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Show ILUCE RUBY KILLED Ml 1 HE DEBT Too late for publication yesterday. Miss Flossie Ruby! sister of Lieutenant Lieuten-ant 0. Wallace Ruby telephoned the I news to the Standard that hor brother had been Injured in a flight at Rockwell Rock-well field, San Diego, Cal. Later the ! news came from Colonel Burwcll, com-j com-j mandant of the aviation school at that t plnco. saying that the young man, whoi was injured at 9 30 in the morning I I had passed away at 11:20 a. in. ; The messages from Colonel Burwell read as follows: "December 19. 1918. "Mrs. Eleanor B. Ruby, "SGS Twenty-second street, Ogden, Utah: "Regret to inform you that your son, Liout. Orville Wallace Ruby, was seriously ser-iously injured In airplane accident that j occurred at this field, at 9:30 a. m. ' today, this date. Everything possible being done by post surgeons and you will bo kept . fully informed of any changos in condition. "BURWELL." I "Deeply regret to inform you that jyour son. Second Lieutenant Orville Wallace Ruby, died at 11:20 a. m. today to-day at this field, as result of airplane I accident. Everything possible done by surgeons of this field, but he failed to recover consciousness after accident. acci-dent. Request information by wire of' your desires as to disposal of remains, which will be sent with attendant at government expense if so desired. Deepest sympathy from myself and officers of-ficers of this command In your sad bereavement. Letter follows: "BURWELL, Commanding Officer." Was Football Str,r Orville Wallace Ruby was born November No-vember 22, 1896, at Circlcville, Utah, and was the son of W. W. and Eleanor B. Ruby. He wa3 educated in the public schools and tho Ogden high school, being graduated with the class of 1915. He was one of the mosti j prominent boys in the school, both in I (classes and in athletics. He was cap-j cap-j tain of the football team in 1911 and ( 1912; captain of the basketball team, j 1913; captain of the baseball team, 19H, and president of the student body in 1912. He Avon his letter In football, basketball and basoball in three consecutive years, and repre-' scnted his school in practically every i line. Following graduation he became I 'physical director of athletics at the! 'state school for the deaf and blind. I j whore he was successful in producing I a winning team in basketball in 1916. I At the close of the school year he i went into the mining business with his j father in Nevada and remained thore until September, 1917, when he en-I en-I listed in the U. S. army and was sent I to Camp Lewis ns a member of the j headquarters company of the 348th field artillery, winning a promotion ns I sergeant soon afterwards. In Fcbru-jary, Fcbru-jary, 191S, ho was transfered to the j School of Military Aeronautics at Berkeley. Cal.. where he graduated j June l-l, and was sent to the Rockwell flying field at San Diego. Having finished fin-ished his course at that field, he was! sent to the Mather field, Sacramento,! with a recommendation for a commission. commis-sion. He roturued to Rockwell field to cn-! cn-! tor an advanced school, winning his ! license as a pilot and, at the time of I the accident, he had but two more j weeks' instruction to win his license i jas pursuit pilot. At the time of demobilization de-mobilization following the signing of the armistice, he was given the choice ' of accepting an honorable discharge I to return home or lo finish the course, file chose tho latter. I Lieutenant Ruby was given a furlough fur-lough last June after graduating from the Berkeley, California, school, I and had expected to return homo in (time for Christmas with the now honors hon-ors which he expectod to win at the completion of his course. A companion, compan-ion, Georgo E. Balch, who has recently I returned from the same field, said last evening that "Wallace" was one of the jbest liked men In the school, both by ! officers and soldiers. He stated lha't young Ruby had been considered lucky - as he had been in a number of narrow escapes, but had always managed lo keep from being Injured. J At one time ho was about two thou- sand feet high and on his first solo j trip. Ho did tho loop in dual Instruc-' Instruc-' tlon and tho lifebelt had beou loosened ! to aid him In performing one of the necessary turns. In making the drop the belt slipped off. He was hurled out of the cock pit and held by one knee, but managed to land safely. At anothor time the piano became unruly and he was forced to make a landing, righting the machine within about fifty feet of the ground and coming out j without injury to hlmholf and but llt-! llt-! tie damage to the plane. IThe body will be accompanied to Ogden, within the next week, by an escort of soldiers from tho field," fol- flowing military services at that place. Funeral arrangomonts will be mado later. Ho Is survived by his parents, four sisters. Miss Flossie Ruby, Mrs. I Ret Cawley, Pearl and Grace Ruby, and by one brother. Wells Ruby, all of Ogden Tho father, W. W. Ruby, Is at the present time in Green River, Wyo., on a mining inspection. |
