devotion to goodness and conscientious integrity were unfailing.

He tried selling, mainly, and sold for the Regal Shoe Cos., out of Whitman, Mass., the Link Belt Cos., the Peerless V Belt Cos. and the Page Belting Cos. out of Chicago until about 1916. Then he came to Worcester to promote a company selling film to schools and colleges. In 1921, he was a traveling salesman for a Worcester food wholesaler. In the next year, he was selling advertising for the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. From 1923 to 1944 he was principally occupied in selling real estate. On September 8, 1944, he was admitted to the hospital where he died of pneumonia at 71. He is buried at New Market, N. H.

Harry Dennison was always loyal to and interested in his classmates. He never married. He had three sisters, of whom only Mrs. Florence Thornton of Braintree, Mass., survives.

JOHN WILLIAM KNIBBS JR., one of Dartmouth's great football captains, passed away on July 5, at the age of 73. He had been suffering for some time, particularly since the loss of Mrs. Knibbs whom, as Marion Hunt, he had married 46 years ago in 1907.

A Worcester youth, already a distinguished and versatile athlete, starring as both a football player and hurdler at Phillips Exeter Academy, "Bill" Knibbs came to Dartmouth with the Class of 1905 in the company of football coach Walter McCornack and a group of fine athletes from Exeter. From that time forward, Dartmouth became a leading contender in college football. Knibbs was eventually captain. In one year, his team won all its games, and in another year all but one. With Myron Witham, All-America quarterback, Knibbs as fullback, Vaughn and Patterson as halfbacks, and men like classmates Joe Gilman, Bill Clough and Walter Lillard in the line, backed up by Walter Conley, L. C. Grover, and Tommy Melvin in the backfield with Judge Donnelly in the line, all of '05, and with fine players of other classes, including All-America Matt Bullock, the Knibbsiera of football was one of Dartmouth's proudest.

In the first season after graduation, he was head coach of the University of California's football team. Returning east, intending to enter Harvard Law School, he was referred to the president of Otis Elevator Company by A. L. Livermore, Dartmouth '88. Mr. Knibbs spent the next 46 years with the Otis Company. Starting in the shops the hard way, for a year and a half, where the way for a college man was harder than for others, he advanced step by step in sales. First he was assigned to St. Louis, then to Denver for four years in charge of that area, thence to Chicago briefly, and back to Denver. In 1914 and 1915, he was in charge of the San Francisco office for Otis. Covering the northwest from Portland, he spent another year. Boston and the New England territory commanded his attention in 1917 and 1918.

Since 1918, he had the Manhattan territory, the first few years as assistant sales manager for that area, then as sales manager from 1932 until his retirement in 1951. One of his achievements is a monument which will long be prominent for he equipped the Empire State Building with Otis elevators.

In each of his seven cities from coast to coast, Bill Knibbs was active in its Dartmouth Club. At the Denver University Club, he found the Dartmouth men gathering every month. In New York, he was vice president and then, from 1935-8, president of its Dartmouth Club, renovating its facilities and increasing its membership. Similarly, he was president for a time of the Phillips-Exeter Academy Alumni Association of New York.

Since losing Mrs. Knibbs in 1951, Bill had several hospital experiences. Their two children survive him: Mrs. Olive Knibbs Granger of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., and John William Knibbs III '34, of San Diego, Calif. Mrs. John Garety of Worcester, Mass., a sister, also survives him.

1909

RICHARD JEREMIAH LORD died at the PeterBent Brigham hospital in Boston on August 13.

Dick was born on August 6, 1884, at Melrose, Mass., the son of Edward and Alta (McIntyre) Lord and entered Dartmouth fromMelrose High School. He was a member ofthe Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

Leaving college in 1907, he was appointedan assistant clerk in the Municipal Court ofwhich his father was chief clerk. In 1920 hebecame associated with Brock Bros., Inc., as asalesman and assistant treasurer and remainedthere for about thirteen years. In 1936, hejoined the Whiting Milk Cos. in sales promotion and remained there until his death.

