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Evening star., 1949-09-17
Hearts Case Defense
Attacks Confession as
Obtained by Duress
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

DOVER. Del, Sept. 1.-THE
outcome of Delaware's lonely
hearts murder trial today ap-
peared to hinge on whether or not
confession" by 16-year-old
Robert Brennan was obtained un-
der duress.
Counsel for the youth ham
mered away at prosecution wit
nesses. yesterday In an attempt
10 prove duress.
II this is proved, the confession
must be written off the record
under the constitutional provision
that . defendant has the right
TO be represented by counsel.
Young Brennan and his mother,
plump, 45-year-old Mrs. Inez
Brennan. are accused Of murder
In the shotgun Staying Of Wade
NJ. Woodbridge, 67-year-old car
penter from Bedford County, Va,
last October 10. Mrs. Brennan
met Mr.. Wooldrige through lonely
hearts correspondence.
Ashes Shown In Court.
Cardboard containers of ashes
and bone fragments, together
with q charred stick, were intro
duced yesterday as the State
sought to establish the corpus
delicti-that there was a body.
The State contends these re-
mains were those of MIR. Wool
bridge.
Maj. Nelbin G. Leisure of the
Delaware State police said the
ashes and bone fragments were
found within 2 or 3 feet of where
the Virginian's body allegedly was
eremated last April / after it was
buried in the Brennan farm pig
pen for seven months.
:, He said Robert admitted they
were those Of Mr.. Woodbridge.
Maj. Leisure said also Robert
told him he used the stick to stir
and break up the bones as Wool
bridges body was being burned in
an oil drum.
Defense Attorney Benjamin r.
Donolow lit into Detective Joshua
Bennett Of the State police, who
the prosecution said Transcribed
and witnessed Roberts written
confession.
Tells Of Questioning.
Mr.. Bennett said Robert was
arrested at 2:20 pm. on April Is
and detained for questioning until
; am. the following morning. He
said the boy remained at troop
headquarters until 4 am. on the
morning of the 17th.
He had no sleep during those
periods?" Mr.. Donolow asked.
Not in my presence" Mr.. Ben
nett replied.
And he had nothing to eat?"
mot in my presence, although
I learned that he ate regularly"
What reason was there for
OBTAINING him for such q long
period?"
He said that he didn't want
10 go back to jail"
The prosecution is expected to
wind up its case Monday. Dono-
low has indicated he will take
two days for the defense case.
The trial began Monday.
The Valley settler., 1949-01-07
fEEO MAKES EGGS LARGER

Feeding and management of layers and the arc given the nests and eggs arc important factors in determining maximum profits that should not be neglected now that feod' costs arp favorable and pull let's laying larger oggs.
 Expert in Poul try Produc t ion toll us that those factors directly influence the number of top grado oggs. Tho size an d number Of eggs laid is in direct proporti ion to tho kind and qua1 fty of proto in in t tho ration. Experiments at the University of Iact<> lave shown that egg sizo can differ by as much as two ounces per dozen through the iI elu- ence Of protein alone. It is not just hat- ing enough protein in tho dict, they c1 aim, but of having tho right kind and ouol i;ya It is generally recommended that a good laying mash containing about 20 per. cont proto in be usods This mash is usually fed in half and half proportions with grain. Such feeding program ri Il insure ample prote in for layers and will onablo thoia to produce large eggs they toll usa It has been noticed that local oggs have been smaller this yoar for a longer period of time than yoar ago. This may bo duo to moro bullets in tho fl 1ocks or--it may faced dur ing the recent strike. It would soem quite pos sib1e that the subst itut1on Of potatoes to stretch out tho feed SUD-. plies may be rosponsible 0 for this conditions
The Valley settler., 1949-01-07
CHICKEN OF TOMORROW

will be Wsome gal" if she fulfils all that is xpectod of her.
 Poultry breeders arc trying to please tho demands of tho grover, the hatcheryTan, the processor and the consumer ri tn one bird that fu1fills all of the requ iromon ts. The grower wants a moro eff icient bird that will weigh about four pounds at 12 weeks 12 pounds of -foed.
 Tho hatche-yman wants that will giv good ogg pcOdNct ion and bett or hat choDil ity. The prote tessor wants a bird with 1ig ht-col- orod ir feathers that is ful1-foatnoroo in four Uoeks. The consumer wants one ri tn a plurp, attrac- tive carcass and with a yellow skin. Tho broolors arc not making any promises as Go .7f.cn they or might proGuco such a bird.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
Seniors LedUe For
Washington Saturday

