The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-29
,Shortridge Mourns Four Girls Dead in Auto Crash
Senior Students Die When
Auto and Bus Collide on
Lebanon Road.
CHAPEL EXERCISES HELD
Were on Way to Visit FL
anCe of One of Victims.


Sorrow cast its spell over chapel
sessions at Shortridge High School
today as faculty and student body
mourned the tragic deaths, late
Thursday afternoon, Of four girls,
members Of the senior class.
Brief talks by Principal George
Buck, Vice Principal A. E. Rice
and silent tribute by the student
body and teachers marked the me-
mortal services for the girls.
The Senior class drafted resolu-
tons of sympathy and sent floral
tributes to the homes Of the four
classmates and representatives will
attend funeral services for the vic
tins Of the auto-bus crash on the
Lebanon road.
The dead:
Edith Jane Dyer, 16, Of 4226
Lockwood Ave.
Elizabeth Ellis, IS. Of 3461 Ken
wood Ave.
Edith Mae Messick, II, of 1916
Broadway.
Mary Louise Jones, II, Of 1924
\. Pennsylvania st.
The girls left Indianapolis about 2
p. m. Thursday to visit Jack Daugh-
erty. $40 entral Blvd, sophomore
at Wabash College, at Crawfords-
vile, to whom Miss Jones had been
engaged for a year.
Daugherty came to Indianapolis
Thursday night upon news of the
accident.
Loses Control of Car
The accident occurred on an IS"
curve near the d. A. Smock farm,
about mile north of Royalton, Ind,
on the Lebanon Rd.
When the Dyer automobile, which
it is believed Miss Dyer was driving,
was in the curve it swung around
an auto also going north and so far
to the left Of the road as to be in
the path of the approaching Indiana
Motor Transit bus. Frank Duval,
bus driver, said he slowed the bus al
most to a stop, when the driver of
the car seemed to lose control. The
car dipped off the left side of the
road, regalned the road and turned
over twice, hurdled the front Of the
bus and crashed into to ditch
The girls were dead when taken
from underneath the bus, which was
raised to allow removal of the bodies.
The automobile was entirely de-
molished.
The bodies were mangled to such
an extent that they were not
identified for some time. First word
received at Indianapolis after the
crash said on that Miss Messick was
seriously injured, but later it was
learned she was dead.
Duvall and three bus passengers
were slightly injured. The bus pas
sengers were: Miss I. Burgin Of
Lebanon, NJ. NJ. Dick Of Terre Haute,
Harry Hopes of Lebanon, Frank
Duvall. bus driver of Lafayette;
Harry NJ. Brown Of Chicago, Miss f.
Riley of Thorntown. and Mrs. Rob
ert Frederick of Lebanon.
Tragedy Shocks School
Miss Burgin suffered a broken
nose: Dick was bruised and cut, and
Hopes suffered a wrenched arm and
body bruises. The others were badly
shaken up.
Miss Ellis was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. c. II. Ellis. Surviving are
the parents and a brother, Charles
Ellis. II. Funeral services will be
held Saturday from the residence.
The body of Miss Ellis was re-
moved from the Flanner &
Buchanan Funeral Home to the
family residence at noon. Funeral
services will be held at $50 p. m.
Saturday at the home. 3461 Kenwood
Ave. Burial will follow in Crown
Hill.
Bury Miss Jones Monday
Miss Jones was the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Jones, and
until last year attended ST. Agnes
Academy. Her father operates
drug store at Twelfth and Senate
Ave. Her parents and brother,
Charles, 10, survive.
Funeral services will be held at the
home Monday at $3.50 a. M, followed
by services at SIS Peter and Paul
Cathedral at a. m.
Miss Dyer lived with her mother.
Mrs. Flossie F. Dyer, 1925 lockwood
Ave. She is also survived by a
brother. Thomas, who attends In
diana University.
Miss Messick was the daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Turner B. Messick, Mr..
Messick went to the scene of the &C.
cident Immediately.
Funeral services for Miss Messick
will be held at the McNeely & Son
chapel, 1928 n. Meridian St, at 8 to-
night. The Rev. Orien w. Fifer,
of the Central Avenue Methodist
Church, will officiate. The body will
be taken to Columbus, Ohio, the
Messick's former home, at 7.30 a.
m. Saturday, and funeral services
and burial will be held there prob
ably Sunday.