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]

Earl, William B. '92, Apr. 27 Bailey, Herbert M. '99, Apr. 13 Lowe, Frank W. '01, Apr. 20 Owen, Carl M..'01, Apr. 12 Stone, Howard P. '02, Apr. 21 Batchelder, Nathaniel H. '03, Apr. 27 Cushing, Henry D. '03, Jan. Whelden, Perley E. '03, Apr. 20 Fiske, Robert C. '04, Apr. 13 Blood, Arthur K. '08, Apr. 15 Miner, Edward G. '12, Apr. 19 Foote, Richard W. '12, Apr. 6 Wilkinson, Ray L. '14, Apr. 8 Beer, Joseph H. '14, Sept. 19. 1953 Chamberlin, Harley H. '16. Mar. 18 Goldthwaite, du Val R. '16, Apr. 26 Sperry, Irving L. '17, Mar. 27 Rhodes, Russell '18, May 1 Campbell, Raymond E. '19, Mar. 23 Fellowe.s, Frederick G. '20, Apr. 9 Loomis, Robert H. '20, Sept. 26, 1953 Green, Alfred M. '21, Apr. 15 Babcock, George N. '24, Feb. 8, 1952 Maxwell, Noble O. '24, Apr. 3 Robinson, Kenneth W. '29, Mar. 4 Mondell, George P. '33, Apr. 22, 1951 Cullen, Edward R. '34, June 30, 1953 Tucker, Ward C. '42, May 2 Palot, Charles H. '56, July 23, 1953 de Jurenev, Nicholas B. 26t, Apr. 29

1892

WILLIAM BRUCE EARL died on April 27 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leon Chariere, 212 Main St., Port Jervis, N. Y.

Billie was born in Lowell, Mass., April 25, 1869. In college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. After graduation he became associated with the jewelry firm of Aiken, Lambert Co. in New York City. In 1895 he joined his father in W. D. Earl & Co. of Leominster, Mass., manufacturers of horn and celluloid products. He took control in 1911 on the retirement of his father. A year later the firm was incorporated and Billie remained treasurer and manager until his retirement.

Billie was a pioneer in Boy Scout work and organized, in Leominster, one of the first three troops in the country. He was instrumental in setting up the first Boy Scout camp at Squam Lake, N. H., and later was one of the founders of the permanent camp at Dublin, N. H. He received many scout awards, including the Silver Beaver. He assisted in organizing the Red Cross chapter in Leominster and was its first president.

On October 12, 1904, Billie was married to Joanna Cook Thayer who survives him. For many years they made their home at 108 Walnut St., Leominister. Besides his wife and daughter, Billie is survived by his son William B. Earl Jr. '33.

Billie was a most loyal Dartmouth alumnus and member of the Class. He served as class agent 1922-25. Though he was in ill health for some time, his letters relative to Class affairs were always so cheerful and hopeful it was a shock to learn that he had passed on. His sterling qualities endeared him to all who knew him. He will be greatly missed and the Class extends to Mrs. Earl and his family our deep sympathy.

1899

HERBERT MYRON BAILEY died in Claremont, N. H., on April 13, of a heart ailment which had grown progressively worse over the past ten years.

Herbert was born March 13, 1878 in Claremont, the son of Erastus Clarence and Jennie Sarah (Bailey) Bailey. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Claremont Stevens High School.

In the early morning of almost the very day when he was to return to college for his second year, his father's farm buildings burned to the ground. A consequent lack of ready money and his strong sense of duty which actuated him all his life led him to leave college at Christmas time, 1896. He helped his father rebuild, and from this experience went on to become a master carpenter. He worked in Windsor, Vt., for several years, in California for one year, and then for more than 45 years lived and worked in Springfield, Mass. About ten years ago he retired to his native Claremont.

On January 1, 1901 Herbert married Maude E. Hunt, of Springfield, who survives him. There were no children.

Herbert was a precision worker, with a patient, intense enthusiasm for the fine points of his trade - everything that required artistic designing and close attention to detail fascinated him. In Springfield he was head carpenter for such construction firms as J. C. Pinney and W. A. Newton. His most interesting undertaking was earlier in Cornish, N. H., where he had the major charge of erecting the country home of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the famous sculptor.

