Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been received within the past month. Full notices mayappear in this issue or a later one.]
Ham, William H. '97, Dec. 23 Frothingham, Donald 'OB, Dec. 13 Knight, George H. '13, Dec. 6 Sullivan, Thomas L. '13, Dec. 10 Niles, Caleb H. '14, Dec. 23 Wescott, Chester A. '14, Dec. 17 Austin, Albert M. '15, Jan. 1 Parks, George M. '15, Jan. 27, 1962 Reeves, Algernon P. '16, Dec. 4 Magoon, Mayo McK. '18, Jan. 5 Fitts, Stanley C. '19, Dec. 22 Lewis, Oscar B. '19, Jan. 4 Kimball, Richard S. '20, Jan. 4 McAdams, William T. Jr. '21, Dec. 24 Akin, Frank J. '25, Dec. 26 Howe, James R. 3rd '25, Dec. 28 Jones, John F. '27, Dec. 18 Barry, Frank J. '28, Dec. 11 O'Brien, John D. '34, Jan. 7 Shoenfelt, James W. Jr. '35, Dec. 20 Cargen, Peter A. '61, Dec. 26 Kimpton, Arthur R. 'osm, Dec. 24
1897
On December 26 services were held in Bridgeport, Conn., for WILLIAM HALE HAM, who died in a convalescent home in Fairfield, Conn. Bill was honored in 1960 by the Bridgeport Club as the senior Dartmouth alumnus in Connecticut. He was also 1897 Class Secretary and Treasurer.
Burial was in Barrington, N. H., his birthplace. Bill in college was a member of the Aegis board and was a charter member of Phi Kappa Psi. With a B.S. in '97 he went on to take his C.E. the following year. In 1916 he became manager of the Bridgeport Housing Company. This organization was established during World War I by Bridgeport manufacturers to provide homes for industrial workers attracted to the city.
Previous engineering accomplishments included the construction of the dam and powerhouse for the Manchester, N. H., railways, and the design of the Derby bridge and filtration plant at Yonkers, N. Y.
Spinning, an avocation of Bill's, led to his invention and patenting of hand-spinning machines, electrically driven, which were sent to the Industries of the Blind. Through their great sense of touch the blind workers could make homespun yarn similar to that produced by the old "wool wheel." In 1927 he was appointed to a committee to aid in writing a manual on the economics of wool utilization. Other publications attributed to Bill were conclusions relative to the feasibility of prefabricated houses for working men. This idea came to fruition some fifteen to twenty years later during World War II.
On April 15, 1903 the "Yankee of all Yankees" married Elizabeth Ann Lyon of Waycross, Ga. Elizabeth died two years before their 50th anniversary.
Bill was founder of the National Junior Baseball League, and served as the League's finance chairman. He was past president of the Rotary Club and member of the Brooklawn Country, Fairfield Beach and Contemporary Clubs. Bill's complete and full life leaves much to posterity.
To his surviving daughter, Mrs. Welch Hubbell of Westport, Conn., three grandchildren and five great grandchildren we extend our deepest sympathy.
1908
CAPTAIN DONALD FROTHINGHAM of 1369 Hyde Street, San Francisco, passed away at his home on December 13 with edema of the lungs. He was born December 11, 1887, in New York City, and prepared for Dartmouth at the Fort Plain, N. Y., High School. The youngest in our class, in college he was prominent in journalistic activities being on The Dartmouth board four years, the last as managing editor; the Aegis board, and a member of the Press Club three years. His fraternity was Alpha Delta Phi.
After graduation he joined the naval militia and in 1917 was called into naval service, commissioned an ensign, assigned to the British Minister of Blockade, and later promoted to Lt. (jg) on the staff of Admiral Sims, with a short service with the 6th Battle Squadron on the North Sea.
Previous to naval service he was with Everybody's Magazine in Chicago and from 1913 to 1915 traveled extensively for the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Herald. From 1915 to 1924, except for the naval service he was general manager of the foreign trade department of American Express Company. From 1925 to 1940 he was engaged in investment banking with Evans, Stiliman and Co. of New York after a year of travel in Europe in bank investigations for the Department of Commerce.
In 1940 Don was recalled to active duty as Lt. Commander in Naval Intelligence in Washington. In 1944 he served in London as Naval Attache, Allied Governments in Exile; in 1945 as Senior U. S. Naval Officer with SHAEF; 1946-1948 at the Navy Department in Washington; and 1948-49, U. S. Naval Attache to Israel. In 1950 he retired after 20 years' service.
