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.]
Warden, Herbert A. '96, Jan. 30 Gleason, Ernest M. '98, Jan. 20 Hildreth, Charles L. '01, Feb. 7 de Anguera, Herman C. '02, Jan. 9 Lewis, George A. '04, Jan. 11 Pierce, Carlos T. '07, Jan. 15 Winslow, Arthur E. '07, Jan. 12 Knight, Charles B. '13, Jan. 10 Foster, Frank H. '15, Feb. 5 Reynolds, William R. '15, Dec. 19, 1967 McClary, Andrew B. '16, Jan. 28 Ryan, Thomas H. '16, Jan. 15 Fiske, Donald R. '18, Jan. 10 Salisbury, James M. '18, Jan. 25 Alden, Frederick W. '19, Feb. 3 Parsons, Harold C. '19, Jan. 23 Barton, Roberts R. '21, Oct. 15, 1967 Salzer, Benjamin F. '21, Jan. 25 Stockwell, Harland C. '24, Feb. 7 Adams, James B. Jr. '25, Dec. 30, 1967 Chilcott, Theodore E. '25, Jan. 4 Munson, Charles L. '26, Jan. 21 Hardin, J. Lawson Jr. '27, Feb. 1 Herrmann, Robert C. '27, Jan. 16 Jackson, Frederick '27, Jan. 13 Spinney, W. Aborn '27, Feb. 1 Vandenberg, Arthur H. Jr. '28, Jan. 18 Calver, John H.F. '29, Jan. 12 Rumpf, A. Newell '30, Feb. 2 Neely, Hugh F. '31, Feb. 11 Reno, John H. '31, Feb. 8 Soule, Colin F. '36, Feb. 12 Weaver, James A. '40, May 26, 1967 Eck, Theodor D. '59, Jan. 15 Cherlin, Dennis L. '60, Feb. 2 Stone, Donald L. '35h, Feb. 2
Faculty
DONALD LANE STONE, A.M. '35, Professor of Government and Business Law Emeritus, died February 2 in Alice Peck Day Convalescent Home, Lebanon, N.H., after a lengthy illness.
Voted emeritus rank by the Dartmouth Trustees on the faculties of both the College and the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration when he retired in 1955, Professor Stone had taught at Dartmouth for 21 years.
He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on October 16, 1886, and received his secondary school education at Howe Military Academy in that state. A graduate of Brown University, he held an LL.B. degree from Harvard, an M.A. degree from Princeton, a J.D. degree from the University of Indiana, and an honorary A.M. from Dartmouth.
Professor Stone had taught at Culver Military Academy and at Princeton before joining the College faculty in 1924 as Instructor in Political Science. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1926, and in 1935 was made Professor of Government. From 1930 on, he taught also in Tuck School, giving courses in business law to first- and second-year students. He became Professor of Business Law at Tuck School in 1935 and, in the latter part of his teaching career, taught exclusively at the business school.
During World War I he served in Paris as a member and later chief of the American censorship section in the Bureau de la Presse under General Pershing, who awarded him a citation. He was promoted to the rank of Major and subsequently, in the reserves, to Lieutenant Colonel. From 1920 to 1921, he was employed by the European Service of the Chicago Tribune in Paris and Berlin.
An ardent collector of books and a benefactor of libraries, Professor Stone made many valuable gifts to the College Library including Shakespeare's Second Folio of 1632, the Third Folio of 1644, and many other first editions of English authors of the 17th and early 18th centuries. He marked his retirement in 1955 with the presentation to the Tuck School Library of a full set of the U.S. Supreme Court Reports and the legal encyclopedias Corpus Juris and Corpus Juris Secundum.
Professor Stone served the community as Judge of the Hanover Municipal Court from his appointment in 1946 until his 70th birthday in 1956, and as Moderator of the Village Precinct. He was a member of the corporation of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and the Howe Library and served for many years as president of the Pine Park Association. He was elected a member of the corporation of the Dartmouth Savings Bank in 1937, a trustee in 1940, and vice president in 1955, and had been a member emeritus since 1960. Other organizations of which he was a member are the Princeton Graduate Alumni Association, of which he was the first president, the American Legion, and the faculty luncheon group.
Professor Stone is survived by his wife Norma, of 27 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, also an Indiana native, whom he married in 1931; by a daughter, May Norma, of New York City, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted February 6 in St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hanover, with cremation following.
1896
A gangrenous foot, and finally amputation of his leg, was the cause of the death of HERBERT ANDREW WARDEN on January 30. He was one of the oldest living graduates of the College, at age 92.
Born in Hanover, N.H., in 1875, Mr. Warden was first married to Ella F. Todd in Newburgh. She died in 1934. In 1945 he married Minnie Frost of Highland Mills. She survives as do a daughter by his first marriage, a stepdaughter, two grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Mr. Warden spent a year doing graduate work at Cornell in electrical engineering and went into the electrical contracting business in 1898. This business was eventually sold to the DuPont Company.
A life long Republican, Mr. Warden was elected Mayor of Newburgh, N.Y., four times without ever receiving the endorsement of the Republican City Committee. During his administration Newburgh earned an All-American City Award by solving its financial problems despite elimination of a retail sales tax.
He was a past master of Newburgh Lodge of Masons; had been president of the Newburgh and Hudson Valley Electric Leagues and a director and vice president of the New York State Electric League. He also had served as treasurer of the Newburgh Rotary Club.
A note from his daughter, Mary Warden Stewart, 388 Grand St., Newburgh, tells us that he was mentally alert until the time of his death, and that he had lived a long, happy, and active life.
1897
HERMON HOLT JR., 91, passed away on January 7, 1968.
He was born in Claremont, N.H., and attended public schools there before entering Dartmouth. After graduation from college he received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School. Early records indicate his great interest in sports in general, and skiing and golf in particular. It is claimed that a small group, of which Cap was a member, actually introduced skiing to Hanover in 1895 after having skis made for them in Portland, Maine. Cap was mighty proud of his Dartmouth heritage of which his father and two uncles were a part. His only survivor, a son Hermon III, is a member of the Class of 1938.
