Salem, Oregon, Thursday, DecemEer 13, 1956
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL'
Girl Pinned in
Wreck 9 Days
IsFullyWell
Co-ed Working in Toy
Shop, Will Return
To College
y JAMES C. O'NEILL
United frcss Staff Correspondent
SUNNYVALE. Calif. (IIP) -Eighteen-year-old
Jean Margetts
works today in a toy store to earn
money for Christmas a Christ,
mas few ever expected her to see,
Less than five months ago Jean
was trapped for nine days beneath
the wreckage of a car in the
desolate Wasatch Mountains of
Utah: her only companion the body
of her sweetheart.
"I can't believe yet that It
could happen," the dark haired
girl said as she stood behind
counter in the toy store.
Surrounded by dolls, blocks and
gay Christmas decorations, Jean
taid "It's all like a big dream.
"But I'm standing here because
the Lord was standing by helping
me."
Jeans extraordinary escape
from double death auto accident
and starvation has left practical
ly no visible mark on the pretty
Brigham Young University coed.
Her color has come back; she's
vivacious and laughs as freely as
any girl her age.
Tires Easily
"She still tires easily." her
mother. Mrs. Lawrence Margetts
said. "But her strength is coming
back."
Right now she is busy with
Christmas plans and preparations
for returning to school at Provo,
Utah, after the holidays.
"I've been buying some new
clothes and the money I'm mak
ing now it's not much, I'm only
working parltime I'll spend on
Christmas presents," she said.
Unless one talks to the girl
there's little about her to hint at
the nine days of living death she
went through last June.
Returning from an excursion
with her fiance and boyhood
sweetheart, James Hixon Jr., 22,
Jean was in high spirits as they
drove toward Provo. Somehow
Hixon lost control of the car and
It plunged off the mountain road
into a heavily wooded ravine.
Hixon was killed and Jean was
pinned under the wreckage unable
to move.
Wreckage Spottrd
A search plane spotted the
wreckage more than a week laler,
and a party reached it on July
3 to remove the bodies. They
lound Hixon, who was to have
wed .lean in the Mormon Temple
In Salt Lake City in September,
dead 15 leet away from the semi
conscious girl.
Salt Lake City doctors at first
gave Jean little chance to
cover. Besides exhaustion, near
starvation, extreme thirst and
deep shock, Jean was suffering
from multiple internal injuries.
"I want to thank everyone so
much, Jean said.
To which Mrs. Margetts added
bcr "heartfelt thanks."
"There's no doubt," Mrs. Mar
getts said, "but that It's going to
be a truly merry Christmas here
this year."
Trainmen Turn
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Mediation Unit
Final Pay Proposals of
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