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.]

Clark, Charles A. '92, Dec. 27 Russell, Walter Hall '04, Dec. 25 Dunning, Arthur S. '11, Dec. 12 Goodrich, John P. '16, Dec. 15 Barrett, Raymond L. '18, Dec. 10 Gaver, Donald P. '23, Jan. 2 Lyon, Stanley H. '24, Dec. 31 Stilwill, Clarence L. '24, Jan. 10 Halliday, Malcolm F. '28, Jan. 1 Carnell, E. Bradley '30, Dec. 22 Myllykangas, Lauri E. '31, Dec. 23 Elmore, George S. '37, Jan. 9 Magee, Walter B. Jr. '39, Dec. 11

1898

ALBERT DODGE JONES died at his home, 101 78th St., Miami Beach, Fla., on December 8. Bert, more familiarly known to his classmates as "Mushy," his wife Catherine, and their daughter Joan have for several years been living at Miami Beach, the Florida climate proving more suitable for them than that of Rochester, N. H.

Funeral services were held at St. Mary's Church in the town where Bert was born June 28, 1875, and where he received his early schooling before he went to Dartmouth. Here also he practised his profession of law for the greater part of his adult life until he moved to Florida a few years ago.

Bert married Sarah H. Warren in September 1898, shortly after his graduation from Dartmouth, and on October 16, 1899, was born his son Warren D. Jones, the "class baby" for '98. Following a divorce several years later, Bert married Catherine D. Bannon, who survives him and who is the mother of Bert's second child (Martha) Joan Jones. Warren graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1927, the same year his sister Joan was born. Joan, living with her mother at Miami Beach, is stewardess for Eastern Airlines, and any members of '98 flying on that line will be hoping to meet Bert's daughter on their trip.

At Dartmouth Bert was a member of Psi Upsilon, Theta Nu Epsilon and Sphinx. He was manager of the Glee Club. During his career in Rochester he was a member of Elks, Mystic Shrine and had taken all degrees of Masonry except the 33rd. He was a director of the Rochester Fair Association and a member of St. Mary's Church.

Many of us recall Bert's presence at our 50th reunion and his warm interest in the Class and its affairs. Since that time, as he was more incapacitated, Catherine has kept in touch with the Glass through its officers, serving as Bert's deputy, so that even in the last years they felt close to their classmate. His death, following that of Fred Bennis, just six months previously, brings us the realization of our ever-diminishing numbers and, as we miss him, we who remain are brought ever nearer together.

1904

WALTER HALL RUSSELL, distinguished resident of Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, died on Christmas Day in the Port Arthur General Hospital where he had been ill for some time. He made his home at 271 Wolseley St.

He was born in Plymouth, N. H., on May 21, 1882, the son of Frank Webster and Louisa A. (Hall) Russell. Walter graduated from Holderness School in Plymouth, and from Dartmouth with the class of 1904. He acquired his LL.B. degree from University of Michigan in 1906, was admitted to the bar in Michigan in that year and practiced law in Detroit until 1908. That same year Walter married Lela G. Elliott, of Waterville, N. H. They had no children.

In 1908 he moved to Port Arthur, where he became secretary-treasurer and later president of the Northern Islands Pulpwood Co., Ltd., and he maintained his interest in that company until 1913, when he organized the Russell Timber Co., Ltd., and was its president and director.

Later he was president and director of the Arrow Land and Logging Co., Ltd., president and director of the Tower Timber Co., Ltd., and served as president of the Canadian Pulpwood Association and of the Central Canada Loggers' Association.

During the Spanish-American War, Walter served as Trumpeter, Company "K", Ist New Hampshire Infantry.

He was chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of the City of Port Arthur from 1922 to 1927, chairman of the Navy League of Canada, Port Arthur Branch and vice president of the Ontario Division; chairman of the Building Committee of Port Arthur General Hospital and honorary president of the Port Arthur Conservation Commission. He had been a Magistrate in the Province of Ontario since 1945.

Walter was a 33rd degree Mason, a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx at Dartmouth and of Phi Delta Phi at University of Michigan.

Services were held at St. John's Anglican Church at Port Arthur, December 27, followed by Masonic Services. The body was then accompanied by Chief Constable Thomas A. Connor to Plymouth, where services, were held in the Congregational Church and interment in that town beside his wife who passed away in 1953.

1906

HOWARD CLARK DAVIS died at his home, 1408 Commonwealth Ave., West Newton, Mass on December 8, after a long illness.