Cap's career saw him the head of the firm of Powers, Holt and Foster, in Boston, and for ten years he was president of the Florence Crittendon League and a trustee and director of the Massachusetts Savings Bank of Boston. He was a vestryman at Trinity Episcopal Church in Newton Center, where his funeral services were held on January 10.
1900
We have recently lost from our now small number of living classmates another loyal member. After a brief illness, Professor LORING HOLMES DODD died on January 3 at his home, 88 Sagamore Rd., Worcester, Mass.
Loring was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 4, 1879. In due course he graduated from the Boys' High School in Brooklyn, and along with three other young men of his high school class came to Dartmouth as a freshman in the fall of 1896. Following graduation he was a student at Columbia and received his M.A. degree in 1901. After further education he received his Ph.D. at Yale in 1907. During these years he had varied experience in teaching and administration in secondary schools. In 1910 he joined the faculty of Clark University as an instructor in English and became a full professor of English in 1920 and Chairman of the Art Department.
Through the years he became a well-beloved and inspiring teacher in his chosen field. Furthermore he found time to initiate and foster an .extensive cultural program in Music and Art for the city of Worcester. This brought annually to the city outstanding performers and lecturers in music, art, and drama. In his own right Loring was often in demand as a lecturer. He contributed to the Sunday edition of the WorcesterTelegram and other other Worcester papers with thoughtful, critical articles on current art exhibitions and musical events. He was the author of two books, Everyday Rhetoric and Golden Age of American Sculpture.
In 1910 he married Ruth T. Esleeck. Due to her illness and death in June 1965, Loring was unable to be present at our 65th reunion. A memorial service for him was held at the Center Congregational Church of Worcester on January 6, and burial was in Forestdale Cemetery in Holyoke, Mass. There are no survivors.
1902
Memory goes back to a day in September 1898 when two young men met in Hanover for the first time. They were to become good friends in the course of the next four years. One of them had a rather unusual name, that was soon shortened to ."Duke." This was natural, since his full name was HERMAN KEIDEL CLIFFORD DE ANGUERA. The nickname was authenticated by the Duke himself when he told the story of his grandfather, who was actually an adventurous Spanish nobleman who migrated with his family to New England where Herman was bom in Wakefield, Mass., on July 28, 1879. Though he later travelled in many parts of the world, it is somewhat of a coincidence that he died in almost the same place on January 9, 1968.
Duke was popular in college, being a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and taking advantage of his considerable musical talent, he played in the college band for three years. He graduated with a B.S. degree in 1902, and seven years later obtained a divinity degree from Rochester (N.Y.) Theological Seminary. There he met and married his first wife, Lois Bartels, who died in 1938. They had two daughters, Margaret, born in 1911, and Vera, born in 1915.
For thirty years Duke worked with the Y.M.C.A., both in South and North America: first in Montevideo, and then in various-cities in the U.S.A. Always deeply interested in religious work, he became pastor of the Congregational Church of New Fairfield, Conn. He retired in 1945, but could not remain inactive and soon moved back to Wakefield, the town of his birth, where he was associated with the work of the First Parish Congregational Church.
He married again, this time to Mrs. Harry Wheeler, who died in 1953. She was a widow, and left him several grown step-children.
Duke's great desire to be useful led him to accomplish a wide variety of deeds. He constructed the first Y.M.C.A. building in Uruguay, taking more pleasure from the fulfilled need than the actual construction itself. He gave freely of his skills, not only as a woodworker but also as a musician, in his hometown or where ever he traveled. Here was someone of whom we can all be proud. He was honored in life and we honor him in death. We are grateful that he belonged to us. Dartmouth needs more men like Duke de Anguera.
1904
GEORGE ALEXANDER LEWIS died after three weeks' illness in the Community Hospital, Peekskill, N.Y., on January 11. He was born Oc- tober 20, 1882 in Hingham, Mass. After undergraduate work he continued to study in the Thayer School and became a civil engineer.
After finishing the first year of Thayer School in 1905, George spent one year working for Uncle Sam on the Panama Canal and for several years following he was employed by contractors on public works and general construction. For twenty years he was engineer for the well-known landscape architects, Olmsted Brothers, in Brookline, Mass. Then he moved to the New York area to be associated with the development of the Vanderlip estate in Scarborough. During this time he lived with his family in Ossining, N.Y., where he was a member and trustee of the First Baptist Church. He became very active in the Scouting movement in Ossining.
In 1909 he married Hughena Mac Donald of Hopewell, Nova Scotia, who died in 1946. They had two daughters and two sons who survive as do three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
George was a member of the New York Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, the Thayer Society of Engineers, and the Dartmouth Club of Westchester. He had been a Mason for 61 years.
In the 50th Reunion Class Report George wrote that his memories of undergraduate days crowded one upon another but the most vivid was of the morning when, returning from breakfast, he saw Dartmouth Hall burning. "All my possessions," he wrote, "except the clothes I had on were going up in smoke. Although I was not a member, I was offered lodging at a fraternity house and stayed there until I finished in April with other first-year Thayer students."
George appeared at the reunions of the Class whenever he could attend. His classmates became more and more appreciative of his sterling qualities as they came to know him better. He will be greatly missed in all the future activities of the Class.
1906
GEORGE LEROY SWASEY of Star Route, Bristol, N.H„ died January 9 at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia after a long illness.
George was born in Wells Depot, Maine, July 6, 1882, but grew up in Concord, N.H., and prepared for Dartmouth in the Concord High School. In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and became one of the outstanding athletes of his class. For four years a member of the varsity track team and for his senior year of the varsity football team, he won his "D" in both sports. He held the College records for the 100-yard dash, the 220-yard dash, and the 440-yard run, and was the only man to hold three records at the time of his graduation.
