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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1948)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948 PAGE SIX THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON '5 Snake Expert Dies 1 After Being Bitten By Indian Cobra Long Beach, Calif., July 21 Ui JS Mrs. Grace Olive Wiley, 65, na-"tlonally-known snake cxixrt who JJJkept cobras as household pets, .died yesterday an hour and a half "iter one of them bit her. JJ Mrs. Wiley, former curator of a Chicago's Brookfield zoo and the Minneapolis museum of natural JJhlstory, was posing the snake for IJj photo at her home In nearby V . -.. 1 1 a . . . i . . JJJvlthout warning. p Hie Indian cobra a new one to Jier menagerie clung to her fin der for half a minute. Mrs. Wiley fcalmly pulled it loose, returned it to its cage and called an ambu- -Jance. She told her visitors how "to give her first aid while she awaited its arrival. I ' She died at Lone Beach Com J munlty hospital, after serums for ; North American reptiles were i found Ineffective. An autopsy was scheduled for today. J Mrs. Wiley, who once said she f would prefer death from a snake J bite to "any other way," sue- umbed in an Iron lung. m Refuses Amputation J Her cousin, C. M. Tanner, urg- I ,ed that the finger, hand or arm e amputated if neessary to save I Tier me. But ne said Mrs. Wiley ' j oi.uun in i in cm (Ziiu 1 1 1 vi i Uil l ed she knew the bite was fatal. Mrs. Wllpv. n widnw waa irv. ! Jng to persuade the five-and-a-half I I I foot snake to arch Its back un j spreaa .its nooa wnen it strucK. She had survived previous bites by a cobra and rattlesnakes. Mrs. Wiley kept 125 reptiles at "Tier home. She let them coll around her and called them ! "honey" and "cutle pie." She was J proud of the fact that she never removed their poison sacs, say ing: "A snake will lose its fear of people much faster than a per son will lose his fear of snakes." The snake that bit her was a stranger, one of 20 deadly reptil es she Imported last month for sale from the Grace Wiley zoo which she operated here. She was working with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mannix, Mallbu, Calif., for illus trations for a magazine article they planned on her. Toastmasters Hold Meeting Toastmasters holding their weekly dinner meeting last night at the Pine Tavern "talked shop," with speakers discussing subjects ranging from voice training to hand gestures. Bill Mark presided as toastmaster, with Vance Coy ner in charge of the table topics part of the program. One-minute speakers discussed 'The Man Next Door," with each member of the club called on to introduce the man at his right as "the speaker of the evening." Five minute speakers and their subjects follow: Clarence Bush, "Functions of a Toastmasters' Club"; Dave Wil son, Functions of an Evaluator"; Ralph W. Crawford, "The Voice In Speaking"; Claude Cook, "Val ue of Diction"; Jack Halbrook, "Gestures." Departing from the theme, Eugene Bucknum was presented in a five-minute talk dealing with the life of a mortician. Al Robertson was general crlt Other critics were Max Mill- sap. James Dement, Slg Skavlan, Joe Slate- and Harry Drew. Fred Paine was presented in an im promptu five-minute talk and re ported on his conference with area officials of the Toastmast ers' club at Hart mountain this past week end. SIDINGS INSTALLED ON YOUR HOME Instil Brick Siding Asbestos Siding Get Our Prices Before You Buy As Long As 3 Years To Pay CENTRAL OREGON ROOFING CO. 838 Bond Phone 1270 or 1335 It nitf-iru inr.cn mMe ''tr The Ano-MpllnwoH Roar j'Your good taste will tell you fcer the first taste Lucky Lager is the lighter, the milder, the mellower beer. So, treat yourself to this smooth, Age-Mellowed beer tonight Lucky Lager v., for extra flavor. X" marks the label you I want on your tabic J Qnt oj iAc tvxAtdi INTERSTATE IMWItY COMPANY VANCOUVER, WASHINOTON MINKLER-BURRIS DISTRIBUTING CO. 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A non-playing gallery and ref erees will be welcome, the com mittee in eharge reported. No greens fees will be charged non gold club member contestants. However, there will be an over all charge that will cover the turkey dinner and incidentals. Rental sets of clubs will be avail able. Dr. Grant Skinner has been named finance chairman for the affair. I Committee Named, Members of the genera'l com- WHINGERS, ROLLS ft PARTS FOR AIX MAKES Buy Where You Get Service Maytag Appliance Store ELMER HUDSON tOSS Brooks St Phone 274 mlttee in charge are W. L. Van Allen, Slg Skavlan, Carl B. Hoog ner, Al Nielsen, B. A. Stover and Dr. Skinner. Play will start at 3 p.m. So far, only one of the compet ing clubs has made public its players. This was the Lions club, and Its players follow: Farley Elliott, James W. Bush ong, Frank H. Loggan, K. . C. Gulick, George P. Gove, Sig Skav lan, Bill Reed, W. L. Van Allen, Glenn Gregg, Claude Cook, Ken neth Sawyer, Nord Goodrich, Dr. M.'B. McKenney, Carl A. 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