Show J. J l jive ve Three Ephraim Men Gillen Drown n in Fish bosh Lake Lade Boat Mishap hap Friday Three Ephraim men perished in ip a boat mishap at Fish Lake at Friday evening June 6 one of them in a vain attempt to save another The were three-were Thomas Clark Thompson 34 31 Billy Joe Green 31 and anU Henry LaMar Slier 19 Green and Slier were in brothers The three we went t down In 90 foot deep water about to yards from rom shore The body of Thompson was recovered about about about a- a bout p. p pm m. m Saturday just justa a trifle over 24 hours after the drowning Siler's body w was a s brought up at about SUnday Sunday Sunday Sun SUn- day morning and that of Green was found at Sunday after after- afternoon noon In Answer to fo Help Call From personal Interviews with Spencer E. E Olsen and John Daniels Daniels Daniels Dan Dan- of Ephraim and Roger Sondrup Sondrup Sondrup Son- Son of Salt Lake City here Is about the way the story went Roger came to Spencer to see if the latter a service s station t tat a t ion i o n operator could fix a cabin cruiser cruiser cruiser ser belonging to Jerry Mooney of Salt Lake City and operated by Bud Archer also of Salt Lake I Spencer listened to the motor and expressed the opinion a bearing bearing bearing bear bear- ing was about finished He suggested suggested sug sug- suggested the cruiser be betaken taken t to 0 about a half mile mil e south from where a large number number number num num- ber of Ephraim and former forme r Ephraim men were camped Then Roger asked Spencer If he would tow the cruiser his foot 16 boat having a larger motor than Rogers Roger's foot 15 al aluminum aluminum aluminum al- al craft Spencer agreed and nd the trip was started with Clark lark Thompson and Spencer In inthe inthe the he latter's boat and Sondrup Green reen Slier Siler and John Daniels going along In the Sondrup craft On Way Back At s they said they could do nothing for the Salt Lake cruiser and so the return trip rip was started About a third of f the way back as Sondrup's boat oat was pulling alongside Spencers Spencer's Spener's Spen- Spen cers ers Green who was in the I back seat stood up and apparently apparently fell over the middle seat where Slier Siler and Daniels were sitting In falling he caught hold of Sondrup's shirt near the shoulder boulder and the two went overboard overboard over- over board loard tipping Upping the boat as they did so and spilling the others into nto the icy water and with the he the four life preservers stored stored stored stor stor- ed under the hood trapped iu in u the overturned boat Sondrup had hip boots on which filled with water Instant- Instant ly y He reached the overturned boat oat and somehow scrambled o on n top op of It Juts Cuts ts Tow Line Olsen on seeing the boat overturn over over- turn urn told Thompson to untie e the he tow line so they could circle back ack and pick up the men Thompson could not untie th the e knot and so cut the rope I Ithe In Inthe n the he excitement Olsen's motor stalled and it took a few precious precious pre pre- pre pre- cious dons seconds to get it started d again Thompson could see Slier Siler was wa s drowning and said he was going In n after him and took off his Ws boots and hat and In spite o of f Olsen's repeated pleadings an and d warnings dived in to aid Slier Siler r who had come up probably five e times before he went down fo for forthe er r the he last time Probably Heart Attack r Thompson started back for forth the e Olsen boat when all at once h he e stopped swimming raised his bis hi es s hands lands b beside side his face clenched d his ris fists gave a strange glance toward oward Sondrup and sank no not notto notto t to appear again Both Sondrup P and Olsen think he suffered aheart a Pa heart icart attack In the meantime Daniels ha hahold had d hold sold of Green some distance distant e from the boat and was Swimming swimming swimming swim swim- ming and trying his best to keep keel Green reen afloat Finally however r the he heavier man slipped fro from froIn m his grasp and sank Olsen first got Sondrup into int o his lis boat and then went for Danels Daniels Dan Dan- leis els and brought him aboard Daniels said a few more seconds second and he also would have been bee n gone No Trace of at Others In the meantime Archer ha had d started the motor of the cabin cabs n cruiser and went to the tragedy Y scene throwing life preservers preserver s toward the men in the water but they failed to reach the them m Olsen cruised around a bit t to e see if they could see either of the three victims and then too took k and Daniels to shore shor e where they were put to bed anc an and d given some hot drinks A game warden and another er boat raced to the scene but di did d not get there until everything ng g was all over except for getti getting ng the overturned boat and the cabin cruiser back to shore The News Breaking the news of the tr tragedy tra tra- I- I gedy was the the sorrowful lot o of Bishop Barney H. H Hyde of of- t tI the he West Ward and others whom I he called to go with him He w wa was as notified of the accident In aphone a aphone phone call from Spencer Olsen Olse ii He then contacted Glen J. J Niel NIe Nielson Ielson Iel- Iel 1 son