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'Old Reb' Rallies in Pneumonia Battle; Last Vet of Civil War Asks for Boots Houston, Tex. -UPD- "Old Reb" Walter Williams, 116, the last living veteran of the Civil War, rallied yesterday in his fight against pneumonia and ordered his daughter to put his boots on. "He has been wanting me to put his boots on for some time now," his daughter, Mrs. Willie May Bowles, said. She gently refused for fear ; the boots will scar his feet, skin of which looks tissue thin and fragile. Williams, who was 116 last November, caught pneumonia two weeks ago. It looked as if he had beaten it, but he suffered a relapse Friday and he was put under an oxygen tent in his room in Mrs. Bowies' home. Dr. Russell Wolfe, who is treating him, said after an 'examination that he had ral lied. His chest had cleared up "a little" and his temperature was down from 101 degrees to 99.2. Still, Dr, Wolfe said, his condition is "serious," but not critical, and he will have to tay under the oxygen tent. dmong Oldest Humans Williams, in addition to be ing . the last of four million men who fought in the Civil Afar, is certainly one of the oldest human beings on earth. He is toothless, blind, al most deaf and has been con fined to his bed in Mrs. Bowies' home for three years. (Ifrs. Bowles feeds him a lit soft scrambled egg for breakfast and strained baby ($od for his other meals. He mumbles rather than talks. Mrs. Bowles, who sleeps on another bed in his room, understands him and answers. Dr. Wolfe also ordered a nurse for him night and day. Made Prediction The old rebel became the last Veteran of the Civil War with the death of John Sail ing in Kingsport, Tenn., last March 16. Williams predicted years ago he would be the last survivor of the Civil War. He particularly wanted to outlive the last Union veter- Trials Set for July in Court Trial of Ira Herschel Im hausen, Griffin Creek rd., on two charges was, set for July 9 and July 16 in district court Thursday. He pleaded innocent to both charges before District Court Judge E. Roy Bashaw. Imhau sen is to appear July 9 on charges of failure to stop at scene of an accident and on July 16 for failure to forward a certificate of title to the de partment of motor vehicles for transfer, v The case of Howard Hoyt Marshall, 18, of Rogue River, was continued to June 30 for sentencing on charges of petty larceny. Marshall pleaded guilty in district court to charges of taking a flashlight and hunt ing knife on June 16 from the Magnolia Lumber company, Ashland. an, Albert Woolson of Duluth, Minn., who died two years ago. He was 19 when the Civil War broke out in 1861 and joined Gen. John B. Hood's Fifth Cavalry at Corinth, Miss., as a forage master. He was in action only once, with Confederates who ambushed a group of Union soldiers one morning and killed about 100 of them. Williams' second wife and companion for 60 years died Nov. 2, 1957. He fathered 19 children, with 12 of them still living today. He has scores of descendants running into six generations. His youngest son was born when Williams was 89 years old. The old rebel was active long after his 100th birthday. He lived with his wife on a farm near Franklin, Tex., un til he was about 110, when he moved to Houston to live with Mrs. Bowles. Just before mov ing to Houston he took his first airplane ride. His birthday is Nov. 14. WAR FINALLY OVER Cardiff, Wales (DPD Ken neth Westall finally found the incendiary bomb he was sure had been dropped on his house by the Germans in 1942. A bomb crew de-fused it Wednesday, in his attic. Jackson, Miss. -flJPfl- A $125 mannequin was stolen from a hotel display during a con vention of 300 Mississippi law enforcement officers, .Albert Rosenbaum complained to po lice Wednesday. if mn0 MM SK All the paint colors your heart desires! select your colors-see ihem made... take them home! frnwrsmew at... (30 PONES! Celem for Inside and outside your home, made on the AMAZING SHEnVJItJ-WlLLIAMS ; ; A miracle of speed and accuracy in providing all the newest, loveliest colors for your home Hundreds of gor geous colors are yours. See our Kern Colormeter Color Selector. Borrow our Color Harmony Guide... Take it home, select the colors that har monize with your room furnishings. m CORNER SIXTH and FIR STREETS Convenient, Spacious Off-Street Parking L Carcass of Bear That Hurt Youth Found at Glacier Glacier National Park, Mont.-flJPD-The carcass of a 200-pound female grizzly bear that cuffed a college student Glacier Park employee almost to death has been found on Mount Altyn. , The injured student was Joseph L. Williams, 20, of Hardy Cedars, N. J. He was reported in serious condition by attendants at the Cardston, Alta., Canada, hospital. The bear was felled by a bullet in its spine and should er late Thursday after it at tacked Williams. Rushed to Hospital The youth was rushed to the Canadian hospital, 40 miles from here, after he en countered the bear while he and Robert M. Winter, about 17, were on an after-dinner hike. Winter is from Grosse Point City, Mich. He is a porter at a motel. The two had climbed about 1,000 feet up 7,9000-foot Mt. Altyn which towers above the picturesque Swiftcurrent valley. Winter said he turned on the trail to see Williams sit ting on the footbath-the bear circling him. Winter attempt ed to distract