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.]
Gage, Herbert E. '87, Oct. 25 Moody, John F. '00, Oct. 23 Andrus, William H. '01, Aug. 24 Grant, Ralph W. '01, Oct. 19 Brown, Philip L. '03, Nov. 6 McKnight, Charles F. '04, Oct. 29 Minsch, William J. '07, Oct. 25 Sherwin, Ralph A. '10, Oct. 30 Ayer, Paul P. '11, Oct. 23 Shedd, Harold H. '13, Oct. 26 McAuliffe, John B. '16, Oct. 30 Wessel. Donald '16, Oct. to Meier, Mahlon M. '23, Apr. 6, 1948 Cohen, Abraham '27, Nov. 2 Mountcastle, Charles B. '27, Oct. 10 Dow, Wallace W. '35, May 17 Hamilton, John T. '48, Oct. Tibbets, William H. '54, Oct. 25 Ford, John F. '92m, Oct. 9
1887
HERBERT EDWIN GAGE died on October 25 at Hale Hospital, Haverhill, Mass., after a brief illness. He was born in Boxford, Mass., August 9, 1865, the son of Roscoe Wisner and Abby (Cole) Gage.
After attending district schools in Boxford, Herbert entered Newburyport High School and in three years was admitted to Chandler Scientific Department of Dartmouth from which he graduated with high standing. Immediately after graduating, he took a job as rodman with the Boston and Albany Railroad at Springfield, Mass.; was there for eighteen years. Then when the New York Central ieased the Albany Railroad, he was transferred to the civil engineering department at Boston and continued there for thirty years more, making a service record of 48 years with one railroad system. His various positions were: rodman, division engineer, and lastly assistant valuation engineer. He retired on the railroad's pension plan at the age of 70.
He was married in September 1895 to Harriet Frances Clark of Plaistow, N. H. They lived in Wellesley for 24 years and in 1919 moved to Mrs. Gage's home town where they had a very attractive home. Mrs. Gage died in 1934. Afterwards, up until his death, this home served as Herbert's address for about five months of each year, and for the remaining seven months throughout the winter, he lived in St. Petersburg, Fla.
He was a member of the New England Railroad Club, The University Club of Boston, and the Society of Colonial Wars of New Hampshire.
Through life he made many friends, few enemies. He had sterling qualities; modest, kindly, upright, dependable ... a good citizen.
1904
THOMAS VINCENT UNIAC died at his home, 17 Ridge Road, Lawrence, Mass., on October 8. He was born in Randolph, Mass., January 18, 1881, and prepared for college at Thayer Academy.
In college he played on the varsity baseball team and was a member of the football squad, Theta Delta Chi and Sphinx. He later played professional baseball to earn money to finish his education.
After receiving his M.D. from Dartmouth in 1909, Tom interned at the Massachusetts State Infirmary and began the practice of medicine in Lawrence in 1914. He served as president of the medical staff at McGowan Memorial Hospital, chief of obstetrics at Lawrence General Hospital, city physician, chairman of the Board of Health, and member of the Merrimac Sewerage District. He was a member of the Greater Lawrence and American Medical societies, a past president of the Kiwanis Club and the Dartmouth Club of Lawrence, and a member of the Elks, Knights of Columbus and a trustee of the Bessie Burke Hospital
Tom was married in April, 1916, to Anna McGlynn of Lawrence, who survives him. Tom had four great loves - his wife, his church, his profession and Dartmouth College. He was a devoted member of his class and attended all reunions and round-ups. Matt Bullock and Peter Maguire represented the class at the funeral. The outpouring of friends, patients and associates was a testimony of the affection and respect in which Tom was held. An editorial in the LawrenceTribune said, "Dr. Uniac was a general practitioner who was nevertheless a specialist. He was a specialist in personal magnetism which drew people to him and, when they were sick, gave them the benefit of his strength and courage."
Gracious, sincere, lovable, he combined the qualities which endeared him to all who came in contact with him. It is with sincere sorrow that we record his passing.
1907
JAMES AGARD BARTLETT died on October 1 at his home on Spring Creek Road, Rockford, Ill., at the age of 70.
