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Show FORMER DIXIE MAN KILLED M CflECK Services Held at Bakersfield Monday for Ted Ranee, Who Died When His Car Plunged Into Marsh Ted Ranee, son of Mrs. Leah Whipple Herman of Bakers-field, Bakers-field, Calif., and a companion, Robert Armstrong, were drowned last Thursday night when their automobile overturned in a marshy slough a few miles west of Bakersfield. The s'tory of the tragedy was told by Dudley Rankin, only survivor of the trio which started start-ed out of town on a brief automobile auto-mobile ride. Ranee, he reported, was driving driv-ing the small roadster, with Rankin in the center and Armstrong Arm-strong on the right. Near the highway turn a few yards east of the Bellevue weir bridge, the three lighted cigarets and the automobile spun off the highway, high-way, plunged into the marsh and overturned. The machine carried no top, and Rankin was thrown ahead as it hurtled through the air. For 15 minutes he tried to lift the car to rescue his companions. compan-ions. An unknown motorist stopped stop-ped and gave him aid, but the two seemed lifeless when the automobile was finally raised. Respiration was given each for more than an hour at hospitals. Ted Ranee was born in St. George and lived here until about 12 years ago when he moved to California with his mother. He was 26 years of age. Funeral services were held under the direction of the L. D. S. church officials at Bakersfield Bakers-field and interment was in the Forest Lawn cemetery at Glen-dale, Glen-dale, the grave being dedicated by two Mormon missionaries. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whipple and son, Ralph, and Mr. and Mrs. Eli Whipple went to Bakersfield Ba-kersfield to attend the services. They returned Wednesday evening. |
