Baby Died From injuries; Sister, 11, Is In Hospital
The heart-strings of the people of Guymon were strained last Thursday afternoon when the news spread about the city of the sad accident that had befallen Rheta, 11, and Dean, 17 months old, children of Mrs. Florence Bender, struck by a car while crossing Main street at Seventh. Rheta was pulling her little brother in a cart when they were struck, Betty Jo Doyle, the driver of the car, a 17 year-old girl, stating she did not see the children until too late.
Rhetta was thrown to the pavement and was unconscious for a number of hours, has a deep cut in her breast, concussion of the brain, and many bruises and is still in a serious condition in the Epworth Hospital, Liberal, Kansas, where she and the little brother were taken following the accident. The baby, Dean, who with his cart was thrown to the sidewalk, died about midnight, following.
The sympathy of the entire countryside goes to the mother, a widow of a little more than a year, the husband and a son, Earl, and a son, Earl, passing away within a few days.
Highway Trooper Pat Walsh describes the accident as the "the most pathetic I ever heard of." It was the first time in the history of the state highway patrol that a baby buggy had been struck by an automobile. Trooper Walsh charged that the Doyle machine had faulty brakes and referred the matter to the county attorney.
The little folks are nephew and niece of Mrs. G. L. Light of Liberal. Mrs. Light and Mrs. Bender being sisters and are grandchildren of Mrs. A. W. Lathrop, mother of the two ladies, who makes her home with Judge and Mrs. Light.
The Funeral services for baby Andrew Dean Bender, were conducted at the First Christian church Monday afternoon, July 9, by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Smith. Interment in Elmhurst Cemetery.s
Andrew Dean, infant son of Mrs. Florence Bender, was born at Guymon, Okla., on the 2nd day of Feb. 1944 and departed this life the 5th day of July, 1945 at the age of one year, five month, and three days.
He leaves to mourn his passing his mother, three sisters, Rheta, of the home, Leona of Dumas, Texas, Mrs. Harold Yorke of Albany, Georgia; a niece, Barbara Ann Yorke; a nephew, Harold Ray Bender and many other close and distant relatives.
Published in the Guymon Daily Herald, Thurs. July 12 1945, p. 1 and 8.
The heart-strings of the people of Guymon were strained last Thursday afternoon when the news spread about the city of the sad accident that had befallen Rheta, 11, and Dean, 17 months old, children of Mrs. Florence Bender, struck by a car while crossing Main street at Seventh. Rheta was pulling her little brother in a cart when they were struck, Betty Jo Doyle, the driver of the car, a 17 year-old girl, stating she did not see the children until too late.
Rhetta was thrown to the pavement and was unconscious for a number of hours, has a deep cut in her breast, concussion of the brain, and many bruises and is still in a serious condition in the Epworth Hospital, Liberal, Kansas, where she and the little brother were taken following the accident. The baby, Dean, who with his cart was thrown to the sidewalk, died about midnight, following.
The sympathy of the entire countryside goes to the mother, a widow of a little more than a year, the husband and a son, Earl, and a son, Earl, passing away within a few days.
Highway Trooper Pat Walsh describes the accident as the "the most pathetic I ever heard of." It was the first time in the history of the state highway patrol that a baby buggy had been struck by an automobile. Trooper Walsh charged that the Doyle machine had faulty brakes and referred the matter to the county attorney.
The little folks are nephew and niece of Mrs. G. L. Light of Liberal. Mrs. Light and Mrs. Bender being sisters and are grandchildren of Mrs. A. W. Lathrop, mother of the two ladies, who makes her home with Judge and Mrs. Light.
The Funeral services for baby Andrew Dean Bender, were conducted at the First Christian church Monday afternoon, July 9, by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Smith. Interment in Elmhurst Cemetery.s
Andrew Dean, infant son of Mrs. Florence Bender, was born at Guymon, Okla., on the 2nd day of Feb. 1944 and departed this life the 5th day of July, 1945 at the age of one year, five month, and three days.
He leaves to mourn his passing his mother, three sisters, Rheta, of the home, Leona of Dumas, Texas, Mrs. Harold Yorke of Albany, Georgia; a niece, Barbara Ann Yorke; a nephew, Harold Ray Bender and many other close and distant relatives.
Published in the Guymon Daily Herald, Thurs. July 12 1945, p. 1 and 8.
