Kenneth Lyle Spoonemore

Cry to ‘Hang On’ Fails as Two Are Swept to Death After clinging helplessly to the roof of their car, a Newton father and his young daughter were swept by flood waters to their death along US24 two miles east of Stratton, Colorado.  Dead are Kenneth...

Corinne Cecile Spoonemore

Cry to ‘Hang On’ Fails as Two Are Swept to Death After clinging helplessly to the roof of their car, a Newton father and his young daughter were swept by flood waters to their death along US24 two miles east of Stratton, Colorado.  Dead are Kenneth...

Fredrick Marvin Cox, Jr.

Fred Cox, 19, Drowns At Area Lake A rural Augusta youth drowned yesterday afternoon while on an outing at the Courtney Davis lake, located about 10 miles southeast of Newton.  Fredrick Marvin Cox Jr., 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Marvin Cox Sr. of Augusta, was...

Wayne Hugo Overholser

Former Natoma Resident Drowns A former Natoma resident, Wayne Hugo Overholser, 30, lost his life by drowning at Yentruoc lake northeast of Wichita.  The Harvey county coroner’s office said Overholser was only 50 feet from shore when he apparently suffered a...

Carl Sellens

Youth Drowns.  Carl, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mr. Henry M. Sellens of Nevada, Mo., was drowned in Yentruoc Lake near Newton Saturday night.  His body was recovered Sunday afternoon.  The Atchison Daily Globe, Atchison, Kansas.  Monday, July 12, 1948.  Page...

Max Mayes

Deaf Youth of Wichita Drowns The body of Max Mayes, 20-year-old deaf youth of Wichita, was recovered about 2 a.m. today in the waters of Yentruoc lake, approximately 36 hours after it was first discovered that he was missing.  The drowning victim had gone to the...