In 1946 he was decorated by the Netherlands with the Knight Commander Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau. He also received the U. S. Legion of Merit and the Navy Commendation Ribbon plus service and campaign medals for both wars.
Don was married to Nell Janet Meagher of Springfield, Ill., July 2, 1917, and they had two boys: Don Jr. '43, who was killed in an airplane accident while training with the U. S. Transport Command in 1943; and John, a Lt. Commander, USNR, in service 1941-46 and now a resident of Seattle, Wash., with four sons. Nell died in 1939 and in 1949 Don was married again to May M. LaBrunerie of Jersey City who survives him, together with two brothers, Roy '12 of Los Angeles and Robert '15 of Osterville, Mass.; and a sister, Dorothy Maclntyre of San Francisco. A check from the Class of 190S in his memory was sent to the New York Heart Association.
ARTHUR CLEMENT SIDES, prominent educator of Bridgeport, Conn., passed away in the Bridgeport Hospital on December 5, 1962 after two operations for a sigmoid tumor.
Art was born April 18, 1887, at South Groveland, Mass., and prepared for Dartmouth at Groveland High School. Before coming to Bridgeport he served as principal at high schools in Canaan, N. H., Princeton, Mass., and Woodbridge, N. J. He took graduate work in New York University School of Pedagogy, receiving the degrees of Pd.M. in 1912 and Pd.D. in 1913, and m 1916 did extension work from there in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. For nine months in 1918 he was stationed in an officers' training camp at Chattanooga, Tenn., as a military psychologist and examiner of personnel.
In 1916 he became mathematics teacher in the Bridgeport Central High School, assistant principal in 1918, and principal in 1940 and retained that position until his resignation in December 1952 for reasons of health. He was given a rousing testimonial dinner by his colleagues and city officials.
He was very active in civic and community affairs in Bridgeport and his home town of Easton, Conn., having been secretary of the Board of Education for 22 years, of the school building committee, and of the Easton Town Insurance Committee. He was one of the founders of the Easton Library and its first secretary.
A founder of the Connecticut League of Credit Unions, he was vice-president from 1934 to 1938 and vice-president of the Connecticut Central Credit Union from 1936 to 1939, president of the Bridgeport Teachers Association Federal Credit Union for 18 years, and secretary and president of the Bridgeport School Men's Club. His influence iielped form the Bridgeport Retired Teachers' Association and he was named the first president of the organization. He was also former secretary and treasurer of the Central High School Student Loan Club.
He had been secretary and president of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of Bridgeport, a member of the board of associates of the University of Bridgeport, of the Kiwanis Club, the Torch Club, and of the Exchange Club of Easton. In 1952 he was given the Golden Deed award of the Exchange Club in recognition of his service to the community. He was president of the Men's Bible Class in the United Congregational Church, a member of the choir, and treasurer of the Board of Religious Education.
Art, brother of Edwin E. '13, was married on July 27, 1921, to Emma Franz, a graduate of the New Haven School of Gymnastics, who passed away July 27, 1950. On April 2, 1956, he married Mrs. Gertrude Ross of Easton in the Riverside Church of New York City. As one of Art's last wishes Gertrude plans to continue to live in their home at 12 Hillside Drive, Easton, Conn., and keep up his interest in Dartmouth and the Class of 1908.
1909
HARRY EARLE BUCHANAN passed away on November 28 in a Topeka, Kan., hospital following a long illness. Bucky was born in Kansas City, Mo., on April 28, 1887 and came to Dartmouth from DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City. He was a charter member of Sigma Nu fraternity, active in YMCA work, and took part in class athletics.
Upon his father's death, he left college in his junior year and entered the telephone business. He served in the accounting departments of Missouri and Kansas Telephone Co., Emporia Telephone Co., Kansas Public Service Commission, United Telephone Co., and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. He retired from this latter company in 1952 after serving 35 years and 10 months with it. He then became an accountant for the State Corporation Commission in Topeka.
On May 20, 1913, Harry was married to Anna May Creager in Kansas City, Mo. Five children were born to them and three daughters grew to womanhood.
Harry served as a Ist Lt. in the Kansas State Guard in World War I. He was active in both the York and Scottish Rites in Masonry and a member of Arab Temple of the Shrine. He was choir leader and Sunday School Secretary and Treasurer of the Baptist Church. He also belonged to the Hi-Twelve Club and the Topeka Engineers Club.
