Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-11-13
P PULAR HIGH
SCHOOL YOUTH
ANSWERS CALL
Eddie Clement, President Of
Student Body and Football
Star, Dies Yesterday

Eddie Clement, son of Mr.. and Mrs. |
Bert Clement, died at noon yesterday |
at the family home in Brewery Gulch. |
Stricken with scarlet fever only a |
few days ago the youth, whose popu |
larity at the high school had made his
name known to almost every resident
of the district, battied bravery, but
unsuccessfully, for life. With each
succeeding day the disease, danger
Gus to children and more frequently
deadly to those beyond the age of
childhood, frightened it's clutches on
Eddie Every second he fought TO
break the grip of the fever, just as he
fought in many high school athletic
contests during the past two years.
But there were no cheers for Eddie in
this struggle against the mysterious
foe, unless, perhaps, in feverish mo-
ments, he seemed again to hear the
encouraging cries of his schoolmates
just as they had echoed in his ears
during the football game in Tucson
week ago.
Except for the encouraging words
of his father and mother and sister,
coupled with all the aid that physi-
clans could offer, Eddie played his
last game, the biggest game of all,
alone. High school students, and each
was his friend and admirer, never
knew that Eddie Clement was near
the great adventure. Eddie, last Mon
day, had gone to his home during
school hours after having complained
of not feeling well. He was missed
by his schoolmates, but none even
imagined his illness serious.
Schoolmates Shocked
Thursday afternoon the high school
team went to Nogales to play the
team of that city Armistice Day.
Eddie's absence discouraged the team
to no small extent, for he had played
center in every game this season and
played with a dash and dependability
that caused him to be frequently men
! toned for center on the "All-Arlzona
eleven this year. The team returned,
| victorious, from Nogales, its members
| regretting only that Eddie could not
| have made the trip. Inquiries were
| made as to his illness, but still the
| exact nature of it was not known.
Then, yesterday afternoon, word
travelled that Eddie Clement was dead.
J His schoolmates forgot their discus
sions of Bisbee's chances for the state
| football championship-the most vital
| topic in years. They could talk oniy
| of Eddie's death, and word of their
| chum's passing was the saddest the
entire high school had heard III years.
1 There was little of the usual gaiety
last night in the ranks of the boys and
I girls who, every morning, trudge UP
to the big, new building on School
i Hill. But there was many tear shed
| and innumerable words of praise spok
| en- in memory of the boy who Was
looked upon by all as the high school
leader.
To Be Buried Tuesday
Eddie Clement was born in South
Dakota in March, 1904 With his par
ents, he had lived here for years. He
would have been graduated from the
Bisbee High School in November, and
was president of the 1921 class. Sew
eral weeks ago Eddie was elected
president of the high school student
body. Until then. he had served as
vice president. For two years he wa:
a member of the basketball team, wa:
center on the football team this yeal
and, in every school activity, had al
, ways played a prominent part
Besides his mother and father, he II
survived by a sister, Isabel.
( Funeral services will be held Oh
Tuesday, the time to be announces
later. The ceremony will be private
: and this will probably be read will
T regret by his schoolmates- who, upol
I hearing of his death, had planned t
attend the funeral in body. Fo
$ Eddie Clement was liked and respect
: ed to degree attained by but few
: young people.
s There was sorrow in the high schoo
e faculty, too. With all his activities il
2 student body and athletic lines, he wa
e studious and, as one member OF tn
faculty, who penned the lines below
said: "A real man in every way, eve,
though just a boy in years.