George coached football at New Hampton School in the fall of 1906, then engaged in hotel and restaurant work in Boston for three years. From 1909 to 1927 he was in the employ of Jordan Marsh Co., beginning as a salesman and by steady promotion rising to the position of store superintendent. After hotel work again for five years, he moved to Bristol in 1932 and for the rest of his active business life owned and operated a summer resort—tourist cabins and dining room—on Newfound Lake. He retired in April 1946.
For many years George spent his winters in Florida, where he was able to keep up his hobby of sports, winning prizes in golf, bowling, and shuffleboard. He was a member of the Shuffleboard Clubs of both Orlando and New Smyrna, and for three years served as state president of the Florida Shuffleboard Association. In Bristol he was a member of the Federated Church.
George married at Lynn, Mass., April 11, 1907 Angelina West of England, and, second, at Bristol October 26, 1938, Mrs. Marion (Prince) Blake. He is survived by his wife and a daughter, Mrs. Clyde E. Smith of Bristol, a step-son and a step-daughter. The sympathy of the Class is extended to all of them.
1907
ARTHUR EUGENE WINSLOW, of 1 Bowden St., Waterville, Me., died January 12 at Thayer Hospital, following a long illness. He had been a patient there since October 20.
Art was born in Oakland, Maine, November 13, 1884. He prepared for college at Coburn Classical Institute and while at Dartmouth became a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
From 1907 to 1913 he was with the Fort Halifax Power Co. and the Central Maine Power Co. He then entered the employ of the Hollingsworth and Whitney Co., with whom he was for many years manager of personnel, before retiring in 1949.
He was active in first aid and Boy Scout programs for years; was a member and former warden of St. Mark's Episcopal Church; a past president of the Waterville Savings Bank, and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. In retirement he usually spent six months in Florida and four on the coast of Maine at Owls Head at Rockland. His hobbies were varied for he enjoyed fishing, gardening, stamp collecting, rug hooking, reading and travel.
On February 3, 1909 he married Elizabeth Tyrrell Stobie, who survives. He is also survived by his son Robert and three granddaughters.
Funeral services were held at St. Mark's Church on January 15. Burial was in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Arthur was a very loyal classmate and he and his wife Elizabeth have attended many of our Class Reunions. Our deepest sympathy goes to Elizabeth and the family. Art will be greatly missed by all of us.
CARLOS THORNTON PIERCE died at his home on Dublin Rd., Jaffrey Center, N.H., on January 15.
"Cully" was born in Stanstead Province, Quebec, on September 7, 1884. He prepared for college at the Cutter School. He was a member of Psi Upsilon, Turtle and Sphinx, and was on the freshman and sophomore football teams and the varsity hockey team.
After graduation he was in the lumber business from 1908 to 1937 when he changed to real estate and insurance where he was associated with our classmate, "Tod" Plummer. He was a Republican and in 1946 was an Alderman of the City of Newton, Mass. He was a Rotarian at Newton and a member of Lions at Jaffrey, also a member of Hunnewell Club and Brae Burn. In religion - a Methodist.
"Cully" enjoyed some lumbering and cutting cord wood as well as producing maple syrup in his sugar orchard during his retirement. He also liked playing shuffleboard.
On June 8, 1918 he married Dorothy Stebbins Ficken at Ashmont, Mass. There are two children: Susanne, a graduate of Colby Junior College, and George who graduated from Dartmouth in 1945. They survive as do three grandchildren. Memorial services were in the First Church, Jaffrey Center, on January 18.
"Cully" was a devoted Dartmouth man and will be missed by his classmates. Our deepest sympathy goes to his family.
1908
JAMES N. DOUGLAS, of 1448 Kemble St., Utica, N.Y., a member of the New York State Correction Commission for 22 years, and an insurance agent for more than 50 years, died November 26, 1967, in Faxton Hospital. Mr. Douglas, who was serving his sixth four-year term, had been appointed by three New York governors: Dewey, Harriman, and Rockefeller.
He had joined the State Mutual Insurance Company of America in 1910 at Bulfalo. He came to Utica six years later as a general agent and manager. In 1950 he was presented with a diamond medal for 40 years' service with the State Mutual. He was named president of the Utica Life Underwriters in 1923, and was a leader in many community affairs.
"Pop" Chesley, who knew him well and sent me the above information adds, "No one who met Jimmie Douglas at Vero Beach can forget him. He was one of the greatest individuals I have ever known." Our Class made him a member of 1908 by adoption.
ARTHUR SHERWOOD HOPKINS of Spencertown, N.Y., died December 14, 1967, at a hospital in Ogdensburg, from hardening of the arteries.
Arthur was born in Rome, N.Y., August 11, 1886, and prepared at Rome Free Academy. He was with us two years and then attended the University of Michigan School of Forestry. He entered the N. Y. State Forestry Service in 1914 as a forester in the Conservation Department. During World War I he served in the Aviation Section, Signal Corps and in World War II was budget director for the North African theater of operations for the American Red Cross. In 1927 he was promoted to Assistant Director of Lands and Forests and served in that capacity until the death of the Director in 1948 when he was appointed to that position.
His service with the Conservation Department included the administration of New York's enlarged reforestration program which involved the acquisition, planting and development of approximately 500,000 acres of abandoned and idle lands. He also directed various other acquisition programs, including 650 miles of public right easements and purchases for fish hatcheries, game farms and campsites. He retired in 1952 after 38 years of service.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mabel Roach Hopkins, who is a patient in the same Ogdensburg Hospital; a son John, and two sisters.
1909
On December 12, 1967, CARL KILLAM passed away at his home, 154 East 49th St., Long Beach, Calif., following a series of strokes and heart attacks which became very severe the last three months.
Carl was born in Boxford, Mass., on May 1, 1887 and came to Dartmouth from Danvers (Mass.) High School. In college he was interested in the work of the Dartmouth Christian Union and after teaching at the high school level for a few years following graduation he entered Springfield College and received a BH degree in 1917. He then entered YMCA work at Meriden, Conn., and was assigned to various camps in Massachusetts and the submarine base at New London, Conn. He was drafted into the army in 1918, transferred to the Ordnance Department and served in the Chaumont and Chateau Thierry areas in France, destroying duds left on those battlefields. In an accidental explosion, he was badly burned and was discharged on July 23, 1919.
