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.]

Cushman, Henry O. '87, Feb. 5 Harley, Joel A. '95, Jan. 9 Hall, William C. '02, Jan. 29 Munroe, James A. '02, Feb. 4 Hausmann, Daniel A. '03, Jan. 23 Mathes, M. Everett '04, Jan. 18 Harding, Robert H. '05, Jan. 5 Nourse, Walter L. '05, Jan. 4 Edgerton, Malcolm J. '06, Jan. 28 Hunt, Richard F. '07, Jan. 9 Hart, William F. '11, Feb. 9 Durgin, Russell L. '15, Jan. 13 Waugh, Dan F. '15, Feb. 7 Champlin, Frederick R. '16, Nov. 11, 1952 Lane, Stanley V. '17, Jan. 14 Siemsen, George J. '18, Dec. 16 Cera&oli, Michael F. '26, Jan. 19 Sanborn, James F. Jr. '28, Jan. 26 Carlisle, Samuel R. '30, Jan. 16 Scadron, Eugene N. '30, Jan. 19 Armstrong, Ellsworth '30, Jan. 11 Keniston, Franklin, A. '30, Dec. 31 Barnes, John H. '33, Feb. 11 Elkon, Edmond '54, Sept. 1955 Sleeper, Karl R. 'oom, July 28, 1955

1887

STANLEY EDWARDS JOHNSON died in Sunapee, N.H., on December 5. He was born in Bath, N.H., August 3, 1865 and prepared for college at Haverhill Academy. In college he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

For the four years following graduation Mr. Johnson was a member of the staff of The Springfield Republican. For the next eight years he was principal of the Nantucket (Mass.) High School. From 1910 to his retirement in 1940 Mr. Johnson was a salesman in the educational department of Little, Brown & Co.

In July 1894, Mr. Johnson was married to Minnie A. Jonah, who died in December 1952 Since her death Mr. Johnson had been living in Sunapee with Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Lyons.

Mr. Johnson, who ardently wished to preserve his nickname of "Rooster," was one of the most loyal members of the Class of 1887. He rarely missed a reunion and served as secretary and treasurer of the class from 1942 to 1949.

Funeral services were held in woodsville and burial was in the family lot in Bath.

1895

JOEL ALVA HARLEY of 1551 Oakhurst Ave., Winter Park, Fla., died in a local hospital on January 9.

Joel was born in Elwood, Ill., March 4, 1870, the son of Jacob and Ellen (Turpie) Harley. After graduation he taught school tor several years and then was a salesman for D. Appleton and Co. He then helped to organize the Laurel Book Co., publishers of school textbooks, and served for over thirty years as vice president and editor. During these years Joel and his family made their home in Madion, Wis. After his retirement they moved to Winter Park.

On June 30, 1897, Joel was married to Elizabeth Gardner who survives him with their daughter, Ruth Gertrude (Mrs. Francis Lamb), and two sons, H. Kenneth and William Henry Harley.

Frank Austin, who lives in Winter Park, was a close friend of Joel and paid a fine tribute to him in a letter to the secretary: "In Joel Harley's death there passes one of the most remarkable personalities I have been associated with. Before he entered Dartmouth Joel signed a pledge never to swear, drink intoxicating liquors, or smoke tobacco. He never broke this pledge. He leaves behind him memories of a long life of industry, integrity, love and devotion."

The memorial service in Winter Park was attended by Austin '95, Halliday '01 and Gibson '97.

Theodore Harley '93 and George Harley '03 were brothers.

1904

MAURICE EVERETT MATHES passed away at his home on Littleworth Road, in Dover, N.H., on January 18. Born and educated in Dover, he attended Dover High School and graduated with the class at Dartmouth in 1904. While in college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

After graduation "Johnny" spent a tew months with the New England Telephone Co. and later several years with a real estate firm in Boston. In 1912 he returned to New Hampshire and entered the lumber business, in which he was engaged until 1930. With his two brothers, John (1900) and Jim (1911), he formed the Expello Co., a moth exterminator, which company was later sold, and then Johnny and his brothers entered the insurance and real estate business. He was a member of the real estate committee for the Strafford Savings Bank in Dover and devoted much of his time to inspecting properties for his bank in the southern part of New Hampshire.

