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YESTERYEARS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:10 PM CDT

80 Years Ago

March 18, 1929

Miss Ophelia White, 17, died at the Davis hospital at 7 o’clock this morning and Clyde Smithwick, 18 and his sister, Miss Iris, 19, are in the hospital in critical condition as a result of an accident on the Sheridan pike yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock.

The three young people, in a Ford roadster, were returning from a ride on the Sheridan pike and when the car reached a point about three miles west of the Dew Drop Inn it apparently struck loose gravel and was thrown from the road, turning over three or four times.

The car was practically demolished and the exact cause of the accident is not known. While it is attributed to loose gravel, the car may have been thrown from the road when one of the tires went down.

60 Years Ago

March 18, 1949

Lawrence A. Davis, president of AM&N College here since 1943, was re-elected for another two-year term by the Board of Trustees yesterday.

The board commended President Davis for the “excellent work he has done for AM&N College” and unanimously endorsed his administration during the past biennium.