The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-03
Fatalities
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Mrs. Frank Schmidt or Mount
Clemens.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon at two from
the family residence with the
Rev. Russell Deng of the Trinity
Evangelical Lutheran church Of
ficiating. Burial was in Utica
cemetery. d. N. Cooley, funer-
al directors were in charge of
arrangements.
RESCUE FAILED
The Mahon boy, an only child,
died Sunday evening despite he
roic rescue efforts by a Is year
old girl who tried desperately to
keep him afloat. He was gradu-
ated in June from Lake Shore
High school, st. Clair Shores.
The youth and the girl, Nancy
Eggleston, of 1924 Jefferson
had been swimming with a
group of friends when the two
swom out after a rowboat which
was drifting away.
RECOVER BODY
st. Clair Shores police and
Coast Guard dragged the spot
for several hours Sunday night
but were unable to locate the
body and it wasn't until early
Monday that the body was re-
covered.
Police stated a group of boys
and girls including the above
pair and Glenn Mustard, II, of
22815 Elmira and Patricia Elliott
were swimming at the foot of 13
Mile road in about five feet of
water.
The group then noticed that
the rowboat with the anchor had
drifted out into the lake. jim
my and Nancy who we're the
only two in the party able to
swim, put out after it.
When they reached about a
IL feet depth of water, police
stated, Jimmys strength appar-
emily gave out and he couldn't
swim further. Nancy then came
to his aid and held them up un-
til she herself weakened. He
went down once and the girl
dove repeatedly trying to locate
him. When he went down for
the second time she began to call
for help.
SAVE GIRL
Don Payer Of 22927 Lake
Drive who was fishing with a
friend heard the girl hollering
and came to her aid but the
youth could not be found.
Dragging for the body was be-
gun by the Coast Guard and pol
ice and this morning George A.
Francis and the Papineau twins,
Billy and Bob. continued the
search for the youth, whose body
was found at $50 a. m. Monday.
James was a prominent high
school athlete at Lake Shore
High school where he was cap
tain of the track team and re-
ceived statewide honors in foot
ball. He is survived by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A..
Mahon.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon with special
prayer services for the family at
the Raul funeral home, ST. Clair
Shores at 100. Funeral services
will take place at two o'clock at
the Trinity Episcopal church
with the Rev. D. S. Agnew. pas
tor and Rev. William Blyth Of
ficiating. Burial will be in the
family plot in Gethsemane ceme-
terry.
EARLY MORNING TRAGEDY
The Olczewski youth died at
about 3 a. m. Sunday when, div
ing from a cruiser on which he
and five companions were en-
joying a swimming party, he
failed to come to the surface. His
body was discovered several
hours later off Edgewater Club
beach, south Of Jefferson Beach
Park.
Olczewski was accompanied
on the swimming party by Eu-
gene Malcolm, II. of 1892 Mt.
Elliott, Detroit; Theodore Mich
alski, IL, of 12O02 Selfridge.
Hamtramck; Gladys Larson, 20,
of 12407 E. Warren, Detroit;
Dolores Bartock, II, Of 12467
Goulburn, Detroit; and Betty
Boufford, II, of 1852 Frankfort,
Detroit.
Despite efforts of his compan-
ions to rescue the stricken youth
he could not be located in the
darkness, st. Clair Shores police
officers said. The accident oc.
Cured about one mile off Jeffer-
son Beach. the official report
shows.
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