Jimmy, as his classmates knew him, was correspondent for several newspapers during his student days and had been looking forward to a newspaper career. However, he returned from college to enter the flour business established by his grandfather and uncle, and continued by his father. In 1924, the flour business having been discontinued, Jimmy erected modern warehouses and established the Bartlett Storage Warehouse Co. of which he was president at the time of his death.
His interests were many. Rockford College, of which his mother was a graduate, was a principal recipient of his time and effort. When Jimmy was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Rockford College last June, he had served as trustee for twenty years and as treasurer for eighteen. He was also a devoted Rotarian, having been a charter member, secretary, vice president and president, and having earned the affectionate title of "Mr. Rotary." Other principal interests were the Rockford Boys' Club and the Second Congregational Church. Testimony of Rockford citizens is unanimous in their high rating of Jimmy's personal qualities and abilities, and of the heavy loss which the community has suffered in his passing.
In December 1930 Jimmy was married to Helen Rothschild, who survives him with two daughters, Mary (Mrs. David Caskey) and Myrta Agard Bartlett.
1908
With the death of EVERETT MARSH of cancer of the throat, at his home, 710 South Glenwood Ave., Clearwater, Fla., on October 4, the Class of 1908 lost another stalwart.
Although with us only during freshman year he had always been an active member of the Class and the Dartmouth-Chicago alumni, and in 1928 was president of the Chicago Alumni Association.
Ev was born April 5, 1885, in St. Paul, Minn., and his residence while in college was Evanston, Ill. He prepared for Dartmouth at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N. H.
His active life was spent in Chicago in life insurance activities and for more than forty years had been agent and manager of the Chicago office of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York. He retired two years ago and moved with his wife Violet and two grandsons, Everett and George Stephen, to their new home in Clearwater which he called Happiness House because of the tender care which Vi gave him in his long and painful illness.
He was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension and of the Harrison Athletic Club of Clearwater. His college fraternity was Phi Kappa Psi.
Besides his widow, formerly Violet Heathcote Hills, he leaves a son George Hills Marsh, Dartmouth 1936, of Chicago; a daughter Virginia Hills (Mrs. Brooks Middleton) of Phoenix, Ariz.; three grandsons, Everett Hills and George Stephen Marsh who made their home with Ev and Vi, and Brooks Porter Middleton.
Classmates sent flowers in the name of the Class. At his own request he was cremated and his ashes spread on the Gulf of Mexico from an airplane.
1911
PAUL PALMER AYER died of cancer at his home in Scituate, Mass., on October 23. The son of John and Annabel Ayer, he attended Belmont (Mass.) High School, from which he entered .Dartmouth and graduated with the class, during which time he was an active member of Sigma Chi and Dragon.
Paul's business life was spent in the field of chemicals and allied products, beginning as assistant treasurer of the Mayflower Rubber Works Co., from 1911-1918. From 1918-1919, he served in World War I as a first lieutenant in the Gas Defense Service of the Army's Chemical Warfare Department. Following his war service he became manager of the New York office and later the Atlanta office of the Stedman Products Co., from 1924-27. From this occupation he next was made an architectural representative of the Keystone Varnish Co. He occupied this position until his retirement a few years later, following a serious automobile accident.
Paul was married January 4, 1922, to Doris Brown of Maiden, Mass., who died July i, 1948.
Surviving him is his son, William H., and two granddaughters, Susan and Janet. Funeral services were held at the Sparrell Funeral Home in Cohasset on October 25. It was suggested that friends might send contributions to the American Cancer Society in place of flowers.
Although Paul had been unable to participate directly in class affairs because of his injury, he nevertheless continued to be a very interested member of the class and active in his contributions to the Alumni Fund and other activities. He was a fine citizen, and will be missed by his classmates and friends.
1916
In the death of JOHN BOYLE MCAULIFFE, hardly a man in the Class of 1916 will fail to experience a feeling that he has lost a personal friend and the Class one of its most loyal members. He was one of the giants of our undergraduate days, and one of the most colorful men in Dartmouth history. Space prevents a complete recording of his achievements here. Jack died in Worcester City Hospital on October 30 a few hours after suffering a coronary thrombosis.
Jack McAuliffe was born in Worcester, Mass., October 16, 1892, son of Timothy J. and Anne (Boyle) McAuliffe. His father was a stone carver and an artist of considerable renown. Jack attended Worcester Academy; entered Dartmouth in 1912 where he played freshman football and baseball, and captained the varsity football team winning All-American honors. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sphinx and Palaeopitus.
