Milford chronicle., 1945-04-13
Obituary
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York City. graduated at Long Is
land Medical College i'll 1897 he
entered the L. 5. Army as assistant
surgeon. saw service i'll Cuba i'll the
Spanish American War and on
leaving the army entered the
Medical Corps of our Navy. III
l9l2-l9I6 ne served as Chief Medi-
cal Officer OF L. $. Battleship Della
ware 19lG-l9lS he served as as
Sistant surgeon general /. S. Navy
being at the time Il frequent as
Sociate of our HOW President
Roosevelt who then was assistant
Secretary of the Navy Oh many
trips of inspection. After the war
he had tours OF duty as command
ing officer of both Norfolk and
philadelph Naval Hospitals. Cap
tain Holcomh held many positions
OF trust and confidence and served
at various times i'll most parts of
the world, being an acquaintance
and advisor OF many national rul-
prs After retiring for physical dis
ahality in the mid-thirtieS he de
voted much of his time to research
work and was attached to the Wis
tar Institute of Anatomy at the
University of Pennsylvania. Here
lie did pioneer work i'll veneral
disease leproSy and bone develop
ment and diseases. He was fire.
quent visitor to Milford and served
as honorary director of the clinical
laboratory of the Milford Memorial
Hospital He was an ardent yachts
man and was frequently encoun-
tered on the lower Delaware and
upper Chesapeake Bays on the
yacht Echo with Dr. and Mrs.
William Marshall. Jr In 1913 he
was recalled to active duty with
the VIZ program and was in SER
vice as chief medical officer to the
thousands studying i'll Philadelphia
at the time of his passing on. Cap
tain lIolcOmb was an author of
many books and pamphlets on var
ious subjects relating To medical
thought. He was the holder of the
Navy Cross and numerous other
, decorations received in his long
ana distinguished tours of active
armed service. Our first great
, hospital ships Relief" and so
lace" were mainly the result of his
e. planning. He afterward com
, manded the Relief and drew the
plans of the first Navy X-ray which
was called for the boat in which
il was installed. the "Solace." The
Solace N-ray is still made and sold
- all
WareanS who We're present at the
presentation of the celebrated Sill
| yer Service given by the citizens OF
Delaware to the then greatest
! worlds battleship will remember
Captain HOlcOmb as one of the
= chief figures i'll the ceremonies
+ Ma iur William Marshall. Jr., 0
: Milford is the only living repre-
. sentative who then was present Il
+ these ceremonies and enjoyed 81
= or more years of friendship witt
u Captain HolcOmb until his death
II Captain HOlcomb will be remem
= bered rs Il frequent Milford visitor
, Here he gave several lectures Ol
IS. timely subjects of medical though
i, before both local medical and la
: societies. Captain lIolcomb will b
- missed for his deep learning, eX
, pcrience and understanding Whic
: he SO generously placed at the dis
puHal of his friends and associate
@ as we'll as his loyalty and allegianc
= to the service and to his friends.
.
H.. ELLIOTT
ii The many friends of Herbert
e Elliott, age 80 years were shOcke
lc and depressed upon being informe
IL that he had passed away in a Ba
re- timOrp Hospital, last TueSda
April TO- The cause of his deaf
p, was not revealed, indeed, h
ui friends here did not know that |
was i'll. Herb was one of the mo
IS successful and beloved coach,
III ever to come to Milford. He W;
lg 2raduated from Western MarylaI
College in 1927. While there
w earned letters III football, and OF
Year played under the tuteledge
Dick Harlow, formerly of Harvar
~ After graduation he held positit
as teacher and coach at Fal
Creek, Pennsylvania for one yea
nj He was Director of Physical Ed
r. cation and Coach at Big Stone Ga
West Virginia, for two years Viii
81. there his teams were State Char
mi piOnS on two occasions. Coming
ss Milford III 1881 he remained un
.i,. 1899 when he resigned to acce
al the position as Physical Educate
he Director and Coach at Baltimo
,ir Polytechnic Institute where he l
manned until his death While
he Milford he married Miss Ju
he Slemp Of Big Stone Gap. Mrs. !
no lott is Il graduate of the School
of Physical Education of William a
C.. Mary College. Virginia. He is 81
vived by Mrs. Elliott and one s,
m Herbert, Jr., ten years old.
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Ihc BRIDGHAM
al John A. Brigham. Sc years
age. died very suddenly on Sat
day morning. April Z. He was
husband of Mary Brigham.
sides his wife he is survived by {
lry brother. ClessOn BRIGHAM. also
me Milford. Funeral services w
lin, held from his late residence
at Tuesday afternoon, April 10. al
o'clock Rev Eugene Hungerf'
erS Otliciated. Interment was made
of the odd Fellows Cemetery, MilfO
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