Embarking on their last activity
as a group, Bluffton High schools
senior class will leave from Lima
Saturday evening on fve-day tour
to Washington, D. c.
Their train itinerary will take
them through the scenic Alleghenies,
past historic Harper's Ferry and
along the Potomac river into Wash
ington where they will arrive at
noon ON Sunday.
In the nations capitol, the group
will be housed at Hotel Annapolis
Sunday afternoon the class will
go by motor coach to the U. S.
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
In Washington, the group will
visit the usual points of interest, in
cluding stops at Arlington National
cemetery, Mt. Vernon, the Bureau
of Printing and Engraving, Senate
and House Chambers.
On their return trip they will
leave Washington at $3.50 p. m
Tuesday, and arrive in Lima at
4:20 p. m. Wednesday,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
Historic Marker Erected Here At
Long-Lost Grave Of Towns Founder
Procidiins
Saturday Poppy Day

A proclamation issued by Mayor
A. r. Baker designated Saturday as
Poppy Day and urged all citizens to
observe the day by wearing memor-
ial poppies in honor of those who
gave their lives in the two World
Wars.
The proclamation stated:
Whereas, the memory of men of
Bluffton who gave their lives for
their country is kept bright by the
annual wearing of memorial poppies
in their honor and in honor of all
other Americans who died in world
war service;
"Now, therefore, as mayor of
Bluffton / do hereby proclaim May
% to be Poppy day and urge all
citizens to observe the day by wear
ing the memorial poppy of the
American Legion and American Le-
gion Auxiliary"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
Funeral For Mrs.
Anna SpaIlinger

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Spallinger, 81, were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Ebenezer Mennonite
church with Rev. Howard Landes Of
ficiating. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Spallinger died Sunday at the
home of her daughter Mrs. Walter
Haas in Findlay of complications fol-
lowing long illness.
She was born in Putnam county the
daughter of Daniel and Katherine
(Amstutz) King and married David
Spallinger who died October l, 1888
She was a member of the Ebenezer
church.
Surviving in addition to Mrs. Haas
are two other daughters, Mrs. Naomi
Burkholder and Mrs. Sylvia Basingel
both of Col. Grove; four sons
Chauncey, Lafayette; Homer, Beaver
dam; Richard, Ada, and Hiram, Col
Grove, and sister, Mrs. Fred Leh
man near Bluffton.
Arrangements were in charge o
Diller funeral home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Oberly, Sr.,
Bluffton, boy, Richard Wayne, Jr.,
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Wilson, Col.
Grove, a boy, John Harold, Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorin Myers, Lima,
a girl, Ronda Kay, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Herr, Pan
dora, a girl, Jayne Anne, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hoskins in
st. Anthony's hospital, Denver, Col
orado, a boy, Thomas Harvey, Sat
urday night. Mrs. Hoskins is the
daughter of Mrs. Sam Locher oi
South Jackson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Moser, Grand
Haven, Mich, girl, Valerie Kay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
Attending National
Bankers Convention

Robert C. Motter, formerly of
BIuffton, now connected with a Lima
bank, left Tuesday night for Port
land, Oregon, where he will attend
the national convention of the
American Institute of Banking.
Motter goes as delegate from
the institutes northwestern Ohio
chapter of which he is president.
He will be gone Is days during
which time his wife and son Tim
will stay here with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. D. Gratz of South
Lawn avenue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26