Shorty was born in Stonington, Conn., July 10, 1883, and prepared for college in the Westerly, R. I., schools. In college he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. His interest in football which developed in college remained one of his great enthusiasms throughout his life.

After leaving college Shorty went into the real estate business in Boston and soon branched out into a widespread field of financial activities. He was at one time chairman of the board of directors of the Central Manitoba Mines, Ltd.; treasurer and director of the WAD syndicate, promoters of mining properties in Manitoba; treasurer and director of both the Manitoba Copper Co. and the Manitoba Gold Mines, Ltd.; director of Cellulose Products, Inc. and of the Shoe Lace Co., Ltd.; and president of the Old Harbor Realty Co.

A lover of dogs, particularly greyhounds, Shorty was one of the group that founded the Wonderland dog racing track in Revere, and he was president of the largest greyhound racing company in the world. He made several research expeditions to Europe, Central and South America to study the history of greyhounds. He was also a breeder of several fine strains, including Huskies.

Dartmouth men of all generations will remember with deepest gratitude his benefactions to the College. In 1925 his gift of $25,000 wiped out the final debt on the Alumni Gymnasium. Also in 1925 he gave to the College $100,000 (later increased) to build the Davis Field House. In 1930 he made possible the erection of the Hockey Rink by his gift of $65,000.

Shorty was married to Aida L. Chapin in 1910, from whom he was divorced. In 1921 he was married to Adelaide Leonard Pierce who died in 1931. He was later married to Florence Pulford, who survives him with their son Donald P. Davis '45.

Shorty Davis was one of the most loyal men in the class, attending reunions and class functions regularly until failing health prevented. His love for Dartmouth, demonstrated in many ways, was expressed most strikingly by benefactions far exceeding those of any other man of our generation.

1908

ROY HARMON KEITH passed away on November 15 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after an illness of six weeks. The cause of his death was diagnosed as leukemia. For nearly 24 years he had been assistant to the Massachusetts Commission of Correction, having been appointed on March 23, 1931. In this position he was responsible to the Commissioner for the general supervision of the prison industries in four of the State penal institutions.

He was born July 6, 1886, at Watertown, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Culter's School. In college he was a member of the sophomore basketball team. His fraternity affiliation was Sigma Chi.

Little is on record of his early career but in 1910 he was listed as a chemist in Watertown, and in 1926 he was with the Central Railway Signal Company at Iberville, Quebec. In 1930 he was reported as in business at Newton Upper Falls, Mass.

Roy attended the last class reunion, but was taken ill soon after. He was reserved by nature but well liked by his classmates and business associates.

1909

FRANK SOLOMON died on December 1, in Cleveland Clinic Hospital after an illness of several weeks following a year of failing health.

Frank or "Solly" was born in Chicago on May 7, 1888, the son of Henry and Hannah (Greenebaum) Solomon and entered Dartmouth from Armour Scientific Academy. He left Hanover in 1907 and returned to Chicago to the men's clothing business in his father's concern of Leopold, Solomon and Eisendrath, and succeeded to a partnership upon his father's death.

In the early 19305, he went to Baltimore as sales and advertising manager for L. Grief and Brother. In 1934 he came to Cleveland as vice-president and sales manager of Joseph and Feiss Co. and remained with this concern until his death. His broad experience in the field of manufacturing men's clothing made his advice much sought after throughout the industry.

Having been raised in a family that was civic minded, it was natural for Frank to be one of the founders of North Shore Congregation of Israel near Chicago and of the North Shore Country Club. In Cleveland for many years he was a member of the governing board of Euclid Avenue Temple. The Citizens' League and numerous other civic groups were fortunate in receiving of his knowledge, ability and time.

He was married on December 8, 1915, to Helen Bloom in New York City. She survives him with two sons, Henry and Frank Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Birren; three grandchildren and a sister.

Services were held from the family home, 13416 Ardoon Road, S.E., on December 3.

To the family and friends, the Class of 1909 expresses its deep sympathy, but is glad to know that the Frank Solomon Scholarship, care of Joseph and Feiss Co., will keep his memory with us.

1910

LELAND POWERS died December 15 in the New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston. He had been ill for several months and under- went surgical operations in the summer and within recent weeks. Funeral services were held privately. His home was at Meredith, N. H.

"Slip" Powers was born in Newton, Mass., July 1, 1890, son of Samuel L. Powers '74 and Eva Crowell. He prepared for college at Middlesex School, and spent the year following graduation, studying at Dartmouth for the M.A. degree. He was graduated from Harvard Law School in 1914 and admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in that year. In 1916 he was made a partner in the firm of Powers & Hall, founded by his father. He was in active practice at the time of his death.

