This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Martin, Smith Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6979 Message Board Post: TWO CHEYENNE MEN KILLED IN CAR ACCCIDENT Clarence (Fat) Martin & Oscar Smith Killed on TUESDAY NIGHT 3rd Occupant of Car; Geo. Scott, Not Injured Seriously. Two Cheyenne men were killed when the car in which they were riding missed a bridge on Highwway 41 north of Dill City in Beckham County. The two were Clarence D. (Fat) Martin and Oscar Smith. George Scott who resides near Cheyenne; the only other occupant of the car escaped serious injuries. Martin, who was driving the car was killed instantly. Smith died in an Elk City hospital a few hours after the accident which occured about eleven o'clock Tuesday evening. According to information a tire blew out causing Martin to lose control of the car. The car missed the bridge, jumped the creek and landed on the other side completely wrecking the car. Clarence Martin was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Martin of Cheyenne, and had resided in Cheyenne practically all of his life. He was one of the owners of the Cheyenne Recreation Parlor. Oscar Snith, a former resident of the Durham community had recently moved to Cheyenne. Funeral arrangements for the deceased men have not been announced. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 2-Nov-1950