Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1943 — Page 7

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Of Live Wire Contact; | ‘Rites Wedensday. Services for Mitchell P. Merritt, lineman for the Indianapolis Power and Light Co. will be at 10 a. m. Wednesday in the Conkle funeral

burial in Floral Park cemetery.

"Mr. Merritt," who was 35, was shocked fatally yesterday when he

‘|came in contact with a live wire {as he was helping replace a pole

on a transmission line crossing the

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W. Morris st. He was on a pole with Bert McNabney, another lineman, when he came in contact with the live circuit. McNabney saw him slump, applied pole-top : resuscitation and brought him to the ground. James Ludwig, lineman, and Joseph Cunningham, first aid instructor for the company, asisted Mr. McNabney until the ambulance arrived. He was taken to Methodist hospital. Mr. Merritt, who lived at 3723 Rockville rd, had been employed

by the company since 1937. He

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home, 1034 W. Michigan st., with :

Pvt. Nick Santarelll of Canon ‘City Colo., carries fountain for his outfit in Sicily in the form of a water can strapped on’ pack board.

came to Indianapolis from New Albany in 1936. : Jl Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Dora Merritt; a daughter, Dolores Jean Merritt; four sisters, Mrs. Ada Phelps of Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart of Cloverport, Ky. and Mrs. Anna Burk and Mrs. Eileen Buchheit, both of New. Albany, and three brothers, Robert, Thomas and Jesse Merritt, all of.

Leaves Husband in Service, Services for Mrs. Louise Vonne-

will be at 5p. m. tomorrow in Flgnner & Buchanan

Art Institute and the Chester Springs art school at Philadel-

phia, Pa.

Presbyterian church and the Indianapolis Junior league. Survivors besides the husband are the parents, Anton Vonnegut, president of the Vonnegut Moulder Corp..

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MRS. EDNA HEATH RITES TOMORROW

Services for Mrs. Edna M. Heath, 109 8. Bradley ave. will be at 1:30 p. m, tomorrow in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill chapel with burial in Washington Park cemetery. Mrs. Heath, who was 58, died Friday in her home following an illness of several years. A native of Indianapolis, she attended school here and was married to James Heath of Indianap-

|} 4 polis in Cincinnati, O,, in 1905. Mr. i ‘ 2 HOC Thrboch and Mrs. Heath had made their| 4 EY of do's - home here throughout their mar-

: —— . . tried life. J i Optometrist Office at Survivors besides the husband are

A three daughters, Mrs. Delmar GodSASHA 117 ART

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VERY “soldier must depend on the weapons ; | YOU make to carry him through battle. This means that you can not let down one minute—that you must keep your vision accurate. Have your eyes checked regularly ... . if you need glasses you can I them on credit at Kays. ~

frey, Mrs. Robert Wright and Miss a ; Vera Heath, all of Indianapolis; two a he sons, Joseph F. Heath of Indianap- . AOAC EY, olis and Pvt. Robert J. Heath of ; ; og : Bowman field, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. : 37v. Washington $t. Gertrude Reitz of Los Angeles, Cal. and a brother, Harry Weghorst of North Webster. :

Arthur B. Long i 5 5 iy

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man for the Hamilton Autographic Co, was to be in Memorial Park| cemetery following funeral services at 3:30 p. m. today in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill chapel. Mr. Long, who lived at R. R. 11, box 78, died Friday after an illness of seven years. He was 60. He came to Indianapolis 30 years ago from St. Louis, Mo. A native of Richwood, Mo., he was a member of the Irvington: Methodist church and Mystic Tie lodge of the Masonic order. Survivors are his wife, Mrs Martha Claire Long; a son, Arthur B. Long Jr. of New York: a sister, Mrs. Mary Law of Cincinnati, 0, and a brother, L. T. Long of Indianapolis

Mrs. Hazel Myers

Services for Mrs, Hazel Myers, 37 W. 21st st., were to be at 2 p. m.| today at Flanner & Buchanan mortuary with burial in Washington Park cemetery. Mrs, Myers died Friday in Warsaw. She was 58. A native of Arcadia, she was a past matron of the O. E 8. -ab Arcadia. : Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Warren W. Barnett of Boston, Mass.; Mrs. H. M. Glick and Miss Betty Myers, both of Indianapolis; a granddaughter, -Constance Elizabeth Glick; two sisters, Mrs. B. F. Herdrich of Lebanon and Mrs. B. L. Brown of Milwaukee, Wis, and a. brother, Fred Hurlock, of Los Angeles, Cal.

State Deaths

FEARLESS

i BUD—just a clean, wholesome, fearless American boy 23: and his dog : : : thinking about tomorrow's ball game, _%¥ about batting in clean-up position, about what he'll do to p that Bearcat's pitcher..He knows there's a war going on. © Sure he does. His brother Bill fold him about it . . . Bill who's over there helping to win it... and when his coun- ~ fry needs Bud, he too, will do his part fearlessly,

~ Young Americal Fun-loving, hard - playing youngsters. : \~ There could be no America without them. Today, they're developing keen, alert minds and strong, active bodies; tomorrow, they'll be guiding the Nation's destiny. They'll be runhing America’s railroads, bridging the gap between {Producer and consumer; between where ‘you are and * where you want to go. : brothers, William and John]

When Bud and his generation ake over, ROCK ISLAND Moran, sisters, Mra, Mary Cowyer and “LINES will be an even greater railroad than it is today. | suviporoN—iouls Schaumberger, 88. ~ Our Program of Planned Progress assures that. For, [ere Beate Vin Shimer ~~ despite shortages of man-power and materials; and |i. Survivors: Motner, Mrs: Aun Wate: | although, with the other railroads, we are doing for “Uncle Sam a most profoundly important job, we are "constantly building for the future ... for America : : ; "for that America which one day we want Bud and his

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ol; sons, E. Nichol snd George D. Nichol; grandSons, Robert BE. Jr. and ‘George P. Nichol; granddaughter, Virginia Nichol. A Villa V. Humphrey, 59. reso. umphey.

zabeth Hines Gardiner, . ! Husband, J. W. Gardiner; daughters, Mrs. Whitton and Mrs. Iona b: R. M. Barron.

BRAZIL—Martin Moran, 67.

Wife, Mrs. Blanch Moran; son, John L. Moran;

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Ralph Waterhouse. , 57. Survivors: Wife, {790d Beothere Wines oem Sicha 3 ers, . an Lockwood; sister, Mrs. W. H. Settle,

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