Funeral services were held from the Stoughton-Davis Funeral Home in Claremont, April 17. The Rev. Forrest C. Higgins of the Congregational Church officiated. Burial was in the family lot in the Pleasant Street Cemetery. Present with their wives were two classmates, Kenneth Beal and Hawley B. Chase, who acted as honorary pallbearers. Among the many flowers was a basket from the Class of 1899.

1901

CARL MAYNARD OWEN, senior partner of the law firm of Willkie, Owen, Farr, Gallagher and Walton, 15 Broad St., New York City, died on April 12 of a heart attack in Delray Beach, Fla.

Carl was bora August 17, 1879 in Galena, Ohio, and following his preparatory studies entered Illinois College. In our sophomore year he transferred to Dartmouth, and was graduated with the class.

Carl was a student of marked ability receiving honorable mention in history in 1900 and graduating with Phi Beta Kappa rank. He was a member of the Debating Union for three years, a Smith and Class of 1866 prize speaker, president of the History Club, and member of Phi Delta Theta.

He received his LL.B. degree in 1905 from Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Law Review. Admitted to the New York Bar in 1906, he began practice in New York City, and in 1910 became a partner in the firm of Hornblower, Byrne, Miller and Potter. This firm assumed its present title in 1941 when the late Wendell Willkie became its head. As a specialist in corporation law, Carl took an important part in several major financial transactions and corporation organizations. He was counsel to the Receiver for the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Co., and also to the Receiver for the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. He was a director in several corporations and a member of the State and American Bar Associations. In recent years he had devoted much of his time to the work of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of which he was a director.

Carl came to us in sophomore year but soon made a place for himself in the class; always sincere and friendly, he was well liked by all. His charm and personality, will always be remembered by his classmates and he will be greatly missed at our class gatherings as he was always in attendance. Ever loyal to the class and the College, he was a most generous supporter.

Surviving are his widow, Shirley Barnes Owen; a daughter, Shirley Owen Sargent; two sons, David B. and Richard B. Owen '45, and two grandchildren.

The funeral services were held at the Chapel of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and were largely attended. The class was represented by Eliot and Pearl Bishop, Joe Raphael and Francis Marsh.

1902

On April 21 our dear friend and classmate, HOWARD PERLEY STONE, died in a nursing home in Chicago at the age of 75. Howard, whom we affectionately called the "General," was one of that group of fine young men who came to our class from Haverhill (Mass.) High School. In college he was famous for his ready laugh and his sense of humor. Throughout his college course he roomed with Howard Harris and Stubby Carleton in Wentworth Hall. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

Howard began his business career in New York as an employee of Chas. Scribner and Sons. Then he was advertising manager for Dodd, Mead and Co. After that he was with the Hearst Publications in New York and Chicago and Scripps-Howard in Cincinnati. Later he was a member of the firm of Powers and Stone. He became an employee of the Macmillan Co. and remained with that firm till his retirement two years ago. "General" was active in Masonic affairs in Chicago.

On July 30, 1910 Howard married Gertrude Durphy who died in 1939. He leaves a sister. Mrs. Mabel B. Rollins of White Plains, N. Y„ and two brothers, Allison F. of Lawrence and Henry L. 'OB of Haverhill.

Funeral services were held on April 23. The body was cremated and the ashes scattered over Lake Michigan.

God rest you, dear "General."

1903

NATHANIEL HAYWARD BATCHELDER died in Elliot Community Hospital, Keene, N. H., on April 27 following a long period of failing health. He had made his home at 85 Washington St. in Keene.

Batch was born in Keene February 11, 1880, the son of Alfred T. Batchelder '71 and Alice H. Hayward. He was educated in the Keene schools. In college he was a member of Psi Upsilon and Sphinx.

After graduation he attended Harvard Law School for two years but the theatre had a greater attraction. For the next few years he was treasurer of Denman Thompson's "The Old Homestead." In 1912 he returned to Keene and became treasurer of his father's company, Impervious Package Co. He was active in community and fraternal affairs. He was a member of the Lodge of the Temple, F. & A.M., Sons of Colonial Wars, and was president of the Cheshire County Dartmouth Alumni Association, 1915-19.

