Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-02 | Page 1 | S. L. Teacher Drowns at Jackson Hole

5. L. Tccchcr Drowns at Jcdttsn Hob ' Search for she body of Mlas Pauline Porter, Salt Laks. City schoolteacher who waa drowned Friday Bight, continued Saturday in the key waters of Jack sob lake, Wyoming. Miss Porter, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Porter, (T7 E. ! ... si Mies Faunae Perter . Drewas la sry waters ef Jsckeoei lake. 3rd South, was pitched from a speedboat into the water. She was spending the summer vacation vaca-tion working at Jackson. Sheriff Otia Emory, Jackssa. Wyo, said the boat waa operated by Mrs. D. C. McOrew, Denver, wife of the secretary-treasurer of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp. Park service officials were dragring the laks Saturday In aa eiiort to recover the body from ths water which la snout 12S to lAO feet deep. Sheriff fcmory reported. re-ported. The McGrews Invited Miss Portsr to go on ths motorboat rids about 7 pin. Shs and Mr. McGrew were, tossed from ths boat when Mrs. McGrew turned to return to Signal Mountain lodre. Mrs, MoGrew Immediately draco dr-aco Cage 4, CslnsBB 1 I DROWNING Ceatlaoed from Page One ded back and threw out life preservers. pre-servers. Sheriff Emory said. Mr. ; McGrew aided Miss Porter but I she lost her grip when he attempted at-tempted to Hft her Into the boat Miss Porter, a teacher at the Forest school, had been teacher in the Salt Lake City school system for more than 15 years. During the summer months shs worked sa a desk clerk at the lodge. The McCrews have a cabin at the lake. Misa Porter waa a graduate of 1 the University of Utah, where ' she waa active In campus af- j i fairs snd waa a member of Alpha i , Delta PI sorority. j : She was member of the ; I Methodist church. Shs is sur-i sur-i vtved by her parents. i