In 1917 he married Alice Varney, sister of Lucius Varney '98 and Dike Varney '02. They had two sons, Dick, University of New Hampshire 1950, and Roger, Dartmouth 1950. Mrs. Mathes, their two sons, and two grandsons survive him.

Surrounded as he was with so much Dartmouth background, he was a most loyal member of the Dartmouth fellowship and of his class. Quiet, modest, sincere, a man of the highest integrity, he earned the respect and regard of his business associates. His son Roger's appraisal of his father is as fine a tribute as could be paid to any man when he wrote, "To his family he was a wonderful husband and father, and the Class of 1904 has lost a loyal classmate."

1905

ROBERT HATCH HARDING died on January 5 at his home, a Woodlawn Oval, Wellesley Hills, Mass. He had made a good recovery from a previous heart attack. His end came suddenly, after an active and happy day.

The son of Capt. Silas Harding, who at one time was Superintendent of the United States Life Saving Service, and Frances Harding, he was born in New Castle, N.H., May 14, 1882. He entered Dartmouth from the Portsmouth High School. After graduation from Dartmouth, where he had worked his way, he went to Harvard Law School, receiving his degree in 1907.

For three years he practiced law in Portsmouth in the firm of Kelley, Harding and Hatch. In 1910 he was City Attorney of Portsmouth. The next ten years he spent with the Boston Confectionery Company, where he became the corporation lawyer, secretary, and purchasing agent. Upon the failure of that company in 1921, he went into business on his own. As manufacturer's agent he sold packing materials, such as Kraft papers and bags. He continued in this line of work until the day of his death.

In 1910 Bob married Maude B. Simes, who survives him. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. W. I. Haywood of New Castle, N.H.

He was a member of St. John's Lodge of Masons No. 4 in Portsmouth, Washington Royal Arch Chapter No. 3, DeWitt Clinton Commandery, and a life member of Aleppo Temple of the Shrine in Boston.

Bob was a most devoted, loyal, and active member of the Class of 1905. For five years until 1940 he served the class as. secretary with efficiency, and he had the honor of originating the pleasant "five-class (later eight-class) dinners" held annually in Boston. He enjoyed a wide circle of friends among the Dartmouth alumni.

WALTER LORENZO NOURSE died suddenly after a three-day illness, of a coronary occlusion on January 4 at his home, 5281 Weatherford Drive, Los Angeles. He was born October 16, 1883, in Hudson, Mass., the son of Herbert and Laura Nourse. Interment was in Forest Hills, Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Walter chose teaching as his profession. Following three years' experience in as many states, he joined the faculty of the Fessenden School in Newton, Mass., where he taught mathematics for fifteen years and became assistant headmaster. In 1921 he moved to Los Angeles, where he entered the school system as a teacher of science. After four years he was promoted to be vice-principal and later became principal of Thomas A. Edison Junior High School, from which he retired in 1949. He was much beloved by the many who had come under his guidance during 28 years.

Meanwhile Walter had been active in the field of textbook writing in science, and his books were used in schools throughout the country. After summer courses at Harvard and the University of Southern California and University of California, he achieved the degree of M.A. from the latter. In 1948 he received the degree of Ph.D. from New York University, where for thirteen summers he had studied and taught courses. He held the position of Associate Professor of Education at N.Y.U. for the years 1948-50.

In 1912 Walter married Mary Litchfield, or Newton. Since retirement the Nourses spent some time on Martha's Vineyard, which Walter loved so dearly. But they had returned to the less severe climate of California and had built themselves a new home which had just been completed at the time of Walter's death.