On October 8, 1919 Batch was married to Ruth Whitcomb who survives him with a daughter, Mrs. William H. Foster. Batch's brother Jim, who died in 1942. was also a member of our class.

A constant attendant at class reunions and college gatherings Batch was a loyal alumnus and will be greatly missed.

HENRY DWIGHT CUSHING of Huntington, L. I., N. Y., died in January. He was born in North Scituate, Mass., January 13, 1882, the son of Elijah H. and Lucy A. Cushing. In college he was a member of The Dartmouth and Aegis boards, Sigma Chi and Phi Beta Kappa.

After graduation he was in the advertising business in Boston and for some years was New England manager for the Lockwood Trade Journal Co. Dwight joined the First Corps Cadets in 1906; in 1912 he was commissioned 2nd Lt. in the Bth Mass. Infantry; he was commissioned Captain in 1915 and went to the Mexican Border in 1916; he was commissioned Major in March 1917 and called into federal service in May; in May, 1918 he went overseas in command of the Ist Anti-aircraft M.B.Bn.; he was discharged in June, 1919 and commissioned Lt. Col. in the Reserves and in 1923 was promoted to Colonel.

For some years Dwight was general manager and advertising director of the AmericanLegion Weekly and later was in the advertising business in New York.

In 1915 Dwight was married to Mercedes Elodia De Rozenitia. They had two sons, Dwight A. and Henry R. Cushing.

PERLY EATON WHELDEN died on April 20 at Grafton, Mass. He was born July 6, 1882 at Ludlow, Vt. In college he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, and was on our sophomore football team and on the varsity scrub.

After graduation he was in the hardware and pulp wood business. About 1920 he moved to Newton, Mass., and entered the insurance business. He was general agent and then broker and was active in his business until his death. He moved to Grafton in 1951.

Prexie was a member of the Evangelical Congregational Church of Grafton, a member of Black River Lodge of Masons, a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner.

In 1912 he married Martha F. McLellan, who survives him with five sons, Benjamin M., John E. '38, Robert M. '42, James H. '46 and Frank M. Prexie had two brothers in Dart1 mouth, Richard G. '11 and B. Marsh '21. Ford Whelden '25 is a cousin and John W. '49 a nephew.

Prexie followed the affairs of his college and fraternity very closely. From 1923 to 1928 he was our class secretary jointly, with Charlie Luce.

1904

ROBERT CHESTER FISKE died on April 13 in Twentynine Palms, Calif, where he had recently been living in his retirement. He was born August 1, 1882, and prepared for Dartmouth at the Hyde Park (Mass.) High School. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and the Aegis board. Bob had a delightful personality and was extremely well liked by all his classmates.

After graduation Bob worked for a short time for the Portsmouth, N. H., Street Railway Co. He decided to go West, and soon became associated with Marshall Wells Co. of Duluth, then the third largest hardware wholesalers in the country. Not long after joining the company Bob was transferred to Portland, Ore., and put in charge of the company's advertising.

Bob was married on October 9, 1912 to Helen A. Wentworth of Portland. They had one daughter, Barbara Wentworth Fiske. Shortly after his marriage Bob went into business for himself as manufacturer's sales representative, and as a side line had a small fruit and nut farm which incidentally adjoined a tract of land belonging to Jig Leverone.

During World War I, Bob engaged in the ship lumber business for war purposes. He continued in the lumber business for several years and then moved to California where he became a consultant in timber and heavy construction work in the shipbuilding field.

Only a few days before Bob's death the editor of our fifty-year history received a letter from him telling of his poor health but saying that he would soon write a sketch of his career and send it along for the report. He was never able to do this, for soon a letter came from Mrs. Fisk with the sad news that Bob had passed away. Bob was a fine friend, and a wonderful husband and father, a staunch Republican and a member of the Congregational Church. Mrs. Fiske wrote that lie never lost his love for Dartmouth and regretted deeply that distance made it impossible for him to attend reunions.

