I'll just try every now and then to transcribe things which appear on the opposite side of the articles I have that my grandfather wrote (Bacon Ridge articles.) I am of course saving the Bacon Ridge ones for my book. The things I transcribe would have also appeared in the Granby News Herald. Deb Shipman Rowe Vancouver October 25, 1945 Funeral Services for Clarence Capps Held Monday Afternoon Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Granby Baptist Church for Clarence Capps, who died Thursday night at Sale Memorial Hospital in Neosho from injuries received in an explosion at the Golden ? mine in Granby Thursday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. J. M. Campbell of Seneca, assisted by Rev. W. V. Williams, pastor of the church. Burial was in Granby cememtery. The family has the sympathy of their friends in Granby and community. The fatal explosion occurred as the last of 35 sticks was being placed in the drill hole. Capps' body was blown about 85 feet upward in and out in a drift in the mine. Mr. Capps is survived by his widow and four children, also his mother. Leo Shipman who was standing about three feet from the explosion out of line with its main force, received severe injuries to his head and face. It was thought for a time that the sight of both eyes was destroyed, but the doctors finally announced that the vision in one eye was unimpared and thought that he could see from the other. He was removed from intensive care where he was first admitted to St. John's hospital in Joplin. (The next few sentetnces are damaged....) He leaves his wife and three children, Mary Francis, Sallie Mae and Sadie Katherine and his step-son Donald Joe; also his mother Amy M. Capps and his brother Junior Capps of Granby and two sisters, Mrs. Roy Hobbs of Tulsa and Mrs. Bill Arnall of Granby. [Note: Obviously I was most interested in the Bacon Ridge article on the other side of this one. However, it always pays to turn them over as the Leo Shipman in this article about Mr. Capps was my uncle. I will attest that his sight was fine and he spent many, many years happily fishing and appearing on TV with his stringer of crappie or whatever...most normally KODE TV in Joplin.]