Besides his wife, he is survived by thendaughter, Mrs. William B. Voss, and a grandson, of Los Angeles, and a brother, Harry P. Nourse of Hudson, Mass.

1907

CORNELIUS MORTIMER STILPHEN passed on at his home in Dover, Mass., on January 8. He was born in St. Albans, Vt., on June 25, 1883. Jack, as he was known to his classmates, entered Dartmouth after graduating from Cheshire Military Academy in 1903.

He majored in the automobile field, being employed by the Ford Motor Co. in 1917 founded his own dealership in 1926. As president of the Stilphen Motor Co. in Dorchester, Mass., Jack had a successful career. Retiring some years ago, he had devoted himself to the Christian Science Church in Boston. Another major interest was his family farm in northern Vermont, until he disposed of it a few years ago. His wife, Gwendolyn, survives him.

RICHARD FIELD HUNT died on January 9 at his home, 256 Great Plain Ave., Needham, Mass. He was born in Newtonville, Mass., on June 27, 1886. He prepared for college at Cheshire Military Academy.

After leaving Dartmouth, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, he was for many years employed by the Boston Edison Company. Other major interests were his summer home in Falmouth and the saxaphone. Through this hobby he was a member of Boston Musicians Association, Local 9.

Dick is survived by his widow, Bessie Rogers Hunt, a son, W. Rogers Hunt of Needham, a sister, Mrs. Richards Cotton of Maine, and two brothers, William Hunt of Marblehead and Donald Hunt of Ohio.

1908

RALPH ELMER CROWLEY, a retired shipping merchant, passed away at Queens Hospital in Honolulu, on November 7 after several weeks illness from a virus infection. Committal services were held in Taunton, Mass., on January 5.

Ralph was born in Taunton on June 30, 1886, the son of Capt. John G. and Mary Crowley. He prepared for Dartmouth at Taunton High School. At college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and of the Dragon

After graduation he started with the Ludlow Manufacturing Company at Ludlow, Mass., but finding it not to his liking, he became, associated with the banking firm of Hornblower and Weeks in Boston. In 1910 he went to Cleveland, with A. Black and Company.

On November 19, 1912, he married Margaret Tinkham in Taunton. There followed two years' residence in Cleveland during which Ralph travelled for the A. Cohan Company, garment makers. In 1914 he returned to Boston as representative for the Tropical Paint and Oil Company of Cleveland.

In 1916 he became associated with his father in a ship supply company at Commercial Wharf in Boston. During the war years the business expanded, but after the war ended and shipping slumped, he became manager of chain stores in Newtonville, Brookline, and Cambridge.

In 1941 he went with the Boston Ordnance Division of the War Department in Providence, R.I. After the war he was production assistant for the Ordnance Division at the M.I.T. radiation laboratory until his retirement in 1949. At that time he and Mrs. Crowley went to Honolulu to be near their daughter, Nancy, personnel director at Queens Hospital.

Ralph was a Mason and a life member of the Boston Marine Society. In Hawaii he was a member of the St. Andrews Cathedral (Episcopal) parish. His hobby was rose growing.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Nancy (Mrs. Gordon Fowler); one son. Thomas T. Crowley, of Sewickley, Pa.; and four grandchildren. An older son, John G., died in 1949.

1915

RUSSELL LUTHER DURGIN, who served for 32 years in Japan as an executive of the YMCA, died January 13 at his home in East Northfield, Mass;, after a lengthy illness.

Russ was born in Concord, N.H., the son of Hazen and Anna (Wentworth) Durgin. He began his YMCA work while a student at Dartmouth, and upon graduation in 1915 served with the Red Bank (N.J.) YMCA.

In 1917 he married Delphine Lazelle of Northfield, who accompanied him throughout his travel career.

After four years with the "Y" in New Jersey, he went to Japan where he served as fraternal secretary in Yokohama and Tokyo, and as world service secretary for Japan.

