OBIT: Harry McCULLY, 1940, Ursina, Somerset County, PA

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HARRY McCULLY

Body of Harry McCully Found

  URSINA, April 8. - The body of little Harry McCully, son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Willis McCully, who was drowned on Sunday, April 6th, in Laurel Hill Creek 
between Humbert and Ursina, was found below Confluence Saturday, April 13th.  
The river had been patrolled day and night during this lapse of time.  Frank 
Previere of Confluence was in charge of the search and with the help of the 
Confluence firemen, CCC camp boys, the WPA men and the volunteer helpers of all 
the neighborhood, no stone was left unturned and no clue left unattended.  The 
strain was becoming more acute every day and fears were growing that the body 
would never be recovered.  George Hyatt, who lives near Confluence, while 
walking along the Casselman River a short distance below where the Laurel 
empties into it, discovered the body close to the bank and notified the proper 
authorities of his find.  The news quickly traveled from person to person that 
the body had been recovered.  It had evidently been swept down the river before 
the barricades had been erected to catch the body.  Charles Humbert, mortician, 
took charge of the body and prepared it for burial.  Harry was brought to his 
home on Sunday morning.  Funeral services were in the Church of God on Monday 
afternoon, conducted by the pastor, J. L. Hull.  Six school boys were 
pallbearers.  The schools attended in a body by request of Harry's parents.  The 
church was capacity full.  The child is survived by his parents, two brothers, 
one sister, one half-brother and one half-sister; also by his grandparents, Mr. 
and Mrs. Younkin of Humbert.
  
Meyersdale Republican, April 11, 1940