He returned to YMCA work as director of the Peabody (Mass.) Community House. In the early 1920's, he went to Santa Barbara, Calif., as an employment and vocational secretary in the YMCA. In 1942 he became an interviewer in the Dept. of Employment of the State of California and served there until his retirement in 1957.
Carl joined Summit Lodge #104 F & AM in Williamstown, Vt., in 1912 and so was a Masonic veteran of 55 years. He was also a member of the American Legion.
On November 6, 1922 Carl was married to Grace E. Flint, a New Englander he had first met in September 1913. She survives as do their three children and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted in the First Congregational Church of Long Beach on December 17, 1967, followed by cremation.
1909 thus says farewell to another loyal classmate on whom the words of our beloved President Tucker had made a deep impression.
1910
ROGER GRENWAY PIERCE died January 7, 1968. He had been in failing health for several months. Funeral services were held in Milton Village, Maine, on January 10.
Roger was born in Dorchester, Mass., July 20, 1888. He prepared for college at Mechanic High School, Dorchester. In college he played on the Class football teams freshman and sophomore years, and was a member of the varsity squad in his senior year. Roger was loyal to the Class and the College, a regular attendant at reunions, formal and informal, in Hanover and at the prefootball dinner in Boston.
After graduation he was associated with Sears, Roebuck. Later he entered the insurance field. At his retirement he was serving as fire insurance adjuster. He lived with his daughter in the family home which was in their family for several generations.
Roger was married to Margaret H. Curtis, February 26, 1919, in Richmond, Maine. She died in 1941. Survivors are his son, his daughter, and six grandchildren.
1912
WALLACE IRVING GOULD died at his home, 434 Lincoln Ave., in Orange, N. J., on November 25 1967. In spite of attacks of angina over the past four years, Wig with his wife Flora was able to make Hanover for 1912's 55th reunion in June 1967. This was a high point in his restricted life and he enjoyed every minute of it. .
Wig was born September 5, 1889 at Melrose, Mass. He came to Dartmouth from Melrose High School and while in college won the Pickering Historical Prize.
He was a shoe buyer for mail order houses until his retirement in September 1958. He was first connected with W. H. McElwain of Boston, shoe manufacturers, from 1912 to 1915. Then followed three years with W. and H. Walker of Pittsburgh, Pa. At this point he served almost five months in 1918 as a buck private in the Depot Brigade at Camp Devens. Discharged from the Army, he was employed for two years with Boston Shoe Jobbers, then for seven years with Charles William Stores in Brooklyn, N. Y., and finally for thirty years with Montgomery Ward in New York City.
Wig was clerk of the Highland Avenue Congregational Church in Orange for 27 years and a member of its board of trustees. One of his hobbies was writing. He had articles in Hale's column, "As the World Wags," in the BostonHerald. He ran a weekly column in a group of New Hampshire papers, entitled "Random Thoughts of a City Hick," for 140 consecutive weeks. He won honorable mention in an editorial contest in Life Magazine. The Orange newspapers often carried articles by him. He was active in civic affairs, serving on several committees working for the betterment of his city.
On October 9, 1931 Wallace Gould married Flora May Steele of Belmont, Mass., and New York City. He is survived by his widow, a brother and a sister. Funeral services on November 27, 1967 in Orange were conducted by Dr. Francis Cooke, former pastor of Highland Avenue Congregational Church. Two " days later a memorial service was held in Reading, Mass., and conducted by another former pastor of Wallace's church, Dr. Irving Beveridge of Newbury, Mass. Interment was in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Reading. James Steen represented the Class of 1912 at the funeral in Orange and Edward Luitwieler at the service in Reading.
1913
CHARLES BRIGHAM KNIGHT died January 10, 1968 in Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hanover, after a long illness.
"Brig" was born in Marlborough, N.H., and was a lifelong resident of that town. After graduation he taught in local schools for 25 years. In 1933 he received his degree of Master of Education from Boston University. He was a Selectman for several terms, town moderator for 24 years, and State Senator from District II in 1952.
Brig was general manager of the Marlborough Box Co. and a former manager of the Bean and Symonds Box Co. of Jaffrey, N.H. He also was the first chairman of the Federated Church board of directors, a position he held for 15 years. He was an authority on Marlborough history, researching many years on the subject.
The family includes his wife, Helen (Rugg) Knight, two sons, Arthur and Norman; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Turner, Mrs. Charlotte Wyman and Mrs. Helen Normandin, and 14 grandchildren. Memorial services were held in the Federated Church.
1915
DONALD CRONE BENNINK, Division Chief Deputy of the Internal Revenue Service, died suddenly January 4, 1968 shortly after being admitted to Lawrence General Hospital, after being stricken at his home, 1069 Essex St., Lawrence, Mass.
"Don" was born in Lexington, Mass. on November 14, 1893. He was graduated from Lawrence High School before coming to Dartmouth where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He graduated from Northeastern University School of Business in 1933 and from Suffolk Law School in 1938.
In 1939, he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and opened offices there in 1945 to practice law, specializing in federal and state taxes.
Earlier in his career, he had been in business with his father in the old Boston Store and was later a member of the Lawrence Daily Eagle staff, as well as sales manager for a manufacturing concern in Cambridge.
During World War I he served with the U. S. Army from May 1917 to March 1919 and was commissioned a Captain in April 1919. After his discharge, he became a charter member of Post 15, Lawrence American Legion, and was the second commander, as well as past exalted ruler of Lawrence Lodge 65, B.P.O.E. and Grecian Lodge, AF & AM.
