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Show Ralph Whipple Dies Instantly When Block Strikes His Head Life was instantly snapped out for Ralph Whipple, 37, Wednesday, Wednes-day, Dec. 15, shortly after 5 p. m., while he was working at a milling job in the Whipple Lumber yards on First East . and First South streets, St. George. Mr. Whipple w'as making a wooden pulley for Frank Childers of the Arizona Strip. He had removed re-moved a rotary saw from its moorings and inserted the pulley, a solid block of wood 14 inches in diameter and four inches thick, on the saw mandrel, and turned on the power to rotate the disk while he "worked in" the rim groove. The pulley was turning at a terrific speed and just as he was ready to begin work with the lathe tool to make the groove, the pulley flew to pieces, a heavy sec tion of the wooden disk striking him on the forehead, knocking him backward and killing him almost al-most instantly. His father, Charles Whipple was in the shop office, and Mr. Childers, for whom the pulley was being made, was by the able when the accident occurred. oc-curred. Born in St. George August 23, 1906, he was the eldest son of Charles and Annie McAllister Whipple. He has spent his entire life in St. George, ' graduating from high school and later from Dixie junior college, where he was prominent" in dramatics and in operas as well .well as in other student activities. He also took (Continued on page eight) Ralph Whipple Death (Continued from first page) active part in church organiza-, tions and especially in dramatics. For several years he operated the movie equipment at what is now the Gaiety theatre. He was married in May, 1937, to Ida Morrill and they have continued con-tinued to make their home in St. George, rearing two of Mrs. Whipple's Whip-ple's grandchildren, Jimmie, aged three, and Penney aged two. Mrs. Whipple has been an almost total invalid for 18 months. Funeral services will be held in the St. George stake Tabernacle Taber-nacle Friday, at 3 p. m., under direction of the Center ward bishopric. Surviving besides his parents, are two sisters, Maurine Whipple, author of "Giant Joshua", and Mrs. Ben Jolley of Washington, and two brothers, Ray Whipple of St. George and Cpl. George Whipple, in military service in the Central Pacific, his wife and the two small children |