Iowa Old Press
Algona Upper Des Moines
Algona, Kossuth co. Iowa
November 3, 1942
Alfred J. Camp, 40, Meets Instant Death In Auto Accident
Last Night
Alfred J. Camp, 40, was instantly killed Monday evening
in an accident about 6:15 near Good Hope. He was driving north
and came over a hill upon a northbound corn picker pulling a
wagon and being driven by Bud Nelson of the same neighborhood. In
attempting to pass the machine, the Camp car hit the left rear
wheel of the wagon, continued around the corn picker, and in some
freak manner turned over in front of the machine.
Mr. Camp was born June 2, 1902, at Columbus, Nebraska, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Camp. His father was a school teacher.
After completing his preliminary schooling, he attended the Sioux
Falls business college.
On February 20, 1924, he was married to Miss Frances Dunn at
Platte Center, Nebr. Mrs. Camp and four children, James, 16;
Marpry, 12; Eugene, 10; and Donna, 5, survive.
Mr. and Mrs. Camp came to Kossuth county a year ago in September,
and the former was employed at the Ben Reid farm for a few
months. Last March they moved to Emmetsburg, where they had lived
until October first when they again returned to Kossuth county
and Mr. Camp rented the Reid farm for the coming year.
Beside his immediate family, Mr. Camp is survived by a sister in
Endicott, N. Y., and a brother in Portland, Oregon.
Funeral arrangements are pending as we go to press.
Private Lyle E. Fitch Now in Hawaiian Isles
(photo included with the article)
A member of the contingent which left Algona on February 3, 1942,
Private Lyle E. Fitch is now station on the Island of Oahu,
Hawaiian Islands. Following his induction, he was assigned to
Camp Wolters, Texas, where he received his preliminary training.
Later he was transferred to Angel Island, off the west coast, and
where he was stationed but a short time before going to Oahu
Island. He is the son of Ed Fitch and Mrs. P. W. Hanson, both of
the Sexton neighborhood.
W. DECKER HURT BY CORNPICKER
Walter Decker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Decker, of Lotts
Creek, had three of his fingers badly mangled in a corn picker
Friday. He had stopped to clean out some husks when his glove
caught in the husking rollers. Quick thinking and strenuous
effort enabled him to pull his hand out, but in so doing the
fingers were badly crushed and torn. Walter thinks he was
fortunate to escape as he did, and will henceforth be more
careful about turning off the power when he stops to make
adjustments.
[transcribed by L.Z., August 2015]