1912

RICHARD WHITTIER FOOTE died April 6, after being stricken with a coronary attack at Savannah, Ga., while on a business trip.

He was born at Winchester, Mass., on February 8, 1890. He subsequently moved to Newton, Mass., where he graduated from Newton High School in 1908, a classmate of Eddie Luitwieler and Ray Cabot, who were his roommates while Dick was at Dartmouth. He entered college with the Class of 1912, and although he did not graduate, was one of the most loyal and beloved classmates.

He married Hazel Smith of Summit, N. J., September 5, 1917, and is survived by her, by a son Howard, who is married and lives in Lincoln, Mass., with two children, and by a daughter Ann who lives in New York. Another son, Richard Whittier Foote, died in infancy.

Dick has a broad and interesting experience in the advertising field, textiles and, more recently, operated his own business as a merchandise distributor. While maintaining his permanent home at Little Compton, R. I., he also had a business and a winter home at Maitland, Ga.

Burial services were at Newton Cemetery, attended by Lyme Armes, Eddie Luitwieler and Ray Cabot from the class.

EDWARD COOLEY MINER died on April 19 at his home, 425 North St., Walpole, Mass., after a sudden heart attack.

He was born at Chicopee, Mass., November 1, 1889, the son of Ella Henrietta Cooley and Ellis Warren Miner. He prepared at Central High School, Springfield, Mass., entering Dartmouth and receiving an A.B. degree with the Class of 1912. He married Eileen May Barlow at Walpole, Mass., September 29, 1923, who survives him.

For twenty years he was employed as a sales engineer for the Foxboro Company, Foxboro, Mass. From the time he graduated from Dartmouth until 1918 he was with the old Knox Automobile Co. in Springfield, Mass., commencing as a billing clerk and working up to advertising manager. He enlisted in the Chemical Warfare Service, Coast Defense Division in World War I, and was stationed at Syracuse, N. Y., Lakehurst, N. J., and Astoria, N. Y. From 1919 to 1931 he was engaged in sales promotion for Multibestos Brake Lining Co., occupying the position of sales manager when that company was absorbed by another corporation.

Funeral services were held at Walpole.

1914

On April 8 RAY WILKINSON was killed in the crash of a British Comet jet airliner just south of Naples in the Mediterranean Sea. Ray had made frequent trips abroad to visit the leather markets but this was a combination business and pleasure trip to which he had looked forward with keen anticipation.

Ray was born in Salem, Mass., January 4, 1892, the son of William F. and Nellie (Larcom) Wilkinson. He prepared for college at Salem High School. In college he was a member of the Musical Clubs and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

After graduation Ray became connected with the Wilkinson Counter Co., a firm manufacturing shoe counters, which had been founded by his father and uncle. In 1926 he became president of the company. He was also a director of the Bessom Corp. of Salem.

Ray always kept up his interest in music and had composed several operettas and librettos. For many years he had a summer home at Marblehead Neck and fifteen years ago moved there permanently. He was a yachting enthusiast and a member of the Eastern Yacht Club.

Although not a regular attendant at Dartmouth functions, Ray was deeply interested in the College and the Class of 1914, as was evidenced by a legacy to be called "The 1914 Fund." He made the gift to the College "in acknowledgment of my indebtedness to Dartmouth, which gave to life a range, depth and color before unknown."

Ray's only survivor is an uncle Carl E. Larcom of Beverly, Mass. His marriage many years ago to Katherine Curry had terminated in divorce.

1916

HARLEY HAMMOND CHAMBERLIN, born in Concord, N. H., May 2, 1893, died March 18 in Washington, D. C„ and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He was the son of George L. Chamberlin and Elvira J. Hammond.

After graduation from the Concord High School, he entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1916 and remained for one year only. He worked briefly for the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. in' New Haven, Conn., leaving to enter the Army in 1917. He was a Ist Lt. of Infantry. Following the war he was employed as a senior auditor in the U.S. Shipping Board. Later he engaged in business as an automobile dealer in Concord.

In September 1917 he married Ruth W. Ballou, and had two children, Harley Hammond Jr., born in 1918, and Dorothy Ruth, born in 1922.

