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Show Young Yet Dies Sunday While On Horseback Trip The body of Harold Raymond Phillips, 23, veteran of World War II, was found on the east bank of the Sevier river Monday at 1 p.m. The young man had been missing overnight, and Jack Bennett, Ben-nett, deputy sheriff, headed the party that made a search for him. He was located about three miles north of Delta, about 1V4 miles north of the flume across the river. Sunday Phillips, an experienced rider, borrowed a horse from Mr. Bennett and went riding with Leor Shields and Morgan Abbott along the river. They separated shortly before 5 p.m., Phillips to return to Delta and the others to Sugar-ville. Sugar-ville. His friends asked him if he could find his way home all right and he replied "Sure. I con see the water tank." He rode off, and that was the last time he was seen alive. Horse Stands By He swam his horse across the river and his body was found close to where the horse came out on the opposite shore. The horse had remained within 20 feet or so of the body the entire time and was sighted by Mr. Bennett Monday on his search for the missing youth. Mr. Phillips was lying on his back on the river bank, with the upper part of his body and head in shallow water. His chaps and boots were visible to the searchers as they came near and they found them drv. There was no sien of struggle. War Injuries Cause of Death After investigation it is believed that his death was caused from complications following a war injury in-jury and not from drowning. He had served in the U. S. Navy from Oct. 20, 1944 to March 18, 948, and received a monthly pension check for medical disability. He wore a silver plate in his skull. One time when Mr. Phillips was talking with Ted Harris and looking look-ing at colored pictures of Guam, he had told him that he was in the Pacific when injured. He said he was on a carrier when a Japanese Ja-panese plane lit on deck and exploded, ex-ploded, and a piece of the propel-lor propel-lor struck him in the head. He said when he woke up he was in a San Francisco hospital. Friends who knew of his phys-1 phys-1 ical condition told Mr. Bennett i that at times Phillips would black out and it was thought that possibly pos-sibly such a seizure had led to his death. Was Newcomer The young man was a newcomer newcom-er locally, first arriving in Delta in September, 1949. He came with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller from Great Falls.Mont, when they moved mov-ed to their farm in Deseret. He was a close friend of their son, Carl Miller, both in Montana and in the navy. He had worked locally local-ly for several farmers and Delta people, and made friends during his short stay. Services Pending Late Monday his father, Ray Phillips, and uncle, Hardy Phillips, were reached with the information of his death, and they are expected expec-ted to arrive in Delta Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are pending pend-ing their arrival and the body is at L. N. Nickle mortuary. The youth was born Oct. 8, 1927 at Grass Range, Montana, and had later resided at Waltham, Mont. He had been a member of Theo Q. Jensen Post 117, American Legion, since he came to Delta. |