Quad-City Times [Davenport, Iowa]; Wednesday, November 2, 1938
CHESTER IVES, TELEPHONE MAN, DIES IN CRASH
Served As District manager in Davenport From 1927 to 1929.
Chester R. Ives, 44, general commercial manager of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. with offices in Des Moines and former district manager at Davenport form Nov. 1, 1927 to Oct. 31, 1929, died Tuesday night when his car plunged into a ditch at the end of a dead end street near the Des Moines airport.
Ives' skull was fractured, according to the Associated Press dispatch. Authorities who investigated the accident said it was apparent that Ives, who was alone in the car, did not realize he was on a dead end street. Skid marks were found for 55 feet on the street.
Mr. Ives was a former president of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and was prominent in social and civic life there. He had worked for the telephone company since 1913, and had been employed in various cities thruout the middle west.
He was district manager in Des Moines from 1929 until 1932 when he was named general commercial manager.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
Quad-City Times [Davenport, Iowa]; Wednesday, November 2, 1938
CHESTER IVES, TELEPHONE MAN, DIES IN CRASH
Served As District manager in Davenport From 1927 to 1929.
Chester R. Ives, 44, general commercial manager of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. with offices in Des Moines and former district manager at Davenport form Nov. 1, 1927 to Oct. 31, 1929, died Tuesday night when his car plunged into a ditch at the end of a dead end street near the Des Moines airport.
Ives' skull was fractured, according to the Associated Press dispatch. Authorities who investigated the accident said it was apparent that Ives, who was alone in the car, did not realize he was on a dead end street. Skid marks were found for 55 feet on the street.
Mr. Ives was a former president of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and was prominent in social and civic life there. He had worked for the telephone company since 1913, and had been employed in various cities thruout the middle west.
He was district manager in Des Moines from 1929 until 1932 when he was named general commercial manager.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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