He is survived by his widow, who lives at 700 Taylor Road, Topeka, and three daughters: Mrs. M. C. Oberhelman of Topeka; Mrs. N. D. Wiltrout of Colorado Springs, and Mrs. H. D. Anderson of Alcoa, Tenn. The Class extends its sympathy in our mutual loss as Harry was one of '09's most active members and supporters.
Funeral services were held December 3 with interment in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka.
1911
ALLAN THORPE WHEELER was stricken with a heart attack on Sunday, November 25, 1962 and was rushed to the hospital where he died on the 28th. Al, the son of the late Bertrand T. Wheeler '84, was born in Dorchester, Mass., Jan. 1, 1890. He graduated from Needham High School, entered Dartmouth, and graduated with 1911. His brother Bert, who died in 1943, was also a member of 1911 and as alumni they used to send messages to each other through the class notes section of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Al was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
His first job was with Stone and Forsyth Co. where he was a salesman of twine and paper products. He retired in 1942 to help in the war effort as an inspector for the Raytheon Manufacturing Co. in Waltham, Mass. On May 14, 1924 he and Helen Johnson were married in Weston, Mass., where they made their home ever since in a fine colonial house at 651 Boston Post Road.
Funeral services were held in the Wentworth Chapel, Waltham. As part of the service, the organist played two of Helen's compositions, "Open the Door, Gentle Lord" and "Nocturne." Burial was in the family lot in Linwood Cemetery, Weston. Besides Helen he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Douglas (Virginia) Schofield of Newton Center and Mrs. William F. (Carolyn) Larkins of Maynard; a son, Allan T. Jr. of Weston; a brother, Donald B.; and three sisters.
Al was a great Dartmouth enthusiast and described by a classmate as a colorful chap. The large 1911 delegation that attended the church service was testimony of the affection and regard in which he was held by his classmates.
ARTHUR HENRY WITTE died at his home, 107 S.W. 2nd Ave. in Boynton Beach, Fla., on November 23, 1962. He and his wife Marjorie left for a cruise to Bermuda the last of September and he suffered a severe heart attack soon after leaving New York. They were flown back to Florida where he was hospitalized. After improvement he went to his home where he remained until his death. He had been forced to lead a somewhat restricted life since a stroke caused his retirement seven years ago.
Arthur was born in New York City, August 24, 1890. During his boyhood years he attended schools in Europe for six years but prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. He left Dartmouth at the end of his sophomore year to go to work for his father. In 1925 he married Marjorie Peck of New Haven, Conn., and they lived in Pelham Manor, N. Y., for thirty years.. Their daughter died at the age of eight years and their son Arthur Jr. was killed in an automobile accident a few years ago.
Arthur's business life was spent with Merritt, Chapman and Scott Marine Construction Co., where he was treasurer and tax expert for 38 years until his forced retirement by illness. During these last years he indulged in his hobbies of raising roses and reading financial reports and French and German books.
His survivors include his wife, a brother Harold of Menning, Fla., and a granddaughter. Funeral services were held in the Scobee-Combs Funeral Parlor and burial was in Boynton Beach Memorial Park.
1913
GEORGE HAROLD KNIGHT of West Harwich, Mass., died suddenly on December 6, 1962 in Chestnut Hill, Mass., at the home of Helen Knight's sister. He had been there for some weeks having various tests and examinations. He was born on March 16, 1891 in Claremont, N. H., and prepared for Dartmouth at the Lynn Classical High School.
After graduating he started with United Shoe Machinery Co. in Boston as a clerk in the sales department. In 1915 he was made assistant manager of the machinery department in Boston. On July 29, 1916 he married Lillian Mae Pierce of Lynn, Mass., and Barbara Pierce Knight was born on July 21, 1917. Lillian died on March 8, 1933.
At the beginning of World War I, George was placed in charge of the distribution of machinery in the factories of all manufacturers having contracts for U.S. Army and Navy shoes. He was so successful in mobilizing every available machine in the country and transferring idle machines that the shoe manufacturing industry broke all records in making shoes rapidly on a large scale.
In 1945 he was appointed Superintendent of Agencies of the United Shoe Machinery Co., with a force of 1500 people under him located in 50 cities from coast to coast. He became the youngest executive in the company.
