SIXTTEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday. August 2. I95S
Last Survivor of Union
Of Civil War Dies in Mi
Duluth, Minn. (U.R; Albert
Woolson, 109-year-old lone sur
vivor of the Grand Army of the
Republic, died today at St.
Luke's hospital here.
Death came ' at 7:45 a.m.
CFST). He never -egained con
sciousness after lapsing into a
coma early Saturday morning.
The former drummer boy. the
last soldier of "Abe Lincoln's
Army" in the Civil War, had
ALBERT WOOLSON
Death Comes at Age 109
"strong determination" to live
and rallied several times before
his heart quit.
At his bedside were three of
his six daughters, Mrs. John
Kobus, with whom he lived, and
Mrs. Arthur Johnson and Mrs.
Robert Campbell, all of Duluth.
Woolson, hospitalized since
last Memorial Day, had been in
an oxygen tent for several days
and was given nasal oxygen and
intravenous injections after his
relapse Saturday. He had been
hospitalized six times during the
past two years for treatment of
lung congestion. Doctors had to
remove fluid from his lungs be
cause his aging heart could riot
pump the fluid out.
Burial will be at Parkhill
cemetery. The time and place
for funeral services were not
announced.
Despite his hospitalization,
Woolson's spirits remained
chiooer.
On his 109th birthday last
Feb. 11. Woolson puffed on a
few cigars which he enjoyed
daily and spent a quiet day read
ing some of the hundreds of
birthday cards and greetings he
received.
With Woolson's death, the Un
ion Army passed into history.
Threo Confederate Alive
Only three Confederate sol
diers remained. Walter Wil
Hams. 113, of Texas, William
Lindy, ,103, of Florida, and John
Sailing;- 1 10, of Virginia.
After the Civil War, the sur
viving Union soldiers formed
the Grand Army of the Republic
and held annual encampments
to talk about old times. At the
last GAR encampment in 1949,
Woolson was named national
senior vice commander. Then he
became the GAR's senior offi
cer when the commander died
and in recent years was the only
survivor.
Woolson's father lost leg
Reports on Weather
Studied for Cause
Of Airplane Disaster
Washington (U.R) A blue
ribbon investigating panel turn
ed to weather reports today for
clues of the double plane crash
SPELLING TRAPS SUSPECT
Bloomington. 111. (U.R! Poor
spelling trapped an accused cat
tie rustler Wednesday. Edmund
Smith, 26, of Arrowsmith, 111.,
told to write the names of early
American presidents, mispelled
the first one, Washington as
Watington. Smith admitted steal
ing three Angus cattle from his
employers when informed the
same misspelling was found on
a sales ticket used to sell the
cattle.
Court Records
rOLICK COURT
George Dewey Oliver, failure to
too at too sign. S3.
Gale Elaine Wheeler, violation ot
basic rule. $10.
Terry Lee Daniel, excessive noue
and no registration. S20.
Earnest Clayton Taylor, violation of
basic rule. S10.
Anthony Brenton Mikschi, violation
of basic rule. lu-
Robert Bruce TurnbuU. illegal left
turn. SS.
Berme George Helms, violation of
hair rule Sin.
Elvin Dean Cackine, failure to atop
at red ugnt. S3.
Jack Wayne Thornton, excessive
aii ain
Haskell Lee Stewart, excessive
nniu tin
Dale Alder Forncrook, violation of
basic rule. siu.
James Robert Schulz, violation of
basic rule, 515.
Douglaa Dale Paul, violation of basic
ml sin
Hubert William Hewitt, violation of
haste rule. SIS.
Herbert Raymond Phillips, violation
of basic rule. sio.
Charles Menel, no operators license.
S3.
William Donald McLeod, no opera
tor's license. S5.
Richard David Hayes, excessive
noise. S10.
Gary Lee Simmonds, excessive noise.
$10.
Harrv Downey, failure to stop at
stop light. S3.
Esther Carvena Etston, failure to
stop at stoo light. S3.
Lester Lee Lewis, failure to stop at
stop sign. S3.
Sonnev Preece. violation of basic
rule. S13.
William Nicholas Kime, violation of
basic rule. S10.
Mildred Bermce Bloesser, violation
of basic rule. S15.
DISTRICT COURT
Fern Winnifred Crippen. no opera
tor's license. $10. bail forfeited.
James Curtis Donahue, no oversize
permit. S7.50.
Tom E. McCarvel. overwidth. $13.
Sidnev George Buddcn. inadequate
muffler. S13.
James Franklin Conless. failure to
displav license on trailer. $1(1.
Peter Thomas R o w e, improper
changing lanes. S7.50.
