WHAT SHOULD HE TELL HER?
Father of Girl Who Lost
i Both Feet Faces Problem
Reno, June 30 (U.B The father of a pretty, athletic 13-year-"
girl who lost both feet when she was run over by a speedboat
"at Lake Tahoe Monday today faced the "biggest problem" of his
- life:
How to tell Imogene Wittsche of Roseville, Calif., that both
v foot unm missinff and not
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red toy casts as she believes.
- The girl was run over by a
' 115-horsepower cruiser while
swimming at Lake Tahoe. Her
. feet were caught in the propel
ler and one was shorn off. The
other was left hanging by a
- muscle and doctors had to am
putate It. Both were taken off
below the knees.
Her father, Fred Wittsche of
Roseville, manager of a Sacra
mento nursery, witnessed the
' accident from the beach. He has
' been at Imogene's bedside most
of the time since she arrived at
Reno hospital, where attend
ants said her condition remains
"just fair."
"This is. the biggest problem
of my life," said Wittsche. "I
don't know what to do. I don't
know how or what to tell her."
"The doctors say she can't be
told for some time. But when
the time comes, what am I going
mo say?"
M "Imogene believes her feet
ire going to be all right. She
thinks her feet have been graft
ed back on and that they're just
In casts. She thinks she'll be
able to swim and play and walk
again in a few weeks.
"Wittsche said his daughter
had been extremely active in
ports at the Roseville elemen
tary school from which she was
graduated two weeks ago. She
was the star pitcher on the girls'
Softball team, an excellent
swimmer and excelled in all
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Wittsche said he was lying on
the beach at the lake Monday
afternoon when "I saw this
speedboat coming directly at the
girls." Imogene was playing in
chest-high water about 300 feet
offshore with a friend, Janet
Lutz, 13, also of Roseville.
It was impossible to shout a
warning in time. The boat ran
right over the girls. I could see
something had happened when
Janet began waving and calling
for help.
I ran out In the water. What
made me maddest was that the
boat swung around, came back
and did the same thing again.
"I picked Imogene up in my
arms and carried her to shore.
She was conscious all the time.
She told me 'Daddy, they
laughed at me'."
Fathers and Sons
Banquet at Lyons
Lyons The annual father
and son banquet was held at
the community club house with
Ray Fedie of Salem the speak
er of the evening. James Lande
was master of ceremonies. Bob
Brassfield gave the address of
welcome to the fathers, which
was responded to by Willard
Hartnell. Gifts were presented
to William Fetherston the oldest
father present and to Walter
Hilton youngest father present,
Leland Humphries and Floyd
Lengacher furnished guitar mu
sic and Mrs. Robert Fetherston
a vocal solo.
Truman 'Interested' I
In Visit to Northwest
Washington, June 30 (U.PJ !
Rep. Mike Mansfield (D., Mont.),
said today after a White House
visit that President Truman is
"very much Interested" in mak
ing a trip through the midwest
and northwest sometime next
spring.
He said Mr. Truman told him
he would like to make a major
speech on the farm program in
the midwest and one on recla
mation, power and perhaps fed
eral air to education in the
northwest.
, Mansfield invited Mr. Tru
man, on behalf of Gov. John
Bonner and University of Mon
tana President James McCain,
to accept an honorary degree
from the university on June 5,
1950.
He said the president replied
he could not commit himself
that far in advance but that he
would like to go "because he
had some things he would like
to discuss with the people of
that region."
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Vets' Memorial
To Be Torn Down
Portland, June 30 (P) The
last visible memorial to World
War II in Portland is to be torn
down soon.
The city council voted yester
day to destroy the war memor
ial board in the uptown park
blocks because it is "inade
auate" and unaesthetic.
the three service chiefs, and
maybe "get a little cross-education
myself."
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The board lists the names of
the city's war dead. It was in
tended only as a temporary me
morial. Plans have not yet been
made for a permanent one.
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Woodbury plans to remain for
some time to assist in taking
care of Mrs. Fuson.
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