On June 19, 1943 he and Helen Elizabeth Lythgoe were married. Since his retirement from U.S.M. Co. they had been living in West Harwich, Mass. He served as Reunion Chairman in 1946 and 1958.
He is survived by his wife Helen, his daughter, Mrs. Roger Buffington ('38), two granddaughters, Joan and Janet Buffington, and his mother, Mrs. Minnie Barron Knight of Lynn, Mass. Funeral services were held at Eastman Funeral Home, Beacon St., Boston. The Class was represented by Alan B. and Renza Shepard, Marc and Francis Wright, Carl Shumway, George Steele, and Warde Wilkins. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
THOMAS LAWRENCE SULLIVAN died peace-fully after a long illness at the Veterans' Hospital. West Roxbury, Mass., on December 10, 1962. He lived at 24 Bogandale Rd., West Roxbury.
Tom was born on October 26, 1890 in South Boston and prepared for Dartmouth in the Groveland and South Boston High Schools. He was a member of the track and cross-country squads at Hanover.
After graduating he was two years with the United Fruit Co. at Jamaica, Panama Canal Zone, Santa Marta, and on a ranch at Rio Frio, Colombia. In 1915 he became an instructor in Spanish at Boston English High School until he served for six months on the Mexican border. In 1917 he was mobilized with Hdq. Co., 9th Mass. Infantry National Guard and served eighteen months overseas.
From 1919 to 1921 he was physical instructor, Park Department, Boston, and taught in the Boston Trade School. On August 28, 1923 he married Helena Frances Fallon. Virginia Marie was born August 30, 1924, and Richard Byrd and Robert Scott, twins, on October 3, 1927.
Following World War I he became a teacher of Romance languages in the Boston high schools until he retired from the school system in 1952. Boston Latin, Dorchester, and Roxbury Memorial High Schools were his teaching posts. He received his M.Ed, degree at Teachers College, Boston, in 1939.
He entered World War II service on January 19, 1942 as Captain, Infantry Corps of Military Police. He served in Naples, Italy, and in Tokyo and Yokohama, lapan, in prosecution of Japanese and Korean black marketeers. Promoted to major in 1943 and It. colonel in 1947, he was a colonel at time of his death.
He suffered serious injuries in an accident at Camp Stoneman, Calif., in June 1946 and was in hospitals there and in Tokyo, and at Augusta, Ga. Before he was retired to inactive duty in 1947 he received the Army Commendation Ribbon, and was cited by Brig. Gen. Bryan, the Provost Marshal General, for having "served with distinction" in P. M. G. O. with the Prisoners of War Division.
He leaves his wife Helena; two sons, Robert S. of West Roxbury and Richard B. '50 of New York; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia M. Enos of Needham; and a brother, David Sullivan of Roxbury.
Warde Wilkins represented the Class and was a member of the honor delegation of the American Legion, Post 48, Newton, to which Tom belonged.
1915
CAPT. ALBERT MURRAY AUSTIN, U.S. Navy, retired, died suddenly January 1 at his High Street residence in Camden, Me., where he had resided for the past eleven years. "Austy" was born in Dorchester, Mass., August 25, 1892, son of Granville and Tliurza Bailey Austin, and was a Navy veteran of World Wars I and II.
He prepared for Dartmouth at Roxbury Latin School and graduated from college in 1915 with a B.S. degree. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, active in class track and a member of the college choir.
Capt. Austin was a Mason, a past rear commodore of the Camden Yacht Club, a trustee of Maine Maritime Academy, a director of the Camden Community Hospital and its secretary for seven years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Madeline L. Austin; two sons, Granville S. '50 of Enysham, England and Calvin M. '41 of Bloomington, Ind.; one daughter, Dr. Shirley Austin of Belleville, Mich., and eight grandchildren.
Services were at the First Congregational Church, Camden, and interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
GEORGE MAURICE PARKS, 492 East Center Street, Marion, Ohio, died in Marion January 27, 1962. Word of his death was only recently received from the Registrar of Vital Statistics in Marion and the cause of his death is not known.
George was born November 29, 1892 and spent two years at Dartmouth. Information about his life after leaving Dartmouth is not available.
OTIS FAY ROCKWOOD, for 32 years editor and publisher of the Vergennes Enterpriseand Vermonter, died December 8 in Burlington's Mary Fletcher Hospital following a short illness. He was born March 23, 1889 in Woodbury, Vt., son of the Rev. Frederick and Emma (Walker) Rockwood.