He was married on November 10, 1908, toPhyllis Brock, who predeceased him, and issurvived by his son Richard J. Jr., of Lynnfield, Mass.

pick was a member of the executive committee of the Class for many years. The team of Dick and Phyllis did much to make early reunions a success and will be greatly missed at future ones.

Funeral services were held at the Waterman Chapel in Boston on August 15.

ROLLO KIMBALL BLANCHARD of Ardsley Put, Irvington, N. Y., died at Clearwater, Fla., on May 1.

"Blanch" was bom in Barre, Vt., on February 27, 1886, the son of Adelbert Chester and Velma Cheyney (Gefferds) Blanchard, and prepared for Dartmouth at Montpelier High School. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.

After one year at Hanover, Blanch entered Cornell University and received his M.E. degree from there in 1910. Upon graduation, he joined the Neptune Meter Cos. and remained with it during his entire business life.

On August 28, 1918, he was married to Betty Cutler at Montpelier, Vt., and three children were born of this union; Betty C., R. Kimball and Harry C.

1911

HAROLD CHARLES BOND died in the Newton-Wellesley Hospital on July 18 after a short illness following a heart attack.

He was born August 27, 1890, in Maiden, Mass., the son of Harold Lewis and Harriet Elizabeth (Case) Bond. He came to Dartmouth from Maiden High School and graduated magna cum laude, having been elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He was also a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

He joined his father's business which in 1920 became associated with Waldo Brothers as Waldo Brothers & Bond Cos. and later the Bond Cos. In 1935 he joined Studley, Shupert & Cos., investment counsellors, and became secretary of their investment committee. He was an author and lecturer on financial investments and literary subjects. During World War II he was very active in civilian defense in Newtonville, where he had been a resident for 33 years.

He was married in August 1916 to Alice Dixon, who is the well-known Literary Editor of the Boston Herald. Besides his wife, he is also survived by a son, Harold Lewis Bond II, who is an instructor in English at Dartmouth, a daughter, Mrs. Lorraine Bond Bailey of Auburndale, and five granddaughters.

Memorial services were held in the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville on July 20, where the Class was represented by Dutch Whitman and Stan Macomber.

GUY CARLETON STEEVES died on July 25. His wife Mary had died only a few months earlier. Guy was visiting his daughter Mary in Milwaukee, when he was stricken with a heart attack. His daughter Louette and son John reached him just before his death.

Guy was born in New York City, August 21, 1890, the son of John F. and Imogene (Upson) Steeves. He graduated from the Horace Mann High School and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity at Dartmouth. He became associated with the Metal & Thermit Corporation in San Francisco, later returning to New York to join the George V. Clark Cos., Inc., manufacturers of metal cans and boxes, of which company he became secretary-treasurer and later president and director. Following a heart attack, he retired from active business and later moved to Marydel, Md., where he became a successful chicken farmer.

In August 1916 he was married to Mary Osborne of Savannah, Ga. During his residence in New York and Connecticut he was very active in the Dartmouth Club of New York City, he and his brother Jack often representing the Club in bridge tournaments.

1912

DWIGHT LINCOLN PERRY died on June 17 at his home in Memphis, Tenn. He was born in Worcester, Mass., February 11, 1889. After graduating from Dartmouth he attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1915. He was a member of the Massachusetts Bar. He was associated with the Scripps-Howard newspapers for many years, retiring last year. He had a varied newspaper career, starting with the Boston Advertiser in editorial and advertising capacities, and later working in the advertising departments of the New YorkAmerican. He was also advertising manager of the Cincinnati Post from 1936 to 1939. During World War I, Mr. Perry was a lieutenant in the Infantry.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Eleanor Perry, and a daughter, Miss Judith Perry, both of Memphis.

1913

JOHN JOSEPH SCARRY died June 23, 1953, after a long illness, of heart disease, at Dennisport, Mass. He was born on March 20, 1889, at dedham, Mass., son of John and Nora Josephine (Hickey) Scarry.

John attended Dedham High School, and graduated from Dartmouth with the class of 1913. He played on the freshman football team and was on the varsity squad his sophomore year. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta.

