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Show Accident Is Fatal To Jack E. Watts Jack E. Watts, the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Watts of Ax-tell, Ax-tell, and whose body was severely crushed when a wagon load of hay passed over it Wednesday of last week, died! Thursday evening after two days of suffering. Jack, with an uncle, was riding horseback along the highway in front of the Alex Beck home on State street, and were near the horses drawing the load of hay. In some manner the riding horse tripped, and the boy and man were both thrown to the ground. Jack hit the ground directly in front of one of the moving wheels, and before his father, fa-ther, driving on the load of hay, could bring the horses to a standstill, the wheel passed over Jack's body, badly crushing the intestines. Due to the conditions of the intestines an operation opera-tion would have been of no avail and the little lad passed to the great unknown. un-known. . Jack was born at Bingham July 1, 1926, where he resided with his parents par-ents for a few years. Later the family fam-ily went to Axtell. Besides the parents, par-ents, he is survived by one sister, Betty Watts. Impressive funeral services were held from the Axtell school house Friday, Bishop Orrin Sorenson officiating. of-ficiating. Appropriate musical numbers num-bers were given, among them being a vocat solo by Mrs. Royal Whitlock and a duet by Mrs. Alonzo Jensen and Mrs. Newell Olsen. Talks were given by C. L. Despain and Royal Whitlock. Whit-lock. The body of the young boy was taken to the Axtell cemetery, where C. L. Despain dedicated the grave. Sorrowing friends carried beautiful flowers to the cemetery, and the little mound was banked high with the tributes tri-butes of love and esteem. |