Otis graduated from Kimball Union Academy in 1910, attended Dartmouth for a year, and graduated from Wheaton College in 1918. In 1921 he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Oberlin College. For several years he officiated as pastor of the Congregational Church in Chelsea, Vt.
Otis was a past president of the Vermont Press Association, a member of the New England Press Association, Vergennes representative to the Vermont Legislature from 1947 to 1950, and a member of the state Judicial Council and the Vermont Educational Television Committee. He was also a member of the Vergennes Congregational Church, charter member and past president of the Vergennes Rotary Club, Dorchester Lodge No. 1, F&AM, Otter Creek Chapter 74, OES, Vermont Grange No. 406, a former member of the Vergennes City Council, and a member of the Union School Committee.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Susanne B. Rockwood of Vergennes, a brother, Edward Arthur Rockwood of Fair Haven, Vt., and a sister, Mrs. J. J. Grimm of Venice, Fla. Another brother was the late Stanley W. '11.
Services were conducted December 11 at the Vergennes Congregational Church and interment was in the Prospect Cemetery.
1916
JESSE KELLER FENNO, a former secretary of the Class and a pioneer in New England aviation since World War I, died suddenly at his home in Lyme, N. H., on November 29.
He was born in Canton, Mass., December 9, 1894. He prepared at Worcester Academy before entering Dartmouth, and after receiving his B.S. and M.C.S. degrees enlisted in the aviation section of the Signal Corps, U.S. Army, and was in the service until after the Armistice. During that time he was a flight instructor in San Diego and Riverside, Calif., with the rank of second lieutenant. During World War II he was a flight instrument instructor. After the first war Jess was engaged in a number of businesses in Walpole, Boston, and Burlington, Vt. In 1933 he was owner of the Fenno Flying Service, Seekonk, Mass. From the end of World War II until 1948 he was with the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington. At one time he was the only flier with a license for air advertising. Jess was also chairman of the Rhode Island Aviation Commission in 1940, Wing Commander for Rhode Island in 1942, and a member of the Quiet Birdsmen. At the time of his death he was an antique furniture dealer in Lyme.
In 1925 Jess married Sarah Starkweather of Hartford, Conn., who survives him, together with three sons, John Starkweather '48, of Catskill, N. Y., Herbert Lincoln 2nd '51, of Beverly, Mass., and Stephen Williston, a senior at the University of New Hampshire; and a sister, Mrs. Albert Stirn of Staten Island, N. Y.
Cremation services were held at Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, on December 3 and Jess' ashes were interred in the family lot in Canton. Memorial services were conducted in Rollins Chapel at Dartmouth on the afternoon of December 5.
ALGERNON POOLE REEVES died of a heart attack at George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D. C., on December 4. His home was at 3903 Jocelyn St., N.W.
He was born January 26, 1893 in that city and was graduated from its Central High School. He then attended Dartmouth for only one semester and subsequently was graduated from Wesleyan University in 1916. In World War I he served as an ensign on the battleship Oklahoma.
Algernon's father, Sewall A. Reeves, had opened the Reeves Bakery and Confectionery Store on F Street, Washington, in 1891 and Algernon was the manager of the store from 1916 to 1940. Upon his father's death he became head of the store.
He was active in business and community affairs and was a past president of the Washington Rotary Club and a past master of the Temple Noyes Masonic Lodge. He was also a member of the Alfalfa Club, the Washington Restaurant Association, the Washington Board of Trade, and the Columbia Country Club.
Algernon is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Young of Annapolis and Mrs. Charles W. Styer of Groton, Conn., and a son, John William, who now manages the business.
1920
Mere words scarcely suffice to express the feeling of the Class for GEORGE SOLOMON SACKETT who passed away at his home, 5 Springdale Road in New Rochelle, N. Y., on December 5. There were but few who had the quality of human kindness and friendliness that will always be associated with George. The facts of his career which follow do scant justice to the warm-hearted guy he was.
Born in Winsted, Conn., July 4, 1896, George was graduated from Dartmouth in 1920 with an A.B. degree. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He spent a year in Istanbul, Turkey, as a mathematics instructor at Robert College before joining the Kodak organization in 1922.