In college, Slip was a member of the chess team for the first three years, serving one year as vice president of the Chess Club. In senior year he was elected assistant class treasurer and at reunion in 1913 was elected treasurer. For several years he had served as chairman of the Class Memorial Gift Committee and since 1951 as Class Bequest Chairman, in which capacity he continued until his death. Slip was graduated cum laude and was a Rufus Choate Scholar. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx.

In 1917 he was elected Representative from Newton to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1919 the was appointed Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts. He was a trustee of the New England Deaconess Hospital and of the Garland School; a director of the State Mutual Life Assurance Co., Standard Rivet Co., United Electric Controls Co., and a trustee of the Abington Textile Machinery Works. His clubs included the Algonquin Club and the Beacon Society of Boston, both of which he had served as president; City Club, Boston Press Club, University Club, Boston Chess Club, Dartmouth Club, Bald Peak Colony Club, Fly Casters, Atlantic Salmon Association, Thursday Club, Bench and Bar Golfing Association and the American, Massachusetts, Middlesex, Boston and New Hampshire Bar Associations. He was well known as a stamp and coin collector and expert, and held membership in several philatelic societies.

On December 20, 1913, Leland Powers and Barsheba Cushing Threewit were married in Denver, Colo. She and three children are the immediate survivors: Mrs. Richard H. Overholt of Dedham, Mass., Mrs. Eugene G. Grace Jr., of Chestnut Hill, Pa., and Samuel L. Powers 2d '39 of Oklahoma City.

1911

ARTHUR STEPHENSON DUNNING, known to all his friends as "Duke," died on December 12, of cancer of the thyroid. His death came as a great shock to his family and friends, as diagnosis had failed to indicate his condition. He was ill only about five weeks.

Duke was born in Menominee, Mich., on July 13, 1889. He came to Dartmouth from Duluth Central High School, Duluth, Minn., where his parents lived. During college he was a member of the Dartmouth board, editor-in- chief of the Aegis, and a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Round Robin and Palaeopitus. Following his graduation, he was associated with Marshall-Wells Hardware Co., of Duluth as department manager and advertising manager. Then he became director and sales manager of the Minnesota Radiator Co. until his entrance into the Army, where he was Captain in the Quartermaster Corps and assistant chief of the Hardware and Metals Division. From 1919-1929 he was sales manager and assistant secretary of the Kelley How Thomson Company. Then he formed the company of A. S. Dunning, Inc., and in 1932 moved to St. Paul, where he continued as president of Motor Power Equipment Co. until recently, when he became an agent for several manufacturers.

Duke was active in civic affairs - he was the first president of the Lions Club of Duluth, a past president of the St. Paul Rotary Club, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Salvation Army, an officer of the local Office of Civilian Defense for three years, and was active in the Shrine and other Masonic organizations. He served two terms as a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, always was very active in his local alumni organization and constantly shared in the affairs of the College. His attendance at practically every class reunion was a source of delight to his many classmates who gathered about, with whom he shared his great sense of humor. He was an unusual husband and father, and all his college friends share with his family in their keen loss.

Funeral services were held at the Unity Church in St. Paul on December 14. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. M. A. Dunning, Duluth; his wife, Julia H.; a son, Arthur S. Jr.; three daughters, Mary D. Oppenheimer, Julia Dunning and Catherine Bradford, all of St. Paul; two brothers, Robert (St. Paul) and Ralph '17 (Duluth); and four sisters, Mrs. Gordon Butler (Duluth), Mrs. Sidney Benbow (Inez, Texas), Mrs. Vinton Brashear (Detroit, Mich.), and Mrs. Edward Bjorklund (Seattle, Wash.).

1916

CHAUNCEY MARQUIS WORCESTER died suddenly from a heart attack, in Newburyport, Mass., on November 30. He was born in Newburyport, March 10, 1892, the son of G. W. and Hattie Morrison Worcester. His father was a physician, for whom the Worcester Memorial Hospital is named.

Chauncey attended Newburyport High School and Governor Dummer Academy. The papers of the area, in announcing his death, recounted his exploits as a high school pitcher, one of the greatest in the history of the area. In 1910 he struck out 46 men in two consecutive games. He was also a football player of note, being one of the first men to master the spiraled forward pass.

He entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1916 in 1912 but attended only one year. In World War I he was a corporal with a balloon company. For many years he had been a spare carrier for the Newburyport and Salisbury post offices, and had his own automobilepolishing business. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity.

