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.]
Thompson, J. Walcott '95, June 13 Oilman, George W. '97, April 25 Harding, Sidney C. '01, June 4 Lynde, William M. '08, June 15 Moriarty, Alfred I. '10, June 2 Palmer, E. Russell '10, June 30 Heald, Emory D. '11, June 12 Stafford, Edward '11, May 20 Marks, John '11, July 3, 1954 Daley, Edward J. '12, June 21 Remele, Charles W. '12, May 30 Canada, Paul McA. '20, June 3 Eaton, David T. '21, May 21 Dunham, Stewart P. '24, May 20 Ranney, Harr F. '24, June 29 Kennedy, Wilbur G. '27, May 2 Bertch, A. Carl '29, June 6 Barbeau, Louis E. '30, May 26 Siegener, A. Loring '35, June 15 Brush, Barton W. '94m, May 31 Clough, Herbert T. '95m, February 26, 1945 Powers, Florence M. '11a, December 11, 1952 Alcorn, Hugh M., A.M. '28, May 26
1889
HARRY MITCHELL FROST, one of the five surviving graduates of the Class of '89, died May 3 at his home, 37 Thomas Road, Swampscott, Mass., after a long illness.
He was born in Portland, Maine, July 6, 1866, a son of Phineas M. and Carrie (Chenery) Frost. He prepared for College at Frveburg (Maine) Academy and entered Dartmouth with our Class and graduated with the degree of Litt.B. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Sphinx.
Following graduation he served one year as principal of the Brooks School, Eastport, Maine. He later became advertising manager of the Shepard Norwell Co. of Boston, and occupied similar executive positions with the Thomas G. Plant Shoe Co. of Boston, and Faunce & Spinney Shoe Manufacturers of Lynn. On June 1, 1915 he founded The Harry M. Frost Co., Inc., an advertising agency now occupying the entire second floor of the Metropolitan Building, Boston, of which he was treasurer at time of his death. He was a charter member of Rotary International, Lynn; a charter and life member of the Boston YMCU, a life member of the Winthrop Yacht Club, and a member of the Lynn Oxford Club and the Boston City Club.
Up to the time of his death he maintained, in addition to his Swampscott home, a summer home, "Camp Dartmouth," on Crystal Lake in Gilmanton, N. H., and a commodious, attractive winter home in St. Petersburg, Fla.
On June 1, 1896 Harry married Ida Agnes Cuthbertson of Boston, who died in 1944. In 1945 he married Mrs. Mabel A. Taylor of Franklin, N. H., who survives him. Also surviving are two sons, Karl M. of Swampscott and Philip M. of Marblehead, and a daughter, Mrs. Doris Gay of Oak Park, Ill.
Funeral services were held at the Richardson Funeral Home in Lynn at which the class was represented by the secretary. A floral tribute from his classmates bespoke their affection and esteem. Burial was in the Swampscott cemetery.
1895
JOHN WALCOTT THOMPSON died at his home 105 East South Temple St., Salt Lake City, on June 13. He had hopefully planned to return to Hanover for his 60th reunion.
Tommy was born in Brownsville, Texas, February 10, 1873. In college he was a member of D.K.E. and Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving an LL.B. and LL.M. degree from Yale he began the practice of law in Salt Lake City. From 1904 to 1924 he was attorney and director of the Continental National Bank. He was president of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery Association and served as senior warden of St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral for many years.
On November 16, 1904 Tommy was married to May L. Bishop who died in August 1924. He is survived by two daughters, Hildegarde (Mrs. Frederick E. Pischel) and Dorothy (Mrs. William C. Alexander), and by a son, Walcott B. Thompson of 16 Cabot St., Winchester, Mass.
1897
GEORGE WARREN OILMAN died on April 25 in Fort Lee, N. J. Born in Vershire, Vt. April 19, 1875 he came to college from White River Junction High School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.