In 1924 George moved to the Eastman Chemical Corporation and a year later returned to Rochester as a member of the Comptroller's Department. In 1926 he was assigned to the staff of Kodascope Libraries in New York City. A year later he was appointed auditor for Kodascope Libraries. He assumed auditing responsibilities for the Recordak Corporation in 1928, and two years later was transferred to full-time duties with Recordak. After serving successively as auditor and assistant treasurer, he was elected treasurer of the Recordak Corporation in 1943, which post he held until he retired on January 1, 1962.
George was a member of the Larchmont Avenue Presbyterian Church, the Larchmont (N. Y.) Shore Club, the Dartmouth Club of New York, and the Controllers Institute. He is survived by his wife, the former Mildred Steinkamp of Rochester, N. Y., and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Proctor of New Rochelle.
1921
WILLIAM TERRY MCADAMS JR., of 1505 Magnolia Ave., Manhattan Beach, Calif., for 21 years an employee of North American Aviation, suffered a heart attack and died suddenly December 24. On February 11 he would have been 64 years old. He hoped to retire in May and with Dorothy enjoy his favorite sport of sailing.
The son of William Terry and Gabriella Mundy McAdams, he was born in Metuchen, N. J. He entered Dartmouth from St. Paul's School and joined Chi Phi. On January 26, 1921 in Metuchen he married Dorothy Manning by whom he had two sons, William Terry McAdams III and Robert K. McAdams. The elder was killed in World War 11, leaving his widow and one child. The younger, employed by Goodyear, has a son, Brian, aged 17.
Bill and Dorothy lived in an artistic colony near Palo Verdes where Dorothy, an artist, is known for her wire mobiles and models in clay created in a roof-top studio.
After college Bill was office manager from 1922 to 1934 for Edward Ardolino, Inc., New York City, architectural sculptors. In 1936 he moved from Edgewater, Fla., to Glendale, Calif., and from there to Hermoa Beach.
1923
FREDERICK OSCAR WOLF passed away November 13, at his home at 1235 Park Ave., New York City. Fred entered college with our class but left in June of 1921 to enter business. At the time of his death he was an associate of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Steiner, Rouse & Co.
He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York and a director of the Century Country Club in Purchase, N. Y.
Surviving are his widow, the former Lucille Holle, and a daughter, Mrs. Andrew Spiegel.
1925
FRANK JAMES AKIN died December 26, 1962, at Sarasota, Fla., after a month's illness. Born in Troy, N. Y., August 19, 1903, Frank prepared for Dartmouth at Water-ford (N. Y.) High School. While at Hanover he was a member of Beta Alpha Phi, the Glee Club, the Choir, and the Canoe Club. He continued to maintain an interest in the College down through the years and requested a friend to notify the Alumni Recorder of his passing.
Frank apparently never married and left no relatives other than a cousin, Mrs. Metta Monahan of Troy, N. Y. He had spent many years teaching in private schools in Sarasota and Dallas, Texas, until 1948 when he became active in travel services. More recently he had been with the Swedish American Line in New York, which he left last spring to retire to Sarasota.
So again we mourn the passing of another classmate.
1928
Stricken with a heart attack while leaving work, FRANK JOSEPH BARRY died December 11 in Hartford, Conn. He lived at 98 Tunxis Ave. in Bloomfield, Conn. For the past 34 years he had been an underwriter for the Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. in Hartford.
Born in New Haven, Conn., October 30, 1905, Barry prepared for college at Collegiate Preparatory School. While in college he majored at the Tuck School.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Jessie Allison Barry, and a brother, Edward J. Barry of New Haven, to whom the Class extends its most sincere sympathy.
1931
One of the Upper Cape's outstanding civic leaders and educators, SAMUEL WALTON CROCKER, died July 23, 1962. Sam lived at 100 High Street in Wareham, Mass.
Bostonian by birth, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy in preparation for Dartmouth. Swimming, fencing, and Alpha Sigma Phi numbered his extracurricular activities. A Latin major, he took a year at Harvard for his A.M. and went on to teach at Orange High and headed the English department until 1952. For the past three years he taught Latin at Bourne High School. For some five years he conducted an insurance business in Wareham, as an agent for Equitable Life.
During the war he was a lieutenant in the Navy on subchaser duty, which entailed patrol, escort, and amphibious assignments in the South Pacific.
