1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

56 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for September, 1953
HARRY LEONARD MAHONEY, Akron '26, died recently
at General Hospital, Mansfield, Ohio. He was 49
years old and had served Mansfield Tire and Rubber
Company as both sales manager and advertising
manager since 1947. Previous to that Brother Mahoney
had been associated with Seiberling Rubber
Co. and with the B. F. Goodrich Company in Akron.
He was one of the organizers of the Mansfield Advertising
Club and was serving on the board of directors
at the time of his death.
EDWARD HUMPHREY PRICE, Washington '17, died in
May, 1953, at San Antonio, Tex., where he was a
chemical manufacturer.
Morrison Child Drowns
The sympathy of the entire Fraternity
is extended to Robert H. Morrison, Cincinnati
'n, and his family in the death
of his youngest son, Danny, 10, who was
accidentally drowned at their summer
home near Colonial Beach, Va. Grandson
of one of the Immortal Six, son of a Phi
father, and brother of two Phis, Tom,
Richmond '46, and Robert, Westminster
'44, Danny's life was snuffed out before he
too could become a member of the Fraternity
his family held so dear.
LAWRENCE KIMBLE SOWLE, Minnesota '02, died at his
home in Shaker Heights, Ohio, June i, 1953. He
was 72 years old. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., his
family moved to Minneapolis where he attended the
University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree
in mining engineering. Following graduation he
became affiliated with a concern which was developing
an exploring extensive ore fields in Colorado
and Mexico.
He later moved to Seattle, Wash., where he
entered the real estate business, developing an area
called Laurelhurst which became one of Seattle's
fine suburban residential areas. In 1916 he moved
to Cleveland, Ohio, and started a string of real estate
companies to develop suburban subdivisions. In
recent years he was an auditor for the Ohio State
Department of Highways.
Brother Sowle was formerly active in Minneapolis
Masonic affairs and was a member of the Cleveland
Alumni Club of the Minnesota Alumni Association.
DR. DOUGLAS U. MCGREGOR, McGill '20, World
War I air ace and a member of McGill's famous
Redmen football squad of 35 years ago, died June
9 at Hamilton, Ont., Can., while attending a wrestling
match.
Credited with 11 enemy planes while serving with
the Royal Flying Corps, he was judged one of the
best snaps in Canadian football at the time he
played for McGill.
DR. ROBERT KARL EDLER, Ohio Wesleyan '20, of
Baltimore, Ohio, died suddenly, June 1, 1953, while
visiting his brother at Peoria, 111. Brother Edler
was a practicing M.D. at Baltimore.
IDUS LAFAYETTE MCNAIR, Emory '93, flower grower,
of Miami, Fla., died there Feb. 13, 1953. Before
moving to Florida in 1925, where he was in the real
estate business for 18 years, he taught school in the
Georgia school system. He was a World War I veteran,
having served in France with the 82nd Division.
BERNHARDT R. WAGNER, Oregon State '23, owner of
the Domestic Laundry and Cleaners of Eugene, Ore.,
died at Medford, Ore., May 24, 1953, while attending
a laundrymen's convention. A native of Portland,
Ore., he returned there to live after serving
with the A.E.F. in France during World War I
and following graduation from Oregon State College.
He worked for the Associated Oil Co. there until
about 15 years ago when he entered the laundry
business at Eugene. Brother Wagner was past commander
of the American Legion post at Eugene and
a past state president of the laundrymen's association.
ROLAND RUSSELL BAIR, DePauw '05, former Indianapolis
theatre owner, died in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
May 13, 1953. He was owner of the former chain
of Bair theatres and was an Indianapolis resident for
50 years before moving to Florida. Brother Bair
was a member and past president of the Kiwanis
Club and also belonged to the Ancient Landmarks
Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Shrine, and Central
Christian Church at Indianapolis and the Elks
Lodge at Ft. Lauderdala
FREDERICK CHRISTIAN KROEMER, Northwestern '39,
CBS promotion executive, died at his home in
Sierra Madre, Calif., April 21, 1953. A native of
Ft. Wayne, Ind., he had lived in Sierra Madre the
last five years.
EDGAR R. DAVIS, Butler '51, died at his home in
Indianapolis, Ind., July 17, 1953. He was 35 years
old and had resumed studies at Butler toward a
master's degree. He held a degree in law and had
passed the bar examination at Chicago.
BEVERLY M. DUBOSE, Sewanee '06, died in Atlanta,
Ga., his home, April 1, 1953. A native of Sewanee,
following his education there, he went to Atlanta,
Ga., to enter the insurance business and at the time