A headstone of cleaning white
Georgia marble was erected last
Friday to. mark the all but forgotten
grave in the Old Cemetery on JEFF
ferson street where lie the remains
of Joseph DeFord, founder of
Bluffton and soldier in the Revolu-
tionary war.
The headstone was placed next to
a small boulder, almost completely
overgrown with grass which was
for years the only Identification
marking the final resting place of
the pioneer who in 1882 built a
small gristmill here powered by
water from Riley creek.
DeFord, according to inscription
on the marker was a private in the
Fifth Maryland regiment and it is
believed that he was native OF
that state.
GRAVE IDENTIFIED By S. A. r.
Identification of the grave was
effected last summer by the Allen
County chapter of Sons of the
American Revolution, a brother or.
ganization of the y. A. Il.
The stone is the standard marker
provided by the federal government
to mark graves of all Revolutionary
war veterans. Erection was in
charge of the Allen county commits.
sioners with Richland Township
Trustee Fred Badertscher assisting
F, DeFord is the second Revolution.
ary war veteran known to be buried
in this vicinity. The other is Heze.
kiah Hubbel whose grave is in q
small fenced in plot on the Andrews
farm near Gratz crossing southwest
of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
LANHAM RESIGNS
POSITION AS HEAD
OF SCHOOLS HERE
Bluffton Superintendent for
Five Years Going to
Ashtabula Harbor
Resignation to Become Effective
July L; Board Here to
Fill Vacancy

Ralph S. Lanham, superintendent
of Button schools for the past five
years has resigned here to become
superintendent of schools at Ashta-
bula Harbor.
His resignation effective July 1,
was accepted reluctantly by The
board of education at special
meeting, Saturday night.
Supt. Lanham came to Bluffton in
the summer of 1914 under terms of
a three year contract. At the ex-
piration of the contract in 1947 he
was given a five year contract, two
years of which will have expired
this summer. Action of the board
Saturday night released him from
serving the unexpired portion of his
contract here.
Gets Three Year Contract
He has been given a three year
contract at Ashtabula Harbor at a
salary of S5,400 for the first year
with an increase of 500 for each of
the remaining two years. His
present salary here was S4,00S.
AshtabuIa Harbor operates two
elementary schools and one high
school with an enrolment of 989
pupils. The system employs 40
teachers.
In accepting Lanham's resignation,
board members indicated they would
take steps as soon as possible toward
filling the vacancy.
In this connection the board stated
that applicants for the position must
meet minimum standards of the
North Central Association of Col
leges and Secondary schools which
require that a superintendent must
have Master of Arts degree In
school administration together with
experience as principal or superin-
tendent Of schools.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
Traditional College May Day Program
To Highlight Commencement Activity
ColorfuI Coronation of May
Queen Saturday Afternoon
Win Attract Many
College Baccalaureate Set For
Sunday; Graduation Exer-
cises on Monday

Bluffton colleges traditional May
Day festivities, embracing colorful
ceremonies nearly as old as the
college itself, will highlight Satur-
day afternoons program in a busy
four-day schedule of commencement
week activity on the campus.
Against the verdant greensward
setting of the campus tree-bordered
amphitheatre, another May Queen
will be crowned in the colorfui coro-
nation ceremony at a o'clock featur-
ed by the procession of dancers and
attendants, the Maypole dance and
the usual dramatic presentation for
the Queens entertainment.
Janice Welty, elected May Queen
in student balloting, will reign over
the traditional ceremonies, scheduled
to begin at p. m. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Welty
of Pandora.
Maid Of Honor will be Elizabeth
Brand Howe, of Bluffton; the Most
Popular Man is Robert Pannabecker
son of DIR. and Mrs. Floyd Panna-
becker, of Chicago, and the Queens
escort will be Roger Howe, husband
of the Maid of Honor.
GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY
May Day activities will be pre-.
ceded at p. m. by ground-breakinq
ceremonies for new gymnasium
auditorium, construction of which
will be started early this summer
In addition to breaking ground
for the new structure, followed BY
May Day festivities, Saturdays pro
gram will be marked by morning
sports events, noon-day class re
unions, senior class exercises ant
the annual box breaking ceremonie!
to round out daytime activities. II
the evening, the alumni banquet viii
be held in Ropp hall at 6 o'clock
followed by presentation of Moliere'
tThe Imaginary Invalid"
Highlights of the Sunday pro
gram will be the baccalaureate il
the afternoon and concert by tn,
vesper choir in the evening. DR.
Lloyd Ramseyer, college president
will take as his baccalaureate sub
ject, christian Love and Human
Freedom.
Commencement exercises Monda,
morning at IL o'clock in the FRS
Mennonite church will be addressed
by DIR. Bernard G. Claussen, pastol
of the Euclid Avenue Baptist church
of Cleveland. His subject will b,
"How To Fail-Successfully."
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
Rites Friday For
Mrs. Sarah MOtter

Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. m. Friday in the Church of
Christ for Mrs. Sarah d. Motter, of
South Main street, widow of Samuel
S. Motter, who died at 4:50 p. m.
Tuesday in Bluffton Community
hospital following an extended ILL
ness.
Born in Mt. Vernon, o., Oct. 5,
1870, she was the daughter of Har-
rison and Elizabeth (Phillips) Car
man. On Oct. 20, 1892, she was
married to Samuel S. Motter, who
died July 13, 1927.
Mrs. Motter was member of the
Bluffton Church of Christ.
The body will be removed late
Wednesday afternoon from Basinger
funeral home to the residence, where
short service will be held Friday
afternoon, preceding rites at the
church.
Rev. Lee b. Remaley and Rev.
Paul Cramer will otficiate at the
funeral services. Burial win be In
Maple Grove cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Dud-
ley Motter, of Etowah, Tenn; Walter
Motter, of Chattanooga, Tenn, and
Myron Motter, of Bluffton; three
brothers, John and Frank Carman,
of Maysville, O., and Arthur Car
man of Lafayette; and two sisters,
Mrs. Carrie Cooney and Mrs. Angus
ia Landfair, both of McGuffey.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
HIGH SCHOOL TO
GRADUATE CLASS
OF 70 THURSDAY
Commencement Exercises Will
BE Held in Gymnasium,
Thursday Night
DIR. Clyde Hissong, State Direc-
tor of Education, Will Be
Class Speaker

Climaxing week of varied COM
mencement activity, graduation ex-
ercises for 20 Bluffton High school
seniors will be held Thursday night
at s o'clock in the school gymnas-
ium-auditorium.
Presentation of the diplomas
symbolizing the completion of IL
years of public school activity will
come as the concluding event of a
busy week for the graduating SEN
iors, including the baccalaureate last
Sunday and the staging of the senior
class play on Monday and Tuesday
nights.
With the exception of the annual
alumni banquet and dance, set for
next Friday night, graduation e.
ercises on Thursday will bring com
mencement week activity to close.
Class Speaker
DR.. Clyde Hissong, Ohio director
of education, will deliver the class
address at commencement services.
For years he has been a prominent
educational leader with outstanding
achievements in many fields of edu-
cation.
Ranking scholastic honor students,
Gypsy 10 Haller and Coletta Irene
Badertscher, will deliver the vale
dictory and salutatory orations,
respectively.
Musical selections by members OF
the class will include vocal solo
by Treva Althaus a dnsongs by a
boys quartet.
Leland Diller, president of the
board of education, will present
diplomas to the graduating seniors;
Rev. Paul Cramer will ask the invo-
cation and Rev. Howard Lands
pronounce the benediction.
Class Roll
Included in the class roll of 2y
seniors, smallest in nearly three
decades, are IL boys and II girls
They are:
Gerhard Samuel Buhler, William
D. Burcky, Ralph A. Dunifon, Bern,
ard D. Fish, Joe L. Goodman, Homer
Henderson, Lee M. Hursey, Roger L
Linden, Norman Marquart. Robert L
Neuenschwander, Dean r. Sommel
and Ray L. Which.
Anita Grace Althaus, Treva Mar
lene Althaus, Coletta Irene Bader
fischer, Peggy Lou Balmer, Marlent
Rae Berry, Sara Jane Bracy, Beulaf
Eileen Burkholder, Janette JeaI
| Finton, Nancy L. Frankhouser.
Darlyn Rae Garmatter, Gypsy Jt
Haller, Susanna Eileen Kempf
Malbea Ann Lauriat, Lois Ann Leh
man, Beatrice Anne Leiber, Loi
Irene Marquart and Marilyn Jeai
Moore.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
RITES HELD FOR
C. D. AMSTUTz,
FORMER MAYOR
Infirmities of Age Cause Death
Of SS-Year-Old Former
Political Leader
Active Participation in Music
Circles Included ID Years
As Messiah SINCE