Among the many positions he held were those of president of the Wareham Teachers Association; drive chairman for a new wing of Tobey Hospital; chairman of the local Red Cross Committee and first chairman of the Wareham Teachers Club salary committee when it was formed in 1946. Active in church affairs, he was senior member of the board of the First Congregational Church. For Dartmouth he served as the devoted president of the Southeastern Massachusetts Alumni Association for four years.
Mabel Charlotte Taylor and Sam were married July 1, 1936 at Athol. Mary Jane, Deborah, and Sara Ann made their respective appearances in 1939, 1943, and 1947.
With his family and father, Walter G. Crocker '12, we share in the great loss of a devoted husband, father, son, and Classmate.
On November 2, 1962 many of us here in the Greater Boston area were shocked to read in the Boston papers of the sudden death of HARRY RUSSELL WOODWARD. Russ could always be counted on to take an active part in our local class activities with the result that a number of us saw him from time to time, and it was not so long ago that he had been with a group of us.
It is seldom possible for classmates to pay personal respects at such times as this, but Al Rikkola did so in this instance and was pallbearer at the funeral. In a note Al states, "He had been in good health all along ... and had been very active in church affairs in recent years. The eulogy given by the minister was one of the finest that I have heard."
Russ was treasurer of a cotton textile firm in Chelsea and always had lived in the Greater Boston area. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church in Danvers where he had lived during the last 21 years.
Typical of Russ was his response to the questionnaire that was sent out in preparation for our 25th Year Book, part of which is as follows: "Dartmouth gave me a desire to continue learning and thinking for myself, a pride, friendships, the means for living a more useful and more understanding life."
His classmates extend their condolences to his wife, Enid, and two sons, Richard and Robert.
1938
JAMES SMITH CULLEN died May 22, 1962 in Minneapolis, Minn. Jim, born in Minneapolis on June 30, 1916, entered Dartmouth from the Blake School. An Alpha Delta Phi, he left us in 1936 to enter business. He and his brother, William W. '27, were associated with Carr, Cullen Co., woodwork manufacturers. He later went into the real estate business in Minneapolis.
Surviving Jim are his wife the former Barbara Larkin, a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence W. Carr, and a son, James S. Jr.
1945
Little information is known about the death of DONALD PULFORD DAVIS, at New York University Hospital, February 19, 1962. A 1941 Kimball Union graduate, Don left us in 1943 for a three-year tour of Army duty, which took him to Korea and Okinawa as a radio repairman. He returned to Hanover, but later left to go into the electronics field. From 1947 to 1949 he attended the RCA Institute. He was an engineer with the Western Electric Co. in Winston-Salem, N. C., but maintained a home at Monmouth Hills, Navesink, N. J.
Don's father, the late Howard Clark '06, was one of the College's greatest benefactors. The Davis Field House and Hockey Rink are named for him.
On September 10, 1943 Don married Barbara O'Hearn, who survives him, as do three daughters and two sons. Our belated condolences to Barbara and the children.
1949
PETER MITCHELL SERAFIN, a design engineer with American Steel and Wire Co., died in North Haven, Conn., October 15, 1962 after a short illness. He lived at 10 Oakwood Drive.
Peter, brother of Dr. Eugene L. '42, was born in New Haven, the son of Dr. Peter J. Serafin '18. He prepared for Dartmouth at St. John's Kanty High School in Erie, Pa. Peter left Hanover in 1948 and went on to attend the University of Connecticut.
Surviving him are his wife, the former Shirley Ballah; a daughter, Mary; his parents; his brother and a sister. The Class extends sympathy to all the family.
1954
WILLIAM HARRY BERNO, 29, died September 27, 1962, at his home at the Waldorf Towers, 2300 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights. Bill was born in Mansfield, Ohio, November 25, 1932, and attended the University School. A brother of Phi Kappa Psi, he also belonged to the D.O.C. After receiving his M.S. in 1955 he joined the company of Jack and Heintz as a sales engineer. Five years later he became district sales engineer with Texas Instruments. At the time of his death he was a market analyst for the automotive division of Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc. Bill's untimely death cut short what was to be a flourishing career. He was a member of the Union Club, Chagrin Valley Hunt Club, and Dartmouth Society of Engineers.
Surviving Bill are his mother, Mrs. H. C. Rosenberger, and a sister, Mrs. Stephen K. Carpenter Jr. His stepbrother, Dr. John W. Rosenberger, is a member of the Class of 1956.
The family suggested contributions be made to the Christ Episcopal Church Educational Fund.
William Hale Ham '97
Donald Frothingham '08
