The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-19
HEAD CHEMIST FOR Tenn. CO.
Son of H. J. Eddy of Prairie Ave-, and
Resident of Kenosna for Many Years.
Efforts Futile in Attempts to Re
cuscitate Body Taken from Water.

Sudden sorrow engulfed the home Of
H. J. Eddy of Prairie Avenue, Sunday
morning, when word was received that
his son, Charles Earnest Eddy, had been
drowned while bathing in North Cliffe
Lake, near Chattanooga, Tenn, Satur-
day evening at five forty-five. The
laconic telegram explained that every
effort was made to resuscitate the body
but that all had proven futile, even
though pulmotor was accessible at the
scene of the drowning.
This morning the details Of the
drowning were told to the sorrowing
friends and father by the Rev. Jones,
pastor of the First Episcopal Church of
Chattanooga, who accompanied the
body of the unfortunate young man as
far as Chicago. Eddy, who was ac-
counted an exceptional swimmer, had
gone in bathing with a number of his
friends in North Cliffe Lake, one of the
bathing resorts near Signal Mountain
Lake, Tenn. He had made no intima-
tion to his friends that he was in dis
tress and without any warning what
soever, sank in water many times over
his depth. Immediate efforts were
made to locate the body but were only
successful after it had remained in the
water a little more than thirty minutes.
Strenuous efforts with the aid of a
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were entirely unavailing. It was the
opinion of the physicians in Chatta-
nocga that death might have resulted
from heart failure although post NOR
TEN examination was not made to prove
this. The body was brought to Keno
sha this morning; the funeral services
will be held Tuesday morning at nine
from the St. James church.
Charles Ernest Eddy, though but
twenty-five years old, had made through
his own efforts remarkable rise to a
position of honor and trust and his
death seems even sadder because he had
just reached the goal of success by be-
ing lately appointed head chemist of the
Chattanooga Gas and Coal Products
Company. His life story, though brief,
gave promise of brilliant career; he
was born in Sioux City, Iowa, Decem-
Der 8, 1898, and came a few years later
to Kenosha with his father. Here he
lived for sixteen years, during the last
two of which he was employed at The
American Brass Company plant. With
an ambition, rarely displayed, he left
Kenosha to attend Armour Institute,
where he worked in the chemical stock
room during the day and attended the
night school each evening. His work
was of such an exceptional character
that he was recommended. by the Insti-
tute for the position Of assistant chem
list for the Chattanooga Carbolic Acid
plant two years ago, which position
he satisfactorily filled for a year and
half. Six months ago he was Sc
lected for the position which he was
holding at the time of his death-as
chief chemist Of the Chattanooga Gas
and Coal Products Company. He had
every reason to look forward to added
promotion, inasmuch as the company
was one of those protected by the gov
eminent and recognized as one of excep-
tional promise.
Charles E. Eddy had formed many
friendships in the short time which he
had spent in Chattanooga, as attested
by the attention with which his remains
were sent to the home of his youth.
In Kenosha there are many who join
in the sorrow of his relatives over the
lamentable accident which brought him
to his untimely death.