After a few years teaching school, George went into the slate business in Vermont. Later he joined the General Electric Co. in Schenectady and was for some time in the employ of the Canadian General Electric Co. in Ontario. He then became connected with the Prudential Insurance Co. in Michigan. For the past few years he had been with the Schwerin Air Conditioning Corp. in New York and was later a television dealer.
In 1904 George was married to Blanche M. Greeney, who survives him with their daughter Jean. Mrs. Gilman is living at 2191 Mackay Ave., Fort Lee.
1905
CLIFFORD WELLINGTON PIERCE, native of Lexington, Mass., died in Norwood (Mass.) Hospital on May 5, following recurrence of a previous long illness. Tall and handsome, he made his good-natured way through Dartmouth College with the Class of '05.
Much of his career was as salesman in and around Boston. For a time he was with his father's clothing store. By 1916 he was partner in a wholesale and retail clothing business. Between 1928 and 1930 he sold securities for Paine, Webber & Co. In late years, after the war, he participated in the U. S. Government's surplus property program in the Norwood warehouse. Recovering from a serious operation, he undertook counter selling in a Norwood retail market until his last illness.
In 1910 Cliff was married to Edith A. Ray, a Radcliffe graduate, who survives him. Their home was at 347 Winter St., Norwood.
A lifelong member of the Masonic fraternity, and holder of high offices in Masonry, Cliff would soon have attained fifty years in that fraternity. He was given a Masonic burial in Lexington.
1909
On Sunday morning, April 24, when he was thought to be recovering from a severe heart attack, FRANK JOSEPH REAGAN passed peacefully through that Golden Curtain to mansions above after a life "lived in the brightness of each day." He died at his home, 25 Oakvale Ave., Berkeley, Calif.
Sawny was born in Natifck, Mass., on November 24, 1883, the son of William Lawrence and Mary (Coveney) Reagan. He prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Andover Academy. He was the catcher of the class freshman and sophomore baseball teams. In his junior year, he was assistant manager of the college basketball team and became manager in his senior year. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx.
Upon graduation, Sawny entered the telephone business with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. and early in 1910 went West to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., where he became a leader in the industry during a period of pioneering and rapid growth. In 1922 he became division superintendent of traffic in San Francisco with responsibility for a large part of Northern California.
In 1925, the New York Telephone Co. called him to head traffic work in northern New York state. In 1926 he returned to Pacific as general commercial manager in Northern California.
In 1928 he became assistant to the president with the responsibility for public relations and personnel. He was elected vice president for information and personnel in 1929 and also a director. He served as a vice president until his retirement in 1948 and continued until 1951 as a director. His work in this new field brought him a nationwide reputation in pioneering advances in personnel relations, advertising, and public relations.
He was president of Hobart Estate Co. until last November and had been secretary of Californians, Inc. since 1927. Both organizations were most outspoken in their praise of Sawny. He was an active member of the men's advisory committee of the Protestant Episcopal Old Ladies Home, Diocese of California, and took care of their investments. He was also on the Board of Directors of the Heart Association. He was active in the Claremont Golf and Country Club, San Francisco Golf Club, and Pacific Union Club, serving on the various boards of each.
As an alumnus of Dartmouth, he ever showed his love and affection for the College and was a member of the Alumni Council, 1932-38. President Hopkins relied upon him for advice from the far West and though separated by miles they were close friends. He had served the Pacific Coast Alumni Association as president and as secretary.
On July 12, 1925 at Piedmont, Calif., with Fred McCrea '19 as best man, Sawny was married to Marguerite M. Shipman, who survives. That fall he brought her to Hanover for indoctrination into the Dartmouth Fellowship. From then on the Reagan family was a stronger supporter of Dartmouth as there were two who shared the same ideals regarding it.
How well Sawny had lived was attested to by the sorrow and grief felt and expressed by the young and old alike who had been privileged to know him.
Private funeral services were held on April 26 in Berkeley, and once again 1909 has to draw a little nearer together to fill the gap left by one who was dear to us all, and to express our sympathy to the one left behind for a time.
