RALPH HAYES
RALPH HAYES KILLED AT DESOTO KANSAS
Ralph Hayes, 24 years of age, was killed accidentally on Monday March 15, 1943, while working on construction work at the Sunflower Ordinance plant in DeSoto Kansas.
 Mr. Hayes had been employed at DeSoto since December and was operating a large caterpillar tractor.  Witnesses of the accident stated they thought the clutch failed to work and the tractor went over a 30-foot embankment, pinning Mr. Hayes underneath.  The body was taken to the Frye funeral home in Olathe, Kansas, and brought to Versailles on Wednesday.
 Mr. Hayes was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sine Hayes and was born and reared in the Versailles and Barnett community.  He was married to the former Miss Pauline Myers September 24th here in Versailles, by the Rev. E.B. Woods and they have been making their home in DeSoto.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pauline Hayes, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sine Hayes of Boonesboro, Mo.; four sisters: Mrs. Eula Woods of California, Mrs. Dorothy Bishop of New Franklin, Mrs. Hazel Moser of Boonesboro and Bonnie Lee of the home; four brothers: Clyde of Lincoln, Shirley of Overland Park, Kansas and Douglas and Charles of the home, and a large number of other relatives and friends.
 Funeral services will be held this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 o’clock at the Hopewell Church and interment in the cemetery there.  Kidwell Undertakers were in charge of the arrangements.
(He was born May 16, 1918)