LEBANON ENTERPRISE OBITUARY - 06/30/1944
YOUTH DROWNS IN LAKE AT DANT - NOLAN MATTINGLY, 17, FARMER OF ST. FRANCIS, LOSES LIFE SATURDAY - RESCUE EFFORTS FAIL
Nolan Mattingly, 17, son of Mrs. Chester Miles of St. Francis and the late Johnny Mattingly, was drowned about 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon while swimming with a group of companions, most of them 12 to 15 years old, in the lake on the property of the Dant Distilling Co., at Dant. According to information obtained here, the young man was not a good swimmer and shortly after he dove from the bank of the reservoir disappeared beneath the water. Others of the group were said to have attempted to rescue him when he again came to the surface, but he fought them off and they were unable to bring him to shore. Although the lake, located about 300 yards from the distillery, is very deep in the center, the place where Mattingly lost his life was near the bank and the water had a depth of only eight feet. J. E. Dant, official of the distilling firm, said that youths had been warned repeatedly not to swim or fish in the pool and that guards had been notified to carry out the instructions. However, because the lake is some distance from the main part of the grounds and is bordered by a forest, swimmers occasionally use it unknown to the management. Mr. Dant said that Lester Ray Dant, about 14, reported to him that Mattingly had drowned and that Edwin Thompson furnished him some of the particulars. He learned that when the youthful swimmers were unable to rescue Mattingly, they went to St. Francis for help. The body was reported to have been recovered by Paul Miles after it had been in the water nearly forty-five minutes. Coroner Owen Deering, called from Lebanon, investigated the tragedy. Mattingly was born in the St. Francis community on September 23, 1926, and would have registered for military service in the early fall. He attended school at St. Francis, but for some time had been engaged in farming with his step-father, Chester Miles. Surviving besides his mother and step-father, are three brothers, Spencer, Roberto and John Mattingly, Jr.; four sisters, Mrs. Thelma Miles, Mrs. Helen Rucker, Misses Marguerite Mattingly and Lucille Mattingly, and two half-sisters, Misses Hazel and Wanice Miles, all of St. Francis. Solemn Requiem High Mass was intoned at St. Francis of Assisi Church Monday morning at 9 o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. J. J. Fitzgibbon, assisted by the Rev. J. A. Heiser of Nerinx and the Rev. James Willett of Bardstown. Burial was in the church cemetery.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
YOUTH DROWNS IN LAKE AT DANT - NOLAN MATTINGLY, 17, FARMER OF ST. FRANCIS, LOSES LIFE SATURDAY - RESCUE EFFORTS FAIL
Nolan Mattingly, 17, son of Mrs. Chester Miles of St. Francis and the late Johnny Mattingly, was drowned about 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon while swimming with a group of companions, most of them 12 to 15 years old, in the lake on the property of the Dant Distilling Co., at Dant. According to information obtained here, the young man was not a good swimmer and shortly after he dove from the bank of the reservoir disappeared beneath the water. Others of the group were said to have attempted to rescue him when he again came to the surface, but he fought them off and they were unable to bring him to shore. Although the lake, located about 300 yards from the distillery, is very deep in the center, the place where Mattingly lost his life was near the bank and the water had a depth of only eight feet. J. E. Dant, official of the distilling firm, said that youths had been warned repeatedly not to swim or fish in the pool and that guards had been notified to carry out the instructions. However, because the lake is some distance from the main part of the grounds and is bordered by a forest, swimmers occasionally use it unknown to the management. Mr. Dant said that Lester Ray Dant, about 14, reported to him that Mattingly had drowned and that Edwin Thompson furnished him some of the particulars. He learned that when the youthful swimmers were unable to rescue Mattingly, they went to St. Francis for help. The body was reported to have been recovered by Paul Miles after it had been in the water nearly forty-five minutes. Coroner Owen Deering, called from Lebanon, investigated the tragedy. Mattingly was born in the St. Francis community on September 23, 1926, and would have registered for military service in the early fall. He attended school at St. Francis, but for some time had been engaged in farming with his step-father, Chester Miles. Surviving besides his mother and step-father, are three brothers, Spencer, Roberto and John Mattingly, Jr.; four sisters, Mrs. Thelma Miles, Mrs. Helen Rucker, Misses Marguerite Mattingly and Lucille Mattingly, and two half-sisters, Misses Hazel and Wanice Miles, all of St. Francis. Solemn Requiem High Mass was intoned at St. Francis of Assisi Church Monday morning at 9 o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. J. J. Fitzgibbon, assisted by the Rev. J. A. Heiser of Nerinx and the Rev. James Willett of Bardstown. Burial was in the church cemetery.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
