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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Forest Home Cemetery, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, Shawano County GenWeb web site online (http:/www.rootsweb.com/~wishawan/foresthome03.html) do.
- ↑ Clarence Hamm accident, The Wittenberg Enterprise, Wittenberg, Wisconsin, 8 August 1935, page question column question , in Antigo Journal.
- ↑ Forest Home Cemetery
- ↑ Contributed by Donna Hance – Transcribed by Elaine O’Leary
The Wittenberg Enterprise, August 8, 1935
Clarence Hamm Funeral Is Being Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for Clarence Hamm, the eight-year-old boy who died Sunday as the result of an automobile accident, is being held this afternoon at the Dobber Funeral Home and at First Lutheran church in this village. The Rev. N. B. Ursin officiated in the absence of the Rev. T. Aug. Lillehei, pastor of the congregation, who is on a vacation. Interment was in Forest Home Cemetery. The pall-bearers were Marty Swensen, Vernon and Kenneth Matson, Robert Heistad, Kenneth and Magnus Gunderson.
August 21, 1935
Clarence Hamm Dies Following Auto Crash
Eight-Year-Old Wittenberg Boy Is Fatally Injured Early Sunday Evening
An eight-year-old boy was killed and seven people were injured, two critically, Sunday. Night when two cars collided head-on on highway 45 just north of Koepenick.
The boy, Clarence Hamm, of this village, died on his way to Memorial hospital at Antigo from a severe skull fracture.
The injured are:
Mrs. George Hamm, Wittenberg, mother of the dead boy, condition critical, suffering from a fractured skull and badly lacerated right arm; doctors doubt she will live.
Mrs. Harold Zeiler, Chicago, broken arm and leg and body injuries.
Albert Paugel, Wittenberg, driver of the Chevrolet coach carrying the Wittenberg party, lacerations over entire body.
Arthur Hamm, 12, Wittenberg, son of Mrs. George Hamm, lacerations to the head.
Harold Zeiler; Chicago, head injuries.
Kenneth Anderson, Ironwood, Michigan, lacerations to his head.
Bert Wesley, Antigo, dislocated shoulder.
It could not be learned definitely, just how the accident occurred, says the Antigo Journal. The Wittenberg party was bound south after a day picking blueberries. Zeiler, his wife, Anderson, and Wesley were going north in an Oldsmobile sedan. Zeiler was driving.
Paugel turned out to pass a Chevrolet truck being driven by Vernon Stoltenberg, Amherst Junction. Evidently seeing the other car Paugel tried to turn in again but side-swiped the truck. The Chevrolet then swerved directly into the path of the oncoming Oldsmobile the cars colliding head-on.
Almost all the people in the Chevrolet were thrown clear of the car. Mr. and Mrs. Zeiler were thrown through the windshield of the Oldsmobile.
Passing motorists picked up the injured and rushed them into Antigo. Both cars, especially the Chevrolet, were demolished. Bill Hamm, 23, of Wittenberg, a brother of the dead boy, and Emil Klabunde, about 40, also of Wittenberg were sitting in the rear seat of the Chevrolet with Arthur Hamm. They were not injured, although they were thrown clear of the car.
Zeigler, who lives in Chicago, is a traveling representative of the McClellan stores. He is stationed at Wausau at present. Anderson, also an employee of the McClellan stores, is working in the Antigo store as a relief man.
The impact of the two cars colliding could be heard for more than a mile. Parts of the demolished cars were scattered around the wreckage for more than 25 ft.
A warrant charging reckless, driving was issued Monday against Albert Paugel, driver of the Chevrolet coach carrying the Wittenberg party. The warrant will be served on Paugel as soon as he is discharged from the hospital, says the Antigo Journal.
Thanks Donna Hance & Becky Bahr for submitting this!
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wishawan/foresthome03.html
Forest Home Cemetery, Wittenberg, Wisconsin
HAMM Clarence F. 24 Aug 1926-4 Aug 1935 -
HAMM Emma 1890 - 1943 Mother
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