Carolyn, Were any of your WATTS Family in St. Francois County, Missouri? I am still looking to the WATTS / NASH - MASH Connection. Happy Thanksgiving, God Bless, Joyce Nash-Wafford Selma, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Warner" <bkwofc@i1.net> To: <mostfran@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:03 AM Subject: [MOSTFRAN] Mrs. J. W. Watts Seriously Injured (1948) > The Lead Belt News, Flat River, MO., Fri., Nov. 26, 1948. > > MRS. J. W. WATTS SERIOUSLY INJURED. > > Mrs. J. W. Watts, wife of Mayor Watts of Flat River, was > seriously injured in an automobile accident last Sunday > evening, and Mr. Watts' cousin, Mrs. Flora Dean, suffered > a broken nose and painful cuts. Both are in Bonne Terre > Hospital. Mrs. Watts' injuries consist of a fractured > left leg below the knee, three fractured ribs on the left > side, a fractured right shoulder, fractured left arm at > the wrist and numerous cuts and bruises. > > The accident happened near the highway junction at > Fredericktown. The three were returning from a visit in > Fredericktown and had attended church services there. > Just after driving onto highway 61 they met a car driven > by Denver Tucker, 19-year old Fredericktown youth, and the > two cars met headon. Tucker suffered a fractured skull > and was a patient in the Ironton Hospital until Wednesday. > Mr. Watts escaped with minor bruises and their daughter, > Miss Helen Watts, who was with them, received a fracture > of the little finger on the left hand. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message