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.]

Dearborn, Selwyn K. '01, Oct. 1 White, Nelson D. '01, Oct. 10 Guardineer, Frederick R. '03, July 3 Ames, C. Lester '04, Oct. 26 Sanborn, Curtis T. '05, Oct. 28 Smith, Chester P. '05, Aug. 30 Churchill, Lawrence W. '07, Oct. 4 Woodman, Leslie S. '07, Mar. 12 Hibbard, Hazen K. '09, Oct. 30 Church, Harold P. '12, Aug. 9 Catterall, Norman B. '13, Oct. 9 Hutchins, Ralph M. '14, Sept. 25 Palmer, John P. '14, Oct. 21 Meade, Edward R. '17, Oct. 21 Young, John S. '17, Oct. 14 Deßoer, Paul K. '19, Oct. 22 Radford, John S., Jr. '19, Oct. 3 Buswell, Frederick W. '22, Oct. 21 Davis, Thurlow W. '27, Oct. 24 Deeth, Raymond A. '27, Sept. 24 Wardell, Howard F. '36, Apr. 6, 1957 Brown, Stanton '38, Oct. 15 Schneider, John N. '40, Nov. 6 Hamlin, Robert W. '44, Oct. 5

1901

SELWYN KENSON DEARBORN, a practicing physician in Woodsville, N. H., for over 50 years, passed away at his home on October 1.

He was born in Bristol, N. H., September 10, 1879, the son of Kenson E. and Mary (Tibbetts) Dearborn. He attended the grade schools of his native town and prepared for college at New Hampton Institute. He graduated with the A.B. degree in 1901 and in 1905 received his degree from the Dartmouth Medical School.

After internship at the Boston City Hospital and the New Jersey Lying-in Hospital he did postgraduate work in Boston and New York. He came to Woodsville in 1905 and at the time of his death was one of the oldest practitioners in the state. For over 40 years he was the physician for the Boston & Maine Railroad. An associate member of the Cottage Hospital, he was also a member of the Grafton County Medical Society and the American Medical Society.

Dearborn was a quiet, unassuming student who did not have many intimate associations. Those to whom he gave his friendship found him most sincere and likeable. Fraternally he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta.

His only survivor is his daughter, Mrs. James Main of Groveton, N. H.

NELSON DAVIS WHITE, vice-president of White Bros., Inc., an old textile concern in Winchendon, Mass., passed away on October 10 after a long illness.

Nelson, a native of Winchendon, the son of Joseph N. and Annie (Evans) White, was born October 19, 1879, in the house where he died. After graduating from the local high school he entered college with this class but was only with us freshman year. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.

He returned to Winchendon to enter the textile firm of his father and continued to make that his business for the rest of his life. This family concern was established in 1842 and closed down in 1955.

Nelson had been a director and vice-president of the First National Bank of Winchendon for many years. In his later years he became interested in Morgan horses, and maintained a stable of this breed. The horses he owned were well known and had been exhibited in many parts of the country.

He never married and is survived by eight nieces and nephews.

1902

Word has but recently been received of the death of OSCAR HOUSTON PERKINS in Danvers, Mass., on September 9, 1958.

Oscar was born in Danvers on January 3, 1879. He spent one year with our class and then transferred to Tufts. He married Sara Perley, sister of our classmate Bert. He spent most of his life in his home city of Danvers, which he represented for six years in the Massachusetts legislature.

1904

CLAYTON LESTER AMES died on October 26 at his home in Bridgton, Maine. He was born in Sweden, Maine, February 19, 1880, and prepared for college at Fryeburg Academy. He was with our class during freshman year only, and then returned to his home in Bridgton.

Lester was engaged in farming all his life. Fie served briefly as president of the Bridgton and Harrison Railway, one of the country's last two-foot gauge railroads, and was the leader in the futile fight to save the 16-mile road which was closed in 1941. He had served as a member of the Bridgton Board of Selectmen and was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Lester was married October 28, 1903, to Juna Belle Greene who survives him with three sons, Fred E., John B. and Kenneth G.

1905

CHESTER PHILBROOK SMITH died on August 30, after a long illness following a stroke. Bom August 25, 1883, in New York City, the son of Reuben and Cora (Philbrook) Smith, he entered Dartmouth from Norridgewock, Maine.

