Looman graduated from Tyler County High School in May 1937. He was accepted into and attended the Citizen's Military Training Camp that was held in the summer of 1938 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
Family oral history is that he cut his forearm on a rusty nail on the car. An excerpt from a letter written Nov. 3, 1938 from Looman's mother, Nina, to her sister, Maude, recounts the following:
"Looman is very sick. First took a cold, then Tues. he went out and sawed some wood on the wood saw and he came in with a pain in his breast and has been sick ever since. Kerm Gatrell has gone after Dr. Conoway, I hope he comes and can help him. I do hate to see him suffer so. Grandma came down last Wed. and stayed until bedtime. It acted like pleurisy, we put hot towels to him, wrung out of hot water with turpentine in it. It seems better at times then gets worse. He has had a temperature all the time, but not so high. We have used so many different things such as mustard plasters, muster role, Vicks salve, Myers Relivo Liniment, cold tablets, Dr. Myers' Compound, it's good in breaking up a cold. Part of the time he talks out of his head."
"The Dr. came about 11 a.m. and we were sure glad to see him. He gave him some medicine to make him sweat, and did he sweat! He said he had a lot of cold , awful wheezy, and that it might develop into pneumonia. But, his temperature has gone down from 102 2/5's to almost 100. But, he will have to be careful and not get any more cold. Dr. said he felt uneasy about him. He has not eaten anything today. He said for him to stay in bed. I think he will now since that pain has stopped."
According to Looman's death certificate, he had actually contracted septicemia (blood poisoning). He was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg and it is believed that is where he passed away.
When Looman was in high school, he made an oak plant stand and a free-standing oak cigar humidor. His younger brother, Fred, named one of his children Looman in honor of his older brother. This nephew is honored to still be in possession of the items Looman made while in high school.
Family oral history is that he cut his forearm on a rusty nail on the car. An excerpt from a letter written Nov. 3, 1938 from Looman's mother, Nina, to her sister, Maude, recounts the following:
"Looman is very sick. First took a cold, then Tues. he went out and sawed some wood on the wood saw and he came in with a pain in his breast and has been sick ever since. Kerm Gatrell has gone after Dr. Conoway, I hope he comes and can help him. I do hate to see him suffer so. Grandma came down last Wed. and stayed until bedtime. It acted like pleurisy, we put hot towels to him, wrung out of hot water with turpentine in it. It seems better at times then gets worse. He has had a temperature all the time, but not so high. We have used so many different things such as mustard plasters, muster role, Vicks salve, Myers Relivo Liniment, cold tablets, Dr. Myers' Compound, it's good in breaking up a cold. Part of the time he talks out of his head."
"The Dr. came about 11 a.m. and we were sure glad to see him. He gave him some medicine to make him sweat, and did he sweat! He said he had a lot of cold , awful wheezy, and that it might develop into pneumonia. But, his temperature has gone down from 102 2/5's to almost 100. But, he will have to be careful and not get any more cold. Dr. said he felt uneasy about him. He has not eaten anything today. He said for him to stay in bed. I think he will now since that pain has stopped."
According to Looman's death certificate, he had actually contracted septicemia (blood poisoning). He was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg and it is believed that is where he passed away.
When Looman was in high school, he made an oak plant stand and a free-standing oak cigar humidor. His younger brother, Fred, named one of his children Looman in honor of his older brother. This nephew is honored to still be in possession of the items Looman made while in high school.
Looman graduated from Tyler County High School in May 1937. He was accepted into and attended the Citizen's Military Training Camp that was held in the summer of 1938 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
Family oral history is that he cut his forearm on a rusty nail on the car. An excerpt from a letter written Nov. 3, 1938 from Looman's mother, Nina, to her sister, Maude, recounts the following:
"Looman is very sick. First took a cold, then Tues. he went out and sawed some wood on the wood saw and he came in with a pain in his breast and has been sick ever since. Kerm Gatrell has gone after Dr. Conoway, I hope he comes and can help him. I do hate to see him suffer so. Grandma came down last Wed. and stayed until bedtime. It acted like pleurisy, we put hot towels to him, wrung out of hot water with turpentine in it. It seems better at times then gets worse. He has had a temperature all the time, but not so high. We have used so many different things such as mustard plasters, muster role, Vicks salve, Myers Relivo Liniment, cold tablets, Dr. Myers' Compound, it's good in breaking up a cold. Part of the time he talks out of his head."
"The Dr. came about 11 a.m. and we were sure glad to see him. He gave him some medicine to make him sweat, and did he sweat! He said he had a lot of cold , awful wheezy, and that it might develop into pneumonia. But, his temperature has gone down from 102 2/5's to almost 100. But, he will have to be careful and not get any more cold. Dr. said he felt uneasy about him. He has not eaten anything today. He said for him to stay in bed. I think he will now since that pain has stopped."
According to Looman's death certificate, he had actually contracted septicemia (blood poisoning). He was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg and it is believed that is where he passed away.
When Looman was in high school, he made an oak plant stand and a free-standing oak cigar humidor. His younger brother, Fred, named one of his children Looman in honor of his older brother. This nephew is honored to still be in possession of the items Looman made while in high school.
Family oral history is that he cut his forearm on a rusty nail on the car. An excerpt from a letter written Nov. 3, 1938 from Looman's mother, Nina, to her sister, Maude, recounts the following:
"Looman is very sick. First took a cold, then Tues. he went out and sawed some wood on the wood saw and he came in with a pain in his breast and has been sick ever since. Kerm Gatrell has gone after Dr. Conoway, I hope he comes and can help him. I do hate to see him suffer so. Grandma came down last Wed. and stayed until bedtime. It acted like pleurisy, we put hot towels to him, wrung out of hot water with turpentine in it. It seems better at times then gets worse. He has had a temperature all the time, but not so high. We have used so many different things such as mustard plasters, muster role, Vicks salve, Myers Relivo Liniment, cold tablets, Dr. Myers' Compound, it's good in breaking up a cold. Part of the time he talks out of his head."
"The Dr. came about 11 a.m. and we were sure glad to see him. He gave him some medicine to make him sweat, and did he sweat! He said he had a lot of cold , awful wheezy, and that it might develop into pneumonia. But, his temperature has gone down from 102 2/5's to almost 100. But, he will have to be careful and not get any more cold. Dr. said he felt uneasy about him. He has not eaten anything today. He said for him to stay in bed. I think he will now since that pain has stopped."
According to Looman's death certificate, he had actually contracted septicemia (blood poisoning). He was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg and it is believed that is where he passed away.
When Looman was in high school, he made an oak plant stand and a free-standing oak cigar humidor. His younger brother, Fred, named one of his children Looman in honor of his older brother. This nephew is honored to still be in possession of the items Looman made while in high school.
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