Vance B. Nearpass

Vance Bayard Nearpass Birth: 9 Feb 1896 - Culver, Marshall County, Indiana Death: 26 Oct 1963 Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota Burial Danville National Cemetery Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois married 15 Jun 1919 - New Castle, New Hampshire Elizabeth Shaw Birth: 19 Jan 1894 County Roscommon, Ireland Death: 0 Mar 1946 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Greenwood Cemetery Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois daughter of John Shaw

is in the advertising business in Saginaw, Michigan

Son Of Citizen's Founder To Have Book Published

Mr. Nearpass, who is pictured here in full uniform of the Military Order of The Cootie, the honor degree of the V.F.W., is also a member of the American Legion, D. A. V. and Veterans of World War I.

VANCE B. NEARPASS Author of "Tiny's Topics" Carlton Press, 84 Fifth Ave., New York City, has announced that a publishing agreement has been signed with Vance B. Nearpass of Hot Springs, So. Dak.

His forthcoming book entitled TINY'S TOPICS is scheduled for publication in the near future.

In this collection of amusing anecdotes and essays, Vance B. Nearpass writes light-heartedly and with whimsy and charm, his chief purpose being to entertain. The author demonstrates his conviction that successful humor thrives on realism, on the believable, on the little hurts and tragedies of someone else's life, laughing at what does not touch us, makes us forget our own troubles. Mr. Nearpass has a clever way with the twists and turns of a potentially funny story. Vance B. Nearpass was born years ago in Culver, the youngest son of George E. Nearpass, Sr., who founded The Culver Citizen 67 years ago.

Self educated, he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1917. He writes, "Although I was an innocent sailor in World War I, I had a lot of fun." This is a theme that pervades Mr. Nearpass' life sharing his humor and good nature with others.

Boasting five children, four daughters and a son, and 16 grandchildren, Mr. Nearpass now makes his home in Hot Springs, So. Dak.

TINY'S TOPICS is his first published work.

In correspondence with Mr. Nearpass he stated that he does not remember too much about Culver, as his family moved from here when he was seven or eight years old. However, he recalls the big white house where he lived near the Assembly Grounds and the ice houses where ice from the lake was stored