After graduation Jack joined the Navy for the duration of World War I, and for a time was a gunnery instructor at Harvard. Following the war, he was football coach at Marquette University, later an assistant coach at Dartmouth, and for several years head coach of Catholic University, Washington, also acting as director of athletics. For the past 21 years he had been an Internal Revenue Agent in Worcester, but maintained an active participation in the affairs of Worcester Academy, Dartmouth, the American Legion, and the Holy Name Society. He was the honored friend of men of many classes of Dartmouth and of other institutions, and a highly respected citizen of Worcester.
Surviving him are his wife, Helen Flynn McAuliffe, and two sisters, Mary K. McAuliffe and Anna D. McAuliffe; also two nieces and three nephews. He is buried in St. John's Cemetery, Worcester.
DONALD WESSEJL passed away on October 10, at his home, 42 Balcomb St., Salem, Mass. Wessel was born in Danvers, Mass., April 6, 1894, son of George Washington and Eugenia (Flanders) Wessel. He attended Beverly High School and entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1916, leaving college before graduation.
He was married to Mollie Rebecca Hathaway, September 15, 1918, in Washington. She survives him. The one child of this marriage, Gardner Hathaway Wessel, born in 1920, died in 1926.
"Curly" served as corporal in the U.S. Army during World War I, and after the war went to work for the United Shoe Machinery Co. in Beverly, Mass., as a chemist. For many years he was an engineer with the General Electric Company in Lynn.
Always a quiet, retiring fellow, Curly possessed a keen sense of humor and was a congenial and expansive companion among his close friends.
1924
DAVID ALLEN PERRY died suddenly of a heart attack on October 12. He had had a previous attack a few years earlier. Dave was born in Sharon, Mass., on March 12, 1902. His family moved to Weston shortly thereafter and he lived his entire life in that community. He attended the Weston schools before entering college. In college he was active in many fields — served his class as vice president for two years, played on his freshman and varsity hockey teams, was a member of the original Green Key delegation, an elected member of Palaeopitus, and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Casque and Gauntlet.
After graduation, Dave continued his active participation in community life, serving at various times as follows: the Weston School Committee for nine years (three years as chairman); the Board of Appeals of the Weston Planning Board; clerk of the First Parish Unitarian Church; director of the Weston Golf Club; a member of the Weston Republican Committee; chief air raid warden of the Weston Civilian Defense Committee; a member of the Massachusetts State Guard; a member of the University Club hockey team; an officer of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston; president of the Casque and Gauntlet Alumni Association.
On November si, 1931, Dave and Alice Johnson, also of Weston, were married. Alice survives him with their five children: David Allen Jr., Arthur Ladd, Eben Pierce, Sarah, and John Treadway. He is also survived by three sisters: Mrs. Winslow Henderson, Mrs. Everett Brotchie, and Mrs. Frederick Kenney.
Shortly after graduation, Dave went to work for Ginn and Company of Boston, schoolbook publishers. His entire business life was spent with this concern and he was their purchasing agent at the time of his death.
We all saw in Dave those qualities which we would like to have in ourselves. His thoughts were always of others, his loyalty was beyond measure, he was loved and respected wherever he went. To his immediate family goes the sincere sympathy of Dave's host of friends. We shall miss him tremendously.
1927
CHARLES BASSETT MOUNTCASTLE died on October 10 as the result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident on September 13. Chuck had lived in Cleveland for most of his life, and had retired from business, and moved on September 1 of this year to Belle Haven, Va., where he had bought a farm.
He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pa., on April 5, 1905, the son of Harry William and Clara (Bassett) Mountcastle. The family moved to Cleveland soon after he was born, and he grew up there. He entered Dartmouth from the high school in Cleveland Heights.
His first business experience was with the Forman Bassett Co., founded by a grandfather. In 1933 he formed his own company, the Mountcastle Map Co., which he headed for seven years. He then joined the Crane-Howard Lithograph Co., and during the three years prior to his retirement he was with the Inlaid Plastics Co.