After graduating he was with Bird & Company at Walpole for a year, then in the wholesale millinery business in New York until he took the Standard Oil Cos. course for foreign representation and in 1914 was sent to Java. In 1917 he was made manager of the Semarang office and soon promoted to the Soerabaja office, traveling through Borneo, Celebes, Ambon and Ceran.

He returned to the United States, coming 13,000 miles to enlist, and landed at Camp Devens as a private. He was in Officer's Training School when the armistice was signed. After his discharge he returned to Java with the Factory Products Cos. of N. Y. and then went with the Koster Barrel Cos. at Soerabaja. He traveled throughout most of the Islands until 1921, when he returned to the United States.

He had started to write stories while in Java and continued to on his return home. His first short story was printed in Adventure magazine, and others appeared in Munsey'sMagazine. In 1923 he sold stories to the Saturday Evening Post.

He started The Book Shop in 1933, first in West Roxbury, then Wellesley, Newton and Framingham. In West Roxbury, in May 1936, he married Miss Margaret Benet, who survives him.

From Framingham they went in 1940 to Ashland, where John studied and practiced the new farming of no plowing - no weeding. He raised earth worms for mulch. In 1947 they moved to Hopkinton, and in April 1953 retired to Cape Cod, at 86 Sea Street, Dennisport. During this time from Framingham on, John suffered several heart attacks.

Funeral services were from the Hugh Cannon Funeral Home in Dedham and Requiem High Mass in St. Mary's Church followed. Mose Linscott and Warde Wilkins represented the class. John will be missed by the class and the large number of his Dartmouth friends.

1914

HAROLD ALVIN CASTLE, 61 years old, passed away May 3 at his home in Glenview, Ill. A year ago he had suffered a hip fracture and last Christmas had a similar misfortune on the other hip.

About 1943 Hal had purchased the Chicago Flag & Decorating Cos., and moved from North Muskegon to Chicago. He had previously been with the Racquette Cos. at Potsdam, N. Y. He was a director and secretary-treasurer of the Central Paper Cos. for twenty years, until March 1942. He had been active in the Chamber of Commerce, besides serving as chairman of a committee studying war-time transportation problems, and was appointed in June 1942 by Gov. Murray D. Van-Wagoner as chairman of the Muskegon County Civilian Defense Council.

Hal was born near Chicago in 1892, and during World War I, he served as a second lieutenant in the Ordnance Department at San Antonio, Texas, and Augusta, Ga.

He leaves his wife, the former Miss Lydia Swanquist: three sons, Ralph H. who was associated in business with him, Harold Alvin Jr., of Chicago, and Bruce, on the staff of the Christian Science Monitor in Boston, and a daughter Karen, living at home. To them we extend our deep-felt sympathy in our mutual loss. Hal was a good Dartmouth man and an outstanding '14er.

1915

HOWARD WHITNEY WING, President of the Dartmouth Club of Lowell, died on August 25 at his home, 577 School St., Lowell, Mass., after an illness following an operation earlier in the year.

Howie was born February 27, 1892, and prepared for Dartmouth at Lowell High School. At Dartmouth, he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity and, upon receiving his A.B., attended Baker School of Business Administration at Harvard.

During World War I, he was pilot instructor at Kelly Field and, upon leaving the service, became associated with Harvard Brewing Cos. as manager of Case Goods Dept., in Lowell.

At the time of his death, Howie was a special agent for the Prudential Life Insurance Cos. He was also a Trustee of Grace Universalis! Church of Lowell.

On June 27, 1933, he married Esther Skinner of Waitsfield, Vt., who survives him, together with two sons, Howard Jr. '40, and Daniel '50.

Funeral services were held August 27 at the First Grace Universalist Church, Lowell. Rep. resenting the College at the services were Paul L. Perkins '14 and Arthur F. Woodies '14.

LESTER DAVIS CASTLE died on August 4 in Chicago, Ill., after a short illness.

