From a Barbour County Scrapbook
Clippings from the Barbour Democrat
submitted by Linda Graham.
One Killed and Three Injured Result of an Automobile Wreck
Last Monday Evening Near Philippi [no year given] An automobile accident which
resulted in the sudden death of one and the serious injury to three others
happened last Saturday night a few minutes after 10 o'clock on the
Philippi-Belington highway just within the southern limits of the Phillipi
Corporation. Harold BAUGHMAN was the boy who was killed outright. The car was
coming toward Philippi when the brakes, according to the story of the driver,
locked and it left the road and went into the ditch, upended and threw the boys
out. The car was badly wrecked. Three companions of BAUGHMAN, one of them badly
hurt were reported recovering at Myers hospital here. [in Philippi] Most seriously
injured of the three was Scott REED, 16, freshman in high school and son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold REED, of Philippi. He suffered a crushed pelvis. Hospital attaches
say he likely will recover. His father is a road worker. Kermit CHAPMAN, 17, owner
of the car, is an orderly at the Myers hospital. He suffered a broken collarbone
and severe cuts. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E.H. CHAPMAN. The fourth occupant of
the machine was Joseph TIMSKY, Jr., 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph TIMSKY, Sr., of
Philippi, who suffered a dislocated shoulder and cuts on the face. He works in the
mines at Galloway. The BAUGHMAN boy was riding in the rumble seat of the car with
young TIMSKY and was hurled out of the machine when the brakes locked. He was dead
when his companions partially recovering from their shock and hurts, hurried to
his side. He was a member of the football squad at Philippi high school and was
mentioned by the school's athletic coach as a "promising prospect." He was a son
of Artie G. and Dessie BENNETT BAUGHMAN. His father is commander of Barbour County
Post No. 44 of the American Legion and is supervisor of the WPA project for world
war veterans here. Short funeral services were held at Mansfield. Further rites
were held at 11 o'clock at the Tacy Methodist Episcopal church, South, eight
miles east of Philippi, with burial in the Tacy church cemetery. Rites were in
charge of the Rev. C. C. PERKINS, of the Philippi Methodist church, South.
Surviving in addition to the parents are a brother and sister, Paul and Patricia
who are twins, aged 7.
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