| Show two killed in explosion thesda tuesday y afternoon at porterville porterville ort erville uranium mine john kippen prominent morgan county man and william E lewis ol of hooper were killed instantly at 30 j p in tuesday in an explosion at a uranium mine near porterville the accident occurred when dynamite they were tamping into a hole bole exploded according to witnesses the two were blown more than 50 feet by the blast the tragedy was witnessed by sir air keppens Kip pens wife and by jesse lewis the vic victims tims father and his two brothers richard and james lewis of hooper brothers escape mrs kippen and the elder lewis were a short dis distance e from the scene and the two brothers narrowly escaped injury when they left the mine just seconds before the explosion they too had bad been assisting in tamping the charge into the hole the claim about five miles south of morgan was owned by mr air kippen and a brother and is located on mr air keppens property jack kippen a lifelong life long resident ot of porterville was one ot of morgan countes coun tys most prominent citizens for the past four years he had acted as republican county chairman and his untiring work for the party was recognized as outstanding both locally and state wise ile he was a member of kippen bros co prominent utah sheep raisers and farmers in porterville active worker active in civic affairs jack kippen was a member of the morgan lions club and associated civic clubs of northern utah he was also a director ot of the utah wool growers association he was an elder in the porterville ward and had served on the and morgan stake finance committee ile he was born oct 20 1902 in porterville a son ol of james and salina stevens kippen ile he married hattle in logan sept 3 1925 survivors surviving are his widow two daughters mrs newell bette ball morgan and miss jacklyn kippen porterville three grand 1 JOI JOHN KIPPEN Z WILLIAM E LEWIS LEIVIS children his mother Port porterville ervill two brothers and two sisters charles R kippen and joseph kippen porterville mrs V D rollins morgan and mrs lena hammon ogden funeral services will be conducted friday at 1 p in in the LOS AlZir morgan gan tabernacle bishop elmer porter poi ter of 0 the porterville ward of Cc lating friends may call at the kippen kappen horne home in porterville Port ervill a thursday night and friday until und 1230 p in in berment will be in south morgan cemetery recently returned mr lewis had recently to utah after seven years as an airways operation specialist with the civil aeronautics administration at anchorage alaska he served with the marln marine corps during world war II 11 enlisting dec 2 1939 in ogden and was discharged april 28 1917 at long beach calif he had the rank of staff sergeant he was a member ot of the civil air patrol ile he was a member of the hooper first ward on may 30 10 1943 he married marson marion elizabeth eddy in los alamos california a born in hooper he wa wis born sept 11 1921 in hooper a son of jesse jease W and nellie belnap lewis surviving are his widow one son paul W lewis and one daughter doris lenita lewis hooper his parents hooper three brothers and one sister richard U B and james G lewis hooper edwin V lewis lanon and mrs charles gette bette eppley baldwin garlt california funeral services will be conducted friday a at I 1 p in in tile the 1133 hooper firby ward chapel Chip cl bishop mu mae tart taft officiating |
