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The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., June 18, 1964, page 5

DEATH SUMMONS WM. C. MANLY

Private funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 20 at Gardner's Chapel for William C. Manly, Sr., who died Tuesday, June 16th at the Veterans Hospital in Vancouver, five days before his 85th birthday.
Although the above service will be private, in accordance with Mr. Manly's wishes, commitment following at Goodwill Cemetery will be public with graveside services being conducted by the Veterans for Foreign Wars. Members of the Masonic Lodge will serve as casket bearers.
William C. many was born in LaCygne, Kansas, June 21, 1879, to Emily Rush and Melvin Manly. At any early age he moved to near Vancouver, Wash. Where he completed his schooling and on April 26, 1898, enlisted in Co. G of the First Washington Volunteers, U. S. Army. He served in the Spanish American War in the Philippines and the Philippine Insurrection, receiving an honorable discharge Nov. 1, 1899.
He, his father and brother took homesteads near Gilmer in the early 1900's, later moving to White Salmon.
He worked as a logger for many years, before entering the employ of the Town of White Salmon in 1927 where he served for 17 years as police chief and water superintendent.
Following retirement, he maintained an active interest in the affairs of the town, serving on the town council from March 1951 to June 1962 and acting mayor many times during that period.
Target shooting was a life long hobby and he was widely known as an exceptional marks man. He had in fact just returned from a target-shooting session January 15 of this year when he suffered the stroke, which resulted in his hospitalization in Vancouver.
He is survived by his widow, Iva Viola, to whom he was united in marriage Sept. 20, 1920 and four children: William C. Jr., of White Salmon, Melvin James of Inglewood, Calif., Florence Keehn, Woodland, Calif., and Carol Breivogel of Portland, and 15 grandchildren.