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Show DEATH RECALLS IRONIC MEMORY Two Ironies were recalled Friday by3lrvJn'sj,garetRiHoltenof 37 Canyon road, whoa mother, Mrs. Mary Schramm Alexander, 81, was fatally Injured when struck by a truck Thursday afternoon at South Temple and State streets. Ths first was that shs and her crippled son, Melvin S. (Buddy) Alexander, then years old, were struck and narrowly escaped death two years ago at the asms intersection. intersec-tion. "An automobile hit us almost at the eame spot where mother was struck down." shs told a Telegram reporter. "Buddy waa thrown under un-der the fender and runningboard of the car, but was unhurt I was badly injured, however." ' The second Is that Mrs. Holten. Democratic women's chairman for her district, waa instrumental in securing a one-way restriction for Canyon road and waa a leader in efforts of Salt Lake women to promote pro-mote traffio aafety here. "On the very day (December S, 1838) that Mrs. Mary R. Ellerby was killed when atruck by a car at State street and Canyon road," Mrs, Holten said, "I had pleaded with members of the mayor' traffic traf-fic commission to install aro lights and make Canyon road a one-way strset They told me that the necessity ne-cessity for ths requests wasn't great because only a very few accidents, hsppened there. "At 8:55 p. m. that day Mrs. Ellerby was hit. Shs died at 1 p. m." Mrs. Ellerby, 66, lived at 1071 First avenue. Mrs. Helton's Ironic remembrances remem-brances will Include also ths "pain in tha heart' aha said shs suffered about the time ber mother was being transferred Thursday afternoon after-noon from police emergency to Salt Lake general hospital. "It was a terrible pain,' shs said, "and I was afraid. But I didn't know what had happened." She said shs had cautioned her mother "time and again" against ths dangers of downtown traffic |