Carolyn. Thank you for posting the notice about Philip Weatherby....he's one of the cousins in the large Weatherbee/ea/y clan. This will give more info about him and his short life. Joy On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Deaths:Philip Weatherby,Truro; Walter > Chase,Lowell,Mass.,Andrew Holmes, New Glasgow (Carolyn Wallace) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:30:03 -0400 > From: Carolyn Wallace <[email protected]> > Subject: [NS-L] Deaths:Philip Weatherby,Truro; Walter > Chase,Lowell,Mass.,Andrew Holmes, New Glasgow > To: NOVA- SCOTIA-L <[email protected]>, CAN-NS-Guysborough > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > Eastern Chronicle, New Glasgow, N.S. > > Tuesday, Oct 20,1942: > > Young Lad Killed When Swing Collapsed > > Funeral of the late Philip Weatherby, 12-year-old son of Sergeant and > Mrs. Archibald Weatherby, of Truro Heights, who was instantly killed Friday > morning when the swing on which he was playing broke, throwing the lad to > the ground where he suffered a fractured skull, was held at 2 o'clock Sunday > afternoon at the Truro Heights Church. > Philip, who was a student in grade four, was swinging alone at the time > of the accident and no one saw the unfortunate accident occur. > Miss Hazel Doyle, teacher at Truro Heights school, contacted medical > assistance immediately and Dr. P.R. Little of Truro arrived within a short > time, and stated that the lad had died almost instantly. Dr. H.B. Harvey, > Stewiacke, county coroner, stated that no inquest would be called, death > being accidental. > Philip was a popular pupil in the school and a general favorite with his > classmates and throughout the community. His sudden death came as a distinct > shock to every one in the district. > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >