Show 18 OLD CROYDON BOY DROWNS the croydon community was made especially sad last friday morning mornin when it wai was learned that paul george thackeray the eggli eighteen months old son of mark and alta thackeray of croydon was drown in an irrigation ditch the little man and his four year old brother had gone out riding on the batters tricycle and had gone about a block from home when some man driving loose horses down the street it is presumed seared scared the little fellows and they crawled under the fence into a field to let them pass arid and paul must have got too close to the irrigation ditar and fell in he was soo soon missed by his brother and another little aia playmate y who spread the alarm and the little soul was found soon after he was their youngest son a most loveable love able child and the pride of thi th home and the parents are grief stricken over his untimely death funeral services were held sunday afternoon at 4 in the croydon church house ep bp toone conducting the funeral program being as follows opening song jesus wants me for a sunbeam girls sunday school chorus opening prayer W H toone opening remarks bp toone solo BP and mrs murphy of O ogden oden den remarks by T 0 stokes of preston ida solo by mrs howard hascott and mrs nichols of henefer talks by pres howard randall morgan and john C davis of ogden song my father knows J J johnson and miss edith benediction by frank toone the grave was dedicated by B ishop bishop toone the I 1 f loral floral offerings was the largest and most elaborate ever witnessed 1 in the valley the flower girls and attendants numbered 12 band and two to ford trucks were necessary to haul the flowers the four booy 1 pallbearers pall bearers were cousins of the deceased after the services the ladles relief ellef society of croydon prepared and served a hot luncheon to the out of town relatives and friends in attendance from ogden salt lake and other distant points |