THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, April 7, 1949

 

Chemical magnate Willard H. Dow, his wife, who is a sister of Mrs. Will Richardson of Bunnell, and three other persons crashed to their deaths in a plane last Thursday on a storm-soaked meadow near London, Ontario, Canada.

The 52-year-old president of sprawling Dow Chemical Company was flying with his party to attend a gathering and banquet given for Ex-Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Dow, Mrs. Martha Dow, 51, Mrs. Alta Campbell, 44, Pilot A. J. Bowie, and co-pilot Fred Clements, all of Midland, Michigan, were believed killed instantly.

The Dow Chemical Company, although centered at Midland, has a number of subsidiaries. Among them are the Iowa-Dow Chemical Company, Cliffs Dow Chemical Company, Dowell, Inc., and the Ethyl Dow Chemical Company. Dr. Dow was president of all of these.

Private funeral services were held last Sunday at Midland for Dr. and Mrs. Dow.