After graduation Chester served as a draftsman in the employ of the New York Central Railroad in New York and later in Spokane, Wash. In 1313 he took up wheat-growing in Ephrata, Wash., and later went in for small farming in Indiana. Like so many of us, Chester found the years of the depression difficult but he weathered the storm and in 1940 became a civil engineer with the bridge division of the New Jersey State Highway Dept.

Chester married Nellie Kemmer of Marion, Ind., in 1914. Four children were born to them. Chester was always devoted to his family and gave them a very happy home life. He found time to serve as a member of Lakeside-Yardville Heights Civic Association and was a member of Advent Lutheran Church. He also belonged to the 15-year Club of the Highway Department. The Smiths made their home at 245 Tettmer Ave., Trenton, N. J.

Chester is survived by his wife, a son, Orton B., a daughter, Mrs. William D. Everett, a brother Roscoe '04 of Oroville, Wash., and four grandchildren. Chauncey W. Smith '07 was also a brother.

1907

LAWRENCE WHITFIELD CHURCHILL, 74, of Juniper Road, Belmont, Mass., died on October 4. He leaves his wife, two sons and two daughters.

He completed his freshman year as a member of the Class of 1907, and then transferred to Harvard, graduating with the class of 1907. During most of his life, he was engaged in investment banking and brokerage in Boston and New York.

Funeral services were private, and interment was at Plymouth, Mass.

LESLIE SAMUEL WOODMAN died on March 12, 1959, leaving three children: Leslie, Bernard and Christine. His residence was at 28 Arlington St., Cambridge, Mass.

He was born in Kingston, N. H., on May 2, 1886. He left college during 1904. From 1917 until 1953, when he retired, he was employed by the Boston Edison Co. On July 3, 1917, he married Laura Bell Craig, who died on September 19, 1929.

1910

CHARLES LEWIS LEVERMORE died suddenly of a heart attack, while going for his newspaper on July 15. His home was at 47 Pine St., Rockville Center, N. Y.

Charlie was born November 5, 1887 in Berkeley, Calif., the son of Charles H. and Mettie (Tuttle) Levermore. His father was founder and first president of Adelphi College in Brooklyn, N. Y. Charlie prepared at Adelphi Academy. Following graduation with the Class of 1910, as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, he studied at M.I.T. where he received the degree of S.B. in 1913.

He entered the employ of the General Chemical Co. in New York and was with the company until his retirement in 1957. He served first as a chemical engineer. At retirement he was assistant to the technical director in the new research laboratories in Morris town, N. J. He had a keen mind and his sincerity and kindness towards his associates and co-workers drew high praise from them when word of his death was received.

Charlie was married to Mary A. Cushman, October 20, 1917. One of his sons, Somers D., 2nd Lieut., Air Corps, was killed in action March 9, 1943 at the age of 22. Survivors besides his widow, are a daughter, Ursula, of New York City and a son Charles H., of Glen Rock, N. J. '

1913

NORMAN BENNIE CATTERALL died of a heart attack on October 9, in the office of the Garden City Community Church, which he had served as treasurer for the past six years.

He was born on May 14, 1891, in Fall River, Mass., the son of Jessie (Alcorn) and Adam Catterall. He prepared for Dartmouth at Erasmus Hall High School. After graduating he was associated with Coffey and Cathcart, cotton brokers in New York City, until 1914. He then went with the Atlantic Terra Cotta Co. and became their vice-president in 1916. In 1917 he joined the credit department of the Irving National Bank, New York City.

Nor enlisted on December 1, 1917 in the aviation section of the Signal Corps and was sent to Texas. After his discharge he returned to the Irving National Bank until 1920. He was with the Pacific Bank from 1920 until 1926 when he went on a Mediterranean cruise for his health. He was comptroller of the Henry Hudson Hotel, New York City, from July 1940 until his retirement.

Nor married Dorothy Moller of Flushing, N. Y., on October 30, 1936. After a trip to Bermuda they made their home at 15 Kingsbury Rd., Garden City, L. I. He and Dot have attended all reunions and none could have been as successful without his help.

Clarence Meleney and John and Laura Remsen represented the class at the funeral at the Church on October 12.

1914

JOHN PHILIP PALMER died in Boston on October 21 after a short illness.