LEBANON ENTERPRISE OBITUARY - 06/30/1944
YOUTH DROWNS IN LAKE AT DANT - NOLAN MATTINGLY, 17, FARMER OF ST. FRANCIS, LOSES LIFE SATURDAY - RESCUE EFFORTS FAIL
Nolan Mattingly, 17, son of Mrs. Chester Miles of St. Francis and the late Johnny Mattingly, was drowned about 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon while swimming with a group of companions, most of them 12 to 15 years old, in the lake on the property of the Dant Distilling Co., at Dant. According to information obtained here, the young man was not a good swimmer and shortly after he dove from the bank of the reservoir disappeared beneath the water. Others of the group were said to have attempted to rescue him when he again came to the surface, but he fought them off and they were unable to bring him to shore. Although the lake, located about 300 yards from the distillery, is very deep in the center, the place where Mattingly lost his life was near the bank and the water had a depth of only eight feet. J. E. Dant, official of the distilling firm, said that youths had been warned repeatedly not to swim or fish in the pool and that guards had been notified to carry out the instructions. However, because the lake is some distance from the main part of the grounds and is bordered by a forest, swimmers occasionally use it unknown to the management. Mr. Dant said that Lester Ray Dant, about 14, reported to him that Mattingly had drowned and that Edwin Thompson furnished him some of the particulars. He learned that when the youthful swimmers were unable to rescue Mattingly, they went to St. Francis for help. The body was reported to have been recovered by Paul Miles after it had been in the water nearly forty-five minutes. Coroner Owen Deering, called from Lebanon, investigated the tragedy. Mattingly was born in the St. Francis community on September 23, 1926, and would have registered for military service in the early fall. He attended school at St. Francis, but for some time had been engaged in farming with his step-father, Chester Miles. Surviving besides his mother and step-father, are three brothers, Spencer, Roberto and John Mattingly, Jr.; four sisters, Mrs. Thelma Miles, Mrs. Helen Rucker, Misses Marguerite Mattingly and Lucille Mattingly, and two half-sisters, Misses Hazel and Wanice Miles, all of St. Francis. Solemn Requiem High Mass was intoned at St. Francis of Assisi Church Monday morning at 9 o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. J. J. Fitzgibbon, assisted by the Rev. J. A. Heiser of Nerinx and the Rev. James Willett of Bardstown. Burial was in the church cemetery.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
YOUTH DROWNS IN LAKE AT DANT - NOLAN MATTINGLY, 17, FARMER OF ST. FRANCIS, LOSES LIFE SATURDAY - RESCUE EFFORTS FAIL
Nolan Mattingly, 17, son of Mrs. Chester Miles of St. Francis and the late Johnny Mattingly, was drowned about 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon while swimming with a group of companions, most of them 12 to 15 years old, in the lake on the property of the Dant Distilling Co., at Dant. According to information obtained here, the young man was not a good swimmer and shortly after he dove from the bank of the reservoir disappeared beneath the water. Others of the group were said to have attempted to rescue him when he again came to the surface, but he fought them off and they were unable to bring him to shore. Although the lake, located about 300 yards from the distillery, is very deep in the center, the place where Mattingly lost his life was near the bank and the water had a depth of only eight feet. J. E. Dant, official of the distilling firm, said that youths had been warned repeatedly not to swim or fish in the pool and that guards had been notified to carry out the instructions. However, because the lake is some distance from the main part of the grounds and is bordered by a forest, swimmers occasionally use it unknown to the management. Mr. Dant said that Lester Ray Dant, about 14, reported to him that Mattingly had drowned and that Edwin Thompson furnished him some of the particulars. He learned that when the youthful swimmers were unable to rescue Mattingly, they went to St. Francis for help. The body was reported to have been recovered by Paul Miles after it had been in the water nearly forty-five minutes. Coroner Owen Deering, called from Lebanon, investigated the tragedy. Mattingly was born in the St. Francis community on September 23, 1926, and would have registered for military service in the early fall. He attended school at St. Francis, but for some time had been engaged in farming with his step-father, Chester Miles. Surviving besides his mother and step-father, are three brothers, Spencer, Roberto and John Mattingly, Jr.; four sisters, Mrs. Thelma Miles, Mrs. Helen Rucker, Misses Marguerite Mattingly and Lucille Mattingly, and two half-sisters, Misses Hazel and Wanice Miles, all of St. Francis. Solemn Requiem High Mass was intoned at St. Francis of Assisi Church Monday morning at 9 o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. J. J. Fitzgibbon, assisted by the Rev. J. A. Heiser of Nerinx and the Rev. James Willett of Bardstown. Burial was in the church cemetery.
(abstracted by Dolores Bohn)
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