Falmouth Enterprise, Friday, December 5, 1947 page 1
Child Strangled In Fall From Porch
The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Ballentine died accidently by strangulation at his home in North Falmouth Wednesday morning. Robert Earle Ballentine would have been two years old in January. A rope attached to the leather harness worn by Robert, who was playing on the porch, had been tied to the front door to prevent him from going out into the street. Police and Dr. Ernest F. Curry, medical examiner, believe the child used a chair on the porch to mount to the porch railing, and fell over the other side.
Mrs. Ballentine, who was busy with household duties, frequently glanced put of the window to observe her son playing on the porch. About 1:30 P. M., she noticed he was no longer there. When she saw her son suspended from the railing, her screams summoned Mrs. R. Norman Wright, her next door neighbor, who assisted her in releasing the child and carrying him into the living room. Mrs. Wright called Dr. Stanley G. Parker, then applied artificial respiration. Dr. Parker called the fire department for the ambulance and inhalator. Capt. Milton R. C. MacWhinnie, Albert Malzan and Arthur C. Eastman Jr. of the fire department arrived at the Ballentine home and worked for nearly an hour to revive the infant before he was pronounced dead at 10:50 A. M. by Dr. Parker. Clayton W. Collins of the police department was notified by the fire department of the accident. He was present when Dr. Parker made the pronouncement of "death due to accidental strangulation."
Mr. and Mrs. Ballentine came to Falmouth last spring from Southwest Harbor, Maine. Surviving besides his parents are his sister, Carol Ann, aged three; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Streeter Webster of Southwest Harbor and Mr. and Mrs. George F. Ballentiiie of Cataumet. Private funeral services will be conducted at the Ballentine home Sunday at 2 P. M. by the Rev. J. Samuel Stephenson. Burial will be in Cataumet cemetery.
Child Strangled In Fall From Porch
The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Ballentine died accidently by strangulation at his home in North Falmouth Wednesday morning. Robert Earle Ballentine would have been two years old in January. A rope attached to the leather harness worn by Robert, who was playing on the porch, had been tied to the front door to prevent him from going out into the street. Police and Dr. Ernest F. Curry, medical examiner, believe the child used a chair on the porch to mount to the porch railing, and fell over the other side.
Mrs. Ballentine, who was busy with household duties, frequently glanced put of the window to observe her son playing on the porch. About 1:30 P. M., she noticed he was no longer there. When she saw her son suspended from the railing, her screams summoned Mrs. R. Norman Wright, her next door neighbor, who assisted her in releasing the child and carrying him into the living room. Mrs. Wright called Dr. Stanley G. Parker, then applied artificial respiration. Dr. Parker called the fire department for the ambulance and inhalator. Capt. Milton R. C. MacWhinnie, Albert Malzan and Arthur C. Eastman Jr. of the fire department arrived at the Ballentine home and worked for nearly an hour to revive the infant before he was pronounced dead at 10:50 A. M. by Dr. Parker. Clayton W. Collins of the police department was notified by the fire department of the accident. He was present when Dr. Parker made the pronouncement of "death due to accidental strangulation."
Mr. and Mrs. Ballentine came to Falmouth last spring from Southwest Harbor, Maine. Surviving besides his parents are his sister, Carol Ann, aged three; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Streeter Webster of Southwest Harbor and Mr. and Mrs. George F. Ballentiiie of Cataumet. Private funeral services will be conducted at the Ballentine home Sunday at 2 P. M. by the Rev. J. Samuel Stephenson. Burial will be in Cataumet cemetery.
Falmouth Enterprise, Friday, December 5, 1947 page 1
Child Strangled In Fall From Porch
The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Ballentine died accidently by strangulation at his home in North Falmouth Wednesday morning. Robert Earle Ballentine would have been two years old in January. A rope attached to the leather harness worn by Robert, who was playing on the porch, had been tied to the front door to prevent him from going out into the street. Police and Dr. Ernest F. Curry, medical examiner, believe the child used a chair on the porch to mount to the porch railing, and fell over the other side.
Mrs. Ballentine, who was busy with household duties, frequently glanced put of the window to observe her son playing on the porch. About 1:30 P. M., she noticed he was no longer there. When she saw her son suspended from the railing, her screams summoned Mrs. R. Norman Wright, her next door neighbor, who assisted her in releasing the child and carrying him into the living room. Mrs. Wright called Dr. Stanley G. Parker, then applied artificial respiration. Dr. Parker called the fire department for the ambulance and inhalator. Capt. Milton R. C. MacWhinnie, Albert Malzan and Arthur C. Eastman Jr. of the fire department arrived at the Ballentine home and worked for nearly an hour to revive the infant before he was pronounced dead at 10:50 A. M. by Dr. Parker. Clayton W. Collins of the police department was notified by the fire department of the accident. He was present when Dr. Parker made the pronouncement of "death due to accidental strangulation."
Mr. and Mrs. Ballentine came to Falmouth last spring from Southwest Harbor, Maine. Surviving besides his parents are his sister, Carol Ann, aged three; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Streeter Webster of Southwest Harbor and Mr. and Mrs. George F. Ballentiiie of Cataumet. Private funeral services will be conducted at the Ballentine home Sunday at 2 P. M. by the Rev. J. Samuel Stephenson. Burial will be in Cataumet cemetery.
Child Strangled In Fall From Porch
The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Ballentine died accidently by strangulation at his home in North Falmouth Wednesday morning. Robert Earle Ballentine would have been two years old in January. A rope attached to the leather harness worn by Robert, who was playing on the porch, had been tied to the front door to prevent him from going out into the street. Police and Dr. Ernest F. Curry, medical examiner, believe the child used a chair on the porch to mount to the porch railing, and fell over the other side.
Mrs. Ballentine, who was busy with household duties, frequently glanced put of the window to observe her son playing on the porch. About 1:30 P. M., she noticed he was no longer there. When she saw her son suspended from the railing, her screams summoned Mrs. R. Norman Wright, her next door neighbor, who assisted her in releasing the child and carrying him into the living room. Mrs. Wright called Dr. Stanley G. Parker, then applied artificial respiration. Dr. Parker called the fire department for the ambulance and inhalator. Capt. Milton R. C. MacWhinnie, Albert Malzan and Arthur C. Eastman Jr. of the fire department arrived at the Ballentine home and worked for nearly an hour to revive the infant before he was pronounced dead at 10:50 A. M. by Dr. Parker. Clayton W. Collins of the police department was notified by the fire department of the accident. He was present when Dr. Parker made the pronouncement of "death due to accidental strangulation."
Mr. and Mrs. Ballentine came to Falmouth last spring from Southwest Harbor, Maine. Surviving besides his parents are his sister, Carol Ann, aged three; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Streeter Webster of Southwest Harbor and Mr. and Mrs. George F. Ballentiiie of Cataumet. Private funeral services will be conducted at the Ballentine home Sunday at 2 P. M. by the Rev. J. Samuel Stephenson. Burial will be in Cataumet cemetery.
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