He is survived by his mother and a sister, Miss Carmen Worcester, and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport.

1920

HERMAN WILSON NEWELL, outstanding member of the Class of 1920, died of an embolism in New York City on December 19. He had attained his 57th birthday just the day before.

The plain fact is that the record, impressive as it is, cannot do justice to the career and personality of Hike Newell. He was a dynamic salesman, of products and of ideas, a long time leader in his chosen field of advertising, and a resourceful business administrator. As the breadth of his many interests developed, he renewed his associations with Dartmouth, serving on the alumni advisory committee for the Hanover Inn and on the Board of Overseers for the Tuck School. When his son entered Dartmouth last September, Hike became chairman of the Tuck School Board and tackled this responsible assignment with all the enthusiasm that had come to be expected of him.

Hike came to Hanover from Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was the son of Oak M. and Mary (Doty) Newell and a graduate of Bellefontaine High School. His fraternal affiliations at Dartmouth Phi Delta Theta, Dragon, and The Arts - convey an idea of the range of his interests, but he was chiefly respected on the campus as a go-getter with an exceptional head for business who could not fail to make his mark. He achieved his M.C.S. from the Tuck School in 1921.

Who's Who presents this brief record of Hike's career: he was sales promotion manager for Eastern Manufacturing Co., in Boston and New York, 1921-24; manager of the Home Electric Light and Power Equipment Co., 1924-30; and of the Frigidaire Sales Corp of New England, 1930-32. After three years (1932-35) as vice president in charge of sales for Frigidaire, Hike moved into the advertising agency field as executive vice president of Geyer, Newell & Ganger. In 1952 he became president of Lennen & Newell, in which capacity he was serving at the time of his death.

Hike Newell loved the out-of-doors. Hunting and fishing took top priority in his vacation moments, and he thought nothing of a quick trip to South Dakota for pheasant shooting, to New Brunswick for deer, or to Thousand Islands for fishing. Yet, like Teddy Roosevelt, for all his strenuous life, he was a devoted family man, with a country home in Greenwich, Conn., and a city apartment at Carlton House on Madison Avenue in New York. Hike's widow, whom he married December 1, 1921, in Kenton, Ohio, was Mary Elinor Emery. He is also survived by his son, John Philip Newell '58 and his daughter Elinor (Mrs. Ellis Knowles Jr.) of Rye, N. Y

1923

DONALD PAUL GAVER died suddenly on January 2 of a heart attack at his home, 27 Crocus Place, St. Paul, Minn. Bill Gratz, a long-time friend, writes that Ted had his first intimation of an upset condition a short time ago, and when he consulted his doctor was told he had angina and should take it easy.

Ted was born in Chicago, September 29, 1901, and came to college from Mechanics Art High School in St. Paul. He was a member of the baseball squad for three years and belonged to Delta Kappa Epsilon.

From 1923-1926 Ted was associated with Scheffer & Rossum Co., in St. Paul and in 1926 became vice president and treasurer of C. F. Albrecht Co., wholesale leather and shoe store supplies.

Ted continued his interest in athletics and was quite adept at badminton and golf. He had served as president of the Northwest Alumni Association and was very active in Episcopal Church organizations in St. Paul.

In 1925 Ted was married to Dorothea Hainan, who survives him with a son Donald P. Gaver Jr. and a daughter Mrs. William (Nancy) Priedman.

1924

The year 1954 closed with one more death of a 1924 classmate, STANLEY HUME LYON, who would have been 52 on February 5. He died on December 31 at Deaconess Hospital of cancer of the throat, just before he was to have been operated on for this long illness.

Stan was born in Dorchester, the son of Albert M. Lyon '94 and Alice Elkins. In college he was prominent in athletics: four years of both baseball (a pitcher of note) and hockey. He was also prominent in other campus activities: a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Casque and Gauntlet, and Green Key (one of the earliest members). After graduation he entered and graduated from the Harvard Law School, and then was associated with his father at 84 State Street, Boston, in the firm of A. M. Lyon & Son, and carried on the business after his father's death. He continued being interested in athletics as a member of the Boston Athletic Association, and also the Boston University Club.

Stan married Dorothy A. Miller in 1928. They had two children: Mary Louise (Mrs. George C. Strong), born in 1930, and Mark, born in 1935. He is also survived by his mother and a sister Eleanor (Mrs. Sherman Baldwin, of Manchester, Vt.). The first marriage ended in divorce, and his second wife is deceased.

