FUNERAL HELD FOR H. J. CHATWIN MEMORIAL DAY Funeral services were conducted at the Jensen Ward Chapel by Bishop A. C. Boyle Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. for Henry J. Chatwin. The opening prayer was by Joseph S. Dudley and the benediction was pronounced by Ira S. Gardiner. "Oh My Father" was sung by a quartet and "Resignation" as a duet was sung by Mrs. May Calder and Mrs. Mae Jorgensen. Postmaster Pontha Calder, representing the National Postmasters Association, Thomas E. Chatwin, brother of the deceased, F. P. Wellman and Archie Johnson were the speakers with closing remarks by Bishop Boyle. "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" was sung by Corwin Snow, accompanied by Mrs. A. DeMarr Dudley "Trees" was sung as a soprano solo by Mrs. A. C. Boyle, accompanied by Mrs. Dudley. Mr. Chatwin had been postmaster for the past 38 years and was the oldest postmaster in point of service in the state said Mr. Calder. He was efficient as a postmaster and as an officer of irrigation companies. He was a member of both the state and national postmasters associations. Mr. Wellman told of the deceased's efforts to secure the construction of a Washington Memorial Highway from Jensen to the Dinosaur Monument and Split Mountain. He was a lover of trees and had assisted in the Jensen highway tree planting project. The speaker proposed that a memorial be created at the home of Harley Wilkins where the first trees planted in Jensen were placed there by Mr. Chatwin. Dr. Boyle read letters from Isaac Burton and I. O. Smoot of Salt Lake and Edgar A. Guest's poem, "People Liked Him" "Sometime We'll Understand" was sung by the quartet composed of Mrs. Jorgensen, Mrs Calder, W. B. Wallis and Clark Newell, accompanied by Mrs. Mable Stagg. Interment was at the Jensen cemetery where the grave was dedicated by Joseph S. Dudley. Pallbearers were William E. Chatwin, William A. Chatwin, Thomas E. Chatwin, Daniel S. Jerman, Sam Sanderson and H. R. Wall. Honorary pallbearers included Isaac Burton, Ira Burton, W. F. Billings, Lewt Stewart, Jens Jensen, P. F. Peterson, George A. Slaugh, William H. Siddoway, George H. Southam, Alf Ainge, Peter A. Case, John K. Bullock, Thomas Bingham, C. J. Neal and Albert Snow. Henry James Chatwin, 72, postmaster at Jensen since 1900 was killed Saturday afternoon when his automobile overturned on U S 40 near Elk Springs, Colorado. Mr. Chatwin was driving to Craig, Colorado. A CCC enrollee from Gunnison, Colorado, who was picked up by Mr. Chatwin at Skyline was injured. Mr. Chatwin's body and the injured passenger were taken to Craig and later Mr. Chatwin was brought to Vernal. A passing motorist summoned medical aid from Craig but Mr. Chatwin was killed almost instantly. Mr. Chatwin is survived by a foster daughter, Mrs. Letta Hatch of Vernal, a brother, William Ephraim Chatwin of Manti and a sister, Mrs. Lydia Wall of Manti and several half-brothers and half-sisters. -Vernal Express, June 1, 1939, transcribed by Rhonda Holton