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Rebecca Walker, 15, Miller Township, Expires in School Infirmary--The
death of a Freshman girl brought a hush of gloom to the Huntingdon High
School yesterday morning, when Rebecca Walker, 15, of Miller Township
died suddenly of a heart attack in the school infirmary. Although she
was taken to the infirmary about two hour previously, her death was a
terrible shock to school officials, faculty and fellow students. The
young girl arrived at school in the morning seemingly in her usual state
of health, but was seized with an attack of dizziness during her first
class period. She was immediately removed to the school hospital, where
Miss Rebecca Barrick, a teacher, administered first aid. She recovered
but was left in the room to rest, Miss Barrick checking on her condition
every fifteen minutes. At 9:45 Superintendent J.G. Everard went to the
infirmary and the girl said that she felt much better and would be able
to return to her next class. About 10:50 when Miss Barrick entered the
infirmary she was alarmed by the girl's appearance and medical aid was
summoned immediately. When Doctor Frances Mainzer arrived on the scene
she had already expired and the doctor expressed the opinion that
medicine would have been powerless to help her. Coroner William B. West,
M.D. was summoned and he pronounced her death due to a heart attack.
Rebecca Banks Walker was born at Elizabeth, Pa., on April 12, 1925, a
daughter of James P. (deceased) and Mary A. Runyan Walker. She had been
a resident of Huntingdon for the past five years. She had attended the
Methodist Church and Sunday School at Wesley Chapel. Surviving are her
mother, Mrs. Nelson Pierce, her stepfather, Nelson Pierce, and one
sister, Norma Walker, all of Miller Township. Friends may call at the
Temple funeral home after 7:00 p.m. this evening and until noon Friday
at which time the body will be taken to Monongahela, Washington County,
where funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon. Interment at
Monongahela.