Mr. Chamberlin is the second member of the Class of 1916 to be buried in Arlington.

With the death of DU VAL RADFORD GOLDTHWAITE on April 26, in Englewood, N. J., passed a personality who would undoubtedly have made a lasting impression in 1916 history had not "Goldie" left College late in freshman year. Members of the student body who witnessed the titanic struggle between the 1916 freshman and the Dean Academy football teams will never forget the sudden forward pass, the quick spurt by left end Goldthwaite, and the touchdown which tied the score at 7-7. And with his athletic prowess Goldie combined a charming personality and a wonderful sense of humor.

Goldie was born in Montgomery, Ala., August 23, 1893. He attended St. Paul's School at Garden City, L. I., and attended Dartmouth for less than one year, leaving with the avowed intention of entering Cornell's engineering school, but enrolling instead at Harvard, from which he graduated in 1917.

He joined the Naval Reserve in World War I, and attained the rank of lieutenant. His business connections included the Vacuum Oil Co., the Congoleum Co., and Dillon, Read & Co., in which firm he became a partner. He participated in the organization of the International Printing Ink Corp., of which he became executive vice president. He was elected president in 1932 and chairman of the board in 1937, at which time the company changed its name to the Interchemical Corporation. He was also patron of music from his college days and constructed at M.I.T. a musical instrument which used beams of light and a photoelectric cell to produce new musical sounds.

He is survived by his widow, the former Mary Stringfellow, three sons, du Val Radford Jr., Ward Hall and Richard Scott. He also leaves two sisters.

1919

It is sad to record the passing of another classmate, RAYMOND EATON CAMPBELL, in Lyndonville, Vt., on March 23. Funeral services were held at the First Congregational Church and burial took place in the Lyndon Cemetery.

Ray was born in Lyndon, Vt., August 31, 1896,' the son of Gilbert M. and Mary E. Campbell. He attended Lyndon Institute and entered Dartmouth with the Class in 1915. subsequently attending the Wharton School of Finance.

On May 18, 1920 he married Helen Colvin of Montpelier who survives him with two children, Raymond Campbell Jr. of Groton, Conn., and a daughter Virginia, Mrs. John Downs of St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Active in community affairs, he was especially interested in the Lyndonville Electric Light Department, which he served as commissioner. He also served as town lister and auditor, and was a member of the executive committee of the Board of Trustees of Lyndon Institute.

The Class extends its most sincere sympathy to the family in their sorrow.

1920

FREDERICK GAIL FELLOWES died in Tucson, Ariz., on April 9. Bob Fish '18 has kindly supplied the following notice. Ted was born in Exeter, N. H., January 8, 1898, and there attended the grade schools and Phillips Exeter Academy. He entered Dartmouth with our class in 1916 but left to enlist in the Naval Reserve and later transferred to the Marine Corps with which he served overseas. Returning to college he was on the track and football teams, and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

After graduation Ted served the United Fruit Co. as a supervisor in Costa Rica until 1925. From 1925 to 27 he was instructor in English at Lawrence Academy. From 1927 to 1935 he was instructor in English and coach of football and baseball at Nichols Country Day School in Buffalo. In 1935 Ted was crippled by rheumatoid arthritis which forced his removal to Arizona. Despite the increasing impediments of his ailment he gathered about him a tremendous circle of friends, earned an A.M. from the University of Arizona in 1939, left his impact on the community, served several terms as president of the Dartmouth Club of Tucson, and met his successive and accumulating problems without even the shadow of a suspicion of a whimper. He was a man!

On September 2, 1926 Ted married Elisabeth Evans of Plainfield, N. J., who survives him with three outstanding sons, Robert, a graduate of the Naval Academy in 1949 and now Lt. (jg) in the Air Force; Frederick G. Jr., a member of the Dartmouth Class of '52 and graduate of the Naval Academy in 1953, now an Ensign in flight training; and John H., now a third year man at the Naval Academy.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. George Ferguson 'si, rector of St. Philip's-in-the-Hills, on April 11.

Mrs. Fellowes has returned to the East to live at 715 Ravine Rd., Plainfield, N. J.