the animal, by browing pieces of shale in its direction. But park rangers said later the action may have only irritated the rare species of bear, which inflicted lac erations on Williams' head, face and leg with its huge paws. Winter Treated Winter was treated at the hospital for shock and ex haustion from his run down the mountain, then released. Unable to help his friend, Winter had alerted a party of five rangers who recovered Williams from the mountain. Area Ranger Donald Dayton shot the animal at long range but the carcass could not be recovered until Friday. Beaver State Boys Visit Girls in Salem Salem-flJPD - Beaver Boy's State moved from Corvallis to visit Girl's State here Friday. Girl's State has been in ses sion since Monday. The 450 delegates were giv en a luncheon on the State Capitol grounds. The states got together for a dance and then the boys returned to Corval lis. Girl's State delegates visit ed the State Supreme court Friday. Chief Justice William McAllister explained the func tions of the high court. Announcement of the Girl's Nation contest winner were to be made yesterday. The two winners will represent Oregon Girl's State in Wash ington, D.C. in July. The girl's session was sched uled to end last night in a candlelight ceremony in the rotunda of the State Capitol. Dam Engineer Plans To Retire Portland-TOPD-Ben L. Peter son, chief of the engineering division of the Portland dis trict. Army Engineers, yester day announced his retirement after 26 years with the corps. He will be 65 next Friday. He said his decision came on the advice of his physician. Peterson is recuperating at home for a heart ailment. - Engineering chief here since 1951, he played a major role in planning and construction of The Dalles, Lookout Point, Dexter, Hills Creek and Coug ar dams and in the planning of Bonneville, Mud Mountain, Green Peter, Fall Creek, Blue River and Holley dams. Court Records MUNICIPAL COURT Merly Gorge Harvey, ao rear registration plate, $2.50. Earl Burgess Warne, excessive Boise (tires). $10. ! Claude Walter Waddell. failure to yield right of way. $15. Joanne Ruth Wilcox,, violation of basic rule, $20. Floyd C. Linhart, violation of basic rule. $10. Robert Aubrey Cablery violation of basic rule, $10. Lee W. Dodge, violation of basic rule. $10. Larry Gene Sweem,- violation of basic rule,' $10. Kenneth Elvin Hood, inadequate equipment (no tail light), $5. - Nora Anita Saulsbury, violation of basic rule, $10. Murwin Fay Bradfield, reckless driving, $25. Harold William BartoL violation of basic rule. $10. Dwight Lee Friessen, excessive noise (exhaust), 5. Ivan Wendell Goble, following too close, $25. Douglass Edward Ness, disobeyed stop sign, $5. Martha Parkar Brooks, violation of basic rule, $10. Kieth David Estes. inadequate equipment (one headlight), 5. Cecil C. Clemens, disobeyed stop sign, $5. Louise Mildred Hendrickson. fail ure to yield right of way, $25. Arthur Edward Carlson, violation of basic rule, $10. Gerald Bliss Diets, violation of basic rule, $10. George Palmer McClanahan, dis obeyed red light, $10. Kipton Dell Marney, failure to stop before entering street, $5. Ruth Sophonia Johnson, improper lane usage. $5. Marvin J. Starks, disobeyed atop sign. $5. . Queen, Philip Visit U.S. Base Schefferville, Que. - (DPD Britain's touring Queen Eliz abeth H yesterday dropped in on a U.S. air base in New foundland and then flew on to the Province of Quebec to visit an iron mine. The Queen, accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, started her busy intinerary with a flight from Deer Lake, NFLD., to Ernest Harmon Air Force base, where she saw a key segment of the Continent al Air Defense setup. The couple arrived in North America Thursday for a 45 day, 15,000-mile, 100-city tour of Canada. Their only stop in the United States will be a one-day pause July 6 at the end of a cruise through the St. Lawrence seaway aboard the Royal yacht Brittania. A Royal Canadian Air Force plane carried the couple to Harmon Air Force base, which was . obtained by the United States during World War II under the lend-lease agree ment. ' The couple will cruise through the Gaspe region and stop at Quebec City before going on to Montreal, where the Queen and President Eis enhower will open the St. Lawrence seaway formally June 26. Sand and Gravel Settlement Hoped Corvallis -IUPD- Hope of set tlement by tomorrow of the dispute between a number of sand and gravel companies in the mid-Willamette Valley and the Teamsters union was ex pressed yesterday by a spokes man for the companies. Pat Blair, spokesman for the Cascade Empl6yers asso ciation, said the firms and un ion officials have agreed on a contract. But still unsettled are two matters, lawsuits filed by the firms against the Teamsters and picketing by the Operating Engineers un ion. Unless an agreement is reached with the building Grades unions, the engineers also picketing plants - could keep them closed to union labor, Blair said. He said the new contract BAR OFFICIAL DIES Lake Forest, Ill.-(DPD-David J. Hayes, president-elect of the Illinois Bar association, was killed Wednesday when his car was struck by a Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee train. Hayes, a Chicago at torney who lived at River Forest, was 59 last Tuesday. 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