He was formerly a member of the board of directors and executive committee of the Lawrence Boys Club, a member of the speakers bureau of the Lawrence Red Cross World War II Fund, assistant chairman of the Community Chest drive in 1943, served on the Tower Hill Memorial Chimes Committee and the Corporation Subscriptions Committee of Bon Secours Hospital, was a member of the Essex County and Greater Lawrence Bar Association, and served on the executive committee of the Dartmouth College Alumni Association. He was also a junior warden at Grace Episcopal Church and was active with the Republican city and state committees for many years.
Surviving are his wife, Fannie D. (Knights) Bennink; two cousins, and a nephew.
Funeral services were held January 8 in Grace Episcopal Church, with Rev. Charles A. Shields Jr., rector, officiating. Burial was in the Cambridge (Mass.) Cemetery.
IRVING RUSSELL GALE, of Palm Beach, Fla., died December 18, 1967.
"Speed" was born September 19, 1891, attended Marblehead (Mass.) High School, and graduated in 1915 with a B.S. degree from Dartmouth where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
Of late years he had lived in Florida where he retired after activity in the leather business in Cambridge, Mass., and in electronics with Raytheon in Bedford, Mass.
He is survived by his widow, Mildred A. Gale of 269 Park Ave., Palm Beach, and a sister, Gladys Gale of Miami.
Funeral services were held December 20, 1967 at Palm Beach Memorial Park, Boynton Beach, Fla., under the direction of National Chapels Funeral Home with interment at Palm Beach Memorial Park.
WILLIAM RIGGS REYNOLDS, long a prominent figure in the business and industrial life of his community and in insurance and real estate circles in Jamestown, N.Y., died December 19, 1967 after an illness which had incapacitated him for some time.
Bill was born January 15, 1892, and attended Jamestown High School and Montclair Academy prior to entering Dartmouth. In college he became a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and Dragon Senior Society.
Active in community life, he had been, among other civil activities, president of the Jamestown Board of Education and trustee of Prendergast Free Library Association. He was an ardent sportsman, particularly in the fish and game field. In World War I he was Sergeant of the 306th Machine Gun Battalion, 77th Division, saw action in France, and was awarded a citation for distinguished service.
He is survived by his wife, Jeannette (Bailey) of 30 Severn Pkwy., Jamestown, whom he married July 5, 1919, and by five children and twelve grandchildren. Funeral services were held December 22 in St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Burial was in Lake View Cemetery.
1916
ANDREW BISHOP MCCLARY, long a resident of Windsor, Vt., died in a Claremont, N.H., nursing home on January 28, after a long illness.
Andy was born May 4, 1893 at Windsor and after graduating from Worcester Academy came to Dartmouth where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx. Following service overseas as a lieutenant in the 302 nd Field Artillery he had a year at St. John's College, Oxford, and two years at Harvard Law.
From 1921 to 1932 he was treasurer of the Windsor County Trust Company and a trustee of the Windsor Savings Bank. Later he was branch manager and director of the Vermont National and Savings Bank which became the Vermont National Bank. For many years he served as director and corporate secretary for the Cone Automatic Machine Company.
At Windsor he was a member of the Old South Congregational Church, Rotary Club, and Post 25 American Legion.
In June 1927 Andy married Mary-Martha Armstrong* of Pittsburgh. He is survived by her and by three daughters: Mrs. David C. Marshall of Ledyard, Conn., Mrs. W.R. Dewey III of Way land, Mass., and Mrs. Bayard W. Smith of Falmouth, Me.; by a sister, a brother Harvey C. '13, and by seven grandchildren.
At the funeral services January 31 at Andy's church in Windsor, 1916 was represented by sixteen red roses. Burial will be in the spring in Ascutney Cemetery. So Andy's spirit will carry on in Vermont.
1917
Our class and friends everywhere were greatly saddened by the death of JOHN WALTER SALADINE on January 1, 1968. Jack died of pneumonia in a hospital at Hartford, Conn.
Born in Dorchester, Mass., he attended Boston Latin School from which he graduated in 1913. Entering Dartmouth in the fall of that year Jack immediately took a broad and active interest in the affairs of our Class, both athletic and non-athletic. He was a prominent member of the freshman football and track squads. At the same time he achieved scholastic honors and took a very active part in the activities of 'he Class and College.
His keen interest in Dartmouth affairs led naturally to his appointment as 1917 Head Class Agent for the Alumni Fund, an assignment which he handled with conspicuous success some six years prior to his death. It was therefore most thoughtful and fitting that his widow, Dorothy, suggested memorial gifts to the Dartmouth Alumni Fund in lieu of flowers at the funeral services.
Jack left Hanover in the spring of his senior year to attend Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the regular Army and assigned to the 23rd Inf., 2nd Div., which went to France in the late summer of 1917. He served with great distinction in this theatre until wounded in action and returned to this country in 1919.
Entering business upon his return Jack was employed by Western Electric in New York City until 1925 when he was transferred to Hartford to open a branch office for Graybar Electric, an affiliated company. In 1928 he was appointed New England District Manager for Arrow Hart and Hegeman with headquarters in Boston. Returning to Hartford in 1935, Jack in partnership with John M. Mullen 'l5 formed Electrical Supplies Inc., a distributor of electrical equipment in the southern New England area. He served as its president until 1960 when he retired and concluded arrangements for the employees to take over the ownership of the company.
He was a member of the Hartford Golf Club, a past member of the Hartford Club, the Dartmouth Club of New York, director of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, past president of the Sales Executives Club and the Arthritis Foundation, Hartford Chapter. He was also a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx Senior Society.
Funeral services were conducted in Hartford, Conn., and West Roxbury, Mass. He is survived by his widow, Dorothy Bill Saladine, of 337 N. Steele Rd., West Hartford, one daughter, and three grandchildren, to whom the Class sends heartfelt sympathy. Jack will be sorely missed by his classmates and a host of friends.
C.L.T.
1918
DONALD RAE FISKE passed away suddenly at his home, 197 Long Sands Road, York, Maine, on January 10, 1968.
Don attended Dartmouth only his freshman year. He was born in Boston, February 7, 1895. He was employed for 34 years as salesman at the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Company, Cambridge, Mass., retiring only two years ago. He was a member of the American Legion Post in York, Maine.
