Show SERVICES HELD FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM A terrible car accident occurred last monday night december 28 le between tweet virgin and roca vahe on the alon mt carmel highway when the cat car of preston Al macdonald acdonald of kanab struck the steel railing on a bridge and his hlaj I 1 car skidded into a wash turning upside down mr air macdonald was killed instantly and mrs airs gordon eatough who accompanied him was badly cut and bruised mrs airs eatough got get out ot of the wreck car by crawling through the wind shield she searched every where tor for macdonald and called him but c could find no trace ot of him and started first tor for rockville and t alien ile it di discovering S a light she turned and was on her way to virgin when a car picked her up tip and took herto her to town upon arriving there mrs airs eatough told the men and telephoned to 1 I A I 1 macdonald ot of kanab a brother ot of th the 0 man an killed men alen from virgin immediately went to the scene ot of the accident and after sometime found the body or of macdonald in the upturned c car r under water in the wash when an examination aaion was made it was found that macdonald had a terrible ble fracture across eros a the head and his ne neck dk was I 1 broken macdonaldd Mac donalds watch which was in hta his pocket had stopped at 10 and so it was thought that tha accident must have occurred at a bout about that time A I 1 macdonald sheriff lloyd chamberlain and deputy el ed 9 or 0 f kanab upon receiving word ot of the accident immediately left for or virgin on arriving there they phoned tor for ulbert elbert and john Irani blin and melvln melvin haycock to meet them and to break aji he road for thel 4 ajoian I 1 11 m av j fine snowing and the road was almost impassable in places A I 1 macdonald and party art 1 ved i at chanab kanab with the remains of ill his brother tuesday morning december 29 where loving hands prepared the body tor for burial mr macdonald accompanied by mrs airs E eatough was on his way to cedar city to get hla his mother mrs airs annie macdonald who has been there some weeks under doctors care the thelridge bridge where the accident mccurr ed spans a wash about 3 miles east 61 virgin city at a sharp curvo curve in the highway high vay a place where anyone might meet with an accident on a dark stormy night the exact time of the funeral services have not yet been set funeral Ber services vices for preston macdonald of kanall who nv was a s killed in i a car accident december decerb e r 28 about three miles east of virgin on t therion it e Z 1 on mt carmel highway was held at the kanab ward chapel december 30 at 2 p m with bishop israel chamberlain in charge the following parts were given song gong como come ye disconsolate ward choir prayer Z K judd song 0 star divine ward choir caloir first speaker george 11 II robinson Hobl second speaker 0 C bowman bawman vocal solo 0 10 love divine orma shields accompanied hy by mrs airs hazel mackelprang and george A M 1 shields i third speaker bishop quimby roundy of alton fourth speaker president heber i J Al edlis sentiments tamar hamblin song 0 my father ward choir benediction F A I 1 the grave was dedicated by henry I 1 eplin P 0 of Or derville the large audience at the services ot of people from every town in kane county and northern arizona to gether with tile the tribute paid tho the dea diseased by the speakers all bespoke ot of the love and esteem in ahl which h preston macdonald was held by the peo plo who know knew him and their sympathy and respect tor for the bereaved I wita und and auldren cUl dren mother and bortt erg er un and i george hi 11 robinson Hobl the first speaker praised hid hia friend for the clean pu pure ri life ho he led whom he said he had bad known since babyhood baby hood and told of the groat great love and friendship which existed between their two tivo families 0 C bowman alin shakan klin with emotion ti on said ho he had learned to love his friend preston tor for his loy allty and trustworthy qualities ile he paid tribute it to to the decease ds and family and said ile he had learned much in loy allty front from this upright sturdy family I 1 ho stated that his friend alend had taken an ail interest in the church and was de 1 irilous ongoing of going on a mission and th that at 1 hp he believed that preston had a mission s to perform in the hereafter to which he was called bishop quimby roundy of alton stated that in the passing of 0 preston 1 i macdonald ho was parting with one of 0 hla his dearest friends and neighbors A friend that he knew heart to heart and that the memories of that friend would lift him to higher planes ile ho said preston macdonald had the characteristics of his mother whom he had bad known tor for years and greatly esteemed he stated that the entire alton ward were mourning the loss of their friend and that the county had lost one of its best citizens ile he told of the generosity and willingness to give and of his contribution of property to the alton ward some two years ago and ami again last fall ile he eald bald my friends wf we as citizens maintain the high standards of preston and lead as clean and pure a life president heber J meeks the bastl at speaker stated that he was impressed with the deep sympathy of 0 tile the audience and as well as aa the words offer ot former speakers epe akeis that there la Is a feeling within ourselves that there Is a ruling power which shapes the destiny of 0 man we ask the question could it haye have ha ye been designed and it if so why it could not have happened in some other way wo we see our loved ones suffer and we ask oh ob why do 00 they have t to suf suffer r er bel so lie ile said our lives here will condition our lives in the hereafter that perhaps Pres tons mission n was there and that a wise choice had been made the work on the other side aide Is as great or greater than our work here he stated that trials make us sympathetic lind and thoughtful of others that it was so with the decease dece abeda ds mother i ile he asked the people of the community to be kind to the sorrowing family preston Al macdonald acdonald was born tn in the continued to back page SERVICES FOR PRESTON MAC DONALD continued from page one graham ward at ranch kane county utah march 8 6 1896 1890 lla ile was the son aon ot of mr air garham 0 macdonald and annie gardner macdonald mr macdonald has haa been a resident ot of knee kave county since the time of hla his birth except when he be attended school at the brigham young university at provo while at provo he bo became a splendid athlete ahlet and took part in the athletics of the thed D Y V U nt at the time when mr roberts roberta was coach lib ile was an excellent basket ball player and was waa capitle of the B D Y U team when it went to chicago under coach roberts huberts mr air macdonald was waa also good as runner and the high jump august 3 1022 he married marie maria eddington daughter ot of mr air and mrs airs U R L eddington ot of salt lake city a young woman with much musical inual cal a billay and learning and to them were born four children since the time ot of his bla marrage mr macdonald Macdonal tl has been engaged in raising and at the time ot of his death was considered one of the tha leading mn men otleane of county in that industry owning both range and purebred d sheep preston macdonald was a man ot of c enrage courage and enterprise and whatever he undertook to do lie ho always accomplished shed the first truck that ever went oyer the deep sand between kanaet kanab and mt aft carmel camel was waa driven by him kindness ot of heart was one ot of his chief characteristics and lie he prepared to help people in trouble and distress lit ht has assisted many tourists and other people out of car trOll trouble fil and accidents and has opened his bla homo home to I 1 them until they could get help preston macdonald leaves a wife mrs marie E Mac macdonald donala and tour four small email children kenneth preston marden detent celent and lyall a mother mrs airs annie 10 Mc madr dr aj and six brothers othera br and sisters bisters mrs A li II eppler ot of salt lake city bellet bella ya macdonald cdonald duncan 0 macdonald whitney macdonald and antono antone macdonald Mn cdonald kanab and mrs airs E W nate halo ot of los angeles california |