Toppling from the roof of a Lynnwood home where he was assisting in putting on a new section of roofing;Malcolm C.Clegg;aged eighteen years;of 22 Main Street;Belle Vernon;was fatally injured. He was hurt Tuesday afternoon about 1 o’clock and died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital Thursday morning;August 13;1942;at 8:40 o’clock of internal hurts. Clegg’s back;neck and left arm took the brunt of the fall;it was indicated;and he remained in a critical state until death intervened. Malcolm Clegg was one of Belle Vernon’s best known young men. He had been assisting William Hoyes;Jr.;in placing a new roof on the Hoyes residence at Lynnwood and slipped when he attempted to step from a sealfold to the roof;falling 17 feet. Malcolm is survived by his father;Hobart Clegg;Sr.;of Belle Vernon;three brothers;Hobart Clegg Jr.;of Charleroi;Pvt.Hazelop A.Clegg;Jr.;of Camp Claiborne;La.;Carl at home and one sister Mildred;at home. Their mother is deceased. The remains will rest at the Melenyzer Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;until Sunday at 2 p.m.when services will be held;with Rev.James Rainey;of the Belle Vernon Christian Church in charge. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. C.L.and Edwin Melenyzer;funeral directors in charge.

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