Baby Died From injuries; Sister, 11, Is In Hospital
The heart-strings of the people of Guymon were strained last Thursday afternoon when the news spread about the city of the sad accident that had befallen Rheta, 11, and Dean, 17 months old, children of Mrs. Florence Bender, struck by a car while crossing Main street at Seventh. Rheta was pulling her little brother in a cart when they were struck, Betty Jo Doyle, the driver of the car, a 17 year-old girl, stating she did not see the children until too late.
Rhetta was thrown to the pavement and was unconscious for a number of hours, has a deep cut in her breast, concussion of the brain, and many bruises and is still in a serious condition in the Epworth Hospital, Liberal, Kansas, where she and the little brother were taken following the accident. The baby, Dean, who with his cart was thrown to the sidewalk, died about midnight, following.
The sympathy of the entire countryside goes to the mother, a widow of a little more than a year, the husband and a son, Earl, and a son, Earl, passing away within a few days.
Highway Trooper Pat Walsh describes the accident as the "the most pathetic I ever heard of." It was the first time in the history of the state highway patrol that a baby buggy had been struck by an automobile. Trooper Walsh charged that the Doyle machine had faulty brakes and referred the matter to the county attorney.
The little folks are nephew and niece of Mrs. G. L. Light of Liberal. Mrs. Light and Mrs. Bender being sisters and are grandchildren of Mrs. A. W. Lathrop, mother of the two ladies, who makes her home with Judge and Mrs. Light.
The Funeral services for baby Andrew Dean Bender, were conducted at the First Christian church Monday afternoon, July 9, by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Smith. Interment in Elmhurst Cemetery.s
Andrew Dean, infant son of Mrs. Florence Bender, was born at Guymon, Okla., on the 2nd day of Feb. 1944 and departed this life the 5th day of July, 1945 at the age of one year, five month, and three days.
He leaves to mourn his passing his mother, three sisters, Rheta, of the home, Leona of Dumas, Texas, Mrs. Harold Yorke of Albany, Georgia; a niece, Barbara Ann Yorke; a nephew, Harold Ray Bender and many other close and distant relatives.
Published in the Guymon Daily Herald, Thurs. July 12 1945, p. 1 and 8.
The heart-strings of the people of Guymon were strained last Thursday afternoon when the news spread about the city of the sad accident that had befallen Rheta, 11, and Dean, 17 months old, children of Mrs. Florence Bender, struck by a car while crossing Main street at Seventh. Rheta was pulling her little brother in a cart when they were struck, Betty Jo Doyle, the driver of the car, a 17 year-old girl, stating she did not see the children until too late.
Rhetta was thrown to the pavement and was unconscious for a number of hours, has a deep cut in her breast, concussion of the brain, and many bruises and is still in a serious condition in the Epworth Hospital, Liberal, Kansas, where she and the little brother were taken following the accident. The baby, Dean, who with his cart was thrown to the sidewalk, died about midnight, following.
The sympathy of the entire countryside goes to the mother, a widow of a little more than a year, the husband and a son, Earl, and a son, Earl, passing away within a few days.
Highway Trooper Pat Walsh describes the accident as the "the most pathetic I ever heard of." It was the first time in the history of the state highway patrol that a baby buggy had been struck by an automobile. Trooper Walsh charged that the Doyle machine had faulty brakes and referred the matter to the county attorney.
The little folks are nephew and niece of Mrs. G. L. Light of Liberal. Mrs. Light and Mrs. Bender being sisters and are grandchildren of Mrs. A. W. Lathrop, mother of the two ladies, who makes her home with Judge and Mrs. Light.
The Funeral services for baby Andrew Dean Bender, were conducted at the First Christian church Monday afternoon, July 9, by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Smith. Interment in Elmhurst Cemetery.s
Andrew Dean, infant son of Mrs. Florence Bender, was born at Guymon, Okla., on the 2nd day of Feb. 1944 and departed this life the 5th day of July, 1945 at the age of one year, five month, and three days.
He leaves to mourn his passing his mother, three sisters, Rheta, of the home, Leona of Dumas, Texas, Mrs. Harold Yorke of Albany, Georgia; a niece, Barbara Ann Yorke; a nephew, Harold Ray Bender and many other close and distant relatives.
Published in the Guymon Daily Herald, Thurs. July 12 1945, p. 1 and 8.
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