Bay County MI Archives News.....Body of Lost Boy Taken From River ?
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News Article From Bay City Area ?
Body of lost boy takne from river, clew given by chum ends search.  Bay City, 
Feb. 22-The body of Lawrence Palmer Jr., seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Lawrence Palmer, of Detroit, was recovered late Wednesday after eight hours of 
dragging operations on the ice-covered Saginaw River.  The boy, as student at 
the Whittier school here, had been missing since late Monday from the home of 
is grandmother, Mrs. William Hurst, of Hotchkiss St., where he and his mother 
lived.  After 24 hours of investgation conducted by State Police and Bay County 
officers, Donald Parker, six-year old chum of Lawrence, informed the officers 
that he had seen the boy going down towards the river near the Cass Ave. 
bridge.  Sheriff William Schindhette, Chief Deputy Charles Kinderman and Sergt. 
Okla Knox, of the State Police, were in charge of the crew that found the body.

Additional Comments:
This article is copied from the orig. article found in my Grandmother Bertha 
(nee Chase) Palmer's Bible.  The year is not shown on the article as it has 
been cut out of the news paper.  This was the Grandson also of Bertha (Chase) 
Palmer.

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