Les was born in Chicago November 27, 1893, the son of Perley Delos and Edith (Davis) Castle, and prepared for Dartmouth at Austin High School in Chicago. While at Dartmouth, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and Dragon Senior Society.

After graduating from Dartmouth with a B.S. degree, Les entered the Army and was discharged in 1918 with the rank of second lieutenant, Inf. R. C.

At the end of World War I, Les went back to Chicago where he became employed by the National Bank of Austin as cashier. In 1928 he became vice president, and in 1941 was elected president, which position he held up to the time of his death.

On April 16, 1921, he married Dorothy Woods in Kansas City, Mo., who survives him, with two children, Mary, a graduate of University of Michigan, and Robert W. '49.

1917

WILLIAM BERTRAM ERB died on July 7, 1952, at Stuart, Fla. Bill was born at Bayonne, N. J., on April 6, 1895, the son of Jesse Dean and Jennie (Turbett) Erb. He attended Dartmouth from September 1913 to June 1914, after which he attended the Wharton School for two years. During the first World War he served in the United States Naval Reserve Force. He was a member of S.A.E.

Bill spent most of his business life with the Kimball Glass Cos. and for a short time prior to moving to Florida, he was connected with the Morain Hotel in Highland Park.

Bill is survived by his wife, Marguerite, now Mrs. John L. Taylor, and a son W. Peirce Erb.

1921

RANSOM MORTIMER GASCOIGNE died suddenly at his home, 291 South St., Southbridge, Mass., on his 57th birthday, August 4, from a coronary attack.

He was born in 1896 at Delphos, Ohio, one of four children of the Reverend Mortimer Gascoigne, a Methodist minister, and Carrie Bradley. Upon his father's death, when Ransom was nine years old, his mother returned to Putnam, Conn., where she supported her family by teaching.

Ransom graduated from Putnam High School in 1914 and the University School in Cleveland in 1915. During the spring term of his sophomore year at Ohio State University, he joined with his local chapter of Phi Delta Theta in a group enlistment in the U. S. Army Air Corps. After training at Selfridge and Kelly Fields and serving capably for two years, he was honorably discharged in March 1919 as corporal-cadet pilot instructor.

1 hat fall he entered Dartmouth as a junior and lived at 30 College St., but left after one year to assist his uncle, L. E. Bradley of Southbridge, in the wholesale meat and provision business. At the time of his death, Ran som had been manager of that company for 35 years.

In 1940 he also purchased the Bradley Provision Cos. of Putnam from his other uncle, Ransom Bradley, and ran both companies. He seemed to thrive on work for he had no gray hair and thoroughly enjoyed his family and his Masonic activities. As a member of Quinebaug Lodge, A. F. & A. M. and Melba Temple of the Shrine, he became a 32nd-degree Mason. Knight Templar, Past High Priest, Doric Chapter, R. A. M. and past president of the local Masonic Building Association. He also served on the regional Boy Scout Council.

On June 30, 1937, Ransom married Dorothy Whitehouse at Pomfret, Conn. A son, Ransom Jr. was born July 15, 1938, and a daughter Susan Carol arrived May 31, 1942. After one year at Southbridge H. S., Ransom Jr. is now at Williston Academy and hopes to become an engineer.

1923

Louis PAUL GIROUARD, whose home for many years was Pittsfield, N. H., died in Adrian, Mich., December 31, 1952, at the age of 54. Lou operated one of Pittsfield's leading markets; was past-commander of Peterson-Cram Post, AL; former president of the Independent Food and Grocers Association; and former president of the Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce.

MARSHALL WRIGHT BROWN, aged 49, died January 11 in Albuquerque, N. M., where he had lived for the past six years. "Brownie" graduated with our Class, and went on to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. For years he was assistant superintendent in Panama for the Panama Power and Light Co.; lived for a time in New York City, and then moved to Albuquerque, where he owned and operated a poultry ranch. His wife Katherine, his son Alexander, aged 11, and a sister, Mrs. George Guild, survive him.