Surviving are his wife, Mildred Howe Fiske, one daughter, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Lucas Funeral Home in York, Maine, on January 12.
1919
HAROLD COVILLE PARSONS died January 23 as the result of a series of strokes. Hal had been severely crippled with arthritis for some years but always bore up bravely under his affliction and rarely failed to make our fall parties at Woodstock or reunions.
He came to Hanover from Brooklyn Poly Prep and Lawrenceville Academy with Mose Jones and Shorty Lyon. Hal was overseas in World War I with the old 27th Division. He spent all his business life in the insurance business, first in the marine field, and latterly established his own business in Brooklyn. His hobbies were sailing and horses and he was a member of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club. He had a 46-foot motor sailer and spent most of the summer cruising on Long Island Sound. Hal's oldest granddaughter inherited his interest in horses and is an accomplished rider. For two years in a row she won the Reserve Championship in the ASPCA finals in Madison Square Garden in New York.
Surviving are his wife Ethel, of 60 Summit Rd., Port Washington, N.Y., a daughter, Joan Snyder, and three grandchildren, to whom goes the sincere sympathy of 1919. Hal was a great guy, a most loyal '19er and Dartmouth man, and he will be sorely missed by all of us who knew him so well.
1921
ROBERTS RICHARD BARTON died suddenly on October 15, a victim of congestive cardiac failure.
Born in Uniontown, Pa. in 1897, he prepared for college at New Mexico Military Institute, and while in Hanover became a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He joined the Navy in June 1918 and as S 1/C served on the USS MarthaWashington ferrying troops. After the war he worked for his father managing greenhouses and a retail store. Later he was affiliated with the American Oil Co., Baltimore, and at the time of his death was the owner of Barton Distributing Co., a wholesaler of Schlitz Beer.
He married a Vassar girl, Yolande B. Stone, in April 1920, at Uniontown, Pa., and she survives him at 620 Versailles Ave., McKeesport, Pa. He is also survived by two daughters and six grandchildren. A brother, Russell '22, died in 1959.
The former President of the B.F. Salzer Lumber Co. and former Director of the Central Bank and Trust Co. of Denver, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SALZER of 137 High St., Denver, died in Boston on January 25. Born February 21, 1899 in Denver, educated at the East Denver High School, he attended the University of Colorado for a year and transferred to Dartmouth, but returned after his freshman year to the University of Colorado.
He married Helen L. Bingham, May 6, 1939. After retirement in the 1950'5, the Salzers spent springs and autumns in Walpole, N.H., and travelled every other year to see their daughter, Mrs. Camil Meyer de Stadelhofer, wife of a professor of geophysics at the universities of Lausanne and Geneva.. Ben's chief interests were travel and the stock market.
He is survived by his wife, her three marrieddaughters by a previous marriagee, and elevengrandchildren.
1923
LLOYD EATON FITTS died on January H. 1968 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Windsor,Conn., at the age of 67. He had been seriouslyhandicapped by acute arthritis for six yearsand in a recent letter to Babe Miner had tolaof his great difficulty in carrying on with hiswork with the Connecticut State Highway Department. This he was able to do, however, and his wife Helen writes that he was happy to the last and confined to his hospital bed for only three days prior to his death. The funeral was on January 13 followed by a Solemn Requiem Mass in St. Gabriel's Church, Windsor, where he had long been a communicant.
Born in Manchester, N.H., Lloyd earned jus C.E. degree at Thayer School in 1924. After graduation he spent some ten years on various engineering projects in New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and became a professional engineer and land surveyor. In 1933 he joined the State Highway Department and had just completed 34 years with them when he passed away.
Lloyd was a music lover all his lifetime. He was past president of the Windsor Choral Club and a member of St. Gabriel's Church choir. In college he was a member of the Glee Club and the Choir for four years. His fraternity was Gamma Delta Epsilon.
Survivors are Lloyd's wife, the former Helen Flynn, of 1049 Plymouth St., Windsor, and his brother, Dana Wheat Fitts '22.
1924
JAMES MORGAN HUTTON JR. died December 26, 1967 in Holmes Hospital, Cincinnati, after an' illness of almost three months. He was born January 9, 1900, and was just days away from being 68 at the time of his death.
As noted in the 40-year book, Jim came to Dartmouth from Culver Military Academy and Phillips Exeter, but left in 1922 to enter the family stockbrokerage business. This had been started by his grandfather who gave his name to the firm—W. E. Hutton & Co., and of which Jim was senior partner. This firm has 28 offices, including New York and Cincinnati, the latter being "home" and also the place of his interment. He lived at 2374 Grandin Rd.
Sports played a big part in Jim's leisure life. His "Cara Mia" sports-cruiser was a familiar sight off his summer home in Nantucket, from which he fished in the annual Cuttyhunk Swordfish Tournament. Last summer he won trophies for the first and second-largest fish caught, and for catching fish for two consecutive years.
In his business, Jim was a director of American Thermos Bottle Co. and the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (his wife was a Wurlitzer before their marriage), and a member of three stock exchanges (Chicago, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati). His clubs included the Racquet & Tennis Club and Nantucket Yacht Club. He is survived by his wife Marianne, whom he married in 1926; his son, James Morgan III '50"; his mother, sister and brother. There are three grandchildren.
WALTER BARNARD died suddenly on January 3, 1968 at his home in West Medford, Mass.
Like Jim Hutton, Walter was a long-time broker - but in insurance. He was born on April 8, 1903 and was a life-long resident of Massachusetts. Walt came from Medford High School; he may be remembered as Assistant Circulation Manager of The Dartmouth when in college, a brother in Alpha Chi Rho.
After graduation, Walt was selling wool until 1926, and then became Factory Manager for LaLasine International, Inc. Details of any work up to 1931 are missing. He had married Doris (Kingston), a graduate from Katharine Gibbs School in Boston; they had a son and a daughter, both of whom survive, as do three grandchildren.
