Dr. W.A. Schaffter, 46, Dies of Heart Attack Oct. 28, 1922

Expires From Heart Attack While Writing

While writing at a table in his room on South Road Street, this city, Dr. W.A. Schaffter died from a heart attack Saturday morning about 8 o’clock.

He had arisen about an hour before, and while awaiting breakfast was writing some letters. When he was called he was found lying on the floor where he had fallen.

Dr. Schaffter is survived by a wife who at the time of his death was away on a visit to relatives in Ohio. He was a native of Mansfield, Ohio, and was 46 years old.

For several months he had been making Elizabeth City his headquarters under the direction of the Federal Government, and was in charge of hog cholera control in 13 northeastern North Carolina counties. During his stay here he had done good work among the farmers of the section.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 30, 1922