1910
CHARLES GREENLEAF MERRILL died at the Ottumwa, lowa, Hospital, on April 9. Funeral services were held April 11 in Trinity Episcopal Church. He had resided in Ottumwa most of his life and was living at 227 East 5th St. at the time of his death.
"Mary," as he was known in College, was born April 17, 1888 in Pasadena, Calif., son of Denison Burnham and Fannie (Herbert) Merrill. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Ottumwa High School. He spent only the freshman and sophomore years with us. Returning to his home city, he entered the employ of the Phoenix Trust Co. After a few months he went with the lowa National Bank in Ottumwa and in a few years was elected to the board of directors. During this period he was elected city treasurer and held that office six years. He entered into partnership with a former associate in The Phoenix Trust Co. and bought out the Fire Insurance Department of the Phoenix. In 1931 he returned to the banking business, becoming associated with the Union Bank & Trust Co. and at the time of his retirement on January 1 he was vice-president and trust officer.
"Mary" Merrill's life was one of genuine community service. Besides serving as city treasurer, he was for 35 years a member of the Chamber of Commerce, serving several terms on the board of directors; for more than 25 years he was a member of the Cemetery Board of Trustees, and for about 35 years was a member of the Rotary Club where he had served as director and president. During World War I he not only was an active leader in the drives for the Red Cross, Liberty Loans and the Ottumwa hospital, but later saw service in the Navy. He was a Mason, member of the Elks, and the Ottumwa Country Club. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church where he had served on the Vestry. He had also been a director of the lowa Blue Cross. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Charles Merrill and Mary Ellen Garner were married in Ottumwa, September 28, 1911. Besides his widow, survivors are his son, Charles G. Merrill Jr., of Los Angeles, his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Merrill Foster, and one grandson, David Foster, of Ottumwa.
1911
Word has been received of the death of JOHN MARKS on July 3, 1954, in Joplin, Mo.
Jack Marks entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1907 from North High School, Minneapolis. He was active in college in his first three years as a varsity track and football man and a member of DKE and Turtle. He was captainelect of the football team his senior year but did not return to college. Little has been known of Jack since he left Dartmouth. He spent most of his life in Oklahoma, and had been an automobile salesman and manager of a hotel.
EDWARD STAFFORD died suddenly after a brief illness on May 20, in Washington, D. C., of multiple myeloma, an obscure blood disease. His home was at 1605 Allison St., N.W.
Ted was born in St. Johnsbury v. Vt., September 11, 1889. He was the son of Florence S. and Wendell P. Stafford, the latter a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for the District of Columbia. Ted was graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy, and in college was a member of Phi Delta Theta and a Sachem orator in his senior year.
He attended George Washington University, where he received his LL.B. degree in 1914. He was admitted to the bar in 1914, interrupting his career to serve as a captain of the Coast Artillery in World War I. He went to France in 1917. That same year he married Marie Peary, Admiral Peary's daughter, known as the "Snow Baby." They had two sons, Comdr. Edward Peary Stafford 42, a naval aviator now stationed in Washington, and Navy Lt. Perry D. Stafford, who was killed in an airplane collision in Maryland in 1946.
Fed was always very active in Dartmouth class and alumni activities, and for two terms was a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. He served in several official capacities through the years in the University Club of Washington. Besides his wife and son, he is survived by seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the Ft. Meyer Chapel and burial was in Arlington Cemetery. Walter Pendleton represented the class at the funeral services and wrote of it as follows: "It was a military funeral, and besides the troops in uniform many civilians were present. After all were seated, the casket draped in the flag was brought in between the guard. The band remained outside and played 'Rock of Ages.' Following the service the guard removed the casket, the band played 'Nearer My God To Thee' as the armed guard and the horsedrawn gun carriage which bore the casket formed a procession in front of the Chapel and marched away with the band playing a dirge."
I912
RAY LESTER NEWTON died suddenly on May 17 at his home, 112 Tyler Ave., Highland Park, Mich.
