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The Redbud City: It happened in the summer of 1941
Clyde Wooldridge
POOL GUARD CHEATS DEATH IN SEWER TRIP
Kenneth Crownover, 18-year-old head lifeguard at the Shawnee Municipal Swimming Pool, was in the A.C.H. Hospital Saturday night, June 28, 1941. He was treated for injuries received when he went down the storm sewer while draining the pool. Attendants said Crownover walked into the hospital, but he was “critically” bruised and in shock.
Buddy Wilcoxson, pool manager, said Crownover had pulled off a cast from a grate to drain the water flow out faster and was “playing around” the outlet when suction pulled the youth into the storm sewer. Wilcoxson tried to go down into the drain to attempt a rescue of Crownover in case he became snagged by a valve but was unable to squeeze through the outlet. He received severe bruises about the hips.