Phil was born in Portmouth, N. H., on June 15, 1889, the son of William and Mary (Howard) Palmer, and attended Portsmouth High School. After attending Massachusetts Agricultural College for two years he transferred to Dartmouth and joined the Class of 1914 in junior year. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He received his M.C.S. from Tuck School in 1915.

Phil enlisted in the Field Artillery on September 25, 1917, and was commissioned a captain, serving until November 1, 1918. He then became a salesman for Western Felt Works in Boston, and was later associated with E. H. Enos & Co., Kenworthy Brothers, Hood Rubber Co., and the Commonwealth Felt Co.

Phil never married. He is survived by a brother, Thomas H. Palmer of 40 Fernald Dr., Cambridge, Mass.

1916

CLAYTON BYRON WAITE was born September 9, 1893, and died at Fort Ann, N. Y. on August 27.

Born at Fort Ann, the son of Mansir and Emily (Ingalsbe) Waite, he was educated at Fort Ann High School and was at Dartmouth 1912-13, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He later received his B.S. in civil engineering at Tufts.

As a civil engineer he worked with D. P. Robinson, Inc., Gibbs & Hill, Inc., and Allen N. Spooner & Sons, Inc., all of New York.

On May 5, 1923 he was married to Verda Hendrickson. They had two daughters, Joan and Marjorie.

1919

PAUL KUIPER DEBOER passed away in the Peninsula General Hospital in Salisbury Md., on October 22 after a lingering illness from cancer.

He was the son of Joseph A. Deßoer '84, former president of the National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont, and Augusta (Featherly) Deßoer. Kuip was born in Montpelier, Vt., on July 16, 1897, and attended local schools and Exeter before coming to Hanover with the class.

He was a veteran of World Wars I and II, serving in the Marine Corps. His early business career was with the National Life, but latterly he operated a general store in Selbyville, Del. Your secretary first met Kuip when we were opponents on the tennis court when Exeter played Andover, and it is a great sorrow to record his passing.

Surviving are his widow, the former Helen MacDonald; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Goss of Arlington, Va., Mrs. Betty Bliss of N. Y., and Mrs. Ethel Wood of Mystic, Conn. To them the Class extends its most sincere sympathy in their great loss.

Kuip was buried in his home town of Montpelier in Green Mount Cemetery.

1922

HAROLD JOSEPH COLTON died September is in Milwaukee. His home was at 1121 North Waverly Place.

Doc, as classmates knew him, was born April 3, 1899, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was the son of Dr. Albert J. and Stella (Marvin) Colton. He prepared for college at Lafayette High School in Buffalo and entered Dartmouth with seven other freshmen from his native city. At college he was a popular classmate, active in the Outing Club and a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

Doc's business career was principally in sales and marketing. After college he worked several years with the Ralston Purina Co. and became its district sales manager at "Williamsport, Pa. For many years he was manager of the Chicago operations of George A. Hormel Co., meat packers. Later he was general sales manager of the Falstaff Brewing Co. of St. Louis and subsequently was vice-president of the Blatz Brewing Co. of Milwaukee. At the time of his death he was president of the Wembley Corporation of Milwaukee, housewares manufacturers.

Doc is survived by his wife Hildegard and his son Albert J., valedictorian of Dartmouth '47, a Rhodes scholar, and now a lawyer in Salt Lake City. Doc also leaves a brother and sister. Funeral services were held in Milwaukee on September 15. The Class offers its condolence and joins with Doc's family and friends in their bereavement.

MOSES NORRIS PERKINS died October 2 at the Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital after a short illness.

The son of Fred M. and Grace (Boody) Perkins, Moses was born January 7, 1899, in Epping, N. H. Following graduation from Epping High School, he entered Dartmouth. During his college days he was known as a quiet, friendly classmate.

After college "Moses went into business, specializing in school and college jewelry. Later for many years he was associated with University Cap and Gown, Inc., of Boston and Lawrence. Prior to his death he was president of this company.

He had lived in Methuen, Mass., for a great many years and was well known there and in Lawrence. He was a member of the Lawrence Street Congregational Church, Sullivan Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Epping, Mt. Sinai Royal Arch Chapter, Lawrence Council, Aleppo Temple of Boston, and the Dartmouth Club of Lawrence.