Christian d. Amstutz, S8, 305 ).
Jackson street, former Bluffton
mayor and councilman, and for many
years active in political and musical
circles locally, died at 7:20 a. M.
Friday in Bluffton community hospit-
al.
Death was attributed to the in
firmities of age. He had been bed
fast four days.
In addition to serving as former
mayor and councilman, Mr.. Amstut7
had been an active Democratic lead.
er, school teacher, singing teacher
organ teacher, choir director, ano
cabinet maker.
He sang in the Bluffton college
Christmas rendition of Handlers
Messiah" for AS years, and missed
but only one performance because or
illness.
For several years before retire
ment, he was superintendent and
custodian Of Blutfton college grounds.
r Born in Richland township on
Aug. 5, 1860, he was the son OF
C. y. and Verena (Neuenschwander)
Amstutz.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Fannie Bixei, whom he mar
ried Oct. II, 1888; three children,
Edith, at home; Agnes, Sunmount,
N. Y. and Mrs. w. r. Althaus,
Lewisburg; two brothers, Ephraim
and u. S. Amstutz, both of Bluff;on;
three grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday
at the First Mennonite church, OF
which Mr.. Amstutz was member
Rev. J. N. Smucker, pastor Of the
church, officiated. Burial was in the
Ebenezer cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
I55 WILL RECEIVE
BLUFFTON COLLEGE
DEGREES MONDAY
Largest Graduating Class This
Year Reflects Postwar
Enrolment Upturn
Commencement Exercises For
College Seniors To Be
Held Next Monday