Following a long illness, GEORGE HENRY CLAY MARSH died in Southport, Maine, March 17. George was a native of Nashua, N. H., attended Holderness School, and did not complete his course at Dartmouth. He was with the Nashua Gummed and Coated Paper Co. He was survived by his wife; his daughter, Mrs. James Birney of Washington, D. C.; Fred, a son attending Phillips Andover Academy; and two grandchildren.

EDWARD BERNARD LYNCH died April 13 of a heart attack in Minneapolis, where he had lived for many years. He was survived by his wife Louise; two boys, Dennis and Michael (the latter on active duty with the Air Force in Japan); and a daughter Mary. Eddie was famous as a fighting competitor, from his high school days in Aberdeen, S. D., where he was all-state quarterback, throughout his life. At Dartmouth, he was unanimous choice for All-Eastern end in 1922 and was rated high among Ail-American candidates. In addition, he was Eastern Intercollegiate boxing champion. He joined "Doc" Spears at Minnesota as end coach, and coached at lowa, Wisconsin and Carleton College. He had a successful business career with the investment firm of Merrill, Lynch (no relation), Pierce, Fenner and Beane, in Minneapolis, where he was president of the Twin City Bond Club and a member of the Investment Bankers of America. At the outbreak of World War I Eddie resigned from the U. S. Naval Academy to enlist in the Marines, and returned to active duty as a naval officer. He had been an active hunter and fisherman, owning a cabin in the woods near the Twin Cities, on a trout stream.

1925

DR. ALBERT HAYDEN CARTER died suddenly of a heart attack at his home, 192 Otis St., Hingham, Mass., after dinner on May 15. Al was a native of Maiden and a graduate of Maiden High School. At Dartmouth he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.

Entering business after graduation, he soon decided to study medicine at the Massachusetts College of Optometry, from which he got his degree in 1929. He was a practicing optometrist in Hingham for over 22 years and very active in local affairs. Among his interests were the Rotary Club, the Wompatuck Club, and the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, where the funeral was held. The church was filled to overflowing with many friends and practically every business owner in town. Ken Hill represented the Class.

Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Blanche P. (Southworth) Carter; and two brothers, William R. '25 of Wellesley Hills, Mass., and Irving R. '29 of Fairfield, Conn.

The Class surely mourns the loss of a staunch citizen and a man loyal to his College and Class.

1927

CHARLES HERBERT HAYNES died suddenly in Boston on May 25. Charlie had been in apparently good health, was on his way to work and about to take the train when he was stricken. He had suffered an attack of rheumatic fever in his youth, and two years ago, while at work, blacked out from what was later diagnosed as aortic stenosis. He had had a few minor attacks since.

At Dartmouth Charlie played on both the freshman and varsity baseball teams, and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He took his major in Tuck School, and upon graduation went to work for the New England Telephone and Telegraph Cos., remaining with them until the time of his death. His activities with the Telephone Cos. took him, at various times, to Dover, N. H., Northampton, Mass., Springfield, and finally to Boston. At the time of his death he was secretary of the Employees' Benefit Committee, in which assignment he was responsible for the administration of employee pensions, disability benefits, and death benefits for the 35,000 employees of the New England Telephone System.

He was born in Lynn, Mass., on September 19, 1905, and entered Dartmouth from Lynn Classical High School. On June 30, 1930, he was married to Marcia E. Frey, a sister of Albert W. Frey '20. The Haynes had two sons, Rollin, a member of the Class of 1954 at Dartmouth, and John David, age 13.

Charlie had a great love for Dartmouth, and always maintained his interest in the College and in the class. He will be greatly missed by his host of friends, and the sincere sympathy of the class is extended to his wife and two sons.

KENNETH NYMAN MEYERCORD died of cancer in Memorial Hospital, New York, June 13.

Ken did not return to Hanover for our 25th reunion as it was at that time that early symptoms were confusing his doctors. During his illness of about a year, Ken constantly maintained his cheerfulness, thoughtfulness of others, and his strong religious faith that did so much to sustain him.

Although Ken had not been to any recent reunions, he was a very loyal alumnus and was always interested in those matters that were truly for Dartmouth's advancement.