Funeral services were held October 5 with Rev. Lawrence Tee, minister of the Lawrence Street Congregational Church, officiating. Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery, Methuen.

Moses is survived by his wife, Eleanor, with whom he made his home at 8 Madison Street, Methuen. To her the class offers its sincere sympathy.

STEPHEN HAMILTON TREDENNICK passed away October 3 at his home, 56 Chestnut St., Boston. He had not been in the best of health for two or three years.

The son of Jonathan H. and Nettie May (Gee) Tredennick, Steve was born December 24, 1900, in Chicago. He prepared for college at Berkeley Preparatory School, Boston. At Dartmouth he was a keen student, a wellknown and popular classmate, and a member of Sigma Nu.

After graduation Steve initially worked for the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Boston. Later he engaged in mining enterprises in Cooke, Mont. From there he entered Harvard Business School where he received the degree of Master of Business Administration in 1930.

He then went to New York where for several years he was associated with Bank of Manhattan of which he became credit manager. About twenty years ago Steve returned to Boston to manage the Tredennick Co., large industrial contractors. At the time of his death he was president and treasurer of the Tredennick Co., and treasurer of Stoker and Yale, Inc., lighting equipment manufacturers.

Steve and his family lived for twenty years at Devereaux Rocks, Marblehead. They moved to Boston only two years ago. He was a member of the Tedesco Country Club of Marblehead, the West Roxbury Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Roslindale Royal Arch Chapter, the Boston Dartmouth Club and the Algonquin Club of Boston.

At funeral services held in Salem on October 5 the Class was represented by Bill Bullen, Nick Carter, Carter Hoyt, Walt Sands and Dick Willis.

To Steve's wife Reine and to their daughters Sandra and Sue, and to all who knew him as a classmate and a friend, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

FREDERICK WILLIAM BUSWELL died October 21 at his home on Flax Mill Lane, Milford, Conn.

Buzz, as college friends knew him, was the son of Henry Albert and Emily Louise (Hart) Buswell. He was born July 13, 1899, in Ansonia, Conn. He prepared for college at Ansonia High School, and he was a member of a sizable group from Connecticut's Naugatuck Valley who in 1918 came to Dartmouth as freshmen. During college years he was a good student and a highly esteemed classmate. After graduation with the Class, he returned to Tuck School where he received his Master's degree in 1924.

Following Tuck School he was associated with Halsey, Stuart & Co. in Boston for some years. In 1930 he returned to Connecticut and became statistician for the Union and New Haven Trust Co. of which since 1950 he had been vice-president in charge of investments.

Funeral services were conducted on October 23 by the Rev. Stanley Selleck, pastor emeritus of the Congregational Church in Stratford, Conn., where Buzz and his family had lived for several years prior to 1956 when they moved to Milford. Burial was in Milford Cemetery.

Buzz and his wife Vivian (Morehouse) had their silver wedding anniversary last May. In addition to his wife, he is survived by their son Jeremy, who is in the service and stationed at Fort Devens, Mass., and by his mother, Mrs. Henry Albert Buswell. The class sincerely shares their bereavement.

1927

THURLOW WOODFORD DAVIS died on October 24, following an illness of several weeks, at Oswego Hospital in Oswego, N. Y. News of his death will come as a great shock to all of us, and particularly those who were at the thirtieth reunion, and the fall reunions in 1957 and 1958, all of which Dave attended, seemingly in the best of health and spirits.

He was born in Manchester, Md., May 27, 1905, and came to Dartmouth from Ridgefield Park (N. J.) High School. While in college he was a member of Alpha Chi Sigma, and majored in chemistry, which became his life's vocation. After graduation he went to work for the Bright Star Battery Co., as a chemist, then was with Certain-teed Products Corp. and later Congoleum-Nairn, Inc. During the war he was assistant director of research for the Duramold Division of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., and set up assembly techniques and test procedures for the AT-21 plane. After the war he was general manager of the Fabric Chemicals Co., then research chemist for the Pantasote Co., where he developed a plastic wall covering. At the time of his death he was chief chemist for Breneman-Hartshorn, Inc., in Oswego.