Since 1931 Walt was self-employed as an insurance broker in Boston. Church and other community activities kept both Doris and Walt very busy, and Walt kept his interests in the College alive by service on the Enrollment and Interviewing Committees in the Medford area.
1925
JOSEPH ELINSKY ALLEN died in Tenafly, N.J., January 4, 1968, presumably from a heart attack.
Born in Northampton, Mass., Joe prepared for college at Northampton High School. In his early years after graduation he represented wholesale carpet firms. Since 1943 he operated the Tenafly Department Store. In his own words, "We operate one of the few cracker barrel stores, which are unfortunately disappearing from the scene. The operation of the store is done mainly by family, and therefore the personal touch is always there." He was a member of Temple Emanuel, Englewood, N.J., and the Kiwanis Club.
Survivors include his wife, Pearl, of 63 W. Hudson Ave., Englewood, N.J., a daughter, Betty Cohn of Bloomfield, N.J., and one granddaughter, to whom the deep sympathy of the Class is extended.
THEODORE EATON CHILCOTT died at his home in Winchester, Mass., on January 4, 1968, after a brief illness.
Born on February 17, 1900 in Bangor, .Maine, Ted prepared for Dartmouth at Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, Maine. He remained at Hanover a little over a year, during which time he became a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. He had served Griffin Mfg. Co. of Winchester as district manager for many years and more recently had been a sales representative for Boyle-Midway, Inc. A former town meeting member, he also had served on the OPA Board and the Auxiliary Fire Department. His memberships included the William Parkman Lodge, AF & AM.
Surviving are his wife, the former Mabel Lyons, of 12 Mystic Ave., Winchester; a daughter, Mrs. Betsey C. Fawcett of Manchester; a brother, James C. Chilcott '20, and two grandchildren, to all of whom the sympathy of the Class is extended.
1927
FREDERICK JACKSON, of Jefferson, Maine, died on January 13, 1968. He attended Jefferson Village School and Lincoln Academy before entering Dartmouth.
For years he owned and operated Jackson's Garage. He was a speed boat enthusiast and was the winner of outboard racing awards both in and out of Maine. His older son Joe became nationally known as a Hot Rod and Racing dragster and was killed two years ago in California.
Fred was a member of the Jefferson School Board and served on the Building Committee for the Village School and St. Giles Episcopal Church. He was a member of the Sheriff's Dept. for the past ten years and was past Master of Riverside Lodge, AF & AM.
He is survived by his wife, one son, and a brother.
DR. JOSEPH NICHOLSON KELLY died on December 27, 1967 at Barnstable County Hospital, Orleans, Mass. He had lived on River Rd., in that town, since 1942.
Joe came to Hanover from Medford, Mass., where he had been an outstanding track and football star. He was a member of the cross-country and track teams all through college. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa and an eccy major, Joe went on to medical school at Boston University.
After two years at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital he moved to Orleans in 1934 and had been an outstanding practicing physician on the Cape ever since. A member of the staff of the Cape Cod Hospital, and Medical Examiner of Barnstable County, he also served as president of the Barnstable County Medical Society.
Past president of the Orleans Rotary Club, Joe also was active with local fraternal organizations. He chairmanned the Cape Cod Interviewing Committee and served as president of the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod in 1960-61.
Fishing was his main hobby, both on the Cape and in Maine where he managed to escape to his cabin for a month or so of trout and salmon fishing each year.
Joe leaves his wife Dorothy, two sons, Scott of Fryeburg, Maine, and Joel of Kent, Conn., and a daughter, Geraldine who lives in Turkey. He is also survived by a sister and two grandchildren.
1929
We regret to report the death of LT. COMDR. JOHN BOYER BLAIN on December 10, 1967.
This communication was received from his attorney in Palo Alto, Calif., and we do not have any further information.
It is with extreme regret that we report the death of JOHN HENRY FLETCHER CALVER in Framingham, Mass., on January 12, 1968.
John prepared for college at Dewitt Preparatory School in Washington, D. C., and while in Hanover became a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Dragon. In 1934 he received his LL.B. at Boston University Law School. He became a partner in the law firm of Marvin, Calver, Carr and Keating in 1945.
He is survived by his widow, the former Elinor T. Jarvis, to whom he was married in 1936. She resides at 271 Edmands Road, Framingham. Survivors also include two daughters and a brother.
He was a valued member of our Class and will be missed.
1934
The College has received word of the death on September 2, 1967 of NORMAN EDWARD AIKEN, of 2247 Ridgeview Ave., Columbus, Ohio. No details were available.
Red entered Dartmouth with the Class of 1934 from John Burroughs School of Clayton, Mo., where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He did not complete his studies at Dartmouth. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., Red was prominent in Ohio Trucking Association safety work for years. He had been director of industrial relations for Commercial Motor Freight, Inc. of Columbus, which he joined in 1937, and had served as chairman of the Council of Safety Supervisors for the Ohio Trucking Association.
1935
The Class of '35 lost one of its outstanding members when ALBERT JOSEPH GEORGE, chairman of the Department of Romance Languages at Syracuse University, died January 7 at State University Hospital, in Syracuse. He had just observed his 55th birthday.
Bill had a distinguished career in education and government. During World War II, he was chief of mission for the Office of Strategic Services in Washington. He had also served as director of the European office of the Institute of International Education in Paris during the postwar period. He had headed the romance languages department at Syracuse since 1950.
Twice Bill had been honored by foreign governments for his work in furthering cultural relations. In 1963 he was named Knight of the Order of Merit by the Italian Government for "strengthening friendly relations between the United States and Italy through culture." France named him a Knight in the French Order of the Legion of Honor in 1966 for "his services to France, his excellent teaching and research on the literature of France and his outstanding contributions to French culture."
Bill had been at Syracuse University since 1942, when he began his teaching career as Assistant Professor of Romance Languages. One of his great satisfactions in working with young people was his work in the foreign student exchange field. While in France he was chairman of the French section of the Fulbright National Selection Committee. At Syracuse he developed and directed the Syracuse Semesterin-France Program.
