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Show Railroad Dispatcher Drops Dead On Street Death struck suddenly Sunday afternoon when C. A. "Cap" Prew-itt. Prew-itt. 59, a member of the local Union Pacific dispatching staff, dropped dead as he was on his way to th station to begin work on the 4 to 1 li p.m. shift. The body was taken in charge by the Southern Utah Mortuary and Wednesday was shipped to Independence, Missouri Mis-souri for burial, Mrs. Prewitt accompanying ac-companying the body east. Mr. Prewitt had just left the Forgie apartments, where he and his wife had made their home, and reached the sidewalk in front of the Service garage when he collapsed. col-lapsed. George Baxter, South Milford Mil-ford farmer, was first to reach the stricken man, followed almost immediately im-mediately by J. S. Rickerson, Union Pacific call boy, but life had left the body as they sent for the doctor. The Prewitts, who, at one time were neighbors and friend's of William Wil-liam Allen White, world-famous Kansas editor, came to Milford some three years ago and made many friends during their residence resi-dence here. "Cap" was known to nearly everyone who had occasion ever to be in or around the station, and his untimely passing is mourned mourn-ed by all who knew him. |