1921

ALFRED MORGAN GREEN died suddenly of a heart attack April 15, at his new home 617 Ray Dr., Silver Spring, Md., which he had only recently purchased. His many friends and associates were deeply shocked because Al always seemed to be one of those hard-working quiet men whom we expect to go on forever.

He was born September 30, 1899 in Hartford, Conn., the son of David I. and Mary T. Green. At West Hartford High School he was president of his class for three years, .of the Glee Club for two years and of the Athletic Association in his senior year, in addition to his duties as business manager of the school PaPer.

In coming to Dartmouth, he followed two brothers, Chandler T. Green '16 and David Sherman Green '19. His aptitude for newspaper work was immediately apparent since he became and remained a member of The Dartmouth board all four years. In his second year, he was vice-president of the Press Club representing the New York Sun and New YorkTimes. In scholastic achievement, he was in the Second Honor Group and won the Read prize for excellence in descriptive geometry. He also became a member of Proof and Copy. Junior year he was editor of the 1921 Aegis and a member of The Arts. His fraternities were Delta Tau Delta and Pi Delta Epsilon.

After graduation, he worked as a reporter for the Springfield (Mass.) Republican and later with the Albany (N. Y.) Evening News. In 1923 he became a copyreader on the Syracuse (N. Y.) Post Standard where he soon rose to the position of assistant city editor and then in 1944 became night editor which position he held until 1949. At that time he transferred his activities to Washington, D. C., where he joined the staff of Labor, a weekly newspaper published by the Railroad Brotherhoods.

On April 20, 1926 he married Elsie R. Meyers in Syracuse. They had two daughters. The elder, Mary, born October 11, 1928, is a Cornell 1950 graduate and has kept up the family tradition in editorial work with the Bureau of National Affairs; while Ellen, born September 4, 1937, is now in high school. Mrs. Green plans to remain in the Silver Spring home until Ellen is ready for college.

While in Syracuse, Al was a member of the board of The Council of Social Agencies.

Those of us who considered Al our personal friend have a deep sense of loss and of heartfelt sympathy for his family.

1924

GEORGE NASH BABCOCK died February 8, 1952 at University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, following an illness which was intermittent for several years. His home was at 70 Bullitt Park Place, Columbus.

George was born in Columbus April 22, 1901, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Ely Babcock. He prepared for Dartmouth at Columbus Academy and at Lawrenceville Academy in New Jersey. Following graduation, he went to New York where he was a salesman for some five years with RemingtonRand Co. He returned to Columbus in 1929 to accept a position with the Columbus Motor Car Co. and remained with them as a salesman for the remainder of his active business life.

He was a member of Phi Delta Theta, and was an ardent golfer in college and for years following, until illness forced him to abandon the game. He was a member of the Country Club and the University Club of Columbus.

He is survived by his wife, the former Doris Knight of Columbus whom he married in 1932, and their daughter Barbara, 16, a student at Columbus School for Girls.

1926

Belated news comes of the death of JOHN CLARENCE TARR on October 11, 1953 at the Vincent Palotti Hospital at Morgantown, W. Va., after a long illness of hepatitis. He is survived by his wife, the former Frances Courtney whom he married in 1926.

Jack was born in Houston, Texas, on March 16, 1902, the son of Edward R. and Kathryn (Kress) Tarr.

As a resident of Wellsburg, W. Va., he came to Dartmouth from the Wheeling High School where he had been an outstanding athlete. During his first year he was center and mainstay on the freshman football team and was elected the first secretary of the Class of 1926.

Jack left college after his sophomore year and returned to West Virginia. He flew with the Curtiss-Wright Co. and was the operator of a Curtiss Wright Flying School. Later he joined the Aviation Department of the Shell Oil Co. in New York. From 1938 to 1941 he did sales work with Weirton Steel Co. before becoming an engineer with the E. I. du Pont Co. in Morgantown, W. Va. After the plant moved, he set up his own business.

Although Jack was only at Dartmouth for two years, he had many friends in his class and in the College. He has always been a loyal Dartmouth alumnus and will be missed by all who were privileged to know this wonderful personality.

CARL MAYNARD OWEN '01