He was a pioneer in boys' camp work in that country and adviser to the Japanese Olympic Committees of 1932 and 1936.

During World War II, Russ and Delphine returned to this country aboard the diplo matic exchange ship Gripsholm and during the remaining war years he was a visiting lecturer at Yale on Japanese Area. Studies and taught orientation classes to students about to serve terms of duty in Japan.

He returned to Japan after the war as aide to the late George Acheson on the staff of General Mac Arthur. In that capacity, he helped reorganize Japanese youth groups alone democratic lines. While in the Far East, he was president of the American School in Tapan and was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure by Emperor Hirohito.

Stricken with multiple myeloma in 1950, Russ was flown to this country and a partial recovery allowed him to continue his work as staff associate to the Japan International Christian University Foundation in New York until his final confinement. At the time of reunion last June, he was brought to Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover for treatment and observation.

Besides his wife, Delphine, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. C.D. Miller of Redding, Calif." two sons, Rev. Lawrence L. Durgin '40, pastor of the Central Congregational Church of Providence, R.I., and Russell F. Durgin '46 of St. Michael's School, Newport, R.I.; a sister, Florence Durgin of Boston; two brothers, W. Ernest Durgin of Boston and Charles Durgin of Cuba; and eleven grandchildren.

Services were held on January 16 in 'he chapel of Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Mass. Representing the class in attendance were Gib and Clare Campbell, Olive King, Paul Vining and Paul Rothery. The family requested that flowers be omitted and that any tribute take the form of gifts to Inter- national Community YMCA, 291 Broadway, New York City.

1919

LESTER MAHAN FELTON died suddenly on December 25 in the Hahnemann Hospital in Worcester, Mass., of a heart attack, one day after his 58th birthday. His home was at 37 Commodore Road.

Born in Worcester, "Snake," as he was known in his undergraduate days. graduated with the class in 1919 and received his M.D. from Cornell in 1922. For many years he has practiced in Worcester, and was attending urologist in four Central Massachusetts hosPitals Snake

was a well known horseman, huntsman, and amateur photographer and was a member of the Worcester Rotary Club for 25 years, the Athelstan Lodge A.F. and A.M. and the Millwood Hunt Club in Framingham, Mass. On April 25, 1924, Snake was married to Alice M. Curran, who survives him witn a daughter Ann (Mrs. Richard F. Porter) and two sons, Lester M. Felton Jr. '49 and Frederick L. Felton.

He was a loyal Dartmouth man and '19er and will be greatly missed by the class. Our sympathy goes out to his family in their sorrow.

1921

ARTHUR VINCENT ANDERSON died on January 3, at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y., after an eight-year battle with lung cancer.

Artie was born on July 21,1599, in New York, N.Y., the son of Jordan and Agnes (Murphy) Anderson. He prepared for Dartmouth at Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School. As a freshman at Hanover he lived at 40 Hitchcock but thereafter at the Beta Theta Pi house. In his senior year he became a member of Dragon.

After college, Artie started off in the adverAside from short periods as accountant with Young and Rubicam and Erwin, Wasey and Co., he devoted his life to selling advertising, thus capitalizing on his inherent ability to make a host of friends. He gained experience selling for Curtis Publishing Co., Street and Smith, and American Druggist until he finally joined Newsweek in 1935 and eventually became Advertising Director of that magazine. He became a member of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and was known as a top man in his field. In 1948 ill health forced him to resign his position and retire to his mother's home in Chappaqua.

Another reason for this move was the death of his wife in March 1948. She was the former Helen Maria Denzler of Brooklyn, whom Artie married January 15, 1925. He was left with two sons, Arthur V. Jr. and John Donald. Both boys are now married. They and Artie's mother survive him.

G. Harry Chamberlaine represented the Class of 1921 at a Requiem Mass on January 6 at the Church of St. John and St. Mary, Chappaqua. Robert Coller '23 also attended on behalf of Beta Theta Pi and the College.

