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Show F. BUIJKEIJSHIP FORMER UTAHN, lESIilST j ; Victim of ; Influenza At-f At-f ? tack Formerly Operated Cabaret and West Side Auto Club in Salt Lake LONO BEACH, Cal, ' Jnly I. Fardlnand ' Blankenship, wsll-i wsll-i known cafe operator of southern California and former resident and cafe operator 'of Salt Lake, died : bare yestsrdsy from complications ' fro wind cut of a esss eftafluensa ' ' contracted last December."- Funeral , arranfements arc belna held In - abeyance until members of ths fam-v fam-v lly, rasldlna In Bait Lake, reach hers. - - Blsnkenshlp was born In , Louisville. Ky. flfty-cns years aro. At tha time of his death he was . opsratind the Seal Inn, tha Jewel City cafe and the Tower cafe, all at Seal Beach. He Is survived by two children, resldlns; In Bait Lake, and the widow, Mrs. Millie Blankenship cf Seal Beach. , Ferdinand Blankenship. who died yesterday, was a former resident of Ssh Lsks and waa well known aa ths proprietor of ths West Bide Auto . club, a prominent road house on Klghth West below Ninth Bouth street. Before prohibition dsys bs operated ths Oxford saloon on West Second Bouth and later leased a cabaret under the north corner of i Second Bouth and Main etreets. Hardy Down Ins, who knew him when he waa In Bait Laks. ssld that , he was a likable sort of fellow. Hs ssld that ha used to plsy a lot of . pranks, one of his favorites belna to Impersonets Cliff Blsnkenshlp. then msnsser of ths Bslt Lsks ball ' club. Hs lived In Salt Lake six to Be1 yesrs. j |