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Show Leonard Twitchell Dies In Caliente Leonard Twitchell, 21, graduate of the Milford high school with the class of 1934 and wellknown .rV. for his dramatic baritone voice and his determination to make something of himeslf in the face of formidable obstacles, died Monday Mon-day evening, a victim of general-zed general-zed peritonitis, and funeral services servic-es are being held this (Thursday) afternoon in the Caliente L. D. S. church. Young Twitchell had been employed em-ployed at Delmar, Nevada, by the Caliente Cyaniding company, in which employment he recently lost a finger. He had been ailing for some time and Thursday night of last week was taken to the Hastings hospital, where Dr. J. B. - Demman of Caliente and Dr. J. H. Hastings performed an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix. Everything possible was done for him and the young man himself fought hard to live but the end came Monday with him fully conscious con-scious until the last. Following graduation from the local high school Leonard attended the Branch Agricultural college at Cedar City, where the fame of his voice and his remarkable interpretation interpre-tation of dramatic roles had preceded pre-ceded him. He also took a prominent promi-nent part in athletics and was well known at both schools and in (Continued on last page) Leonard Twitchell (Continued from page 1) everyday life to acquit himself , cheerfully of any task assigned to him. It was "to earn money with , which to continue his college work that he had taken employment at Delamar, where his mother is living. liv-ing. The young man is survived by his mother, Mrs. Art Horgan, and Clin, Loa and Doris Twitchell, all of Delamar; his father, who lives in Springville; and other brothers and sisters as follows: Mrs. Prudence Pru-dence Bunker, Salt Lake City; -Mrs. Ethel Patter, San Bernar- ; dino, California; Lawrence Twitch-ell, Twitch-ell, Hawthorne, Nevada; Mrs. George Kovan, Pioche, Nevada; Mrs. Betty Moss, Sparks, Nevada Ne-vada and Miss Wilma Twitchell of San Bernardino, California. Word of Leonard's passing, though late in reaching Milford, cast a pall of gloom over students and townspeople alike, all of whom had expected great things from the talented young man. |