The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-05-27
DEATH OF FRED'k A. MARTIN

Popular Young Native Of Manchester
and Youngest Son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew T.. Martin Succumbs After
Long Illness.
Frederick A. Martin, one Of the
prominent golf players Of the East,
son Of A. +. Martin, manager of the
Equinox House in this village and
assistant manager of the Bon Air in
Augusta, Ga, died last Thursday
morning at the Stillman lnfrmary in
Cambridge. Mass, after an illness Of
Is weeks from rheumatic pleuritis, at
the age of rs years.
Mr.. Martin was on the threshold Of
starting his business career, as he was
10 graduate from the Harvard Law
School in June. His previous school
ing was at Burr and Burton Seminary,
where he was graduated in 1906, and
at Dartmouth College, where he was
graduated in 1911.
Mr. Martin grew up with Ekwanok
Country Club and almost entirely
without professional instruction. Four
times he entered the United States
amateur championship tournament,
and on each occasion he survived the
first round of match play. In 1914 he
won the leading Ekwanok tournament,
and in 1912 he was the victor in the
midwinter invitation tournament at
Pinehurst, N. C.
In addition to winning many major
and minor club tournaments, he had
the distinction of being golf champion
of Vermont on three occasions, and
captained his college golf team in
Dartmouth. He was a member OF
both Ekwanok Country Club of Man
chester and of Braeburn Country Club |
of Boston.
Mr.. Martin never was really strong, |
his fatal attack of illness having been
preceded by two others of serious ma
ture. When he was in Dartmouth |
College and was elected to one of the
fraternities he was not put through |
all the ''formalities" and never could
why He was a member of
the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity and
Of the Sphinx Senior Society while at
Dartmouth. Though not strong, Fred
Martin was fine golfer and whatever
he may have suffered in private from
heart weakness, he was the soul of ami
nation and good fellowship among his
fellows When the national amateur
was held on the Ekwan-
ok Country Club course last fall,
= Freddie" was here, there and every
where helping to make the visiting
golfers feel at home. At the same
time he had house party of his own
Of Francis Ouimet, Ray
iorton and Walter Cady, all of whom
declared afterward that they had the
time of their lives" During his Is =
weeks stay in the Stillman Infrmary,
up to the time of his death, he was
exceedingly cheerful and, to visiting
friends, announced that he would soon |
Ne on the links again.
The funeral services were held at st.
'aul's Church on Saturday morning at !
0 o'clock, and consisted of solemn i
Ugh mass of requiem, the celebrant 1
eing Rev. FIR. B. Kelly, pastor of St. |
'aul's Church, assisted by Rev. FIR. u
:. r. Carly of Bennington as deacon; e
lev. FIR. James McCooey Of Hanover, q
/, H., as ub-deacon; and Rev. Z. c. y
ontaine Of East Dorset, as master of n
The honorary bearers were George
NTH, Geo. L. Towsley, George Orvis,
lon. Edward Griffith, w. H. Shaw and
!. X. Kerr. The bearers were F. NJ.
carson, F. d. MCGUIRE, Chas. Camp b.
ell, w. B. Manley, j. c, Bacon and :.
. X. Bennett The interment was in d.
lie family plot in Dellwood Cemetery :,
nd was held on Tuesday afternoon, b
it'll Rev. FIR. John w. Dryer of st. =,
,hnsbury, former rector here, and OF
ev. B. Kelly officiating. VI
Mr.. Martin is survived by his par a
ITS and by one brother, Louis F. 70
artin, and sister, Miss Pauline S.
artin, of this village.