Cecil Leflar, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Leflar of Haskell died in the sanitarium here at 6:00 Sunday afternoon from injuries received when he dived from a tree into shallow water at the Riverside Park at Lueders, early in the afternoon.
A number of young men were in swimming at the park and had been diving from an overhanging pecan tree some 30 feet above the water. Leflar did not immediately reappear following his dive from the tree, witnesses said, but being an expert swimmer no alarm was felt until his head showing blood stains was seen just below the surface.
Kinney Brothers brought the injured swimmer to the Stamford Sanitarium where he died without regaining consciousness. Body was taken to Haskell Sunday night where the funeral was held Monday afternoon.
Cecil Leflar had just returned from attending the C.M.T.C. at Fort Worth where he won a number of trophies in various athletic events.
The Stamford American
Friday, July 18, 1930
Vol. 7, Number 14
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A number of young men were in swimming at the park and had been diving from an overhanging pecan tree some 30 feet above the water. Leflar did not immediately reappear following his dive from the tree, witnesses said, but being an expert swimmer no alarm was felt until his head showing blood stains was seen just below the surface.
Kinney Brothers brought the injured swimmer to the Stamford Sanitarium where he died without regaining consciousness. Body was taken to Haskell Sunday night where the funeral was held Monday afternoon.
Cecil Leflar had just returned from attending the C.M.T.C. at Fort Worth where he won a number of trophies in various athletic events.
The Stamford American
Friday, July 18, 1930
Vol. 7, Number 14
Provided by Searchers of our Past
Cecil Leflar, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Leflar of Haskell died in the sanitarium here at 6:00 Sunday afternoon from injuries received when he dived from a tree into shallow water at the Riverside Park at Lueders, early in the afternoon.
A number of young men were in swimming at the park and had been diving from an overhanging pecan tree some 30 feet above the water. Leflar did not immediately reappear following his dive from the tree, witnesses said, but being an expert swimmer no alarm was felt until his head showing blood stains was seen just below the surface.
Kinney Brothers brought the injured swimmer to the Stamford Sanitarium where he died without regaining consciousness. Body was taken to Haskell Sunday night where the funeral was held Monday afternoon.
Cecil Leflar had just returned from attending the C.M.T.C. at Fort Worth where he won a number of trophies in various athletic events.
The Stamford American
Friday, July 18, 1930
Vol. 7, Number 14
Provided by Searchers of our Past
A number of young men were in swimming at the park and had been diving from an overhanging pecan tree some 30 feet above the water. Leflar did not immediately reappear following his dive from the tree, witnesses said, but being an expert swimmer no alarm was felt until his head showing blood stains was seen just below the surface.
Kinney Brothers brought the injured swimmer to the Stamford Sanitarium where he died without regaining consciousness. Body was taken to Haskell Sunday night where the funeral was held Monday afternoon.
Cecil Leflar had just returned from attending the C.M.T.C. at Fort Worth where he won a number of trophies in various athletic events.
The Stamford American
Friday, July 18, 1930
Vol. 7, Number 14
Provided by Searchers of our Past
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