SERVICES HELD TUESDAY FOR TWO LIBERTY YOUTHS

Two car accidents over the weekend resulted in the deaths of three Liberty Center residents. Henry County now has a record of 21 traffic fatalities for the year.

Two local young men met tragic deaths when their car hit the DT&I Railroad viaduct on U.S. 24 west of Damascus Bridge early Sunday morning.

Killed instantly was Roscoe C. McGary, 18, and the driver of the car, Thomas R. Murdock, 18, was dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital in Napoleon. Both suffered multiple fractures of the head and body, compound leg and arm fractures, and internal injuries.

The boys, cousins, were graduates of Liberty Center High School.

Thomas Murdock is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murdock, Rt. 1, Liberty Center; two brothers, Herbert, at home, and Richard, of Swanton. Roscoe McGary is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy McGary, Liberty Center; brother, Roy, of Liberty Center; three sisters, Mrs. Colleen Martinez, Canago Park, Calif.; Miss Claudia McGary, Seattle, Wash., and Miss Catherine McGary, at home.

Joint services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Liberty Center Methodist Church, with the Rev. W. E. Stivers and the Rev. Joseph Hefner officiating. Both burials were in Young Cemetery in Liberty Center.

The Fiser Funeral Home, Liberty Center, had charge of the Murdock services and arrangements for the McGary services were under direction of the Walker Mortuary in Napoleon.