Ray was born in Stoneham, Mass., June 2, 1891. After graduation he spent three years with Thos. B. Jeffry Co., in Kenosha, Wis., and was then for a year with Willys Overland in Toledo. From 1917 to 1920 he was with Simons Sales Co. in Detroit. In 1920 he joined Cadillac Motor Car division of General Motors and remained with them until his death, when he was assistant general sales manager. He was a member of the Detroit Athletic Club and the Corinthian Masonic Lodge.
On March 15, 1915 Ray was married to Maude E. Potts, who survives him with two sons, Ray L. Newton Jr. '39 and Richard F. Newton.
CHARLES WILLIAM RFMFLE died at his home 14 East Carrillo St., Santa Barbara, Calif., on May 30.
Mike was born in West Medford, Mass., March 14, 1890. In college he was a member of Sigma Nu. After receiving his M.C.S. from Tuck School in 1913 he became a teller with the First National Bank of St. Paul. On November 6, 1917 he was inducted into the Ordnance Dept. of the Army and served as a 2nd Lt. until his discharge on September 8, 1919.
After the war Mike entered the retail credit field, first with the Imperial Valley Credit Association and later with the Credit Bureau of Santa Barbara, which he had served as secretary-manager since 1932.
A member of the American Philatelic Society, he wrote a series of articles entitled "United States Railroad Postmarks, 1837-1861," the first of which appeared in the May issue of The American Philatelist.
On November 23, 1929 Mike was married to Martha Colvin, who survives with a son Michael and a daughter Mary.
1913
GEORGE BUSSY LUHMAN died of a heart attack on May 10, 1955. He had been playing in the Bronxville Men's Golf Derby at Siwanoy Country Club. His home was at 2 Southway, Bronxville, New York.
George was born in St. Louis, Mo., on September 28, 1890, the son of William and Louise (Bussy) Luhman. He entered Dartmouth from the New Rochelle High School.
In college "Bull" Luhman played on the class hockey, baseball and: track teams and was on the varsity squads. He was a member of Chi Phi.
In World War I he served with the infantry in France. He was comptroller of Saltzer Millinery Co. in New York City and then became comptroller for Ogus, Rabinovich and Ogus. At the time of his death, after 31 years' association, he was secretary-treasurer for the concern, operators of millinery departments in stores throughout the country.
He married Mary Louise Lincoln on June 20, 1922 who died in 1935. Their daughter Louise was born on January 22, 1924.
After graduating from Skidmore, Louise was married to Edward Greene, a graduate of Deerfield and Pratt Institute.
On November 11, 1948 Bull was married to Helen Wachsmith who survives him, together with Louise and a brother, W. Chester Luhman.
Bull attended Dartmouth functions regularly and will be greatly missed in class affairs.
KEITH AINSWORTH WOOD died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Parede, a suburb of Lisbon, Portugal, on April 17.
He was born on August 24, 1890, in West Medford, Mass., the son of Mary (Stevens) and George A. Wood. He prepared for Dartmouth in the Portsmouth (N. H.) High School and Vermont Academy. In college he was a Kappa Sigma.
After graduating he took the Student Engineers Course at the General Electric Co., West Lynn, Mass., and then was sales agent in Chicago until he left General Electric in 1918. From 1918 to 1921 he was district manager, Mercury Manufacturing Co., of Boston, and until 1924 with the Cowan Truck Co. of Holyoke, Mass. In 1924 he represented General Motors Export Co. in Havana, Cuba, and in 1925 became managing director, General Motors International in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1927 he was managing director in Berlin and then until 1931 general manager, negotiating purchase of Adam Opel A.G., Germany, signing a $27,000,000 check in the transaction. He was back in New York as general manager, Sealed Joint Construction Corp., until 1933 when he went as director of sales, General Motors, South Africa Ltd., at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was probably our most traveled classmate, next to Kippy Tuck.
On September 21, 1916 he married Christine Barstow and their daughter Jean was born March 20, 1919. She now is Mrs. James Harris of Goffstown, N. H., and has given Keith four grandchildren.