Marshal Hespert Sevy as and d Mardell Garrick and the f o 0 ou u r I went first to the Buel Siler Slier lie horn home m e men to give the sad news there th then thell en to the Green home Mrs Airs Sil Sile ere went with them to the home o oher oj of her son and law in a LW and 1 and she told Molly of the tr tra tra- aa a- a gedy Next stop t p Iwas was vas at t th the he ii i Dale Thompson home hams to tell them hem about Clark I Ephraim Men Help Dragging operations b beg began e g a n nearly nearly early arly Saturday morning and after afa after af- af ter a afew few hours of recess when winds were blowing were resumed resumed re- re re- re umed that afternoon with Thompsons Thompson's body being found about bout by two State em- em A call went out for more more boats and ard nd men to help with the dragging dragging drag- drag ging ing operations A phone call was ras made to Mrs Mary Ras- Ras mussen AG Grocery store operator operator op- op that her son Stephens Stephen's boat oat be sent out So Roger J Johnson and Homer a Forest orest Service employee took the boat help to-help with the IB search And it happened that hat these are the the themen men Mien who hooked onto each of the other two wo victims SlIer Siler and Green Of the seven boats engaged in dragging ragging operations two were State tate owned one was that of the he game game warden warde one was Spencer Spencer Spener Spen- Spen er Olsen's with his brother Keith eith of Salt Lake City and others assisting the one was Stephen and the theother theother other ther two were boats manned by Vail Nielson of Ephraim Ephraim Eph- Eph raim alm and Merrill Jacobson of Or Orem m in one and Dick Larsen and nd Jack in the other Also so helping in the search were Mont lont Jacobson and ONiel Laren Larsen Larsen Lar- Lar sen en of Ephraim and R Rob Robert o b e r t Erickson rickson of Salt Lake City LaMar Slier Siler Henry LaMar Slier Siler was born bornat at it Mt Pleasant Feb 9 1939 ason a aon ason son on of Buel and Irene Davis Slier iler r. r The family moved to Ephraim when he was a small boy oy so he spent practically all allWs his lis life here He was oUtstanding ing ng in basketball and baseball during his junior high sigh school years ears He served at Fort Ord for or several months where he hewon won von a citation as outstanding member of the guard He was released early to come home and help with farm work when his jis father was stricken with an illness He married Molly daughter of Mr Air and Mrs Edg- Edg heil Neil August 18 1956 1958 in n Richfield They have one son on Kim LaMar and another baby jaby is due to arrive soon Other survivors in addition to his widow and son include his parents arents Ephraim five sisters Mrs s. s Donna Domia Green widow o of Joe and Mrs Airs Beulah Christensen Christen Christen- sen en Ephraim Mrs Airs Virginia Hansen lansen Spanish Fork Mrs Airs Nevada Nielson Centerfield and Mrs Linda Clark Beaver Billy Joe Green Green Green- Billy Joe Green was born Feb 25 1927 In Republic Mo Moy to Halland and Helen Green Green He was educated in schools of Brookline Mo where he lived with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Alfred Allred Sag Sager r. r He came to Salt Lake City when 15 years of age to live with hIs lis mother It was here hero he met Donna Siler Slier and they were married married mar mar- ried lied July 18 1944 when he was 17 years of age He entered the service in June of 1944 and served served ed eel with the Army in the Aleu- Aleu ion tion tion Islands He became a civIlian civilian Ilian man ilian again in August 1946 He lie operated Joes Joe's Garage In Ephraim Ephraim- was active In the Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim Business Association in inthe inthe the Junior Chamber of Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce melee merce- while it was organized In the Ephraim Sportsmens Association Association Association As As- and was manager of the baseball team for two years He also supervised the selection of Miss Ephraim and her at attendants at- at tt two years and helped build outstanding floats for them themas to ride on His its survivors include his wi widow widow wi- wi dow dew one son Billy Don Dan 13 and anda a It daughter Teresa 7 all of Ephraim Eph Eph- I raim his mother Mrs Helen And Andrews ws Tucson Arizona his father Springfield Mo and his grandmother Myrtle Sager of Brookline Mo The grandmother flew clew to Utah and was to have arrived at the fife Salt Lake Airport at Wed- Wed Continued on Page 4 4 Three Ephraim Men drown In Fish FishLake FishLake FishLake Lake Mishap Continued from page 1 morning Mr and Mrs Andrews went to Salt Lake to meet her and found her plane delayed until about noon They were vere given special police a and n d state highway patrol escort and made the mile trip to Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim in ip minutes arriving just ten minutes before funeral time ime of two o'clock Clark Thompson Thomas Clark Thompson was was born in Ephraim Feb 10 1924 a n son of f David Clarence Clarence and Carrie Thompson He attended local schools including Snow College and was active in athletics He served two years with the U. U S. S Army mostly In n the Philippine Islands