Tommy Hughitt (1892-1961)

Tommy Hughitt Dies In Florida Tommy Hughitt one of Esnaba's all time football greats died in at Bartow, orida on birthday, hospital, ednesday and will be buried at affalo, N.Y. on Saturday. Hie suffered A heart attack four LyS before his death while vaca›ning at Eagle Lake, Florida ith his wife. His last visit to Escanaba, his rthplace, was for the Class of 109 50th reunion here in 1959. His name was Ernest F. Hugtt and he was the son of Mr. and [rs, Orrin Hughitt. His father berated the Escanaba Hardware o. where the Home Supply Store today the southwest corner 11th Ludington Sts., and anal as earlier associated with the hicago &amp; North Western Railav. Tommy Hughitt attended Esanaba High School and played n its football team, but not well nough ever to earn a letter. He as with the "scrubs." The class ok care of that at its golden, nniversary reunion, awarding im an honorary "E". Probably ever was a player SO undistinuished in Escanaba High School potball so famous in college footallommy Hughitt was a varsity alfback on the University of fichigan team and a then quarterjack. He won a football letter in lis freshman year and in his ther three years at Ann Arbor, 912, '13. '14 and '15 and he won hree letters in baseball at U-M, n 1913, '14 and '15. After his school vears he folowed Escanaban Tom Riley as 'ootball coach at the University of Maine and then was a businessman in Buffalo. He had a Ford agency there at one time and was in the auto business until his death. His interest in sports continued through his life and he Was an official in many college and university games in the East and in many pro football games and he was a part owner of Buffalo team in the National the Football League for a time. He ran unsuccessfully for schriff Buffalo and legalized his name as Tommy Hughitt for politics. He is survived by his wife, Betty, formerly of Ann Arbor: his sisters, Miss Anna Hughitt, of Oberlin, Ohio, a retired member of the faculty at Oberlin College; and Mrs. D. M. (Edith) Wright of Bartow, Fla., and his sister-inlaw, Mrs. H. H. Hughitt of 610 Lake Shore Drive, Escanaba, Funeral services are to be held in the Brady Funeral Home at Buftalo Saturday afternoon and burial will be in Buffalo. Tommy Hughitt Former Resident Elected To Head Villa Park Village Bob Wood of Villa Park. Ill., a former resident of Escanaba, was recently elected president of Villa Park village. Wood, who was unanimously elected by members of the village board, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wood of 525 S. 14th St. He is a graduate of the Escanaba Senior High School. Class of '39. Wood is plant manager of the Ethicon Suture Corp., in Chicago, a subsidiary of Johnson &amp; Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Wood live in Villa Park. They have two sons, Dale and Gary. Traffic Tangled In Britain By Ice And Drifts LONDON (AP)- sleet and freezing rain brought widespread transportation chaos in the British Isles today. The Royal Automobile Club de-| scribed the nation's highway system as **a vast skating rink" with 120.000 miles of road covered with ice. In Scotland and eastern England there was heavy snowfall as well, with drifts up to eight feet deep around Glasgow and Aberdeen. Thick slush covering the runways delayed jet flights from London airport. Pilots were warned a

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Tommy Hughitt (1892-1961)

Tommy Hughitt (1892-1961)

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