1926

DR. MICHAEL F. CERASOLI (listed in College as Florinda R. Cerasoli) of Barre, Vt., died in the Barre City Hospital on January 19, after a long illness.

Known to his classmates as "Mike," he was born September 7, 1898, in East Barre, Vt., the son of Guilio and Pauline (Rosati) Cerasoli .

He was in Spaulding High School at the outbreak of World War I and left in June 1916 to enlist as a member of Co. H, Ist Vermont Infantry. He served overseas from October 1917 to April 1919, and was the recipient of the Victory Medal.

After bis return from service, he entered Montpelier Seminary, and then entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1926. Always interested in religious work, he left at the end of the first semester to enter Ohio Wesleyan to study for medical missionary work. Later he transferred to the University of Vermont to complete his studies in" medicine. He interned at the Bishop De Goesbriand Hospital in Burlington, the Italian Mission dispensary in North Boston, and Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, R.I. He returned to Barre in 1931 to enter the practice of medicine where he had since remained.

Dr. Cerasoli's medical associations were many, and he was one of the best known physicians and surgeons o£ his home area. He was president of the staff of the Barre City hospital in 1947 and 1948, a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons and a member of the accreditation committee of the American College of Surgeons.

In addition he was always active in the American Legion. In 1945 he was state commander and the following year was alternate national committeeman. He was also a member of the Hedding Methodist church, a trustee of Vermont Junior College, and a member of Granite Lodge No. 35, F. & A. M. and Granite Chapter No. 26, R.A.M. and of Mt. Sinai Temple.

April 10, 1931, he was married in Boston to Christine Murray of Graniteville, who survives him with their two daughters, Christine Jane and Pauline Ann.

1928

JAMES FARRINGTON SANBORN JR. died of a heart attack at his home, 96 Summit Ave., Wollaston, Mass., on January 26.

He was born in Revere, Mass., the son of James F. and Lucy M. Sanborn and entered Dartmouth from Mt. Hermon.

"Bunny" received a Master's degree from the Amos Tuck School and became a certified public accountant in Massachusetts. He devoted his whole career to the accounting profession and was outstanding in public utility accounting and mutual investment trust work. In 1953 he was made a partner in Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery.

He was a member of the Union and Algonquin Clubs and of various accounting societies. Besides his mother, Mrs. Lucy P. Wilson, he leaves his wife, Mrs. Alice Mac Guinness Sanborn, and three children, Carol Ann, James F. 3rd, and Stephanie.

1930

SAMUEL RICHARD CARLISLE died suddenly on January 16 in Miami, Florida, where he had gone on a business trip on a consultant assignment for Pan American Airways. His home was at 116 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, Mass.

Sam was born in Clinton, Mass., February 7, 1902, and attended Clinton High School. In college he was a member of Theta Chi and majored in economics.

In his business career Sam had specialized for many years in personnel work in industry and government. At the time of his death he was a member of the faculty of the College of Special Studies at Tufts University, and a faculty member of the Management Development Program of Thayer Academy.

A member of the personnel board of the Town of Arlington, he was also a member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Personnel Boards Association.

On September 14, 1940, Sam was married to Mary A. O'Toole who survives him with two daughters, Anne, 13, and Miriam 9. He is also survived by three brothers, Carl, Thomas and Dr. Paul E. Carlisle '23.

FRANK AMOS KENISTON died suddenly on December 31 at his home, 1029 Hill St., York, Pa.

Frank was born in Lovell, Maine, April 12, 1909 and attended Gould Academy. Immediately after leaving Dartmouth he became connected with General Electric Co. For twenty years he was at the Lynn, Mass., plant where he became supervisor of planning and methods. In 1953 he was appointed manager of planning methods and wage rates for General Electric in York.

On May 25, 1946, Frank was married to Mary Conway, who survives him with their six-year-old daughter Margo. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Bertha Keniston, a brother and two sisters.