Keith had been in Portugal since 1940 when he retired from General Motors and opened his own import business. In 1944 he married a Viennese girl, Doris, and they had a 10-year-old daughter.
1915
HENRY HERRMAN, head of Henry Herrman & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange, died at sea of a heart attack on May 5. He had left New York the week before for a cruise on the Grace Line's S.S. SantaPaula.
Henry was born in New York City, December 25, 1894, and entered college from Far Rockaway High School. During World War I he served in the Field Artillery from May 13, 1917 to December 17, 1918, when he was discharged as a Captain.
Henry was associated with Spreyer & Co., investment bankers in New York until 1938, when he established his own company.
On March 29, 1922 he was married to Marie da Lauer who died some years ago. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Cynthia Schwab, and by a son, William Henry.
1916
CARL NESTOR HOLMES died in Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, on May 16 following a heart attack. His home was at 4883 Middledale Road, Cleveland.
Born in Cambridge, Mass., May 30, 1894, the son of Clarence R. and Ethel (Clark) Holmes, Carl (or "Mecca") attended Somerville High School before entering Dartmouth. He played on the freshman and varsity hockey teams and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx. During World War I he served as Ist Lt., Infantry, with the A.E.F.
After teaching at the Fessenden School, West Newton, Mass., for twelve years, and one year at Governor Dummer Academy, Carl went to the Hawken School in Cleveland as headmaster, which position he held at the time of his death. He also owned and operated Great East Lodge, a summer camp for boys at Acton, Maine, which attracted boys from all parts of the country. In 1924 he received the degree of Master of Education from Harvard.
Carl was president of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland, 1936-37, and was a member of the Union and Tavern Clubs of Cleveland.
On June 12, 1920 he was married to Susan Scott Tufts, who survives him with two daughters, Jean (Mrs. James A. Babson) and Cynthia (Mrs. Gregory W. Spurr), and a son, Peter C. Holmes '50.
1917
EDWIN WILBUR McGOWAN died peacefully in his sleep May 12, 1955, at his home, 139 Abbott Rd., Wellesley Hills, Mass., not many hours after returning with Mrs. McGowan from a motor trip to South Carolina, during which time there had been no cause for alarm.
Ed was executive vice-president of the Wyandotte Worsted Co. of Waterville, Me., where the McGowans also had a home. In former years he had owned a farm at East Rindge, N. H., and from there motored to the company's textile plants at Pittsfield, Mass., Rochester, N. H., Central Village, Conn., and Waterville, Me. He also supervised the Greenville, S. C., plant.
Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on December 28, 1894, Ed entered Dartmouth from White Plains (N. Y.) High School and joined Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Modest nearly to the point of timidity, yet highly discerning, intensely loyal and one of 1917's wittiest men, "The" McGowan became the affectionate and deferential nickname used by many friends in the Class. He rang up outstanding records for service to his country and his college.
On April 18, 1917 he enlisted in New York as a private in the 107th Infantry, later trained at Spartanburg, S. C., went overseas May 10, 1918, and saw action at Ypres, Mount Keramel, Cambrai, and St. Quentin. Wounded by a machine gun bullet in action near Le Catelet on September 29, 1918, he remained hospitalized until March 1919 and was discharged at Camp Upton, N. Y., on March 13, 1919 with rank of Corporal. Shortly afterward he entered his company's employment at Waterville.
On May 8, 1920 he was married at Scarsdale, N. Y., to Irma K. Gilman. Their first son, Edwin William McGowan '44, a Navy bomber pilot, was killed in action during World War II. Mrs. McGowan, their second son, Thomas C. McGowan, and a granddaughter survive.
Ed and Irma almost always attended 1917 reunions at Hanover. In 1953 he was appointed an alumni member of the Dartmouth Development Council. For years he was an important annual contributor to the Alumni Fund and after the loss of his son established the Edwin William McGowan Memorial, under which he had made an outstanding contribution to the endowment of the College. By agreement with Ed, the College has used the income for scholarships.