and a d as asa asa a n guard at the Las Vegas proving prosing proving pros pros' ing grounds of the Atomic Energy Energy Ener Ener- gy Commission He and his brother Dale engaged in shearing shearing shearing shear shear- ing activities together e each a c h spring Beside hi his brother he is survived survived survived sur sur- by y two sIs sisters ers Mrs Ha Ila Anderson SaCramento Sacramento Calif Cali and Mrs Helen Christensen Lehi F Fun Funeral u n e era r a l 1 services s for Mr Thompson were held Tuesday I afternoon and joint services for Mr Green and Mr SlIer Siler were Vere held Wednesday afternoon both bothin bothin in ill the West Ward chapel Military Military Military Mil Mil- rites for Thompson a and n d dGreen Green were carried out by the Parley Kimball Post of the American Legion Silas A. A Ross Ross' Jr commander Thompson Funeral Milton Armstrong bishops bishop's counselor conducted the services services services ser ser- vices for Clark Thompson Thomps n Tues Tues- day The prayer in the D Dale a I 1 e eThompson eThompson Thompson home home was by Patriarch Patriarch Patriarch Patri Patri- arch Glen J J. J Ni Nielson lson Those at atthe atthe atthe the service were by Evan R. R Johnson of Ephraim and Richard Richard Richard Rich Rich- ard Anderson of Sacramento Calif a nephew The graveside was wag hv by Robert R R. Rm- Rm Prelude and postlude organ music was played played played-by by Elda Mor Mor- tenson She also accompanied the choir which was conducted by Mrs H. H A. A Dean The choir sang Sometime Well We'll Under- Under Other music included ed vocal solos by Mrs Lois Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson of ot Sacramento a niece who sang Ill Walk With With God and Montell Green who sang sangI Clarks Clark's favorite Im Always I Chasing Rainbows both accompanied accompanied accompanied by Mrs Maxine Cameron and a vocal duet I Walked Today Today Today To To- day Where Jesus Jesus' Walked by Rula and June Thompson nieces accompanied by Norma Nonna Stubbs Speakers were Vail Vail Nielson Craig Christensen of Lehi Lehl a nephew Roger Sondrup of Salt SaltI I Lake City and Alonzo Hansen with closing remarks by Mr Pallbearers were were Terral Thorpe Jack Hansen and Neal Johnson of Salt Lake City John Gassman Gassman Gass- Gass man Reed Nielson and and Caldon Nielson of E Ephraim Green Siler Slier Services Bishop Barney H. H Hyde conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted the funeral services for Joe Green and LaMar Slier held in the West Ward Vard chapel Wednesday afternoon The pallbearers pall pallbearers pallbearers bearers color guard firing squad etc marched from the G Green r e e n home to the ch chapel pel alongside and following the two funeral coaches Prayer at the home was by Bishop Ross P i Findlay of the South w ward rd The invocation was wasby wasby wasby by Vail Nielson and the benediction benediction benediction bene bene- diction by Reed Nielson The Slier Siler graveside prayer was by Patriarch Glen J J. J Nielson Boyd Larsen said th the prayer at the Green Gre n graveside graveside- Mrs Lucille Ducille Olsen play played d prelude prelude pre pro lude Jude and postlude ude organ music musi and arid Mrs Elda ac accompanied accompanied accompanied ac- ac companied the choir which sang sangO O 0 My Father with Montell Green singing the third verse versea a as a solo as the opening number number num num- ber her and Sometime Well We'll Understand Understand Understand Un Un- at the closing It was directed by Mrs June Nelson Speakers were Milton Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong Bishop MaCoy Larsen of the Snow College ward Patriarch Pa Patriarch pa Pa- Glen J. J Nielson and Bishop Hyde Special music Included three vocal solos Beyond The Sunset Sunset Sunset Sun Sun- set by Montell Green with Mrs Maxine l Cameron as accompanist In The Garden by Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Law Law- rence R R. Poulson accompanied by Mrs and Never Walk Alone by Boyd BoydE E E. E Goble with Margaret Johnson of Fairview as accompanist Clifford Sondrup and Morris Nelson were color bearers with Gl Glen n Lee and Edgar Anderson as color guard Serving in the firing firing firing fir fir- ing squad were Jack Kent Ken Thursby Don Reynolds Dick Dic k Bailey and Vail Nielson Siler Slier pallbearers were Bennie De Dee Hansen J Jack a c cHansen k Hansen Ransen Charles Nielson To Tom Anderson and nd Mont Hermansen Honorary pallbearers included include ti Paul Dee Wright Nathan Rigby Alvin Peterson Charles Jensen and DeRees Christe Christensen sen Green pallbearers were Dick Larsen Jack Hansen Alfred Sevy Sevy Sevy Se- Se vy John Daniels Roger Sondrup Son- Son rup and John Gassman American American American Amer Amer- ican Legion members serving as honorary pallbearers were ON ONeil O'Neil en Larsen Ward Olsen Gerald Sor- Sor enson Reed Nielson Roscoe Cox and Vail Nielson Nielson- Mont Jacobson Jacob- Jacob son had charge of the military di dt tail and dir directed the graveside firing iring Taps was played by Grant Stevens and Bruce Cameion Cameron Camron Cam- Cam eion eron ron American Legion Com Corn Commander Commander mander Silas A A. Ross Jr folded the flag and presented it to Mrs Green 4 |