On November 9, 1929 he married Ellen V. Bradley, in New York City. She died on October 2, 1951. They had four sons: John Bradley of Candor, N. Y., Walter Gillette of Falls Church, Va., Thomas Jefferson, with the U.S. Army in Korea, and David Woodward, a member of the faculty of the Geneva Central School.

Dave was active in community affairs, and was president of the Oswego Rotary Club at the time of his death. He also was a member of the Chemical and Engineering Society, the Society of Plastics, and the Toastmasters Club.

Always an active and loyal member of the Class, Dave will be missed whenever members of 1927 gather.

RAYMOND ADAMSON DEETH died in Philadelphia on September 24, following seven years of illness with multiple sclerosis. He was born on June 14, 1904, in Winchendon, Mass., the son of George Edward and Edith (Adamson) Deeth, and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1923 from Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Theta Chi fraternity.

Ray was a standards engineer for Fiberboards Products, Inc., in Philadelphia, and lived at 138 Osborne St. in that city.

1928

STUART SHERMAN HOUSTON died of a heart attack on June 21 at his home, 950 East-wood Rd., Glencoe, Ill.

Stu was born in Chicago, November 4, 1905, the son of James S. and Grace (Halla) Houston, and prepared for college at Hyde Park High School. He spent, three years with our class at Dartmouth and was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

Most of Stu's business career was spent in the furniture manufacturing business in Chicago. He is survived by his widow, Helen W. Houston, a son Robert, and a daughter Joan. 1930

Word has been received of the death on July 3 of ERNEST EMMANUEL MANN in Phoenix, Arizona.

After leaving Dartmouth at the end of his sophomore year he studied at the University of Michigan and for some time was employed by General Electric Co.

His two years in the Air Force left him in poor health and he had resided in Phoenix for eleven years, during which time his activities were very limited.

The Class extends its sympathy to his daughter, Suzanne Kay Mann of Detroit, Mich., and a sister, Mrs. R. C. Hupp of Lapeer, Mich.

1931

HARRY HUDSON THOMAS died in Reading, Pa., on May 23, 1959. He was born in The Brick Church area, East Orange, N. J., May 3, 1909, the son of Harry Hudson and Bessie (Jacobus) Thomas. He prepared for college at Peddie School. After graduating from Dartmouth he attended Harvard Law School for two years.

During World War II Harry served overseas two years as Ist Lt. in the Air Force. For the past 18 years he had been connected with the Pepsi Gola Bottling Co. of Reading.

Harry never married. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Willard V. Noxon, 419 N. Wyo-missing Ave., Shillington, Reading, Pa.

1936

Word has just been received of the death of HOWARD FRANKLIN WARDELL in Providence, R. I., on April 6, 1957. His home was at 22 Luzon Ave.

Howard was born in South Norwalk, Conn., on September 1, 1910. His educational career was interrupted on several occasions for he worked his way along. He graduated from the Bridgeport (Conn.) Central High School, attended Michigan State College, and transferred to Dartmouth in 1933.

On commencement day, June 15, 1936, he married Elizabeth Murray of Troy, N. Y., a graduate of St. Elizabeth College. Due to ill health two years before his death, Howard retired from his position as assistant to the president of the Glover Coating Co. of Maiden, Mass. He later took a position as administrative assistant to the director of mental health for the State of Rhode Island. He held this position at the time of his death.

Howard is survived by his wife, who is a math teacher at Hope High School in Providence, and two daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Patricia.

1954

The Class of 1954 has been greatly saddened by the loss of one of its most respected members. JAMES CHARLES CARROLL was killed on the evening of August 17 by lightning during a violent thunderstorm which occurred while he was attending an outdoor barbecue in Oakridge, N. J.

Jim had recently been employed by Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Halt & McDonald, consultant engineers, and was living temporarily in Oakridge while working on the construction of a new dam. Jim grew up in White Plains, N. Y., where he prepared for Dartmouth at White Plains High School.

At college he prepared for engineering, was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, and was active in the Glee Club. Always quiet and unassuming, Jim was greatly respected by those who knew him. An ROTC man, he served as a First Lieutenant with the 93rd Engineers at Fort Bragg, N. C., after graduation.

To Jim's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Carroll o£ 759 Wilmot Rd., Scarsdale, N. Y., and his sister, Mrs. Frederick V. Siefke of New York City, we extend our heartfelt sympathies. We are proud that he was one of us.