CIRCl'IT COl'RT
Irene L. Wheeler vs. ugene D.
Wheeler, divorce complaint.
in the Grand Canyon last June
30.
The Civil Aeronautics Board
called weather experts and
pilots who flew over the canyon
on the day of the crash for testi
mony at its second day of hear
ings on the disaster that took
128 lives.
The double crash of a Trais
World Airlines Constellation
and a United Airlines DC7 was
the worst commercial aviation
accident in history.
Couple Describes Sight
A young, tourist couple who
claimed they saw the planes col
lide testified Wednesday that
there were strong winds and
heavy clouds in the general area
on June 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T. Sie
fer, Ottawa, Ohio, told the six-
man Investigating panel theyl
saw two planes fly out of the
clouds and come together" at :
about 11:30 a.m. (MST). The
Siefers and their three chil
dren, aged one, two and a half
and four and a half, were driv
ing in their station wagon about
15 miles east of Flagstaff, Ariz.,
at the time.
Both Siefer, 24, and his wife.
25, said the planes approached
each other at a 30 degree angle
with one slightly higher than
the other. Siefer, a mechanical
maintenance worker, said the
planes hit and "locked togeth-1
er," then followed the same i
course "as one" until they j
dropped out of sight behind a j
mountain. -
Their testimony was the first
indication of any eyewitnesses i
to the accident.
Leon D. Cuddeback, CAB
safety investigator from Oak
land, Calif., testified that a nine-
man committee scoured the area
near the canyon itself for wit
nesses to the crash but found
none.
However, he said an unidenti
fied visitor to a Grand Canyon
forest ranger station reported
seeing an "explosive fire" in
the crash area shortly before
noon on June 30. Cuddeback
said a Navaho Indian girl, Yaz-
zie Grayeyes, saw two separate
columns of dark smoke rising
from the canyon at approxi
mately the same time.
Army
nnesota
while fighting as a Union Army
soldier at Shiloh. Young Wool
son took his place by enlisting
in Company C of the First
Minnesota Heavy Artillery on
Oct. 4, 1864, when he was 18
years old. Under the leadership
of Col. William Colville, Wool
son's union left for Tennessee
where he served as a drummer
boy in various garrisons.
Woolson was mustered out
Sept. 27, 1865, and returned to
Minnesota. Two weeks later his
father died of complications
from his Civil War injuries.
450 Riddle Smelter
Workers on Strike
Roseburg (U.R) About 450
employees of the Hanna Nickel
Smelting company at Riddle
went on strike at midnight Tues
day. The employees are members
of local 5074 of the United Steel
workers of America.
Yesterday only the technical
and supervisory staffs reported
for work at the plant.
A picket line at the only en
trance to the Hanna plant was
observed by 50 other men, min
ing nickel ore for a subsidiary
company.
The workers went on strike
when the contract between Han
na Nickel and the union expired
at midnight Tuesday, and nego
tiators failed to settle on a new
contract.
Showers Drench Much of Nation; Mercury Drops
Br UNITED PRESS
Extensive showers and thun
derstorms drenched much of the
nation Wednesday night and
early today, with up to two in
ches of rain falling on parts of
the Midwest.
Cooler air also accompanied
the storms in the Northwest,
dropping temperatures about six
degrees below the previous 24
hours. The cooler air covered
an area from central California
to western Montana, and was to
move slightly eastward today.
Lashed by Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms lashed at sec
tions of western Montana west
ward to the coast, from western
Texas to eastern Arizona north
ward to the Dakotas and south
ern Minnesota and then east
ward through the Ohio Valley
to noruiern Virginia. Some show
ers also were reported on the
Gulf Coast.
Precipitation was usually be
low one inch, but many cities
reported rainfall over an inch.
Lamoni, Iowa, reported two in
ches; Kirksville, Mo.; 1.25 in
ches, and Louisville. Ky., 1.05.
Authorities at Council' Bluffs,
Iowa, began searching Wednes
day for two small boys believed
drowned in a rain-swollen stream
bv a "wall of water" nftpr a resi
dent said she saw the unidenti
fied youths carried downstream
by the raging waters.
Lowest Temperature
EarlV todav Mllllpn . Pace
Mont, reported the lowest tem
perature at 40 degrees while it
was 41 at Grand Marias, Mich.
At the same time, Needles, Calif.,
reported a 93 degree reading.
Other early morning readings
were New York, 72; Washington,
72; Miami, 76; Dallas, 80; Den
ver, 63; San Frandsco, 54, and
Seattle, 55.
Fair weather was forecast to
day for the Great Lakes eastward
to the Atlantic Coast and in the
Southwest. Elsewhere widely
scattered showers and thunder
storms were expected. ,
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