Ken was born in Oak Park, Ill., December 12, 1903, the son of Herman A. Meyercord and Ella Jane Nyman. Ken's preparation for college was completed at Germantown, Pa., High School.

In college Ken was Phi Beta Kappa, Palaeopitus, and editor-in-chief of Jack-O-Lantern. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi and played on the soccer team for three years.

Following graduation, Ken worked his way to the Orient and back. He then found work with Western Electric, in whose employ he observed his 25th anniversary. His work centered around New York and Newark on service, stock maintenance and accounting. Shortly before his illness, Kenneth became assistant superintendent in Distribution Methods and Results Organization. He was in charge of service, stock maintenance methods and developments.

On October 5, 1935, Ken married Madeline L. Roach, a graduate of Southern Methodist University, from Dallas. Everyone who knows the Meyercord family is almost as proud as they of the seven fine children: Susan Mary (1937) and Martha Loving (1942) represent the feminine side; while the masculine side is taken care of by Christopher (1941), Kenneth (1944), David (1947), Andrew (1949), and Philip (1950). Ken is also survived by his mother and a sister, Mrs. W. A. Steeves of West Englewood, N. J.

It was typical of Ken to say at the time of the 25th reunion, "If present, we'll all be there; in this tribe when we do anything special, we do it as a family." Those who knew Ken can well remember very friendly things that he had done.

For the present, the Meyercord family will continue to live at 44 Crescent Road, Madison, N. J.

1946

LOUIE SNOW JONES died of polio on August 10 in McCork Hospital, Hartford, Conn. He was taken to the hospital in a makeshift respirator and had been in an iron lung for four days.

Lew grew up in New Britain, and graduated from Storm King School at Cornwall on the Hudson. He was with us at Dartmouth, then enlisted in the Air Corps. Since the War, he has built his own business, the Jones Industrial Supply Corp.

Surviving the deceased are his mother, Mrs. Jessie Jones, wife Jane Jones; his sons Richard and Louis Jr.; three sisters, Mrs. Robert C. Hannegan, Mrs. John S. Caravan Jr., and Miss Rosemary Jones; and a brother, Elbridge Jones.

Dartmouth and the Class extend sympathy to his family for our mutual loss.

CARL ROBERT McKINNON died August 5 at the Melrose (Mass.) Hospital. It seems yesterday we watched Carl aggressively lead the Big Green football team, and now the terrible news of his death at 30 years of age.

Carl was born in Everett, Mass. He went to high school there and then to Dartmouth, where he was co-captain of the varsity football team and baseball team. Carl was a hardworking guy, very popular with his classmates, who elected him to the executive committee in the fall of 1942. During World War II he served in the Marines as a lieutenant, and since his discharge had been in the food market business with his brother.

Surviving Carl are his wife, the former Barbara Lewis, daughter of the late Mayor Frank E. Lewis of Everett; two children, Carol Ann and Linda Dianne; and three brothers, George, William and Russell.

Carl's many friends in the Class are stunned by his untimely death.

In Syracuse on May 20, RALPH VALLERY MERRITT died of a heart attack. He was 27. Ralph was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, where he received his early education. After graduating from Dartmouth, he earned his Master's degree in accounting at Tuck. At Dartmouth Ralph was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He was working as a CPA for Stover, Butler and Murphy, accountants. An active community man, he was a member of the Plymouth Church where he served on the board of Christian education. He was also a member of the N. Y. State Society of Certified Public Accountants. During World War II he was in the Navy, and at the time of his death was a lieutenant (jg) in the Reserve.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Joanne H. Merritt; a daughter, Valerie two sons, David and Douglas; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Merritt, and a sister Merle Anne.

His former shipmates and classmates extend their deepest sympathy to his family.

NATHAN TOWNLEY M1LLIKEN

FRANK ELEAZAR ROWE '91

CLASS AGENT JOHN ROLAND SPRING '98

CLAYTON LEMUEL ERWIN '03

JOHN WILLIAM KNIBBS JR. '05