Pedestrian, 73, [Clarence Bogue Holman] Struck By Car, Dies in Hospital
The Ithaca Journal, Oct 4 1963, P.3
"Clarence (Bogue) Holman, 73, of 613 N. Aurora St. died at the Tompkins County Hospital late Thursday night after having been hit by a car in the 400 block of W. State St.
The driver of the car, DeLoyce Ludlam, 26, of 521 E. State St., was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Ludlam's attorney, Michael Lo Pinto, appeared in City Court this morning and asked for a bill of particulars and an adjournment.
City Judge Edward J. Casey adjourned the case until Oct. 11 and continued bail at $100.
Mr. Holman suffered severe head injuries as he was thrown upon the hood of the car, and against the windshield, the police report states. He died in the hospital shortly before midnight.
The police report states Mr. Holman was crossing from the State St. Diner to the VFW Building when the accident occurred.
Mr. Holman is the 14th person to die as the result of traffic accidents in Tompkins County this year.
Mr. Holman was the son of William and Mary Fish Holman and a member of the Elks Lodge for more than 50 years. He was a member of Company 3 of Ithaca Fire Department and the Veteran Firemen's Assn.
He was a veteran of World War I, charter member of the VFW and house manager for that unit for the past 15 years. He was a member of the Veterans of World War I Barracks.
A graduate of Ithaca High School, he was associated with his father in the C. J. Holman Feed Store prior to entering military service, after the war becoming proprietor of the Holman Store on the corner of Aurora and Seneca Sts.
Mr. Holman is survived by three brothers, Aubrey, Leon and Ralph, all of Ithaca; an aunt; two uncles and a nephew.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Herson Funeral Home, the Rev. Warren Covell of St. Paul's Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in East Lawn Cemetery."