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The Milwaukee Journal
Saturday, 11 April 1936

       Old Lake Captain
         Dies at Kenosha
         
     Kenosha, Wis. -(AP)-  William J. Bar-
   nett, 68, retired lake captain and
   president of the Kenosha harbor
   commission since its creation a few
   years ago, died late Friday.
     Mr. Barnett received his captain's
   papers while in his twenties and
   was one of the youngest officers of
   that rank on the Great Lakes, serv-
   ing with the Pere Marquette car-
   ferry line.  Thirty-two years ago he
   came here to enter the commercial
   fishing business.  He was active in
   Masonry.
     Surviving are the widow, one son,
   W. S. Barnett of Kenosha, and a
   brother, A. F., of Grand Haven,
   Mich.  Funeral services will be con-
   ducted Monday.
   
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