Mrs. Estie Wells

WHEN I LEARN TO E-MAIL FROM MY DOCUMENTS I WILL SEND THE INFORMATION ON MY DAD, ESTIE WELLS AND MY UNCLE, JERRY DOGGETT.
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Had Estie Wells not met an untimely death in 1966 he would now be pushing 90.

The foregoing leads to this.If you remember Estie from your days in pro ball or might even have been around the Dallas Eagles when Jerry Wells was the batboy, do me a favor.
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Estie and Carl Lewton were paired as umpires to work that 1951 season.
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Wells went after the heckler who had made a bee-line to the Carthage concession stand to get some ammunition.Pete Pallone ran the concession and upon seeing Estie heading after the heckler picked him up and was holding off the ground when the heckler reappeared with a frying pan.
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The next morning E. L. Dale, League President, summoned Lewton and Wells to his office at the Carthage Press and tore into Wells for his actions of the previous evening.He then took Lewton aside and commended him for exemplary action.When Lewton and Wells left Mr. Dales office, Wells was beside himself.When Lewton and Wells left Mr. Dales office, Wells was beside himself.
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In researching the KOM League I was never able to track the fate of Estie or any members of his family until this week.With the assistance of Shane Etter in Keokuk, Iowa I learned that Estie had a son in Dallas, Texas.
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This evening, March 24, I spoke with Jerry and learned some things about his dad Estie, his uncle--Jerry Doggett and himself.
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Estie Wells was born September 29, 1915 in Kahoka, Missouri.That is about as far as you can go in Northeast Missouri without being in Iowa.The Wells family moved to Keokuk a few miles away where Estie graduated from high school in 1934.He played for an amateur teams called the Keokuk Goats who won a semi-pro championship in that area in 1940.Estie served in the US Navy during WW II and upon his release operated The Sportsman Shop in Keokuk where he also sponsored amateur baseball teams.During the 1947-50 seasons he served as clubhouse manager for the Keokuk Pirates of the Central Association.

Then, in 1951 the fun began.He went to the Bill McGowan Umpire School in Daytona Beach, Florida and wound up in the KOM League that season.This was his umpiring progression through 1956:
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By 1956 Estie and his wife had divorced and he moved to California and went to work for Hughes Aircraft.He suffered an on-the-job accident in 1966 and died from the complications thereof.

Estie and his Jerry's mom had divorced in 1952 and she moved to Dallas, Texas primarily due to the fact that her brother, a native of Mexico, Missouri was broadcasting the games for Southern Methodist University.
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Len Vandehey, you probably recall Estie from your KOM League days and maybe from the game Ft. Carson played as the Colorado Springs club of the Western League.
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Estie had a sister Dorothy who married Bill Fredericks.
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As it turns out the waitress at Reds Cafe became the second Mrs. Estie Wells and now after 52 years I know, "The rest of that story."

Now for the fun.