He also found time to write. Besides editing two language publications, he was the author of Pierre Simon Ballanche and The Cap'n'sWife. The latter was the story of the wife of a skipper of a Cape Cod clipper ship in the 1860's.
Bill entered Dartmouth from Arlington (Mass.) High School. Upon completing his studies in Hanover, he received his M.A. from Brown in 1936, did graduate work at the Universite de Basancon in France, and obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1940.
His first wife, Margaret (Chase), passed away in 1965. He is survived by his wife Patricia (Graham), two sons, two daughters, his mother, and a brother, Francis E. '31.
The Class extends its deepest sympathy to the family, whose residence is 224 Sherbourne Rd., Syracuse.
PHILIP ABBOTT WILSON died of cancer December 22, 1967, at the Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass. He was 54, and lived at 114 Summer St., Maynard, Mass., where he had been a-lifelong resident.
Phil had a record of distinguished service to his community. He served as town moderator for 20 years, until his resignation a year ago. He was a member of the New England Fire Chiefs Association, and for many years served as Chief Engineer of the Maynard Fire Department.
A practicing attorney, Phil was a member of both the Middlesex Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association. Other community activities included service as trustee of the Maynard Methodist Church, former superintendent of the Sunday School, and a former Scoutmaster.
Phil entered Dartmouth from Maynard High School. After receiving his 8.A., he attended Boston University Law School and graduated in 1938. After apprenticing in law with his father, he joined the legal department of the Utica Mutual Life Insurance Company. In 1950 he formed his own firm, and, through his legal work, also became trustee and cleric of the Assabet Institution for Savings and a member of the board of managers of the Middlesex County National Bank.
Phil once described himself as "Basically a country lawyer, with sidelines that got out of hand."
The' Class extends its deepest sympathy to his widow, Anna (Wetherbee) Wilson, his sons, Peter A. '59 and Charles F., and to his daugh- ter, Cynthia. He also leaves two grandchildren.
1940
Word has just been received from his widow that JAMES ALONZO WEAVER died on May 26, 1967, following a coronary attack. The suddenness and shock of his death was made sharper by the knowledge that he had never been ill previously.
Jim's great and absorbing interests were in his work and his family. He and Jane were parents of two daughters, both graduates of Vassar, and both now working for advanced degrees. Jim himself became interested in education as a career, and sold his company, which made concrete products and asphalt paving, about eight years ago to go into teaching. He was in guidance and counseling work and in charge of a group of slow-learners.
A brother of DKE, Jim entered our Class from Miamisburg (Ohio) High School. He won his numerals in freshman football and starred on the JV teams the following years, as well as playing on the baseball team. He was a member of Green Key and the College boxing champ at 165 lbs. He was a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was discharged a Captain in 1946.
His home was always in the Dayton area where he was active in enrollment work for the College. The sincere sympathy of all his classmates goes out to Jane, who is living at 525 Ridgewood Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45409, and to his two daughters. The Class has lost a kindly, sincere gentleman from our ranks, but memories of his happy nature and friendly concern will be with us all forever.
1941
Word has just been received that THOMAS HECTOR CHARLTON died on June 2, 1967. The cause of his death has not been learned.
After graduation from Tuck School in 1942, Tom continued his education in the Minneapolis-Minnesota College of Law from which he received his LL.B., magna cum laude, in 1951. At the time of his death, Tom was in private practice as an attorney and certified public accountant in his home town of Wayzata, Minn. He was a member of the Minnesota and Hennepin County Bar Associations, and had been active in church affairs as treasurer of St. Martin's by The Lake Church.
He is survived by his widow, Lucille, and two daughters, Margaret Louise and Patricia Lucille, to whom the Class of 1941 extends its deepest sympathy. Their home is on Route 1, Box 27 A, Wayzata, Minn.
1945
JOHN FREDERICK PLUMMER, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Lawrence University, died December 28, 1967 in Appleton, Wis., after an extended illness. He lived in that town at 925 E. Pacific Ave.
Jack was born in Waterbury, Conn., May 7, 1923. He was graduated from Crosby High School, Waterbury, received his A.B. in chemistry-zoology at Dartmouth, his M.A. in Far Eastern Studies at Yale, and his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Michigan. He also studied at Kyokiku University in Tokyo on a behavioral science fellowship.
While at Dartmouth he received his letter in varsity swimming and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Jack was the author of two books, Anthropology and American Civilization: An Introduction. He had contributed to the book Ethnic Groups of Mainland Southeast Asia and written several articles in his professional field. Before teaching at Lawrence University, he had taught at Bennett College, Millbrook, N.J., and at State University College, New Paltz, N. Y. He was chief docent of University Museums, Ann Arbor. Michigan. He had done extensive field work in South America.
In the words of his wife Jeanne: "Of all the places Jack had been, and of all things he had done, his great pride was having gone to Dartmouth. After seeing Dartmouth at the 20th reunion and meeting his classmates, I too shared his pride."
To Jeanne, his six children, mother and sister, the Class extends its sincere sympathy.
1959
THEODOR DIETRICH ECK died of leukemia on January 15 at the James Ewing Hospital in New York City. He had received his Ph.D. in chem- istry from Lehigh University in 1966 and was employed as an analytical chemist by the Union Camp Corporation in Princeton, N.J. At Dartmouth he played football, was a brother of Phi Gamma Delta and a member of Sphinx while pursuing a chemistry major.
Those who remember Dieter will recall his genuine interest in others, his complete lack of pretentiousness, his wholesome warmth and solid attitudes. It is especially sad to report the death of a friend who possessed such fine qualities and who stood for a way of living that had a healthy, stimulating influence on so many.
To his wife Sandra, his son Stephen, and daughter Karen, as well as to his parents and sister, goes our deepest sympathy. Dieter will always live in our memory.
Prof. Donald Lane Stone, A.M. '35
John Walter Saladine '17