On June 15, 1931, he was married to Helen Markell, who survives him. They had one daughter, Mary Helen, born August 2, 1933, and a son, Charles Bassett Jr., born May 28, 1936. He is also survived by his brother, William W. Mountcastle '22.
The sincere sympathy of the Class is ex tended to his family.
1939
JOHN THAYER BATES died suddenly at the Symmes Hospital in Arlington, Mass., on August 22. Jack was born in Somersworth, N. H., September 1, 1916, and lived there as an undergraduate. He was the son of the late Emerson Thayer and Helen B. Bates.
Jack was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1935 where he was on the crew, track team, and Glee Club.
At Dartmouth Jack was an active member of Zeta Psi and well remembered by Zetes for his carefree determination and his ready smile. Jack was a scholar, a gentleman, and a fine sportsman. He loved skiing, hunting, fishing and motor boating. The first day of snow would find Jack at Woodstock or Cannon Mt. At Glendale, where his family had a summer home on Locke's Island, Winnipesaukee, Jack knew the holes where deep trolling would find an early season laker, or salmon. After college days he furthered his love of mountains and lakes and spent many weekends on Lake Winnipesaukee.
Following graduation Jack went to work for Gulf Oil Corp., Boston division. He earned many proinotions with Gulf in Eastern New England during the next fifteen years and was the supervisor of cost analysis at the time of his death.
In 1941 Jack married Helene Lake of Brookline, sister of Wendell Lake '38. Jack and Helene built a home at 63 Locust Ave., Lexington, Mass., in 1948, and they lived there until Jack's untimely death.
During World War II Jack was an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve, serving on Mine Sweepers in the Atlantic, at Hingham shipyard, and at Pearl Harbor Naval Base. He was in service four years, and was a senior lieutenant on release to inactive duty in February of 1946.
Jack had hardly been sick a day in his life before the sudden attack, while working in his home woodworking shop.
He is survived by Helene and his mother; to them goes the sympathy of the class mem bers.
1948
JOHN TAYLOR HAMILTON died early in October at his family home, 411 11th St., North, Great Falls, Montana. He had been ill for about a year and returned to Great Falls about a month before his death.
Jack was born in Great Falls, the son of Henry Montgomery Hamilton '13 and Louise Taylor. He graduated from Great Falls High School and matriculated with the class of '48 in July of 1944. He left to enter service in February 1945 and spent 21 months in the Army, 14 of them overseas in the Pacific. He returned to Dartmouth in February 1947 and graduated in June 1950.
After graduation, he worked for General Mills in Chicago and, in 1951, moved to Texas where he was associated with the Texas-Gulf Corp. at Midland.
He was a member of Kappa Sigma and a loyal son of Dartmouth for the remainder of his life. He is survived by his parents and three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Sancken, Albany, Ga.; Mrs. Elizabeth Bevins, Corning, N. Y.; and Shirley Hamilton of Great Falls.
Jack, a charter member of our scattered class, will be greatly missed by us all.
1954
The news of the death of WILLIAM HOOPER TIBBITS at his home in North River, N. Y. on October 25 brings the Class of '54 flag to half staff again. Bill apparently took his own life by carbon monoxide poisoning.
He was born in Bronxville, N. Y., April 11, 1933, the son of Charles H. and Alice (Hooper) Tibbits and came to college from North River after attending Johnsburg Central High School in North Creek, N. Y.
Almost immediately on his arrival on the campus Bill won recognition as an outstanding skier and during his four years won renown internationally. He was a four-event skier but specialized in downhill and slalom. His first year he placed fifth in the USEASA giant slalom and seventh in the Weber Cup Race and topped off a fine season by grabbing a first in the USEASA Class B combined downhill-slalom championships. In the summer of 1952 Bill took second place in the slalom race in the Chilean national ski tournament and in March, 1953, he won the men's national giant slalom championship at Mt. Mansfield.
Bill was always a gentleman - everyone who knew him was a friend. Although his accomplishments were many he never talked about them. A member of Sigma Nu and Casque and Gauntlet he had a host of friends on the campus. Bill had been studying at Cornell this summer and the Dartmouth trustees had granted him his degree at their meeting on October 11.
To his parents the class extends its deepest sympathy.
WILLIAM JOSEPH MINSCH '07
JAMES AGARD BARTLETT '07
