Scott, Dudley C. 1898-1931

SCOTT, GAFFORD

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday, May 15, 1931

TWO KILLED AUTO SMASH
Dudley Scott, Popular Theatre Owner in LeMars, Suffers Skull Fracture
WOMAN ALSO VICTIM
Mrs. Harold Rothschild, of St. Paul, Dies in Wreck

Dudley C. Scott, owner of the Royal and Elite theaters in this city, and popular citizen of LeMars, and Mrs. Harold Rothschild, of St. Paul, wife of a former LeMars youth, were killed in an automobile accident Wednesday night. Press dispatches from Primghar give the following account of the tragedy:

Fatal injuries were suffered Wednesday afternoon by two persons, and three other persons were hurt when two automobiles collided on highway No. 21 four miles south of here.

The dead are Mrs. H. L. Rothschild, about 30 years old, of St. Paul; Dudley Scott, 33 years old, LeMars.

Mrs. Rothschild succumbed soon after the collision occurred, while Scott died late Wednesday night as the result of a skull fracture.

Climax to Fishing Trip.
The St. Paul woman, Scott and his wife were returning to the Scott home at LeMars following a fishing trip to Minnesota. Scott was driving when the machine collided with a car driven by R. M. Hinman, president of the First National bank at Primghar. Scott was unconscious when taken from the wreckage and remained in a coma until death occurred. His wife suffered slight bruises.

The banker suffered a fractured collar bone. W. H. Schee, who was riding with Hinman, was bruised.

Hinman told authorities, who investigated the accident, that he was trying to pass a car driven by C. F. Brown, Des Moines, when the collision occurred.

Headed Amusement Firm
Scott had resided in LeMars six years, moving from Beatrice, Neb. He was head of the LeMars Amusement company which operates two theaters and a miniature golf course in LeMars.

Scott also was president of the National Machine company, manufacturers of talking picture machines. He took an active part in the invention of the machine a few years ago.

Surviving Mr. Scott are his widow, two daughters, and his mother. One of the children recently suffered a fractured leg and was recovering at the Scott home in LeMars at the time her father suffered the injury which caused his death. Scott’s mother was in LeMars with the children while their parents were away.

Body Brought Here
E. A. Dalton and Dr. W. W. Larson, of this city, went to Primghar on receipt of the news of the accident to render assistance. Mrs. Scott was sufficiently recovered to be brought to her home in this city. She is suffering from cuts and bruises and nervous shock but her condition is not regarded as dangerous.

Mrs. Harold Rothschild, the other victim of the tragedy, is a daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rothschild, of this city. She was a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Dewey, of Moville, and the body was taken to that place accompanied by the young husband who was notified of the accident and Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild, of this city.

Mr. and Mrs. Al Kurtz, of Lincoln, Neb., brother-in-law and sister of the dead man, and Harrison Scott, of Beatrice, Nebr., a brother are here. His father-in-law, Dr. Gafford, of Wymore, Neb., was expected to arrive last night when funeral arrangements will be made.
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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
May 19, 1931

FRIENDS OFFER FINAL TRIBUTE
Body of Popular Theater Owner Is Conveyed to Boyhood Home
SERVED DURING THE WAR
D. C. Scott Was Energetic Young Business Man

Brief funeral services for Dudley C. Scott were held at the family home, 21 Sixth Street NE., Saturday morning, May 16, with Rev. F. E. Burgess, of the First Methodist Episcopal church, in charge. After this service the body was taken to his boyhood home in Beatrice, Neb., where burial was made Saturday afternoon after services in the Episcopal church in which he was baptized, confirmed and married. Among the LeMars friends who attended the funeral at Beatrice were: Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Harley, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coad, Mr. and Mrs. John Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nemmers, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Osborne and son, Mr. and Mrs. Will Schaefer, Mr. and Mrs. George Kluckhohn, Mr. and Mrs. Al Mauer, E. A. Dalton, Clark Bolser, and Robert St. Clair.

The Pallbearers at the services in LeMars were R. B. Dalton, H. R. Harley, W. A. Coad, Wm. Schaefer, C. M. Bolser, George Kluckhohn, L. E. Osborne, John Hart and Dr. A. M. Mauer.

Dudley C. Scott, who was a widely known and popular young business man, of LeMars, died in a hospital in Primghar following an auto accident Wednesday evening when his car collided with one driven by R. M. Hinman, a Primghar banker, on the paving three or four miles south of Primghar. The accident occurred about 5 o’clock that evening when Mr. and Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Harold Rothschild were returning home from a fishing trip in northern Minnesota. Mrs. Rothschild was killed instantly and Mr. Scott died before 10 o’clock that evening. Mrs. Scott was severely cut an bruised and has since been confined to her home.

Dudley Charles Scott, son of Walter W. and Mabel H. Scott, was born at Beatrice, Neb., July 7, 1898. He grew to young manhood in the home community, graduating from the Beatrice high school and later attending the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Pei fraternity.

At the outbreak of the late war he left school and enlisted in the navy, being stationed at Newport, Rhode Island. After leaving the service at the close of the war, he transferred to the organized reserve force of the army, holding a lieutenant commission and had about completed his work for a promotion.

On September 20, 1923, he was married to Grace Gafford, of Wymore, Neb. To this union were born two children, Janet and Marilyn.

About six years ago he came to LeMars and entered into the business and social life, winning the respect and good will of all the community. He was a member of the LeMars Commercial Club, LeMars Rotary Club, Wasmer Post of the American Legion and other social and recreational organizations, also to the Sioux City Chapter of the Sons of American Revolution. In all of these untiring efforts and the skill given to any task assigned to him again won the admiration of his associates.

As a young man he joined the Protestant Episcopal church at Beatrice and remained a faithful member of the same.

There remains to mourn his untimely loss the wife, two children, the mother, Mrs. W. W. Scott of Beatrice, two brothers, Ralph C. of Los Angeles, Harrison F. of Beatrice, a sister, Mrs. Albert H. Kurtz, of Lincoln, Neb., together with other relatives and a host of friends.