Rejecting a continuation of the
postwar upturn in collegiate enroll
ment, Bluffton college will graduate
class of 55 seniors at commence
ment exercises next Monday morning
at IL o'clock in the First Mennonite
church auditorium. Last year there
was a graduating class of 50.
Of the graduating seniors, % will
receive Bachelor of Arts degree; %
will receive Bachelor Of Science de-
grees; and Bachelor Of School Music
degrees will be conferred on five.
Presentation of diplomas to gradu.
ates will come as the climax to q
busy weekend of commencement
activity, including class reunions
May Day festivities and the alumni
banquet on Saturday, and baccaIaur.
cate services next Sunday.
Graduates who will receive degrees
at next Mondays commencement ex,
ercises, including those who will
complete their work this summer
are:
Bachelor of Arts
Robert Amstutz, Button; Galer
Basinger, Pandora; William Boorse
| Quakertown, Pa: Ruth Haenny
Beloit, Ohio; Raymond Harmon
Bluffton; James Harnish, Bluffton
Virginia Hinkle, Lima: Roger Howe
Blufton; Helen Bohn Klassen, Bluff
ton; Otto klassen, Bluffton.
Vernon Lowenberg, Donnellson
Iowa; Betty Pannabecker, Peoria
/ ILL.,; Charles Rufenacht, Bluffton
Amelia Schmidt, Carlock, H.; Mar
iorie Schultz, Mountain Lake, MINI.
Stanley Stauffer, Palm, Pa; Myrtl,
Wasser, Bedminster, Pa; Marth;
Lee Yoder, Topeka, Ind; Burton
Yost, LansdaIe, Pa; Clifford Zehr
Kitchener, Ontario.
Bachelor of Science
Ralph Althaus, Button; Grac
Bauman, Quakertown, Pa; Georg
Bohrer, Normal, H.; Winifred Fet'
| Bluffton: Wayne s.Hostetler, Blufftor
Pauline Lehman, Mountain Lake
MINI.
| Hermann Nef, Regensburg, Gel
many; John Neufer, Topeka, Ind
Dean Niswander, Bluffton; Elnor
Rosenberger, Quakertown, Pa; Davi
Smucker, Bluffton; Georgia Somme,
Wooster: Glenn Stahly, Lancaster
Esther Warkentin. Beulah, N. Oak.
Janice Welty, Pandora
Bachelor School Music
Elizabeth Brand Howe, Bluffton
Ruth Porter, Col. Grove; Clare
Sommer, Kidron.
Bachelor of Arts
(August 1949)
Claude Chivington, Leipsic; Rut
Danford, Findlay; William Fausey
DeshIer; Vance Frank, Bluffton
Janice Hankish, Bluffton; Bernar
jacobson, Bluffton; Jean Martin
Button; Charles Rickert, Bluffton.
Bachelor of Science
august 1949l
Richard Ashton, Lima; Don Critics
Bluffton; Robert Pannabecker, Chica
go;. Gail Rakosky, Bluffton; Virgins
Soldner, Bluffton: Martin Stab
Leipsic; May Norma Steinmar
Cleveland.
Bachelor School Music
(August, 1949)
Carol Simon, Lima; Walter Tread
way, Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
TOWN WILL HONOR
SOLDIER DEAD AT
MEM MORiAL RITES
Services to be Held at Maple
Grove Cemetery Next Mon
day Morning
Legionnaires to Decorate
Graves: Business to Close
for Holiday

Honoring Buttons soldier-dead of
four wars, Memorial Day exercises
here next Monday morning will in
clude the traditional parade and out
door ceremonies at Maple Grove
cemetery, under auspices of Bluffton
post, American Legion.
Opening the holiday observance,
the parade will form at the town
hall at 9:15 a. M, and move to
Maple Grove cemetery where ritual
istic services viii be held at 10 a. m.
over the grave of DR.. Munson r.
Bixel, veteran Of World War /,
who died during the last year.
Weather permitting, the Memorial
Day address will be made at the
cemetery by Rev. Paul Cramer, post
chaplain. In case of rain, the i'd
dress will be in the high school
auditorium.
Enroute to the cemetery, the Me-
mortal Day parade viii move down
Main street from the town hall TO
Grove street, and on Grove to the
cemetery.
Band To Lead Parade
Bluffton High schools uniformed
band will lead the line of march,
followed by members of the Legion
and Legion auxiliary, other war
veterans, Bluffton Boy Scouts, mem-
bers of civic organizations, etc.
Grade school children are urged to
decorate their bicycles and be in the
line of march.
Rev. Cramer, the Memorial Day
speaker, served as chaplain with the
U. S. Army for four years in World
War II. He was overseas in the
European theatre one year.
In preparation for Memorial Day,
graves of war veterans will be
decorated by Button Legionaires In
| Maple Grove and jefferson street
cemeteries in Bluffton; Zion and
Ebenezer cemeteries; Gratz cemetery,
and two cemeteries in Beaverdam.
Business and industry will be
suspended in the town on Monday In
observance of Memorial Day. There
will be no mail delivery and windows
at the post office will be closed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-05-26
Local Mans Brother
Dies In Oklahoma

VIM. A. Fox of West College ave-
nue. has received word of the death
Of his brother, Edward S. Fox, So,
who died Saturday at his home in
Drumright, Okla.
He was born in Rawson, the son of
Jonathan and Letitia (Mead) Fox and
as young man was employed in the
Hancock county oil field. Later he
moved west and continued in the oil
business until his death.
Besides his brother of this place
he is survived by one son Malcolm
and daughter Mrs. Blenna Lee Halli-
field of Vivian, La, together with
three step-sons.