Ed was active in the affairs of the Convalescent Home for Children in Wellesley, and was a member of Algonquin, University and Brae Burn Country Clubs.
BARON SALISBURY BARNES died on March 30, at St. Lukes Hospital, Chicago, following a delicate heart operation.
Duke, as he was familiarly known to his classmates at Dartmouth, was born at St. Louis, Mo., on May 9, 1894, the son of Baron Steuben and Eva (Salisbury) Barnes. He prepared for college at Worcester Academy and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1913, remaining with us for only two years. He was a member of D.K.E. and was active in many undergraduate activities.
A veteran drilling contractor and oil producer, Duke had drilled many wells in Oklahoma and in the Texas Panhandle field. However, at the time of his death, and for about four years previously, he was engaged in a mineral extraction and mining project on the West Coast and in New York State, though living in Chicago all of that time.
Duke is survived by his widow, Leora M. Barnes.
1922
FREDERICK VAUGHAN KRISTELLER died in his car of a heart attack on the morning of May 14 in White Plains, N. Y. His home was at 62 Ogden Ave. He was born August 25, 1900, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and prepared for college at Brooklyn Boys' High School. After graduating from Dartmouth he attended Harvard Law School where he received his degree in 1925.
Kris was an associate counsel for Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, in the legal department of which he had served for 28 years. He had lived in White Plains, the past 25 years. A 2nd Lt. in World War I, he had been a member of the American Legion Post in White Plains.
Kris is survived by his wife, the former Alice B. Shipman, whom he married December 5, 1925; a daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Ochs; two grandchildren and his mother, Mrs. Robert S. Kristeller.
1923
GEORGE FRANCIS COLLINS died at the Willimantic, Conn., Community Hospital on July 23, 1954. He had been attending the summer session at the University of Connecticut and was ill only a short time.
George was born in Lawrence, Mass., November 28, 1900, and attended the Johnson High School in North Andover. In college he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
After graduation he became almost immediately associated with The Boston Globe and held a responsible editorial position until ill health forced his retirement. George never married.
1924
STEWART PRATT DUNHAM died suddenly at his home, 46 Westview Terrace, West Newton, Mass., on May 20. He had known he had a weakened heart, but the coronary thrombosis was unexpected in view of careful living habits.
Stewart was born October 6, 1900 in Brattleboro, Vt. He attended Dartmouth with our class until February 1922, after graduation from Worcester Academy. He was married to the former Julia Simonds of Brattleboro in 1925 and one son, Stewart Jr., was born in 1928. He had been self-employed as an investment counsel with a Boston office, and in 1944 was registered as such. He moved to West Newton where he was active as a real estate broker at the time of his death. He was interested in the activities of his local Masonic chapter.
His son, Stewart Jr., who survives him with his mother, is a member of the Class of 1949 at Dartmouth.
1926
EDWARD MAJOR BECTON passed away suddenly on April 23 at his home on Clemann Ave., Vero Beach, Fla.
Funeral services were conducted from the Cox Funeral Chapel with John J. Torpey, reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, officiating.
Ed was born in St. Louis, Mo., on February 1, 1904, the son of Edward and Elby (Martyn) Becton. He attended Palmyra High School before entering Dartmouth. He transferred at the end of sophomore year to the University of Kansas where he received his A.B. in 1927. He received an M.S. from Ohio State University in 1930. In spite of his other affiliations he was always a loyal alumnus, participating in class activities and always assisting in the Alumni Fund campaigns.
Ed moved to Vero Beach 25 years ago. He was associated in the development of McKee Jungle Gardens for a number of years, prior to his appointment as director of the Indian River Mosquito Control District. Subsequently he became one of Florida's outstanding experts and leaders in combating mosquitoes and sandflies and was recently elected president of the Florida Anti-mosquito Association.
He worked hard and effectively in connection with the project to establish a state mosquito and sandfly research laboratory, and was highly instrumental in bringing it to In dian River County. It is now nearing completion at Oslo.
