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Show FORMER BIHIi! CITIZEN DROWNED Robert Halverson Loses Life While Surf Jumping CHILD IS RESCUED Lloyd Gumpert and Steve Ch&-brajej Ch&-brajej Save Girl From Ee Segundo Herald El Segundo, California Robert Halverson of 503 East Franklin avenue was drowned Friday afternoon, July 11, about 1:30 while in the surf jumping the waves with Grace, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Taylor of 302 West Colling-wood Colling-wood avenue. Mr. Halverson and his wife and little girl, Mary Allen, accompanied accom-panied by Mrs. Taylor and her two children and her sister and children of Salt Lake City, were enjoying a picnic on the beach, at the Dickinson and Gillejpk camp ground. . Only Mr. Halverson and Grace Taylor were iu the water at the lime. Mr. Halverson and the girl encountered a hole while jumping the waves or the strong undertow caused the child to be drawi dowr, it is thought. She is said to ha -re found herself in difficulty and Mr. Halverson told her t take hold of his neck and he would help her. Finding himself unable ,'o aid her she said he or lercd her to swim hard an scream for help which she did. Were Within Hearing Lloyd Gumpert and St eye Cha brajez high school boys wer walking along the boulevard near by on their way to swiin. "Lloyd Gumpert and I were going swimming Friday afternoon," after-noon," said Chabrajez. "We were walking along the boulevard when Lloyd declared he heard a girl screaming. We looked and saw her. We had on our bathing suits under Our clothes which W( quickly removed. Lloyd started for her. She grabbed him around the neck. I went out and help ed and when we got her iu sh gasped 'there's a man out there.' Lloyd went out and I ran, to i nearby store to telephone. Then were men on the beach but the, just stood and looked. "There was no phone at the store but a woman there got intr a car and weut to call up the Standard for help. A man oi hand went to Manhattan and brought a life guard. When I go' back Lloyd was pulling the mat in, I went out and we both brought him in. - - To No Avail . "Later several life guards came from Del Rey with an inhalator. R. T Hutchins, chief of police, accompanied by C. K. McConnell, and Frank Dyer of the first aid squad of the Standard refinery, went over to help, taking the inhalator, in-halator, but there was nothing tc do but to assist, according to Mr. Hutchins. The Los Angeles city life saving sav-ing crew from Del Rey and the county life saving crew from Man hattan were both there. As tic headway was being made, apparently, ap-parently, Mr. Hutchins came to E-l Segundo and got Dr. C. A. Wher ry who went out and administered three shots of adrenlin without effect. "If it had not been for the two boys on the bluff," said Mr. Hutchins, "the little girl undoubtedly un-doubtedly would have drowned. This reflects credit on the school system and Coach Harvey Hazel-tine Hazel-tine for the way in which he has given instructions in life saving." Mr. Halverson 's body was re moved to Ocean Park where an autopsy was held. The report following the autopsy indicated "accidental death, by drowning." Mr. Halverson, who would have been 28 years old on Wednesday, July 16 also the fifth birthday of his only child, Mary Ellen, was born in Scanlon, Minn. The family fam-ily moved to ElSegundo two years ago from Bingham Canyon, Utah. Mr. Halverson was employed at the Standard Oil refinery in the machine shop. He is survived, in addition to his wife and one daughter, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Halverson of Sioux Falls, S. IX; two brothers, Russell' and Joseph, and two sisters, Edith and Ethel, all of Sioux Falls; and a sister, Mrs. Faye Fisher, of Los Angeles. , . The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at Ocean Park with Rev L. O. Bostwick in charge of the services. Robert Burnham, bother of Mrs. Halverson. arrived from Worth-Ington, Worth-Ington, Minn., Tuesday night and .accompanied his sister and her' little girl to Minnesota. |