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Show Tommy Mastros Killed Instantly j In Auto Accident i Thomas Mastros, 1:1. president: of the Milford high school student; hoily during his graduating year,: 193S-39, was kiUed instantly. I and Carroll Johnson, 20, a school- mate and chum, suffered cuts and! biuises, shortly after 1:00 o'clock i Sunday morning when a Ford V-S car. driven by Tommy, overturned on the Beaver-Mi'iford highway 21 1 at a turn in the road about eight1 miles southeast of Milford. The, boys, were returning from the; dance at Hanging Rock, presum- j ably at considerable speed since j the driver apparently lost control of the car and it crossed from j side to side of the road, finally i turning over. Tommy beneath it, about 50 feet off the north side: of the oiled highway. Apparently thrown through the top of the ear1 before turning over, the unfor! tunate boy was crushed about the ; face and chest so badly he probably prob-ably never knew what happened, though friends took his body to the hospital before turning it over, to the Southern Utah mortuary. His companion, thrown clear of the car, was rendered unconscious temporarily and he too was taken ' to the local hospital but was able 1 to be around in a couple of days ! Eugene Pitehforth. jr. of Mil-' ford and his cousin, Sherrill Pitch- j forth 0f St. George, were the first, to reach the scene of the accident: but were forced to await the arrival ar-rival of additional help before the car could be turned over and the. body of young Mastros released. ; Thomas J. Mastros was born November 8, 1921 in Milford, the son of Mrs. Delilah Mastros and the late James Mastros. He made a creditable record in his grade ; and high school work, his popu-' larity and scholastic ability being: rewarded by election as student body president. Almost imme-; diately following his graduation, he went to work for the Valley Creamery company, and Bishop Laurence Peterson, creamery I manager, has nothing but good to say of this unassuming but' thoroughly efficient and dependable depend-able workman, rating him one of the best ever to be in his employ.' Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Milford Mil-ford L. D. S. ward chapel with Bishop Laurence Peterson in charge, the speakers being Principal Prin-cipal E. R. Moody and Bishop Peterson. Pet-erson. Entrance and exit music was furnished by Mrs. Gertrude Fisher and Mrs. Macel Horton and the Singing Mothers gavo two numbers, while vocal solos were given by Dan Ferguson and Miss Doris Hughes. The opening prayer was given by Leonard Banks and the benediction by George H. Eyre. Interment took place in the Milford cemetery. In addition to his mother, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Marilyn Hardy and Norma Helen Mastros of Milford and Mrs. Marie Erickson of Salina, Kansas; two brothers, Joseph Mastros of Las Vegas. Nevada, and Wallace Mastros of Milford. Mrs. Mastros. with her son. Wallace, and daughter, Norma Helen, were on an outing at Fish Lake when they were reached by word of the tragedy. Mrs. Mastros being almost prostrated by thie news. |