Everett H. Walker saved M. Boone Stonestreet from drowning, Mocksville, North Carolina, July 4, 1931. While attempting to swim across Dutchman Creek, Stonestreet, 52, mail carrier, went under the surface and then drifted in a current of more than 2 m.p.h. A man who was a good swimmer swam to him, supported him briefly, and then left and swam to the bank. Stonestreet threshed to maintain himself at the surface. Everett, 15, schoolboy, who was partly clothed and wore heavy shoes, swam 100 feet through deep water to Stonestreet, having followed the other man on his course to the rescue. Stonestreet grasped Everett at the waist, and they sank momentarily. Everett towed Stonestreet a few feet with great effort, and they were briefly submerged again. Everett then forcibly broke Stonestreet’s hold, swam two or three strokes, and grasped an overhanging grapevine five feet from the bank. A man who held to the vine grasped Everett’s hand, and Everett let go of the vine and grasped Stonestreet, who was then unconscious but was pulled to the bank and revived. 31353-2639
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