The funeral was private and we have no mention of any classmates being present, so far as the minister who officiated could tell. Our sympathy goes to his family and friends.

1928

MALCOLM FRANCIS HALLIDAY died of a heart attack in New York City on January 1, while visiting friends. The day before he had been made a partner in the Cincinnati law firm of Frost & Jacobs. He had been with the firm since October, 195 a.

He was born in Lewiston, Maine, on April jo, 1906, the son of Frank Wade Halliday '01 and Helen Pierce. At Dartmouth Mai was captain of the freshman tennis team and a member of the varsity tennis team the next three years. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1931 and became associated with the New York law firm of Smyth & Meleney. In 1934 he joined the National Labor Relations Board and in 1939 was named assistant general counsel in charge of the attorneys in the Board's regional offices. In 1943 he was appointed associate general counsel, in charge of the Board's litigation in the U. S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. He personally handled the arguments of numerous cases in the Supreme Court.

He left the N.L.R.B. in 1946 to resume the private practice of law in New York, and his old firm became Meleney & Halliday.

Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Erma Stuart Halliday; his son, Malcolm Frank Halliday, 18; a daughter, Ann Louise, 14; and also his parents, Col. and Mrs. Frank W. Halliday, Winter Park, Fla. Funeral services were held January 4 in Silver Spring, Md., where his wife and children reside at 1556 East-West Highway.

The sincere sympathy of the Class is extended to his family.

1934

EDWARD RAY CULLEN died in Kenilworth, Ill., on June 30, 1953. He was born in Wilmette, Ill., on March 1, 1912, and prepared for college at New Trier High School.

Ed spent only freshman year with the Class and then transferred to the University of Chicago, where he graduated in 1935 and received his law degree of J.D. the following year. He was associated with the Chicago law firm of Chritton, Wiles, Davies, Hirschl & Dawson.

Understandably, Ed's interests were in the University of Chicago alumni affairs and further material on his career is lacking.

1935

WALLACE WELLS DOW died on May 17, 1954* in San Francisco. He was born in Hampton, Va., December 9, 1913, and prepared for college at Haverford High School in Oakmont, Pa.

As Wallace spent only freshman year with the Class and spent most of his business career on the West Coast he did not keep in touch with the class. At the time of his death he was a field execuive for Colyear Motor Sales Co. in San Francisco.

He is survived by his wife, who resides at 2357 Boxwood St., San Jose, Calif.

1939

WILLIAM WALTER REMINGTON died on November 24 in Lewisburg, Pa. He was born in New York City, October 25, 1917' the son Frederick Clement and Lillian (Sutherland) Remington. He prepared for college at Ridge, wood (N. J.) High School.

Bill entered college in September 1934, with the Class of 1938. Although working to help pay his way through college, he soon displayed a variety of interests. He won his "D" in track as a javelin thrower; heeled for TheDartmouth and became a regular staff writer; he was a member of the Forensic Union and captain of the Freshman Debating Team; in his sophomore year he was a member of the board of editors of The Dart. At the end of sophomore year he dropped out of college and spent the next year as a messenger at the TVA in Knoxville.

Returning to college in the fall of 1937 as a member of the Class of 1939, Bill was a member of The Junto board, the American Student Union and Phi Beta Kappa. He was a Senior Fellow, majoring in sociology.

In the fall of 1939 he entered Columbia to do graduate work in economics and received his A.M. in 1940. That year he became connected with the National Resources Planning Board in Washington; in 1941 he joined the O P.A. and in 1942-43 he was with the War Production Board. After serving as an Ensign in the Navy from 1944 to 1946, Bill returned to Washington as an economist in the Department of Commerce.

What had seemed to be an unusually brilliant and promising career was cut short in 1948 when Communist charges were made against him before a Senate investigating committee. For five years he fought the charge before loyalty review boards, and in federal jury trials and appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. He was finally convicted of perjury in denying that he had transmitted secret information to Elizabeth Bentley and that he had not known of the existence of a Young Communist League at Dartmouth. On April 16, 1953 he started to serve a three-year sentence in the Federal Penitentiary which ended abruptly when he was fatally assaulted in his cell by three prison inmates.

"While in college Bill was married in 1938 to Ann Moos by whom he had a son Bruce and a daughter Galeyn. This marriage was terminated by divorce in 1946. He was later married to Jane Remington who survives him with their young son. He is also survived by his parents.

HOWARD CLARK DAVIS '06

LELAND POWERS '10

HERMAN WILSON NEWELL '20