He was a past president of the Vero Beach Rotary Club, a member of the Elks Lodge, and a member of Alpha Tau Omega.
Ed is survived by his wife, the former Clara Mae Halstead; a daughter, Barbara; a son, Edward; and a brother, George T. Becton of Riverton, N. J.
1930
LOUIS EVARIST BARBEAU died suddenly on May 26 at his home 47 Main St., Silver Creek, N. Y.
Louis was born in Silver Creek on March 3, 1909 and attended Silver Creek High School. He was with the class for three years and then returned to Silver Creek to become connected with the S. Howes Co., manufacturers of cereal milling machinery. In 1939 the L. & J. Barbeau Co., machine tool manufacturers, was established of which Louis was a partner and general manager.
On June 29, 1939 Louis was married to Jeannette Battell of Erie, Pa., who survives him together with his mother, Mrs. Malcolm L. Barbeau.
ROBERT KIRK FOBES died by suicide at the State Hospital, Hastings, Minn., on March 28. Bob was born in St. Paul, Minn., on March 27, 1908. His preparatory school work was done at Berkshire High School in St. Paul where he participated in hockey and baseball and was also manager of dramatics. While in Hanover, Bob was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
Following graduation, Bob returned to St. Paul where for many years he was associated with the firm of Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk and Company. It is understood that during the last several years Bob had been hospitalized for the greater part of the time.
1931
EDMUND SIEMINSKI died of a heart attack on May 3 while on a deep sea fishing trip near Naples, Fla.
Born in Jersey City, N. J., on September 30, 1909, he prepared for college at New York Military Academy. He played on the freshman basketball team and was captain of varsity lacrosse and a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Dragon.
After graduation Ed became connected with the Brunswick Laundry, Inc., Jersey City, of which his father was manager. At the time of his death he was vice-president and general manager. A director of the Hudson City Savings Bank in Jersey City, he was also a member of the board of governors and chairman of the building committee of the Hackensack Hospital.
On January 5, 1938 Ed was married to Jeannette Zalewski who survives him with two sons, Robert E., 15, and Thomas H., 13. Their home is at 53 Wyncote Road, Hohokus, N. J.
ROBERT RALPH SLOANE died suddenly of a heart attack at his home 166 Denslow Ave., West Los Angeles, on April 3.
Bob was bom in New York City on July 21, 1912, and prepared for college at Townsend'Harris and George Washington High Schools in New York. A member of Alpha Chi Rho and Phi Beta Kappa, Bob was a member of The Players and after graduation began a successful career as an actor, producer and director. He joined George Abbott, the Broadway producer, as a play reader and stage manager. He acted for several years in summer stock and on Broadway. He wrote "Howdy Stranger" which played several months on Broadway.
Bob then turned to radio and wrote and directed many productions. Recently he had devoted his entire time to television, both as a writer and producer. He was producer of the current filmed television series Treasury Men in Action" and wrote many of its plays.
On February 6, 1941 Bob was married to Thelma Worden who survives him with two sons, Robert A., 13, and David A., 9, and a daughter Thelma. He is also survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. David H. Sloane.
Wilson H. Rand
Wilson Henry Rand, one of Hanover's oldest and best known citizens, died at the age of 91 at his home, on May 28. Son of the founder of Rand's furniture store, which was opened first for Dartmouth students and townspeople over ninety years ago, Mr. Rand went to work for his father in 1899. From 1924 until his retirement in 1930, he ran and expanded the family concern to meet the demands of the growing College and town. Since 1930, the Rand business, which includes that of undertaking, has been in charge of a son, Richard 8., of Hanover. A second son, George W. '19 of New Rochelle, N. Y., is secretary of his class.
Mr. Rand was born January 1864, in Lebanon, N. H. A brother, Dr. Richard B. Rand '88, died in 1938.
HARRY MITCHELL FROST '89
JOHN FRANK SPRINGFIELD '84, who died March 9. His obituary was in the May issue.
EDWIN WILBUR McGOWAN '17
