claimed that 700 Allied
wax applied for mow than an hour.
They were crushed and suffocated. 1
BobBy Saieed, their playmate, wm
outside when the cave-in occurred.
He gave the. alarm and firemen and
time to remove the debate cowing
the boys' bodies.
j Brace Skinner was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Skinner, formerly of
Farmville. Bill Waxd was » eon of
Mrs. Mary Louise Turnaffe Ward, of
Greenvftle. :
The <*ve, on the river bank, opposite
the Marine airfield, was *
favorite spot for boys. The entrance
was small but there were indications
that the interior had been enlarged.
Coroner Griffin H. Boose deeined
an inquest unnecessary.
Funeral services for Bruce Ervin
Skinner, were held from the home,
808 West Fourth street, Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock Dr. John D.
Simons, pester of Memorial Baptist
church, officiated, assisted by Rev.
E. C. Chamblee at the Farmville
Baptist church. Members «f Boy
Scout-Troop No. 36 were honorary
ballbearer*. The High School choir
sang. Burial was in the Farmville
cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, a brother,
Rufus G. Skinner at the U. S.
Merchant Marine; two sister, Mr).
Aubrey Taylor and Miss Genddine
Skinner at the home, and a maternal
grandfather, Paul Allen of Farmville.
The tragic death of the two boys,
popular at school and elsewhere, cast
a wave of sorrow over the community.^
4 to<ffhing phase of the rescue
work was the large number at persons
who volunteered their services
in first aid for the stricken lads.
Fire Chief George Gardner and Assistant
Chief Jetper L. Jones, Policemen
Ayseue and M>*ley, Frank
Parks and Norman WHkeraon, ambulance
attendants and others were
praised for thur heroic work.
cave with a" rope attached to his body
CO And S-44 BeTo
Be Lost In
it Mr*. Burnett® who has Iwn nsorted
missing in t1m Eurtpean theater.
Technical Sergeant Herbert
Bemby Burnette, radio-gunner on *
lying fortrsas-having been reported
Missing last March. A third «0»
Staff Sergeant Joab Penneil Burlette,
was with the first Marines who
pnded on Guadalcanal and is still on
tctiye doty in the South Pacifie.
Lt. Clay Burnett* entered the
•rvice in January, Z941, as a memter
of the North Carolina National
r — - ■ - —1,1 ■■ * • —
jiuard- In March, 1941, he transferred
to the army air corps and rewived
his training at Phoenix, Ari
INJURED
lain, a clasimat* of tfe
Peace Colleg®, Raleig*, w<
honor. Hv crepe dress w
pink shade, with which a}
shall hat of flower*. H«
corsage ww of white roaor
William E. Drake, uf
waa hi» brother'* best ma